Wagin Woolorama 2026

Photos Karyn Buller

During our summer break several members have travelled east to compete in National events in Victoria and the ACT.  They have been competing well and we wish them good luck for the last events and a safe trip home.

Here we are again, the first event for the season here in the west.  We were at the Wagin Woolorama Show.

The ground staff have watered the trial ground, so we had a lovely green arena to work on.  It was a bit of a treat for this time of the year.

The weather on Thursday was bright and sunny then got hotter for Friday and Saturday.

The events were run as a Novice Class and a combined Improver/Open class.

The Novice began early on Thursday morning, finishing in the afternoon.  The Improver/Open began straight away and was finished on Friday afternoon.

On Saturday the Open finals were able to be run in the cooler part of the day, finishing before lunchtime.  Several people were invited to work their dogs on the ground as a demonstration of the art of managing a sheepdog for the entertainment of the crowd.
This was followed up with the dog high-jump event and then presentations.

Sheep for this event were blue-tag, 4-year-old ewes.  They were from a very large flock and didn’t care too much for the dogs.

There were quite a few first time and inexperienced dogs competing which produced a large number of retirements and crosses.  The cunning old ewes took every opportunity to get the better of the dogs.

The novice top spots were the domain of the ladies, Karyn Buller taking 1^st and 3^rd with Boonining Meg and Tawori Clancy, Nan Lloyd 2^nd and =4^th with Kumbark Rumble and Binnaburra Ruffy and Shelby Harries =4^th with Just Ali.

Per Einarrson took the win in the Improver with Bellview Lexie, from Steve Wallace and Rocky Roxie.

The Open was won by Grant Cooke with Grassvalley Bluey from Gordon Curtis and Binnaburra Chloe.

A big thankyou to the members of the Central Districts Working Sheepdog club who worked tirelessly to make the magic happen.

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Novice 
Judged by Neil (Bucket) Eastough

Place	Worker	Dog	Reg		Total
1	K Buller	Boonining Meg (K)			83
2	N Lloyd	Kumbark Rumble (K)	2263-23		79
3	K Buller	Tawori Clancy (K)	W2174-22		76
=4	N Lloyd	Binnaburra Ruffy (K)	2120-21		74
=4	S Harries	Just Ali	2214-23		74
6	P Gorman	Badgingarra John	2192		73
=7	N Kristiansen	Badgingarra Beau	W2103-21		59
=7	C Moir	Rocky Keelie	W2186-22		59
9	N Lloyd	Kumbark Pocket (K)	2262-23		56
10	P Roberts	Badgingarra Dave	2298		48

Improver Final
Judged by Rod Forsyth

Place	Worker	Dog	Reg	1st	2nd	Total
1	P Einarrson	Bellview Lexie	2205-22	80	68	148
2	St Wallace	Rocky Roxie	W2164-22	71	56	127
3	H Harries	Just Coke	2208-22	72	31	103
4	R Smith	Boonining Duck (K)	2092-20	82	RTD	82
5	S Harries	Just Ali	2214-23	68	RTD	68
6	H Harries	Marionvale Penny	2210-22	60	–	60
7	C Hull	Olly (K)	W2307	55	–	55
8	T Martino	Ramulam Tracker (K)	W2254-23	52	–	52
9	N Lloyd	Kumbark Pocket (K)	2262-23	50	–	50
10	P Einarrson	Bellview Sadie	2265-23	48	–	48

Open Final
Judged by Rod Forsyth 

Place	Worker	Dog	Reg	1st	2nd	Total
1	G Cooke	Grassvalley Bluey	1898	89	83	172
2	G Curtis	Binnaburra Chloe (K)	W2206-21	88	68	156
3	T Crozier	Akoonah Billy	W2142-21	69	80	149
4	S Harries	Just Ali	2214-23	68	80	148
5	G Curtis	Binnaburra Marvin (K)	W2153-21	80	60	140
6	St Wallace	Rocky Roxie	W2164-22	71	62	133
7	R Smith	Boonining Duck (K)	2092-20	82	45	127
8	T Martino	Marionvale Bo (K)	W2093-16	62	58	120
9	P Einarrson	Bellview Lexie	2205-22	80	26	106
10	G Cooke	Grassvalley Grace	2259-23	86	RTD	86
11	P Gorman	Pendalup Lucy	2015	81	X	81
12	H Harries	Just Coke	2208-22	72	X	72

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