Kendenup Results

Right- I've finally recovered somewhat from the weekend, and started to get on top of life again, so here are the results from the weekend's trial.

I think it went well- it was rather chaotic given it was my first attempt at the secretary role, but hopefully everyone had a good time and there weren't too many disasters (me forgetting to sign the prize cheques was probably the highlight).

The sheep were fantastic, I thought- they ran over the top of many weak dogs (mine included), and didn't respond well to excessive force, but with the right work up to the race, they settled down and walked quietly.

The Open finals were interesting, with some of the top qualifying dogs running into trouble, and there were some real hard luck stories with handlers' errors bringing great runs to grief. Overall it was good to see some young dogs having success. The happiest girl at the trial was undoubtedly Jean Hydleman, who with her experienced teammate Belmore George won the Improver and made the Open final. Jean has finally conquered her trial nerves and even managed to keep calm and focussed to handle a sticky situation on the bridge in the final. With gentleman George now an Open dog, she'll have to get stuck into young Frankie.

Results-
Stirling Sheepdog Club 3Sheep trial, 8-10th August 2008, Kendenup Community Grounds

Encourage:
1st Isla Bell Boylee Glyde 46

Novice:
1st Tony Boyle Boylee Mustard (BC) 82
2nd Ken Atherton Kiwi Knight (NZHD) 73
3rd Glenice Webb Morillo Minnie (BC) 71
=4th Gordon Curtis Binnaburra Jess (kelpie) 70
=4th Ivan Solomon Beck (BC) 70

Improver
1st Jean Hydleman Belmore George (BC) 72
2nd Frank Sutherland Rocky Bear (BC) 71
3rd Andrew Gorton Jazz (kelpie-huntaway-collie) 70
4th Ken Atherton Badgingarra Tony (kelpie) 69
5th John Charlick Grassvalley Magpie (BC) 65

Open
1st Ivan Solomon Perangery Jill (BC) 78 + 77 = 155
2nd Richard McGuire Boylee Fred (BC) 78 + 67 = 145
3rd Peter Gorman Princes Casper (BC) 67 + 77 = 144
4th Grant Cooke Grassvalley Brook (BC) 62 + 70 = 132
5th Peter Gorman El Shamah Ellie (BC) 54 + 77 = 131

6th Jean Hydleman Belmore George (BC) 54 + 72 = 126
7th Glenice Webb Morillo Hedda (BC) 63 + 59 = 122
8th Ivan Solomon Perangery Danny (BC) 52 + 67 = 119
9th Tony Boyle Boylee Sweetpea (BC) 81 + 26 = 107
10th Yvonne Haynes Boylee Ceilydh (BC) 70 + 14 = 84
11th Gordon Curtis Binnaburra Jess (kelpie) 83 + X = 83
12th Tim Foster Boylee Minnie (BC) 53 + 29 = 82