Binnaburra Yard and Utility. 29th June to the 1st July.                   

The annual Binnaburra yard and utility trial is usually held in fairly cold conditions, including either frosty mornings, freezing windy days or heavy rain. This year however the weather was spring-like, with quite warm sunny days, which created a fair bit of dust in the yards to the extent that they needed damping down a few times over the weekend.

It has been a dry year over parts of WA, and more rain is needed. Binnaburra is near Kelleberrin approximately 200 east of Perth.

The sheep were fairly calm to work, often requiring a fair bit of pushing to bring them down the ground. However they were a bit more energetic in the yard and if upset too much they sailed over the fences.

Loading and unloading the truck was the trickiest obstacle and there was a fair bit of luck involved. If a sheep backed down the exit ramp it was near impossible to unload your sheep without assisting the dog.

They were good obstacle sheep and there were quite a few pens over the weekend. 

There was thick fog on the first morning which hung around until almost 10am. This meant the novice utility could not be run as scheduled, so the novice yard was run first.

Results.

 Encourage.

1st. Tanya De Bilj and Tilly Grey. (Kelpie).

Novice Utility, judged by Hayden Harries

1st. Grant Cook. Grassvalley Sky. 210 (BC) 

2nd. Grant Cook. Grassvalley Moss. 208.5. (BC).

3rd. Nigel Armstrong. Cagella Kinda. 190. (Kelpie)

4th Rod Forsyth. Binnaburra Wal. 181. (Kelpie)

5th. Gordon Curtis. Binnaburra Sasha. 173. (Kelpie)

Novice yard, judged by Grant Cook.

1st. Rick Jantz. Jandoree Dot Com. 107 (BC)

2nd. NIgel Armstrong. Cagella Kinda. 105 (Kelpie).

3rd. Nigel Armstrong. Yarralonga Splinter. 98 (Kelpie)

4th. Karen Buller. Just Jed. 97 (Kelpie)

Open Utility. Judged by Frank Sutherland.

1st. Grant Cooke. Grassvalley Moss. 216 (BC).

2nd. Gordon Curtis. Binnaburra Tuff. 214 (Kelpie).

3rd. Gordon Curtis. Binnaburra Jess. 213 (Kelpie).

=4th. Ken Atherton. Ramulam Gus. 212 (BC).

=4th. Grant Cook. Grassvalley Sky.212 (BC)

6th. Ken Atherton. Ramulam Lad.  202 (Kelpie).

7th. Hayden Harries. Olboa Ben.  201 (BC)

8th. Nigel Armstrong. Cagella Kinda.  190 (Kelpie)

9th. Ken Atherton. Olboa Merle.  187 (BC).

10th. Tony Boyle. Boylee Mustard. 175 (BC).

11th. Rod Forsyth. Binnaburra Milo.  174 (Kelpie).

12th. Tony Boyle. Boylee Tobie. 171 (BC).

13th Andrew Gorton. Boylee Ella.  98 (BC)

Open yard. Judged by Frank Sutherland.

1st. Ken Atherton. Ramulam Gus. 113 (BC).

=2nd. Andrew Gorton. Boylee Ella. 112 (BC).

=2nd. NIgel Armstrong. Yarralonga Blue. 112. (Kelpie).

4th Grant Cook. Grassvalley Moss. 110 (BC).

5th Nan Lloyd. Andron Jake. 105 (Kelpie).

=6th. Richard Mcguire. Mac’s JJ. 104 (BC).

=6th. Hayden Harrries. Mac’s Magic. 104 (BC).

8th. NIgel Armstrong. Yarralonga Splinter. 102  (Kelpie).

9th. Tony Boyle. Belview Dale. 100 (BC).

10th. Gordon Curtis. BinnBurra Sasha. 99 (Kelpie).

11th. Rick Jantz.  Jandoree Dot Com.  97 (BC).

12th. Andrew Gorton. Just Bounce. 58 (Kelpie).

13th. Karyn Buller. Just Jed. 53 (Kelpie).

Foggy morning on the trial ground.

Shelby Gentle and Kelpelpie Rio, trialing in the fog.

Doreeen Hanson's Jandoree Molly, kicking up the dust.

Richard Mcguire and Mac's JJ.

Rick Jantz and Jandoree Sparky.

Nigel Armstrong's Cagella Kinda.

Tony Boyle's Boylee Tobie.

Gordon Curtis and Binnaburra Sasha, bringing the sheep into the yard.

Hayden Harries, Olboa Ben, forcing through the race.

Andrew Gorton and Boylee Ella at the race.

Marianne Rogers Ramulam Petra.

Nan Lloyd and Kumbark Caleb. (Thanks Tanya De Bilj for this photo)

Some deep thinking going on, while Binnaburra Jess waits patiently for her run.