Hypro Holmbush Arena 2025

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Images Nan Lloyd & Simon Wallace

State Representatives for the Ted Gaby Interstate challenge
Simon Leaning, Peter Gorman and Grant Cooke.

Holmbush is farmed by Rod and Judy Forsyth, a lovely spot just out of Kellerberrin, with views over the farming areas.

The sheep for the trial were black tag ewes, unpredictable and tricky.

In the novice, many people struggled to hold on to them. They were hard to settle and occasionally one of the sheep would just bolt for no reason whatsoever. There were 16 scores from 63 runs.

They did not improve much for the Imp/open and any dog that put a little to much pressure on them paid the penalty. They took aversion to the bridge and many people retired here or ran out of time.

On the morning of the last day they settled considerably, and most of the open finalists came from this section of the trial. In fact out of the last 26 runs only two dogs failed to score. There were 98 entries and 46 scores.

Weather on the Thursday was cold, windy and wet, but fined up for the Fri and Sat. A cracking frost Fri morning made things a little uncomfortable for a while. The rain and cold returned early Sunday Afternoon, just in time for the open final.

The final was a hard fought battle, and there were some high scores as the sheep settled even more with the rain. There were only 11 points separating the 13 open finalists.

This trial was also the decider for the State reps to compete at the Ted Gaby in the upcoming Supreme. Simon Leaning had already secured a spot bur, it was a battle for the other two places.

An open win secured Grant Cooke a spot, with Peter Gorman coming up to secure the other place in a very close competition.

Winner of the Patrons award was Peter Doherty and Ramulam Sixpence.

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Encourage
Judged by Frank Sullivan

Place	Worker	Dogs Name	Registration
1	Peter Roberts	Lady
2	Anna Edwards	Marionvale Sonny	W2248.21
3	Peter Roberts	Jesse

Novice
Judged by Brad Rose

Place	Worker	Dog	Reg	1st	2nd	Run-off	Total
1	Ivan Solomon	Macs Sal	W2198.212	78	–		78
2	Tara Herbert	Marionvale Morton	2154.21	74	–		74
3	Cree Monaghan	Marionvale Jem (K)	W2249.22	71	–		71
4	Gibb MacDonald	Ellie	2008.16	70	–		70
5	Neil Kristiansen	Ramulam Ernie (K)	TBA	69	–		69
6	Cree Monaghan	Graedawn Finn (K)	W2155.21	67	–		67
7	Per Einarsson	Bellview Lexie	2205.22	59	–		59
=8	Neil Kristiansen	Badgingarra Belle	W2104.21	57	–		57
=8	Tim Foster	Rocky Zoe	2160	56	–		56
9	Terry Martino	Ramulam Tracker (K)	W2252.23	56	–		56

Improver
Judged by Wayne Hall

Place	Worker	Dog	Reg	1st	2nd	Run-off	Total
1	Per Einarsson	Karridowns Zoftie	2077.21	77	–		77
=2	Peter Doherty	Ramulam Sixpence (K)	W2286.23	75	–		75
=2	Steve Wallace	Rocky Roxie	W2164.22	75	–		75
4	Rose Cassidy	Nolans Shana	W1995.17	68	–		68
5	Rose Cassidy	Badgingarra Zoe	2089.20	61	–		61
6	Sue Doherty	Echopark Apache	W2196	60	–		60
7	Tara Herbert	Marionvale Chas	2266.22	55	–		55
8	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Pete	2223	54	–		54
9	Caroline Bell	Bellview Tug	1961.18	53	–		53
10	Rose Cassidy	Floroy Bella	W2185.22	52	–		52

Open
Judged by Wayne Hall

Place	Worker	Dog	Reg	1st	2nd	Run-off	Total
1	Grant Cooke	Grassvalley Palmer	2100.20	93	96		189
2	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Woody (K)	2159	92	93		185
3	Peter Gorman	Badgingarra Missy	2158	86	93		179
=4	Gordon Curtis	Binnaburra Marvin (K)	W2153.21	93	84		177
=4	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Prickles (K)	2079.20	90	87		177
6	Lee Jamieson	Blyths Moss	T332	87	88		175
7	Ivan Solomon	Perangery Trish	W1925	88	86		174
8	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Di	2046	86	87		173
9	Gordon Curtis	Kumbark Tina (K)	W1854.14	82	88		170
10	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Steel	1830	83	81		164
11	Simon Leaning	Yarrabee Jack (K)	2116	88	74		162
12	Peter Doherty	Ramulam Cork (K)	W2177.21	82	75		157
13	Nan Lloyd	Kumbark Lexie (K)	1962.17	82	RTD		82

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