Dogpro Plus Pingelly Arena 2023

Report and Photos by Nan Lloyd

The Pingelly Arena Trial was the third for the year and the last arena event for 11 weeks.

The weather was pleasant for the first two days but warmed up to near 30⁰c on the last two days causing some discomfort. We had become used to much cooler conditions.

The Kelpies were the big winners of the weekend, winning all three events as well as taking out eight placings. The winners were from the Kumbark and Ramulam kennels being, Ken Atherton’s Ramulam Prickles in the Novice, Gordon Curtis’ Kumbark Scotty in the Improver and Ken Atherton’s Ramulam Charlie taking out the Open.

The sheep for the Novice and Improver were young merinos that worked fairly well for the Novice on the first day but, deteriorated somewhat for the Improver on the second day, which was reflected in the scores.

The Open sheep were mixed age older ewes. They worked deceptively well for the first half dozen runs then became somewhat difficult, wanting to split and run.

Even after they were carefully worked down to the Dee at the starting peg, they would inexplicably bolt like mad back to the let-out, sometimes over the dog.

For those who managed to keep the sheep calm and get to the pen, it was often a struggle to get them in.  Some great runs came to a sad end here.

Despite this there were a few top scores achieved.  

There were near record entries for the event. 65 in the Novice with 19 scores. 61 in the Improver with 18 scores. 82 in the open with 32 scores.

A number of triallers, led by Sue Doherty joined with local golfers for a round of golf on Saturday playing an ambrose competition. The results were not important but the camaraderie was.

With two great pubs, a huge recreation centre and a fabulous BBQ at the trial ground, there was a lot of food consumed over the course of the trial, and some nice social get togethers.

Encourage
Judged by Ken Atherton

	Worker	Dog
1	Tana Crozier	Akoonah Lady
2	Cree Monaghan	Graedawn Finn
3	Lee Crockford	Drycreek Zarin

Novice
Judged by Yvonne Haynes

	Worker	Dog	Total
1	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Prickles (K)	88
=2	Gordon Curtis	Kumbark Scotty (K)	80
=2	Tanya deBijl	Daleview Pearl (K)	80
4	Karyn Buller	Boonining Maisey (K)	74
5	Nigel Armstrong	Tumutvalley Roy (K)	72
6	Terry Martino	Marionvale Bo (K)	71
=7	Peter Gorman	Badgingarra Missy	69
=7	Karyn Buller	Booning Digit (K)	69
9	Karyn Buller	Boonining Turbo (K)	67
10	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Judy (K)	65
11	Tim Foster	Linthorpe Polly	62

Improver
Judged by Tanya deBijl

	Worker	Dog	Total
1	Gordon Curtis	Kumbark Scotty (K)	80
=2	Simon Leaning	Yarabee Jack (K)	73
=2	Rob Smith	Boonining Duck (K)	73
4	Rose Cassidy	Nolans Shana	72
5	Sue Doherty	Just Lawson	70
6	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Prickles (K)	66
=7	Peter Doherty	Ramulam Sixpence (K)	64
=7	Gordon Curtis	Binnaburra Buzz (K)	64
=7	Nan Lloyd	Kumbark Ace (K)	64
10	Doreen Hansen	Binnaburra Bubbles (K)	59

Open
Judged by Neil Kristiansen

	Worker	Dog	1st	2nd	Total
1	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Charlie (K)	93	92	185
2	Grant Cooke	Grassvalley Palmer	95	70	165
3	Peter Gorman	Coshies Dusty	75	85	160
4	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Prickles (K)	79	76	155
5	Ivan Solomon	Perangerry Trish	84	69	153
6	Frank Sutherland	PendalupSue	78	67	145
7	Gordon Curtis	Binnaburra Buzz (K)	71	70	141
8	Ivan Solomon	Rocky Fran	73	61	134
9	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Steel	76	37	113
10	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Chip (K)	89	SCR	89
11	Tony Boyle	Boylee Cournel	80	X	80
12	B Smith	Wondara Tip (K)	73	RTD	73
13	B Smith	Cooks Jake (K)	71	RTD	71