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Shearer Megan Whitehead, already a world record holder, will attempt to break another this Friday, as she takes on the eight-hour strong-wool lamb challenge set by Sacha Bond. She’s also teaming up with her cousin Hannah McColl to tackle the two-stand record. Olivia Caldwell took to a Southland shearing shed with a camera to see what makes these women tick.
Deep in the heart of Southland, Megan Whitehead and Hannah McColl have been sharpening their shearing combs this week to take on two records together.
Whitehead, who already has the nine-hour strong wool lamb record of 661 will be attempting to break Sacha Bond’s eight-hour record of 601.
Together with McColl, the pair will also look to break the two-stand record of 903, set by mother-daughter duo Marg Baynes (who shore 433) and Ingrid Smith (nee Baynes - who shore 470) in a Mangapehi, King Country woolshed on January 13, 2009.