Written by Nan Lloyd
Photos by by Nan Lloyd and Simon Wallace

The state Arena trial was hosted by the Northern Districts club this year. The club has run three trials in under a month, two of which were state events, so it has been a big effort for club members.

The weather for the event was somewhat cold and windy for the first two days, then warmed up for the last two.

The sheep responded to the weather being quite difficult under the windy conditions but settling as it warmed up.

These sheep were a mix of new sheep and sheep that had been used at the Ballidu annual trial six weeks earlier. Generally they worked well but if hassled too much, not headed properly, or if they just did not like the dog, they would head for the fence and it was difficult for the dogs to pull them up.

It was a great social event culminating with an enjoyable dinner Saturday night and the sharing of some phone videos which livened things up considerably.

There were 48 entries in the novice with 17 scores, the improver had 50 entries and 16 scores and the open had 80 entries and 25 scores.

Novice L-R Neil Kristiansen 3rd, Jenny Nolan 2nd, Ken Atherton 1st, Carolyn Bell =5th, Rod Forsyth =5th, Ivan Solomon 4th

Novice Results
Judged by Brad Rose

1	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Charlie (K)	89
2	Jenny Nolan	Nolans Soul	83
3	Neil Kristiansen	Badgingarra Maggi	80
4	Ivan Solomon	Nolans Bart	73
=5	Carolyn Bell	Gibsons Smokey	70
=5	Rod Forsyth	Barkervale Clark (K)	70
=7	Jenny Nolan	Nolans Jasper	68
=7	Frank Sutherland	Pendalup Niki	68
9	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Lucy	67
10	Tara Herbert	Marionvale Tess (K)	64

Improver Results
Judged by Nan Lloyd
There was a tie for first so the winning score was taken from the Open run.

1	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Fella (K)	80	61	141
2	Peter Doherty	Karrabar Cobba (K)	80	X	80
3	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Charlie (K)	79
4	Rose Cassidy	Nolans Shana	78
5	Jenny Nolan	Nolans Jedda	77
6	Dave Lacey	Farnham Will	75
=7	Rod Forsyth	Barkervale Clark (K)	74
=7	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Lucy	74
9	Per Ostberg	My Nonc Favvo	71
10	Malcolm Seymour	Coshies Bella	57

Open Results
Judged by Wayne Hall

1	Peter Gorman	Coshies Dusty	89	92	181
2	Grant Cooke	Grassvalley Fly	87	87	174
3	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Punch (K)	88	85	173
4	Dave Lacey	Somerville Katie	82	83	165
5	Tony Boyle	Boylee Midget	84	78	162
6	Dave Lacey	Brands Hatch Tusker	81	75	156
7	Nan Lloyd	Kumbark Lexie (K)	83	71	154
8	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Steel	81	72	153
9	Rose Cassidy	Nolans Shana	87	42	129
10	Neil Kristansen	Princes Delta	85	35	120
11	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Chip (K)	86	X	86
12	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Lad	82	LS	82