World Sheepdog Trial Championship
19 - 22nd September 2002

Final Results.

What an exciting finish to a quite wonderful week of trialling. Only 1 point separated 1st and 2nd places, to claim champion of the World. Jimmy Cropper from Bacup, Lancashire had the led for most of the day with his dog Sid, totalling 543 points.

When Aled Owen came to the post, he knew the pressure was on him to perform. Aleds dog, Bob, is a past Supreme Champion, and was one of the favorites to take the title. The run that followed was great, capped with some cool shedding, and a perfect pen…the question on everyones lips was… “Who's won it?” In the end Aled snatched the title from under Jimmy’s nose by a whisker, and picked up the winners trophy, and a cheque for £3000.

Serge van der Sweep was in third place with Roy, on a total of 535 points. The course was a demanding one, and only 3 of the continental challengers managed to finish the course.

A total of around 18,000 people watched the trials over the 4 days, and S4C, the Welsh TV station had some really excellent coverage of the event.

Final Results 22 September

Detailed Final Results 22 September

Bob...champion of the world

Winning pen

Jim Cropper - runner up by only 1 point

The Finalists

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