Dogpro+ Mayanup Arena 2022

Written by Marianne Rogers
Photos by Jenny Atherton

Mayanup Trial was very interesting weather wise with different conditions on the three days. Friday was hot and windy, north easterly, reaching a top of 36 degrees.  Saturday was so much cooler 16 to 22 degrees it actually felt cold and Sunday the rain came, luckily mainly drizzle. The changing weather did not affect the sheep.

The sheep were Ewe Dohne Hoggits and they were always ready to take off, sometimes seemingly for no reason. Dogs that stayed off them fared better.

Getting the sheep to the left hand side of the casting peg was a challenge for most dogs and the bridge often proved the end point for the sheep’s co operation, if you had achieved that to start with! 

Possibly there were more retires in the heat on the Friday as running sheep around in the heat especially now they are so valuable is never a good idea.

There were a number of scratchings for various reasons  and numbers were fairly low but adequate to keep let out, canteen etc. operating.

Encourage followed the Novice and most of the Improver was completed by end of trialling on Friday.

Encourage was judged by Simon Leaning accompanied by Tara Herbert.

Novice was judged by Des Davies. There were 23 runs with 5 scores.

Improver was judged by Steve Wallace. There were 23 runs with 9 scores and in the final 5 there were 2 scores.

Open was judged by Simon Leaning. There were 40 runs with 17 scores and in the final 12 there were 8 scores.

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Encourage
Judged by Simon Leaning & Tara Herbert

1	Shelby Harries	Waterlea Tas
2	Robert Smith	Boonining Duck (K)

Novice
Judged by Des Davies

1	Robert Smith	Boonining Duck (K)	65
2	Ivan Solomon	Nolans Bart	56
3	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Judy (K)	33
4	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Lady (K)	29
5	Tony Boyle	Boylee Whitie	13

Improver
Judged by Steve Wallace (Top five run off)

1	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Charlie (K)	77	48	125
2	Per Ostberg	Karridowns Zoftie	33	48	81
3	Dave Lacey	Farnhan Will	37	LS	37
4	Robert Smith	Boonining Duck (K)	26	LS	26
5	Brad Rose	Bellview Flier	22	X	22
6	Des Davies	Marionvale Bella	16		16
7	Rod Forsyth	Grassvalley Hazel (K)	16		16
8	Tara Herbert	Marionvale Tess (K)	6		6
9	Tony Boyle	Boylee Cournel	5		5

Open Final
Judged by Simon Leaning

1	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Charlie (K)	31	78	109
2	Dave Lacey	Farnam Will	61	39	100
3	Tanya DeBilj	Boylee Scout	54	35	89
4	Dave Lacey	Akoonah Holly	52	36	88
5	Ivan Solomon	Rocky Fran	48	37	85
6	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Punch (K)	40	44	84
7	Frank Sutherland	Pendalup Sue	39	38	77
8	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Fella (K)	44	25	69
9	Tanya DeBilj	Daleview Wally	67	RTD	67
10	Frank Maynard	Akoonah Sherry	47	RTD	47
11	Rod Forsyth	Grassvalley Hazel (K)	47	SCR	47
12	Corey Rose	Boylee Pick	39	X	39