NEWS ARCHIVE

World Record Sheepdog Price for Skipton Youngster
stackyard.com
North Yorkshire sheep dog supremo John Bell smashed the world record price paid at an official sale for a young dog under one-year-old at Skipton Auction Mart’s summer sale of working sheepdogs. [more]

NSA Scotsheep Set to Draw the Crowds
stackyard.com
Top sheep dog handlers from the South of Scotland will be demonstrating their skills in a novel sheep dog trial at NSA Scotsheep at Highhouse, Teviothead, Hawick, on Wednesday, June 4. [more]

Wales is ready for sheepdog world cup
dailypost.co.uk
Competitors from at least 23 countries will take part inthe 2008 World Sheep Dog Trials in Wales. Some 240 handlers and their dogs, from Brazil to the Faroe Islands, have already entered the event at the National Trust’s Dinefwr Park, near Llandeilo. [more]

Sheep dog trials set to break all records
icwales.co.uk
The 2008 World Sheep Dog Trials in Wales are set to break all records. More countries and competitors will take part than ever before and the overall champion will receive a golden whistle worth thousands of pounds. [more]

Real Sheepdog Trialling is back on Television
dailymail.co.uk
Real sheepdog trialling is back on television for the first time in six years – and those millions of viewers who once watched One Man And His Dog can again see that wonderful relationship between shepherd, border collie and a "packet" of recalcitrant sheep. [more]

Worldwide Entries for Sheepdog Trials
icwales.co.uk
Arrangements are well in hand for the World Sheepdog Trials to be held in the grounds of the National Trust’s Dinefwr Park, near Llandeilo from September 11th to 14th 2007. [more]

TV Stars Steal Show at Skipton Working Dogs Highlight
stackyard.com
Four-legged TV stars stole the show at Skipton Auction Mart’s 2007 autumn sale of working sheepdogs. [more]

Phil Drabble of TV's One Man and His Dog, dies
telegraph.co.uk
Phil Drabble, the original presenter of the long-running television show One Man and His Dog, has died aged 93. [more]

Donegal success at National Sheepdog Trials
donegalnews.com
Donegal enjoyed success at the 2007 Irish National Sheepdog Trial. James McGee, a native of Creggan in Ballybofey, came in first place with his dog Becca. [more]

Tourlestrane to host 2007 National Sheepdog Trials
roscommonherald.ie
Tourlestrane, a thriving rural village situated in South Sligo off the N17 between Charlestown and Tubbercurry, is to host the Irish National Sheepdog Trials from Thursday July 26th to Saturday July 28th 2007. [more]

Irish National Sheep Dog Trials will bring 15,000 to Sligo
westernpeople.ie
There was a large turnout in the Border Collie pub in Tourlestrane for the official launch of the National Sheep Dog Trials, which will be held in the Sligo village. [more]

Scott wins support to exempt isles from rules
shetlandtoday.co.uk
MSP Tavish Scott and his Orkney counterpart Liam McArthur are working together to try to persuade the Scottish Executive to exempt the isles from plans to impose restrictions on the operations of shows and sheepdog trials. [more]

Record price at sheepdog sale
stackyard.com
A new sale record of 2,200 gns was achieved at the spring sale of working & unbroken Sheepdogs at Lazonby Mart, Cumbria on Wednesday 9th May 2007. [more]

Sheep dog trials cancelled
countrynews.com.au
Seymour Working Sheep Dog Club has been forced to cancel its annual trials because of the poor condition of sheep. Recent rain was welcomed throughout the Goulburn Valley, but it came a little too late for the club as its trials were due to be held in May 2007. [more]

New hygiene laws could blow whistle on sheepdog trials
shetlandtoday.co.uk
Sheepdog trials and agricultural shows for so long a traditional part of Shetland life could be consigned to the history books if strict new hygiene laws are brought in. [more]

Disease control plan threatens local sheepdog trials
berwickshiretoday.co.uk
Proposals for new disease controls at local agricultural shows and other animal gatherings require significant changes if these events are to continue. [more]

Bloodlines Count
Country News.com.au
Dog trialler Paul O'Kane has proof that bloodlines count for something at the top level of the sport after winning the Commonwealth Championship Sheep Dog trials at Port Fairy. [more]

Welsh to the fore at Skipton working sheepdogs sale
Stackyard.com
Ben, a black and white Border Collie dog related to trialling champions on both sides, was top call of the day when selling for 3,600 guineas at the opening 2007 sale of working sheepdogs at Skipton Auction Mart. [more]

Biosecurity on the Agenda for Agricultural Events
Stackyard.com
The Scottish Executive is currently consulting on The Animal Gatherings (Scotland) Order, which will introduce a licensing system for agricultural shows and events which includes sheep dog trials. [more]

Winner Katy makes a comeback
Express and Star
She was the first woman to win TV’s One Man And His Dog and now shepherdess Katy Cropper is returning to sheepdog trials and hoping to round up another winner. [more]

Sheepdog trials at Henley
bbc.co.uk/berkshire
Shepherds and spectators gather in a field near Hambleden, just outside Henley-on-Thames, each summer for the annual sheepdog trials. [more]

Sheepdog trials head for the Vale
icwales
The Welsh National Sheepdog Trials will be held in the Vale of Glamorgan for the first time in 2007. [more]

Border collies come up short at national meet
The News-Review - Roseburg, OR, USA
The Zuppans take their dogs to about eight sheep dog trials, most in the west, each year. [more]