January 11, 2026 • 8 mins
We catch up with a Whanganui shearer to yarn about his breaking a world shearing record with 732 ewes in nine hours.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Last week.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
What a hell of a day it was down there,
and why Marino Country for one young Simon goss setting
the world record on the full wall used for nine
hours and joins us. Now, get a Simon, how's the body?
Sort of a week later?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Yeah, the body's i'd say, I'm pretty much fully recovered.
Now we're feeling pretty good, actually fully refreshed.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
It's been good.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
And the old man Gossie, he's got you at working
already on the farm, but not shearing or in the
wall shehet keeping away from that.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, I sure a couple of sheep at the ticker Wood.
He speeds here the other night. But no, yeah, since
the record are the only things I've done really Today
we're marking calves and I had to tell him all
i'd just been a shoot away, I've a got a
got an interview, and he's just rolled his eyes.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Every same with that useless bug of Mackay from Rappity.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Anyway, that's all right, that's all right, hey, but did
you heard for a bit of time after that? Because
I love that shot of you When you finish the
last side of the last one, you stand up and
you take a step into you sort of lean backwards
and oh, I guess a massive range of feelings and emotions.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, I guess I definitely hurt towards the end. It was,
you know, the body had been pushed to its limits
the whole day, and it was I guess it's just
a more of a sense of relief, like you know,
we finally got to the end of the nine hours
and there's only one sheet that's got us over the line.
But it was just a yeah, like you said, a
huge range of emotions of just oh, thank god, that's
(01:32):
over and you know we've done it. You will have
achieved the goals. So yeah, but definitely the hurt probably
showed a little bit earlier on during the day. The
second run was probably the worst one of the lots,
but yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah, it was that where you had a couple throwing
out as well.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
The couple were throwing out in the third run, right, Yeah,
just a bit of ill disciplined on my side of things.
But the second run was we had issues with the
epon it. The drip tray had filled up and had
sort of turned off, so it had just started pumping
hot air at me for half an hour.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
That's about the last thing you need, Hey, we are
aware of the sort of the I don't know that
the wider interest of people online and the fact that
the shit itself was absolutely packed, and then you've got
all those people who've got buy and it's like it's
like everybody's taking every.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Blow with you. You know. The volunteer is just huge input.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
I sort of knew the magnitude of this record, Like
obviously Dad and I from a young age we sort
of you know, looked at it as the holy grail
of Shearing records. And then the likes of Rod Sutten,
you know, been beside me the whole day and you
know he's held that record and he only beat it
by one on his day too. So like we knew
(02:54):
the record itself was massive, but the following side of it,
I probably didn't know it at the time. More's trying
to keep away from that side of it, just to
not try and you know, get it in my head
that it was it was that big sort of thing.
But you have to you know, looking back at footage
and you know, the messages and stuff I've received in
(03:15):
the last week, it's, oh, yeah, there was a massive
you know, international following as well, not just New Zealand's when.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
You got that fourth run, cats literally were a second
or so to go.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
This is a fine line between pleasure and pain.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Yeah, it was at the time, I didn't really I
knew it was getting close, and it wasn't until afterward,
you know, sat down for smoker and they said, oh,
you're quite lucky to get that one. And when you
put it down to the whole day and the scheme
of things, you know, that's essentially where we've beaten the record. Obviously,
you know, a full day to do it, but you
(03:50):
know those fine margins, that's where you know, that's where
sort of crossed the line.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Have you had any more thoughts about other records or
or that if somebody does come along and do seven
thirty three that you'd have another crack or is that
it is it such a big event that maybe yet
you have one decent crack at it and move on.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Ah. Yeah, I've always thought of opportunities. You know, if
there's another opportunity to have another a crackt either well
pretty much another record, then I'd be all for it.
But you know, life goes on and if things change, Yeah,
I just sort of take it as it goes with
that sort of thing, just because of the massive amounts
(04:32):
of work that goes into it physically on my behalf.
