#TeamLister Shearing UK & Europe
Richard Jones
Richard is a Welsh Shearing Champion, claiming 2 individual World Champion titles at the 2019 Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, held in Le Dorat, France, and did this using Lister Gear.
▪ 2019 World Machine Shearing Individual, World Sheep Shearing Championship Winner
▪ 2019 All Nations Open Shearing, World Sheep Shearing Championship Winner
Ivan Scott
Ivan, from Donegal, Ireland is often regarded as one of the best sheep shearers in the Northern Hemisphere. He holds numerous world records, the fastest time to shear a sheep (37.9 seconds) and the most amount of sheep sheared in 9 hours (867).
Ivan is also a winner of 10 All-Ireland Shearing Championships and has set standards for how modern-day shearing is done today.
▪ 2016 World strong wool lamb record, 867 in 9 hours
▪ 2019 World Machine Shearing Individual, World Sheep Shearing Championship, 4th Place
▪ Winner of 10 All-Ireland Shearing Championships
Lloyd Rees
Lloyd is a shearer from Powys, Wales. Shearing runs in his family with his grandad being a wool board instructor and his Dad a contractor.
When he was 16 years old his grandfather brought him his first machine and handpiece. Since then, he has traveled to New Zealand to shear for the past 9 years and now shears between 350-600 a day.
In 2019, Lloyd shore 907 lambs in a 9-hour day. The same year, he was part of a 4-stand team that set the British 9-hour lamb record, shearing an amazing 725 lambs. With this, he also competes in shows and has shorn for Wales in the test series against New Zealand.
“The Lister brand is known across the globe. I prefer to buy and use Lister products as not only am I supporting a British company, stacked with history in the industry, but the after sales support is far better than that of other market competitors.”
Dylan Wyn Jones
Shearing since the age of 16, Dylan has taken his skill around the world to places such as Norway, New Zealand, Australia, and Germany. Working his way up the stages in competitions, Dylan now shears in Open classes, and is wanting to make more Open finals, and hopefully take part in a record attempt in the coming years.
Loic Leygonie
Loic, from France, started shearing at the age of 15 with his father. He has done a huge amount of travel in his shearing career, going to NZ 6 times between 2011 and 2016 and worked in Hastings, Te Kuiti for 3 years. When in NZ, Loic sheared between 300 to 350 sheep in an 8 hour day.
▪ 2018 Circuit, Champion de France - Winner
▪ 2019 World Machine Shearing Team, World Sheep Shearing Championship, 5th Place with Thimoléon Resneau.
“The Lister gear is getting better and better. I am working with Lister for 3 years now, they are really good. I appreciate the slim shape of the handpieces, quality of the cutter. Lister is a dynamic brand, I appreciate all the effort put on innovation.”
Joanne Devaney
Joanne is a keen sheep shearer from Ireland. She got into shearing through her family’s contract shearing business. In 2017, she spent 8 months shearing in Australia.
Joanne shears during the summer months and in August 2020, she shore 351 uncrutched blackface ewes in 8 hours on her home farm. On a standard day, she shears around 200+ sheep.
“Top quality and hard wearing equipment. Shearing machines are very durable, we’ve had our Nexus machines for years and they have outlived many brands. The Nexus has different speed settings, so it’s suitable for all levels. Lister handpieces are very light and comfortable in small hands.”
Susie Parish
Susie is well recognized for her wide shearing knowledge. She first started shearing when she was 15 years old and has been a user of Lister gear ever since!
She is a shearing instructor for British Wool and is passionate about helping new entrants excel in the industry. Susie has a strong media presence promoting shearing and wool production and runs a contract alpaca and sheep shearing business.
“Lister is a name closely associated with a strong heritage in quality shearing equipment. A brand you can rely on to deliver, a brand that continues to evolve. Top quality, precision engineered products every time.”
Kate Donald
From Stirling, Scotland, Kate was brought up in the farming industry but only began shearing around 2 years ago. Throughout the summer months, Kate works for a local shearing contractor, shearing over 200 sheep most days.
Wanting to further progress with shearing, Kate is keen to take her newly found skill to more competitions, and eventually across the world.
Ilan Jones
Shearing since the age of 16, Ilan first got into the industry by undergoing a British Wool course with Hywel Jones. Since then, Ilan has completed 7 seasons shearing in New Zealand, and 10 in Norway, working his way up the levels at competitions throughout. Ilan now competes in Open classes, and made the Welsh Speed Shear team this year, competing against Australia.
Graeme Davidson
Learning how to shear at the age of 14 through attending British Wool training courses, Graeme has worked his way up the grades and is now representing Northern Ireland at the 2023 World Championships in Scotland. Graeme has travelled around the world with shearing to places like New Zealand, France, Scotland and all around the UK, and is excited to now be apart of Team Lister, working with and representing the brand.