Keith Wilson (shearer)

Keith Wilson is a New Zealand sheep shearer. He holds the unofficial world record for shearing 871 sheep in one day in December 1999.[1]

Prior to the 9 hour strongwool lamb record attempt by Rodney Sutton (839 lambs in 9 hours) in 2000, Wilson shore 851 unprepared lambs. Wilson was quoted as saying "I wanted to show Rodney that it could be done".

In a 24-hour shearing marathon, New Zealand's Alan MacDonald and Wilson machine-sheared 2,220 sheep at Warkworth, Auckland Province, New Zealand. The "Shearathon" commenced at 1 pm on 25 June 1988 and concluded at 1 pm on 26 June 1988.[2]

Wilson & Paul Kemp held the 2 stand strongwool lamb record, set in 1981. The pair shore 1513 lambs in 9 hours at Tikorangi Station, Portland, New Zealand.[3] As a young shearer, Wilson once shore 176 strongwool ewes in 2 hours.

References
  1. Quick, Graeme R. (2007). Remarkable Australian Farm Machines: Ingenuity on the Land. Rosenberg Publishing. ISBN 978-1-877058-58-5.
  2. "Most sheep shorn in 24 Hours". shearingworld.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  3. "Sheep Shearing Records". shearingworld.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.


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