UPDATE:
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Talented handlers and dogs impressed the Exeter Sheepdog Trial judge over the weekend.
Lee Jamieson took out the open division with Kimi.
The improver category was won by Martin Waddingham with Patch, who also took out second place in the open division while Mr Waddingham was second in the novice division with his dog Bella.
Bernard McGlashan won the novice category with Lace. He was also third place in the novice category and second in the improver category with Scar.
EARLIER:
About 80 entries were received for the Exeter Sheepdog Trial – Northern Tasmanian Championships on Saturday.
Exeter Sheepdog Club president Allan Middleton said the club saw a spike in the number of women entering.
More than 30 per cent of the 20 handlers, or seven people, were women.
This was compared to the one or two women competing a decade of more ago, he said.
Mr Middleton said more women had begun to enter the sport, often starting out with obedience training and then moving onto the next stage.
“(Sheep herding) is probably one of the hardest sports you can get into.”
The Exeter Sheepdog Trial is one of the only statewide trials that has a prize for the highest female handler score.
Run by the Exeter Sheepdog Club, the three-sheep herding trials relied on a dog’s ability to control the movement of stock around a course.
Each dog and handler team starts off with 100 points, which are then detracted for any mistakes.
Tess Brunton
I recently returned from across the ditch where I worked at New Zealand Fairfax paper The Timaru Herald and developed a love of mountains. Originally I'm a mainlander from an area known for cheese, the Bega Valley, who also dabbled in radio at ABC RCAFF before finding a place in newspapers. I can often be found hiking, caving or climbing when I'm not cursing at my work computer or technology in general.
I recently returned from across the ditch where I worked at New Zealand Fairfax paper The Timaru Herald and developed a love of mountains. Originally I'm a mainlander from an area known for cheese, the Bega Valley, who also dabbled in radio at ABC RCAFF before finding a place in newspapers. I can often be found hiking, caving or climbing when I'm not cursing at my work computer or technology in general.
