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Held by Esperence Working Sheepdog Club at the Pingelly trial ground 2nd – 5th May 2024

This week we were back at Pingelly for the Esperence club’s first event which was run on a Supreme course.

The weather was light rain but warm and not too windy for most of the weekend. We did however experience a severe thunderstorm on Friday afternoon and had to stop the trial for a while due to lightening. There was some nice follow-up rain for the locals after the season break the week before. No one was complaining after such a long hot dry spell.

The sheep were red tag Merino wethers which proved quite difficult for a lot of dogs. The sheep would initially run off the dogs but once the dog got them under control would stop and face up to the them. Thank you to David and Erin Parsons of Mainstay farms and R.L. & S.M. Allen for providing the sheep.

Peter Gorman took out the top spot winning the Open with his dog Coshies Dusty and also second spot with Badgingarra Missy. Simon Leaning took third place with Marionvale Woody.

Neil Kristiansen with Donna’s dog Pendalup Indigo took first place in the Improver event. Terry Martino with Marionvale Bo was second and Daniel Beard with Boonining Digit took third place. Donna is now looking for a new pup to compete with in the Novice events.

Gordon Curtis with Binnaburra Chloe was first in the Novice. Steve Wallace with Rocky Roxie came second. Daniel Beard with Boonining Digit and Rose Cassidy with Badgingarra Zoe tied for third place.

There were three Encourage workers, Courtney Moir with Rocky Keelie took first place, Tania Crozier with Akoonah Billy was second and Sandy Karasek with Freckle took third.

Judges for the weeken were Brad Rose Novice, Gibb MacDonald Improver and Andrew Gorton Open and Open finals.

The event was greatly supported by the Pingelly tourist Association who provided beakfast and lunch all weekend. The grounds have been upgraded again with permanant power supplied to the office and to the new catering pad.

We were treated to the local league football match between the Brookton-Pingelly Panthers and the Williams Cats. Unfortunately the Panthers went down 57 – 81.

WAWSDA is grateful for the support for dog trialling in the town of Pingelly.

Novice – L-R Peter Gorman (Pendalup Ted 6th), Gordon Curtis (Binnaburra Chloe 1st), Steve Wallace (Rocky Roxie 2nd), Nan Lloyd (Binnaburra Ruffy 5th), Daniel Beard (Boonining Digit =3rd), Donna Kristiansen for Rose Cassidy (Badgingarra Zoe =3rd).

Encourage
Judged by Frank Sutherland

	Worker	Dog
1	Courtney Moir	Rocky Keelie
2	Tania Crozier	Akoonah Billy
3	Sandy Karasek	Freckle

Novice
Judged by Brad Rose

	Worker	Dog	Total
1	Goirdon Curtis	Binnaburra Chloe	89
2	Steve Wallace	Rocky Roxie	83
=3	Daniel Beard	Boonining Digit	78
=3	Rose Cassidy	Badgingara Zoe	78
5	Nan Lloyd	Binnaburra Ruffy	77
6	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Ted	76
7	Gibb MacDonald	Boylee Ben	75
8	Steve Wallace	Pendalup Pete	72
9	Rod Forsyth	Kumbark Tod	70
10	Jan Cornish	Bellview Drover	69

Improver
Judged by Gibb MacDonald

	Worker	Dog	Total
1	Neil Kristiansen	Pendalup Indigo	85
2	Terry Martino	Marionvale Bo	80
3	Daniel Beard	Boonining Digit	78
4	Nan Lloyd	Binnaburra Ruffy	77
5	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Woody	76
6	Peter Doherty	Ramulam Sixpence	70
7	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Laydee	63
8	Rod Forsyth	Kumbark Todd	60
=9	Rose Cassidy	Floroy Bella	58
=9	B Smith	McConnell Sky	58

Open
Judged by Andrew Gorton

	Worker	Dog	1st Score	2nd Score	Total
1	Peter Gorman	Coshies Dusty	84	78	162
2	Peter Gorman	Badgingarra Missy	84	73	157
3	Simon Leanining	Marionvale Woody	81	68	149
4	Tanya deBijl	Daleview Wally	71	63	134
5	Ivan Solomon	Rocky Fran	75	35	110
6	B Smith	Cooks Jake	58	43	101
7	Gordon Curtis	Binnaburra Buzz	67	29	96
8	Steve Wallace	Pendalup Pete	83	RET	83
9	Steve Wallace	Rocky Roxie	51	31	82
10	Rob Smith	Boonining Duck	51	29	80
11	Tanya deBijl	Boylee Scout	76	RET	76
12	Grant Cooke	Grassvalley Theo	69	DQ	69