Dogpro WA State Chamionships 2026

Photos By Karyn Buller & Kelly Coomber

The State Arena Championships were held at Wagin, hosted by the Central Working Dog Sheep Dog club.

There was a large entry in all categories as the State representatives had an opportunity for a last shake-down before heading to Queensland to compete in upcoming 2026 Dogpro Supreme Championship.

Many competitors started their road trip on Sunday when the event finished. We wish them all luck.

The sheep were white tag ewes and wethers, which worked well for the dogs, but needed a soft approach to get a good result.

The weather was mostly fine and cold but rained on Friday night and Saturday causing a lake to form around some of the caravans on the campsite and some slippery spots on the arena ground.

On Saturday evening the gala dinner was held at the Palace Hotel.  Dinner was served at the table from choices off the menu.  The event was well attended by triallers who gave the chefs a round of applause after sweets were served.
Speeches were given by Central President Neil Kristainsen and State President Grant Cooke who thanked the triallers for attending, wishing them well, and acknowledged the state representatives, wishing them success for the up-coming Supreme championship in Queensland.

This weekend we were able to live stream the Open finals via social media.  There were 275 viewers on line during the event.

Due to the large entry for the weekend the trial committee chose to reduce the run time to twelve minutes for the Novice and Improver events.  Those who penned their sheep did so in an average of ten and a half minutes.

The trial committee also withdrew any novice dog which had not achieved a score in the Novice event, from the Open event, leaving nineteen Novice dogs qualified to compete in the Open.

The biggest battles were at the bridge with the sheep often running down the clock and stealing a good number of points.

The five novice and five Improver finalists used their Open score as the second round score for their final score in their events.

Wayne Hall with Avalon Alley came out on top in the Novice scoring 83 – 86 – 169, taking the win from Peter Gorman with Maxlodge Monty scoring 75 – 81 – 156.

Hayden Harries with Just Coke took the Improver win scoring 81 – 73 – 154 from Terry Martino and Ramulam Tracker who scored 79 – 65 – 144.

The Open champion this year was Neil Kristiansen and Badgingarra Oscar scoring 86 – 82 – 168 from both Grant Cooke with Pendalup Gilbert 79 – 84 – 163 and Allison Burrell with Illoura Jazz scoring 86 – 77 – 163.

Congratulations to all winners and place getters.

Judges for the weekend were Des Davies for Novice, Len Morton for Improver and Simon Leaning for the Open and all finals.  Thank you so much for your effort.

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Novice Results
Judged by Des Davies

Place	Worker	Dogs Name	Registration	Score	Score 2	Total
1	W Hall	Avalon Alley	W2287-20	83	86	169
2	P Gorman	Maxlodge Monty	W2351	75	81	156
3	P Einarrson	Bellview Sadie	2265-23	72	66	138
4	T Foster	Linthorpe Billy	2016	74	rtd	74
5	G Macdonald	Elle	2008-18	72	rtd	72
6	T Martino	Ramulam Tracker	W2254-23	69	–	69
7	C Monaghan	Marionvale Jem	W2249-22	65	–	65
8	C Darby	Avonview Starr	W2830-24	62	–	62
=9	N Lloyd	Kumbark Ruffy	2120-21	61	–	61
=9	C Monaghan	Graedawn Finn	W2155-21	61	–	61

Improver Results
Judged by Len Morton

Place	Worker	Dogs Name	Registration	Round 1	Round2	Total
1	H Harries	Just Coke	W2208-22	81	73	154
2	T Martino	Ramulam Tracker	W2254-23	79	65	144
3	C Monaghan	Graedawn Finn	W2155-21	86	54	140
4	C Monaghan	Marionvale Jem	W2249-22	77	51	128
5	D Davies	Marionvale Kip	2139-20	76	rtd	76
6	W Hall	Floroy Cody	W2184-22	75	–	75
7	P Einarrson	Bellview Sadie	2265-23	74	–	74
=10	N Lloyd	Kumbark Ruffy	2120-21	70	–	70
=10	K Buller	Boonining Meg	W2356-24	70	–	70
=8	G Macdonald	Ellie	2008	71	–	71
=8	R Ormandy	Akoonah Ella	V5614-24	71	–	71

Open Results
Judged by Simon Leaning

Place	Worker	Dogs Name	Registration	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	N Kristiansen	Badgingarra Oscar	2053-18	86	82	168
=2	G Cooke	Pendalup Gilbert	2180-23	79	84	163
=2	A Burrell	Illoura Jazz	N7683-17	86	77	163
4	P Gorman	Pendalup Steel	1830	77	82	159
5	W Hall	Avalon Ally	W2287-20	86	72	158
6	N Kristiansen	Badgingarra Wilson	2172	77	78	155
7	N Kristiansen	Ramulam Ernie	2297	77	70	147
8	P Gorman	Max Lodge Monte	W2351	81	61	142
9	N Lloyd	Kumbark Pocket	2262-23	79	62	141
10	G Cooke	Grassvalley Bluey	1898-16	80	59	139
11	S Harries	Just Ali	W2214-23	78	44	122
12	I Solomon	Perangery Trish	W1925	85	32	117
13	G Curtis	Binnaburra Chloe	W2206-21	87	x	87
14	S Doherty	Echo Park Apache	W2196	79	x	79
15	N Llloyd	Kumbark Ruffy	2120-21	77	x	77

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