Dogpro Plus Pingelly Supreme Sept 2022

Pingelly Trial Ground September 15th – 18th 2022.

Written by Marianne Rogers
Photos by Simon Wallace

The small number but dedicated hard working members of the Esperance and Districts Working Sheepdog Club have done a great job running their club’s third trial for 2022. This was another Supreme Course Trial at the wonderful Pingelly home ground. We were lucky enough to have great trialling weather. Not too hot and only a little rain. Fog briefly delayed the start on the Saturday morning but it lifted quite quickly allowing us to carry on with the trial. The sheep were great, entry numbers were very high and despite a high number of scratchings we did end up with a few time constraints.

The sheep for the Novice and Improver were well presented young yellow tag merino ewes. They could run if the dogs pushed them but they mainly stuck together. They were great obstacle sheep, allowing many in the Novice class to achieve the obstacles including the pen. In the Novice there were 22 scores from 47 runs.

As it got warmer on the Friday the sheep became less compliant and out of 52 runs in the Improver class there were only 14 scores. Another reason for the lower number of scores was the introduction of a ring off of 35 points partway through, followed by a tightening to 25 points.

The sheep for the Open were young, 18 month old, recently shorn yellow tag Merino wethers. A ring off of 35 was applied throughout this class. The wethers were slightly bigger and stronger and more inclined to stand up to the dogs. They could also be extremely runny to start with. Quite a few dogs got the sheep to the handler and then battled to get them to go around the casting peg. It also appeared as if there was a strong pull to the right of the casting peg making it necessary for many triallers to complete the unwinding process. There were 31 scores out of 76 runs. Thirteen dogs went into the open final with only 10 points between the lowest and highest score. This made for an exciting finish as it was anyone’s trial. The top half in the final had to work really hard to put up a second good score.

Encourage
Judged by Frank Sutherland

1	Daniel Beard	Boonining Digit [K]
2	Cathy Neal	Amarillo Alfie [BC]
3	Noel Mustchin	Jake [K]

Novice
Judged by Yvonne Haynes

1	Simon Leaning	Yarrabee Jack [K]	84
2	Gordon Curtis	Binnaburra Buzz [K]	82
3	Nan Lloyd	Binnaburra Merlin [K]	81
4	Rick Janitz	Ramulam Bee [K]	80
5	Frank Sutherland	Rocky Magpie [BC]	76
6	Per Ostberg	My Nr One Favvo [BC]	75
7	Terry Martino	Marionvale Bo [K]	73
8	Jan Cornish	Bellview Bailey [BC]	72
9	Marianne Rogers	Amarillo Artimyst [BC]	71
10	Frank Sutherland	Rocky Nicki [BC]	69

Improver
Judged by Rick Janitz

1	Nan Lloyd	Binnaburra Merlin [K]	87
2	Grant Cooke	Grassvalley Palmer [BC]	85
3	Per Ostberg	Karridwons Zoftie [BC]	84
4	Neil Kristiansen	Badgingarra Sir Ben [BC]	80
5	Nigel Armstrong	Tumutvalley Roy [K]	72
6	Rod Forsyth	Kumbark Todd [K]	62
7	Gibb MacDonald	O’Kanes Ned Kelly [BC]	61
8	Jan Cornish	Bellview Bailey [BC]	57
9	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Caddy [BC]	50
10	Neil Kristiansen	Badgingarra Oscar [BC]	41

Open
Judged by Jane Dorrell

1	Dave Lacey	Akoonah Lady[BC]	87	86	173
2	Dave Lacey	Akoonah Holly[BC]	84	87	171
3	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Charlie [K]	88	82	170
4	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Andy [BC]	85	77	162
5	Neil Kristiansen	Princes Delta [BC]	79	82	161
6	Terry Martino	Marionvale Bo [K]	78	66	144
7	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Prickles [K]	81	57	138
8	Gordon Curtis	Kumbark Tina [K]	89	45	134
9	Dave Lacey	Akoonah Blondie [BC]	78	55	133
10	Grant Cooke	Badgingarra Fly [BC]	89	42	131
11	Neil Kristiansen	Pendalup Sambo [BC]	83	42	125
12	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Di [BC]	85	RTD	85
13	Grant Cooke	Grassvalley Palmer [BC]	83	DQ	83