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Scottish National Trials 2010
 Read the full story in the September/October issue of International Sheepdog News, which will be ready at the beginning of September, just before the International trial. Links: Scottish National website here. Judges' Point here. Team:
1st: 188 Scott Renwick ROCI 2nd: 185 Ewen Mackinnon NAN 3rd: 184 Michael Shearer BOB 4th: 181 Jock Welsh TANHILL SWEEP 5th: 179 Roddy MacDiarmid JIM 6th: 177 Angus Jardine CUILLIN 7th: 175 Jock Welsh TANHILL NAP 8th: 173 Alex Watson JAKE 9th: 172 Stuart Davidson JIM 10th: 171 (olf 85) Hamish MacLean KIM 11th: 171 (olf 68) Ian Brownlie MO 12th: 169 Bobby Dalziel JOE 13th: 168 Robbie Welsh MAID 14th: 165 (olf 94) Joe McRobert TAFF 15th: 165 (olf 77) Neil Campbell GUS Reserve: 163 Julie Hill KIM Brace1: 231½ Ewen Mackinnon NAN & GYP Brace 2: 202 Jimmy Menzies BALEDMUND HOPE & BALEDMUND CHER Driving: Michael Shearer BOB The highest scoring sixteen singles and two doubles runs form the team to compete at the International in September (sixteenth place being the reserve). These sixteen will also automatically be part of the Scottish World Trial team, any further places going to dogs according to their National entry qualifying points (with a ballot if necessary), in order to give team places to dogs which have performed well over the year but not had good National runs.
Happiness is... Latest news Including reports and pics from the field by Sine Robertson
Saturday 7.00 : The winners are announced - Scott R enwick is this year's Scottish National Champion with Roci (pictured above). Saturday 5.30 : Jock Welsh goes into seventh place with Tanhill Nap on 175, and just a few runs to go. Saturday 3.35: Retirals continue (no retirement parties), but despite the fact that the sheep have given a number of opportunities to shed which have failed to materialise, there have been some good scores.
Davie Shennan and Meg penning
Saturday 2.00: Congratulations to the new Scottish National Brace Champions Ewen Mackinnon with Nan & Gyp!
Jimmy Menzies competing in the brace with Baledmund Hope and Baledmund Cher.
Roddy MacDiarmid and Jim singliing to post today's highest score so far. Saturday 1.00: The brace has just ended - scores awaited. Saturday 12.30: A couple of better scores amongst the many retirals have enlovened the leader board. The brace competition will be decided over the lunch break. Saturday 10.30: It is a warm day which has raised spirits to a degree, but on the business end of things it is like pension day at the Post Office (full of retireds). There have been some big disappointments with fine runs and deserving handlers failing to single within the allotted time, this pattern being already established.
Alex McCuish and Moss at the shed on Friday afternoon.
Bobby Henderson's Tag puts the sheep round the post. Saturday 8.00: The final day is just getting under way, sunny at the moment, and we should soon have an indicaiton of how the sheep are running. Reports and pictures follow throughout the day, and the leader board will be updated to indicate who is likely to be in the team as the latest scores are posted. Friday 8.45: After such a promising start on Thursday, it is sad but undeniable that today has been disappointing - for experienced handlers and regular team members who saw good work on the course wasted by lengthy periods trying both to settle and contain the sheep in the shedding ring, which failed to produce the required cut. It was disappointing for less accomplished handlers who overreached themselves on the course and met the same result in the ring; for Scottish triallists and trial followers, who hoped to see our best handlers show themselves and their dogs to advantage and earn a place in a strong national team, ready to take on the other home nations. It was disappointing for individuals and families who have come to one of Scotland's beauty spots for three or four days to find themselves standing under a dripping marquee or sitting in a steamed up vehicle to the accompaniment of caged dogs breathing heavily. It was disappointing for organisers, who found and schooled good Blackface gimmers, an ideal, challenging, but not unreasonable, course in a lovely and unusually level area in the foothills of the Grampian mountains - level enough for parking, socialising and camping/caravaning - out of sight of mainstream society. The day has been wet, the sheep have been hard to settle at the top of the field, and difficult to shed, and sometimes too to pen, but, as Scarlett O'Hara said, tomorrow is another day. Friday 7.45:Today's runs are over, and all the scores are listed at the foot of this page. Friday 6.25: Eight runs to go tonight, no new scores to challenge the leaders. On the current showing, the cutoff point for team places is a little below 170. However, all depends on how the runs go on Saturday - Thursday was bright and warm with good running, and scores reached the 180s; today has been wet and cold, and scores have averaged at least ten points lower. Friday 5.00: The drizzle has turned back to rain. Stuart Davidson with Jim has gone into sixth position at run 84. Friday 4.00: Bobby Dalziel and Joe have posted 169 to take them onto the current leader board. The results up to No80 are available below but not showing on the hot results page.
