DogPro Plus. Binnaburrra yard and Utility.

21st to 23rd June

The second utility trial of the year was held at Binnaburra, the property of Gordon and Sara Curtis, near Kellerberrin.

The weather was very mild, which was  a little unusual. Binnaburra is known for crunching frosts and Arctic winds but this year was quite different. Friday and Saturday were warmish and pleasant.

On Sunday however, a much needed cold front moved in and dumped 18mm of rain on the ground muddying the yards and making it a little uncomfortable for competitors. It was very welcome for the local farmers though, as it has been a dry year.

The sheep were Merino ewe hoggets, beautifully presented, and were supplied by Alec and Sue Stevens. They were good trial sheep, but dogs with feel and eye did struggle on them. They just wanted to stand and look and refused to turn away. Freer moving dogs handled them a lot better.

Outside, they were good obstacle sheep, and in the yard flowed fairly well, although the first gather and the truck did cause a few issues.

There were 22 entries in the novice utility, 28 in the novice yard, 24 in the open utility and 29 in the open yard.

Results.

Encourage was won by Neil Whyte and Barkervale Cobber.

Novice Utility. Judged by Doreen Hansen.

Scores out of 115

1st. Grant Cooke. Grassvalley Bluey. 98+94=192.

2nd. Rick Janitz. Badgingarra Izzy. 79+81=160.

3rd. Grant Cooke. Grassvalley Fly 81+75=156.

4th. Rod Forsyth. Kumbark Todd. 78. Kelpie.

5th. Nan Lloyd. Whites Ree. 76. Kelpie.

6th. Ken Atherton. Badgingarra Champ. 70. Kelpie.

7th. Allen Dunn. Gogetta Thor. 64. Kelpie

8th. Rod Forsyth. Grassvalley Hazel. 56.

9th. Tony Boyle. Boyleee Major. 55.

10th. Tony Boyle. Boylee Gus. 51.

Novice Yard Judged by Doreen Hansen.

There was a tie for first so there was another runoff.

Scores out of 65.

1st. Allan. Dunn. Gogetta Thor. 55+61=116+61=177. Kelpie

2nd. Nigel Armstrong. Yarralonga Fyfe.58+58=116+59=175. Kelpie.

3rd. Rod Forsyth. Kumbark Tod. 55+60=115. Kelpie

4th. Rod Forsyth. Grassvalley Hazel. 55+52=107. 

=5th. Marianne Rogers. Ok Anwenelle. 54

=5th. Allan Dun. Yarralonga Ethol. 54. Kelpie

=5th. Grant Cooke. Grassvalley Bluey.

Open Yard, judged by Nigel Armstrong.

Nigel was judged by Grant Cook and Ken Atherton.

Final Judged by Nan Lloyd

Scores out of 65

1st. Nigel Armstrong. Yarralonga Scope. 59+56=115. Kelpie.

2nd. Allan Dunn. Gogetta Thor. 53+59=112. Kelpie

3rd. Nigel Armstrong. Tumutvally Roy. 52.5+59=111.5. Kelpie

4th. Allan Dunn. Dunn’s Harley. 48+61=109. Kelpie

5th. Nigel Armstrong. Tumutvalley Jude. 54.5+54=108.5. Kelpie.

6th. Gordon Curtis. Binnaburra Ben. 47+59=106. Kelpie

7th. Allan Dunn.Yarralonga Ethol.50+52=102. Kelpie

8th. Ken Atherton. Ramulam Punch. 50+47=97. Kelpie.

9th. Tony Boyle. Boylee Sugar. 45+49=94.

10th. Rod Forsyth. Barkervale Austin. 45+42=87. Kelpie.

11th. Ken Atherton. Badgingarra Champ. 44+35=79. Kelpie.

12th. Rod Forsyth. Grassvalley Hazel. 45+9=54. 

Open Utility, judged by Nigel Armstrong.

Nigel Judged by Ken Atherton and Grant Cooke.

Final Judged by Nan Lloyd

Scores out of 115.

1st. Ken Atherton. Ramulam Punch. 93+103=196. Kelpie.

2nd. Nigel Armstrong. Yarralonga Jude. 91.5=98=189. Kelpie.

3rd. Grant Cooke. Grassvalley Sky. 80+104=184.

4th. Gordon Curtis. Binnaburra Ben. 77+98=175. Kelpie

5th. Grant Cooke. Grassvalley Bluey. 80+92=172.

6th. Tony Boyle. Boylee Sugar. 73+89=162.

7th. Rod Forsyth. Barkervale Austin. 65+93=158.Kelpie

8th. Rod Forsyth. Grassvalley Hazel.85+70=155.

9th. Nigel Armstrong. Yarralonga Scope. 77.5+87=154.5. Kelpie.

10th. Rod Forsyth. Kumbark Todd. 65+89=154. Kelpie.

11th. Gordon Curtis. Whites Joe. 72+76=148. Kelpie.

12th. Ken Atherton. Badgingarra Champ. 76+66=142. Kelpie.

13th. Nigel Armstrong. Tumutvalley Roy. 71.5+RTD=71.5.

Tony Boyles Boylee Sugar.

Marianne Rogers Marionvale Aykeira.

Ken Athertons. Badgingarra Champ.

Rod Forsyth and Kumbark Todd.

Grant Cookes Grassvalley Sky.

Allen Dunn and Goggetta Thor.

Open utility, Gordon Curtis, 4th, Nigel Armstrong 2nd, Ken Atherton, 1st. Grant Cooke, 3rd and 5th.

Open Yard. Nigel Armstrong, 1st, 3rd, and 5th.  Allen Dunn, 2nd and 4th

Article and photos by Nan Lloyd