But yet you know, all the people involved, it's yeah,
they don't Records don't happen overnight. You know, this one
was probably thirteen fourteen months in the making, so of
organizing and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yep, I think, Simon, you have done over eight hundred
lambs right in a nine hour day, but without.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
The pressure of the of the record.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
How different is that mindset when you know that there's
just so much riding on and you can't just sort of,
you know, flick the hand piece off the downpipe and
walk out if you wanted to.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
You've just got to keep going.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Yeah, it definitely changes things and the pressure of judges
and stuff like that. And after the first record to
this one, it was something I had to work on mentally,
was just try and block them out as much as
I can. Obviously you've got to you know, you've still
got to stick to the quality side of that. But
(05:32):
it was just, yeah, trying to work on just being
comfortable in the uncomfortable of the day. And yeah, it's
sort of hard to explain, but that was sort of
the biggest thing was just you know, embracing it and
just let it go and you go.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
With the day.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
You talked about pre the event, you talked about the
help you've had from the record holder Matsmith himself, and
then you had your you know, all that nutrition stuff
and massaging during the day to a lot goes in it,
didn't you know, did you any time did you did
you feel like you were going to crack or do
you always feel like you're on top of it?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Ah? Nah? That second run, I was there was a
lot running through the mind at that During that run
was when the econ switched off, which at the time
I didn't notice anything was wrong. I just thought I'm
getting pretty hot here, and you know, the body started
cramping up, and like a lot of things are running
(06:29):
through the mind going, you know, there's been a lot
of people riding on this, there's a lot of people
helping me and you know, you know, putting a lot
of work, and it was yeah, it's something. I stood
up to change my cutter and I could feel the
air blowing on my face and I was like to
the David Gordon, he was the one standing next to me,
and I was like, man, this this thing's blowing warm
mirror at me. And he sort of took a second
(06:52):
to register what I said, and then he got someone
to go and have a look at the econ And yeah,
as soon as they fixed that, the earcon started working again.
And you know, once that happened, I thought, you know, mentally,
I say, okay, we're back on we're back on target again,
and we're away. But yeah, at that time it was
I was thinking, if it carries on like this, I
won't be able to finish the day.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Well that's see, that's a remarkable sort of sidebar to
the whole record attempt that I guess that not too
many are aware of. And you're that you're in. You're
in a bit of trouble and it's just the second run.
So hey, simon, we won't keep you from the old
man Allen for too long. You better go and do
some work, mate, and you keep you out there, earn
your lunch and congratulations again, fantastic effort. And you know,
(07:35):
I suppose you, now, what are are you going to
turn your tention to have a bit of a crack
at the shares and everything like that? World Championship year,
all that sort of stuff happening and big, big, big,
big lot of shows coming up.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yeah, I definitely want to have a bit more of
a chance. Marham and the show's a bit more it was,
you know, the last couple of years has been a
big focus on this record and record shearing and show
sharing are two totally different styles and that. So but
now that we've ticked that off the list, we can
sort of focus a bit more on the shows and
go that way. So yeah, entered in Golden Shares with
(08:07):
the World Champs this year, so I won't be trying
to be in the World team or anything like that,
but no, I've got my entry into just the Goldie
So yeah, we'll We've.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Got on a good board for that great stuff. Simon Goss,
thanks very much for joining us.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
No awesome, thank you.
Last week.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
What a hell of a day it was down there,
and why Marino Country for one young Simon goss setting
the world record on the full wall used for nine
hours and joins us. Now, get a Simon, how's the body?
Sort of a week later?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Yeah, the body's i'd say, I'm pretty much fully recovered.
Now we're feeling pretty good, actually fully refreshed.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
It's been good.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
And the old man Gossie, he's got you at working
already on the farm, but not shearing or in the
wall shehet keeping away from that.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, I sure a couple of sheep at the ticker Wood.
He speeds here the other night. But no, yeah, since
the record are the only things I've done really Today
we're marking calves and I had to tell him all
i'd just been a shoot away, I've a got a
got an interview, and he's just rolled his eyes.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Every same with that useless bug of Mackay from Rappity.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Anyway, that's all right, that's all right, hey, but did
you heard for a bit of time after that? Because
I love that shot of you When you finish the
last side of the last one, you stand up and
you take a step into you sort of lean backwards
and oh, I guess a massive range of feelings and emotions.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, I guess I definitely hurt towards the end. It was,
you know, the body had been pushed to its limits
the whole day, and it was I guess it's just
a more of a sense of relief, like you know,
we finally got to the end of the nine hours
and there's only one sheet that's got us over the line.
But it was just a yeah, like you said, a
huge range of emotions of just oh, thank god, that's
(01:32):
over and you know we've done it. You will have
achieved the goals. So yeah, but definitely the hurt probably
showed a little bit earlier on during the day. The
second run was probably the worst one of the lots,
but yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah, it was that where you had a couple throwing
out as well.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
The couple were throwing out in the third run, right, Yeah,
just a bit of ill disciplined on my side of things.
But the second run was we had issues with the
epon it. The drip tray had filled up and had
sort of turned off, so it had just started pumping
hot air at me for half an hour.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
That's about the last thing you need, Hey, we are
aware of the sort of the I don't know that
the wider interest of people online and the fact that
the shit itself was absolutely packed, and then you've got
all those people who've got buy and it's like it's
like everybody's taking every.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Blow with you. You know. The volunteer is just huge input.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
I sort of knew the magnitude of this record, Like
obviously Dad and I from a young age we sort
of you know, looked at it as the holy grail
of Shearing records. And then the likes of Rod Sutten,
you know, been beside me the whole day and you
know he's held that record and he only beat it
by one on his day too. So like we knew
(02:54):
the record itself was massive, but the following side of it,
I probably didn't know it at the time. More's trying
to keep away from that side of it, just to
not try and you know, get it in my head
that it was it was that big sort of thing.