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Iain MacMillan and Don penning. Friday 2.00: Today's only brace run was from Hamish MacLean with Kim and Roy, who scored 190. The singles competition has resumed. Scores are not (yet) as high as yesterday's. Friday 12.25: The weather today has gone from dull and cold to wet. Ewen Mackinnon has gone into second place. Time continues to run out in the shedding ring, and some good runs and experienced handlers are suffering there. There is only one brace run today, Hamish MacLean with Kim and Roy, which is in progress at the moment. Friday 11.15: The judges have set a standard, so running should finish a little earlier tonight. It has started to rain, so the conditions are not as favourable as yesterday. Friday 10.30: Ewen Mackinnon is the first of today's handlers to go onto the leader board, scoring 185 with Nan. The indication is that scores in excess of 170 will be needed to have any chance of a team place. Friday 8.00: The second day is about to start. Reports and pics throughout the day.
Jock Welsh with his black & white Tanhill Nap and red & white Tanhill Sweep.
Ewen MacKinnon's Gyp takes control of the two shed sheep.
Neil MacEachern and Ann at the post, showing the course.
Current leader, Scott Renwick and Roci. Thursday 8.00: Trialling has finished for the first day, with some good scores posted. Thursday 6.20: The latest scores page is not working as it should - this may be because of a high volume of traffic. Scores will be posted on this page. Thursday 5.20: The weather has become hotter, and typically of good sheep, the gimmers have proved difficult to separate in the shedding ring, with many good rubns, some of them from noted handlers, running out of time either at the shed or the pen., Thursday 3.40: Some more runs, and the sun is shining, but no more significant scores to report. Thursday 12.30: The weather is warming up and as predicted fine runs from Scott Renwick and Jock Welsh have raised the bar. Since then, Michael Shearer and Bob have gone into second place on 184. Thursday 11.30: The Scottish National is off to a good start with fine weather and sheep well above the average for a National, and an excellent course combining an open aspect which lets spectators see the action with terrain that promises to test the handlers' ability to judge a straight line. The first run to show was Iain MacDonald from Staffin on Skye. Of the seven handlers that have followed, Scott Renwick and Jock Welsh seem likely to have overtaken him. Thursday 9.00: The fourth run is under way. It is a cloudy but pleasantly warm day, and the Blackface sheep are running well. Thursday 7.30: Trialling starts at 8am, news will be added throughout the day. There will be approximately 50 single runs today. No brace runs until tomorrow. Brace scores
Brace team: Ewen Mackinnon with Nan & Gyp and Jimmy Menzies with Baledmund Hope and Baledmund Cher. SB1 KC Mackinnon JIM & BOB ABS SB2 Hamish MacLean KIM & ROY 190 SB3 Jimmy Menzies BALEDMUND HOPE & BALEDMUND CHER 202 SB4 Ewen Mackinnon NAN & GYP 231½ SB5 Peter Martin MAID & TESS RET Full list of scores In reverse order S150 Kathy Freeman BILL DIS S149 Matthew Bell GLEN RET S148 Andrew Emmerson MIDGE RET S147 Gareth Clark MACK RET S146 Sue Horn JOCK RET S145 Cameron Dickson SCOT RET S144 Hamish Maclean ROY RET S143 Chris Caygill PIP RET S142 Ian Wilkie NELL RET S141 Neil McEachern CHLOE RET S135b Stuart McCrindle BILL RET S134 Sydney Paton CRAIG RET S129 Alastair Kennedy MIRK RET S119 Roddy MacDiarmid JIM 179 S119 Roddy MacDiarmid JIM 179 S100 Andrew Dickman RULE SKYE II RET S92 Johnny Robinson TWEED 143 S88 Neil McVicar SPOT DIS S87 Murray McTeir BOB 130 S86 Julie Hill KIM 163 S85 John MacDonald BEN RET S84 Stuart Davidson JIM 172 S83 Ross Meikle ASTRA LYN RET S82 Jerry Ramsay GWEN RET S81 Duncan MacIntyre TWIGG RET S80 Peter Martin MAID RET S79 Isla Thomason ASTRA TRUST RET S78 John Seton ZAC RET S77 John MacLeod FYNYDD CRAIG RET S76 Dougie Lamb MAVE 146 S75 Bobby Henderson TAG RET S74 Willie Davidson TIDE RET S73 Janet Beale BROCK ABS S72 Alistair McKenzie EILIDH RET S71 David Kinloch WATTIE RET S70 Jimmy Menzies BALEDMIND HOPE RET S69 Charlie Bunting BESS RET S68 Bobby Dalziel JOE 169 S67 Robbie Welsh MAID 168 S50 Alasdair Mundell TAFF 130 S49 Lorne Clark MIRK 134 S48 Sandy Montgomery WILL RET S47 Norman MacDonald BILL 140 S46 Michael Davidson SWEEP 103 S45 Julie Hill BOB 118 S44 Neil Campbell GUS 165 S43 William Morrison RHAIADR ROY RET S42 David Wallace ROB 161 S41 Kathy Freeman FYNYDD NELL 112 S40 Peter Hetherington LIZ RET S39 Gareth Clark SPOT DIS S38 Bill Elliot STRAID DAVY 132 S37 Johnny Maclachlan GREG RET S36 Jim Macintyre QUEEN RET S35 Gilbert Marshall BEN 134 S34 Hamish MacLean KIM 171
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