Wagin Arena

The first trial for 2021 was held at the Wagin Woolorama, and was hosted by Central Districts sheepdog club.

The Woolorama is a huge sheep and machinery show, held each year in Wagin, a small wheatbelt town app 230kms south of Perth.

Last year there was no trial held at the Woolorama so it was great to be back there this year. It is a lovely trial ground with great facilities.

The weather was unusual. It can be very hot at Wagin in March, but this year there were thunderstorms, heavy rain, and very humid conditions. The cloud cover kept the temperature down mainly but when the Sun did emerge it was extremely uncomfortable. However we have had a few dry years and no one was complaining. It made for quite good trialling conditions and there was no dust.

The sheep were another matter.   They were older sheep that were not very interested in complying with the dogs. They were touchy to work, and could split quickly as they raced back to the let-outs, quite often catching dogs off guard by running behind them. This caused quite a number of crosses. Once they settled they then became very difficult to move, standing and stomping their feet and even charging some of  the dogs. They got worse as the weekend went on and by the open final were really quite difficult. It was a worthy challenge though and great for the spectators.

Due to the large number of entries the Improver and Open was run as one class.

In the Novice there were 70 entries with 10 scores.
In the Improver/open 106 runs and 24 scores.

Author Nan Lloyd
Images by Nan Lloyd and Simon Wallace

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Open Judged by Jenny Atherton and the Final Judged by Wayne Hall

1	Len Morton	Perengary Sadie	82	44	126
2	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Jem	60	63	123
3	Peter Gorman	Coshies Dusty	68	53	121
4	Jane Dorrell	Perengary Buster	82	37	119
5	Ivan Soloman	Perengary Trish	74	43	117
6	Dave Lacey	Akoonah Lady	54	58	112
7	Nigel Armstrong	Yaralonga Scope (K)	55	37	92
8	Jenny Nolan	Nolan’s Chad	54	30	84
9	Tony Boyle	Boylee Cournel	69	X	69
10	Dave Lacey	MGH Jack	68	RTD	68
11	Neil Kristiansen	Pendalup Sambo	57	19	76
12	Jan Cornish	Bellview Ted	54	X	54

Improver Final Judged by Jenny Atherton

1	Neil Kristiansen	Pendalup Sambo	57	70	127
2	Len Morton	Perengary Sadie	82	31	113
3	Tony Boyle	Boylee Cournel	69	X	69
4	Dave Lacey	MGH Jack	68	RTD	68
5	Gordon Curtis	Kumbark Scotty (K)	67	X	67
6	Jenny Nolan	Nolans Jedda	55	–	55
=7	Jenny Nolan	Nolans Chad	54	–	54
=7	Jan Cornish	Bellview Ted	54	–	54
9	Karyn Buller	Boonining Maisy (K)	50	–	50
=10	Rod Forsyth	Kumbark Tod (K)	48	–	48
=10	Tony Boyle	Boylee Gus	48	–	48

Novice Final Judged by Jane Dorrell

1	Neil Kristiansen	Pendalup Sambo	57	–	57
2	Jenny Nolan	Nolan’s Soul	56	–	56
3	Blake Robinson	Nap (K)	53	–	53
4	Dave Lacey	Farnham Will	49	–	49
5	Nan Lloyd	Binnaburra Merlin (K)	48	–	48
6	Tony Boyle	Boylee Major	44	–	44
7	Jason Crockford	Eulooka Belle (K)	36	–	36
8	Rod Forsyth	Grassvalley Hazel	34	–	34
9	Jason Crockford	Wyandora Pippa (K)	31	–	31
10	Nigel Armstrong	Tumutvally Roy (K)	22	–	22

Encourage Judged by Corey Rose & Frank Sutherland

1	Nic Ford	Dryandra Thunderstruck
2	Rose Cassidy	Nolan’s Sharna
3	Donna Kristiansen	Pendalup Indigo

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