But you have to you know, looking back at footage
and you know, the messages and stuff I've received in
(03:15):
the last week, it's, oh, yeah, there was a massive
you know, international following as well, not just New Zealand's when.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
You got that fourth run, cats literally were a second
or so to go.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
This is a fine line between pleasure and pain.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Yeah, it was at the time, I didn't really I
knew it was getting close, and it wasn't until afterward,
you know, sat down for smoker and they said, oh,
you're quite lucky to get that one. And when you
put it down to the whole day and the scheme
of things, you know, that's essentially where we've beaten the record. Obviously,
you know, a full day to do it, but you
(03:50):
know those fine margins, that's where you know, that's where
sort of crossed the line.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Have you had any more thoughts about other records or
or that if somebody does come along and do seven
thirty three that you'd have another crack or is that
it is it such a big event that maybe yet
you have one decent crack at it and move on.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Ah. Yeah, I've always thought of opportunities. You know, if
there's another opportunity to have another a crackt either well
pretty much another record, then I'd be all for it.
But you know, life goes on and if things change, Yeah,
I just sort of take it as it goes with
that sort of thing, just because of the massive amounts
(04:32):
of work that goes into it physically on my behalf.
But yet you know, all the people involved, it's yeah,
they don't Records don't happen overnight. You know, this one
was probably thirteen fourteen months in the making, so of
organizing and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yep, I think, Simon, you have done over eight hundred
lambs right in a nine hour day, but without.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
The pressure of the of the record.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
How different is that mindset when you know that there's
just so much riding on and you can't just sort of,
you know, flick the hand piece off the downpipe and
walk out if you wanted to.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
You've just got to keep going.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Yeah, it definitely changes things and the pressure of judges
and stuff like that. And after the first record to
this one, it was something I had to work on mentally,
was just try and block them out as much as
I can. Obviously you've got to you know, you've still
got to stick to the quality side of that. But
(05:32):
it was just, yeah, trying to work on just being
comfortable in the uncomfortable of the day. And yeah, it's
sort of hard to explain, but that was sort of
the biggest thing was just you know, embracing it and
just let it go and you go.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
With the day.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
You talked about pre the event, you talked about the
help you've had from the record holder Matsmith himself, and
then you had your you know, all that nutrition stuff
and massaging during the day to a lot goes in it,
didn't you know, did you any time did you did
you feel like you were going to crack or do
you always feel like you're on top of it?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Ah? Nah? That second run, I was there was a
lot running through the mind at that During that run
was when the econ switched off, which at the time
I didn't notice anything was wrong. I just thought I'm
getting pretty hot here, and you know, the body started
cramping up, and like a lot of things are running
(06:29):
through the mind going, you know, there's been a lot
of people riding on this, there's a lot of people
helping me and you know, you know, putting a lot
of work, and it was yeah, it's something. I stood
up to change my cutter and I could feel the
air blowing on my face and I was like to
the David Gordon, he was the one standing next to me,
and I was like, man, this this thing's blowing warm
mirror at me. And he sort of took a second
(06:52):
to register what I said, and then he got someone
to go and have a look at the econ And yeah,
as soon as they fixed that, the earcon started working again.
And you know, once that happened, I thought, you know, mentally,
I say, okay, we're back on we're back on target again,
and we're away. But yeah, at that time it was
I was thinking, if it carries on like this, I
won't be able to finish the day.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Well that's see, that's a remarkable sort of sidebar to
the whole record attempt that I guess that not too
many are aware of. And you're that you're in. You're
in a bit of trouble and it's just the second run.
So hey, simon, we won't keep you from the old
man Allen for too long. You better go and do
some work, mate, and you keep you out there, earn
your lunch and congratulations again, fantastic effort. And you know,
(07:35):
I suppose you, now, what are are you going to
turn your tention to have a bit of a crack
at the shares and everything like that? World Championship year,
all that sort of stuff happening and big, big, big,
big lot of shows coming up.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yeah, I definitely want to have a bit more of
a chance. Marham and the show's a bit more it was,
you know, the last couple of years has been a
big focus on this record and record shearing and show
sharing are two totally different styles and that. So but
now that we've ticked that off the list, we can
sort of focus a bit more on the shows and
go that way. So yeah, entered in Golden Shares with
(08:07):
the World Champs this year, so I won't be trying
to be in the World team or anything like that,
but no, I've got my entry into just the Goldie
So yeah, we'll We've.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Got on a good board for that great stuff. Simon Goss,
thanks very much for joining us.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
No awesome, thank you.
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