Wagin Woolorama 2025

Photos by Jess King & Simon Wallace

Our 2025 trial season opened at Wagin as part of the Woolorama Agriculture show.  Wagin is approx. 225 km south of Perth.

This event was run by the Central Districts Working Sheepdog club who managed to do a fabulous job.

The weather was hot and sunny with temperatures rising to 38-39c on Thursday and Friday then easing to 27 on Saturday.  This caused many triailers to retire their dogs as they got hot and ran out of energy.

The sheep were blue tag ewes in top condition.  They were, however, tough to manage as they were light and inclined to split apart, often with one sheep disregarding the dog and heading to the let-out. The experienced dogs that could stay quiet and work from a distance had the most success.

Last year’s Open winner Marionvale Di managed to make the double by winning this year’s event.  Di was the last one out in the final and made a textbook run to take out the event from Ivan Solomon and Rocky Fran with Ken Atherton and Ramulam Prickles hot on their heels for third place.

The top five place getters in the Improver competed in a final with Steve Wallace with Pendalup Pete taking victory from Hayden Harries with Just Buster.

Karyn Buller and Boonining Turbo got one for the Kelpies by taking the victory in the Novice event closely followed by Steve Wallace with Rocky Roxy in Second place.

A very special thanks to our judges, Gibb McDonald and Nan Lloyd who braved the hot weather while the rest of us were able to sit down in a shady spot.

During the weekend we drew large crowds for the event.  Neil Whyte worked the PA system keeping the punters entertained and up-to-date with what was happening on the ground.

The club used the on-line scoring system to keep everyone on the ground informed. They were able to print off the results as soon as each event finished.  There were numerous people around Australia monitoring the scores during the weekend. The post reached 639 people, and the system was accessed 901 times by people watching the scores.

West Australian Working Sheepdog Association held their Annual General Meeting on Friday night.  We would like to Congratulate Jenny Atherton and Grant Cooke who were voted as Life Members in acknowledgement for their services.
Grant was returned as the President.  Simon Leaning was selected as Vice President. Tanya Crozier was elected as the Secretary and Jenny Atherton retained the role of Treasurer.

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Novice Judged by Gibb McDonald

Place	Worker	Dogs Name	Score	Pen
1	K Buller	Boonining Turbo (K)	67
2	Steve Wallace	Rocky Roxie	63	14.41
3	C Moir	Rocky Keelie	59
4	P Einarsson	Bellview Lexie	56	14.09
5	W Hall	Avalon Alley	51
6	K Buller	Tawori Clancy K	38	11.22
7	P Genoni	Binnaburra Bubbles (K)	30	11.05
8	R Cassidy	Badgingarra Zoe	25	14.05
9	L Morton	McConnell’s Johnny	19
		K = Kelpie

Improver Judged by Nan Lloyd

Place	Worker	Dog	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	Steve Wallace	Pendalup Pete	72	62	134
2	H Harries	Just Buster	64	66	130
3	K Buller	Taworri Clancy (K)	59	22	81
4	I Solomon	Mac’s Sal	76	X	76
5	G McDonald	Ellie	63	NPA	63
6	N Kristiansen	Badgingarra Wilson	56	–	56
7	T Herbert	Marionvale Morton	52	–	52
=8	J King	Risemoor Buck	47	–	47
=8	G Curtis	Binnaburra Chloe (K)	47	–	47
10	C Monaghan	Graedawn Finn (K)	41	–	41
		K = Kelpie NPA = No Points Achieved

 

Open Judged by Nan Lloyd

Place	Worker	Dog	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	S Leaning	Marionvale Di	74	83	157
2	I Solomon	Rocky Fran	80	75	155
3	K Atherton	Ramulam Prickles (K)	73	79	152
4	N Kristiansen	Badgingarra Maggie	69	69	138
5	P Gorman	Pendalup Steel	68	56	124
6	H Harries	Just Buster	64	59	123
7	K Atherton	Ramulam Fella (K)	65	57	122
8	I Solomon	Mac’s Sal	76	45	121
9	K Atherton	Ramulam Charlie (K)	88	27	115
9	Steve Wallace	Pendalup Pete	72	43	115
11	P Gorman	Pendalup Lucy	64	47	111
12	G Cooke	Grassvalley Palmer	64	21	85
13	R Forsyth	Grassvalley Hazel	70	X	70
		K = Kelpie	X = Cross

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