Well-known Taranaki Huntaway man Bryce Jensen and Web at the cross - finishing second in the maiden section of the sheep dog trials.
Well-known Taranaki Huntaway man Bryce Jensen and Web at the cross - finishing second in the maiden section of the sheep dog trials.
In Waverley’s 101st annual A&P Show, the Dog Trial section really came up trumps, with a record 83 dogs competing in the Sheepdog Trial section, the most dogs ever to compete at the show in its long history - 40 dogs is the normal number of dogs catered for.
Maryanne Barry and Jess from Whanganui at the pen.
Murray Elliot, from Kai Iwi, supplied the sheep for the event. Murray placed third in the open section and won in the intermediate and maiden classes with his maiden dog Lee - a great effort.
Bruce Meek and Tui from Stratford.
Brian Burke, from Whanganui, had a very busy day judging the event. The competitors came from Taumaranui, Dannevirke, Levin and Taihape, with several Taranaki dog triallists taking part. At least five women competed with 16 dogs between them.
New secretary Keri Aiken did a wonderful job keeping the trial flowing and spacing competitors with multiple dogs. Sometimes it was not easy to keep everyone happy, but people ran in order of entry and it was very easy to follow the blackboard to see where and when one was due on the course.
Bryce Visser and Joy penning for fourth place in the open category.
John Carrad, who won the recent Manawatū-West Coast A&P sheep dog trial with Bonnie, won the Waverley event with Fleet, pipping defending champions Stan Whiteman and Reign from Taumaranui.
Brian Dickie and Lass from Westmere, happy to pen.
Sheep Dog Trial Yarding Event Results
This was run in conjunction with the Waverley-Waitotara Sheep Dog Trial Club.
1 Eric Weir Salver, J. Carrad, Fleet 95 (Levin), 2 Stan Whiteman, Reign 94 (Taumaranui), 3 Murray Elliot, Lee 93.75 (Whanganui), 4 B. Visser, Joy 93.5 (Dannevirke).
An all-new team of local workers and liberators who did a wonderful job: Matt, Ricky Olsen, Matt Honeyfield, Regan Shrader and Cole Brasting.
Intermediate:
1 J. Carrad, Fleet 95, 2 Murray Elliot, Lee 93.75 (Whanganui), 3 B. Visser, Joy 93.5.
Phillipa Lambourne and Mite (Mangamahu) at the pen.
Maiden:
1 Murray Elliot, Lee 93.75 (Whanganui), 2nd Bryce Jensen, Web 93 (Taranaki), 3 Brenda O’Leary, Kobe 92.5 (Whanganui).
Local maiden man/dog: Matt Honeyfield, Brits (Waverley).
Thank you to sponsors, Murray Elliot, Sandfords Livestock, Mark Nicholas 0800 LANDAGENT, Shadow Downs Hereford Stud - Ian, Nancye, Daniel and Rae Smith.
Wayne Falkner and Glen in the pen.
Equestrian results
Champions and Reserve Champions
Champion Show Hunter Pony Cat A: Rokeya Fletcher, Apache Star (Whanganui).
