Living it!: Binnaburra Yard and Utility Trial, July 2010

Badgingarra Casey:

Firstly, I’d like to apologise to all those disappointed punters who travelled from far and wide to see me compete. I was regrettably unable to attend this trial due to factors beyond my control, such as the very very cold temperatures at Kellerberrin and the much warmer temperature here in our living room. There were also other considerations: my likelihood of winning the event was somewhat lower than usual, given that my dogs are either broken (Muddy), suffering from placenta brain (Queani) or just too cool for yardwork (Bill); and my likelihood of being driven mental by my snotty nosed, coughing, lurgy infected offspring was much higher than usual. In the spirit of good sportsmanship and support for the trialling community, I decided to stay home.

So R went on his own, and I didn’t want him to get bored so I sent my camera with him with instructions to take lots of photos. He whimpered pitifully for a minute or two about his hands being too frozen in Kellerberrin’s icy winds to operate the camera, and being a bit busy what with judging the Novice, but I tucked my Snuggie firmly around myself, increased the volume on the TV and gave him a verbal Uggboot up bottom, and like the good man he is, he hardened up and got on with it. So I do have some photos and results for you.

An appreciative, if chilly, crowd in the shed:

Boss of the office, Pat Charlick:

Warm enough for you, Hayden? (waiting his turn with Mac’s Magic, Grant Cooke and Grassvalley Tod holding sheep behind)

Neil Kristiansen working Bellview Shadow, not yet warm enough or stirred up enough to remove hands from pockets:

Rod Forsyth warming up by throwing a few sheep around:

I think this is Gordon Curtis’ Binnaburra Jess at the let-out:

Novice Utility

1)	Neil Kristiansen	Bellview Shadow (NZHD)	105	111	216
2)	Rod Forsyth	Binnaburra Milo (kelpie)	115	88	203
3)	Hayden Harries	Olboa Ben (NZHDxcollie)	98	104	202
4)	Nigel Armstrong	Yarralonga Ding (kelpie)	90	83	173
5)	Grant Cooke	Grassvalley Moss (collie)	97	73	170

Neil Kristiansen with Bellview Shadow:

Binnaburra Milo:

Novice Yard

1)	Rod Forsyth	Binnaburra Milo (kelpie)	59	50	109
2)	Neil Kristiansen	Bellview Shadow (NZHDxcollie)	54	54	108
3)	Hatden Harries	Mac’s Magic (collie)	53	52	105
4)	Hayden Harries	Olboa Ben (NZHDxcollie)	53	49	103

Rod Forsyth and Binnaburra Milo:

Hayden Harries and Mac’s Magic (a Fred daughter)

Open Utility

1)	Ken Atherton	Kiwi Knight (NZHD)	118	129	247
2)	Gordon Curtis	Binnaburra Tuff (kelpie)	118	118	236
3)	Grant Cooke	Grassvalley Moss (collie)	115	102	217
4)	Gordon Curtis	Ramulam Sam (kelpie)	109	103	212
=5)	Nigel Armstrong	Yarralonga Darkie (kelpie)	101	106	207
=5)	Neil Kristiansen	Badgingarra Toppie (collie)	101	106	207
7)	Neil Kristiansen	Bellview Shadow (NZHDxcollie)	114	86	200
8)	Neil Kristiansen	Karrawarra Shona (kelpie)	97	98	195
9)	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Gus (collie)	100	92	192
10)	Rod Forsyth	Binnaburra Milo (kelpie)	95	87	182
11)	Richard McGuire	Yarralonga Bella (kelpie)	107	67	174
12)	Andrew Gorton	Just Martha (collie)	95	Ret	95

Kiwi Knight:

Gordon Curtis and Binnaburra Tuff at the pen:

Gordon and Ramulam Sam filling the truck on the yard section:

Fresh sheep for the yards:

Open Yard

1)	Neil Kristiansen	Badgingarra Toppie (collie)	59	56	115
2)	Nigel Armstrong	Yarralonga Blue (kelpie)	53	59	112
3)	Neil Kristiansen	Karrawarra Shona (kelpie)	56	54	110
4)	Ken Atherton	Kiwi Knight (NZHD)	50.5	59.5	109.5
=5)	Richard McGuire	Yarralonga Bella (kelpie)	54	55	109
=5)	Gordon Curtis	Binnaburra Tuff (kelpie)	55	54	109
=7)	Hayden Harries	Mac’s Magic (collie)	55	53	108
=7)	Rod Forsyth	Binnaburra Milo (kelpie)	55	53	108
=7)	Nigel Armstrong	Yarralonga Darkie (kelpie)	56	52	108
=7)	Gordon Curtis	Ramulam Sam (kelpie)	53	55	108
11)	Nigel Armstrong	Yarralonga Voss (kelpie)	55	47	102
12)	Neil Kristiansen	Bellview Shadow (NZHDxcollie)	57	LS	57

Yarralonga Darkie:

Neil Kristiansen and Karrawarra Shona:

Gordon Curtis’ Binnaburra Tuff in the Open Utility:

Badgingarra Tony (Tuff x Shona):

Andrew Gorton has some Tony pups (out of his Ella, our Esme’s mum) available at the moment- check them out here!

R didn’t fare too badly. He wasn’t well prepared, having only just finished seeding, but Bella managed a credible performance to make the open finals (where she dropped her game somewhat). Charlie did something Charlie to mess up an otherwise nice run, and poor old Fred struggled in the yards. Too old, Freddy!

Clever R, somehow he managed to photograph not only some of the Novice runs he was judging, but also his own Open runs. Here he is with Bella at the force: