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Latest News: Irish 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: Irish National website here. Full list of latest scores here. Team result for Friday Top five from each day go into the team to represent Ireland at the International ; reserve is best sixth placed over the three days; top eight from each day go into the Irish team to compete at the World Trial in 2011. 1st 191 (84olf) Frankie McCullough CRAIG will compete in Saturday's runoff 2nd 191 (83olf) J P McGee BECCA 3rd 187 John Harkin KILLIEBRAE JOCK 4th 182 Toddy Lambe SAM 5th 178 Dominic McMullan GYP ----------------------------------------- 6th 177 (85olf) Mike Glynn JIM 7th 177 (76olf) James McCaffrey CAP 8th 177 (73olf) William Gallagher GROESFAEN ROY Latest News: Saturday 7.50: The last day is about to start - the final 50 singles runs, three more brace runs, and at the end of the day the runoff between the winners of the three days of trialling to decide the Irish National Champion. Frankie McCulllough is already in a good position with two bites at the cherry.
Neat work at hand gains Becca another team place Photo: Kim Gibson Friday well after bedtime: The last three runners didn't affect today's leader board. Friday 8.10: Down to the last three, and a new joint leader in James McGee and Becca. Friday 7.25: Eight to run, and James McCaffrey and CAP have joined William Gallagher on 177. Friday 6.20: Still thirteen to run, but with a standard now in place, things should move on a little more quickly. John Harkin and Killiebrae Jock have taken over in second place running at No 81, but noone else has troubled the leaders. Friday 5.00: Some more good runs, Dominic McMullan and Gyp moving into third place for today. There are still 21 runs to go, so another late finish is on the cards. Friday 3.20: Almost half of today's handlers have been to the post, and there are already some higher scores on the board. Since the last update, Toddy Lambe with Sam and William Gallagher with Groesfaen Roy have joined the leaders. Friday 1.35: The second day's Brace results are in. Dennis Birchall's score is within ten points of yesterday's Brace leader, so at the moment Sammy Long and Dennis Birchall are in line to represent Ireland in the Brace, but there three more Brace runs tomorrow. Friday 12.35: The weather today is worse rather than better, but the forecast for tomorrow is good (at the moment). Yesterday's top scorer, Frankie McCullough, tops today's list again, with the highest so far over the two days. Friday 7.35: Today's trialling is about to start - updates throughout the day.
The sheep were tricky in the shedding ring on the Thursday Thursday 9.05: Today's trialling has finished at 9.00, only just beating the light! One final entry into the top five, current Brace leader Sammy Long with Lad on 171. Today's successful team members are listed below. Tomorrow another 50 singles and three brace handlers go to post to compete for another five International and eight World Trial places. Pictures to follow soon. Thursday 8.15: Just four to go, but we have the second new leader in half an hour: Frankie McCollough with Jake on 180, leapfrogging John O'Brien's 174 with Shep. Billy Ryan has also posted 168 with Dan. The leader board has also changed significantly. Thursday 7.25: 39 runners of today's 50 posted, and there have been a few changes, but so far nobody has beaten Seamus Robinson's 171 with Rodge, posted at run 5 early this morning. Of the last few runners, Michael Gallagher had a good run but ran out of time at the single. Thursday 5.25: 31 scores now on the board, and a good run from John Cremin with Killiebrae Kaye has found a place amongst the leaders. Thursday 1.15: The first two Brace runs have been completed. Sammy Long has the better score so far with Moss & Sam, on 244. The singles are resuming after the lunch break. Thursday 12.15: Fourteen results are now on the board, and scores so far are fairly low, with only five of 141 or above. The first Brace runs will be starting shortly: John Maginn running Sweep & Jack and Sammy Long with Moss & Sam. Thursday 11.10: Trialling has begun on a dry but fairly cloudy day. The first scores are up on the hot trials reults page here. Current leader is Seamus Robinson with Rodge on 171, with two on 158. The blackface sheep are good round the course, but have been a challenge to many in the shedding ring and to a lesser extent at the pen, with several running out of time. The course itself is tricky - on both outruns the dog loses sight of the sheep, and there is also a section of the fetch where the sheep aren't visible to the handler. The sheep are good, but very responsive to the dog, light, and touchy at the top, making high scores hard to come by. Team result for Thursday Top five from each day go into the team to represent Ireland at the International ; reserve is best sixth placed over the three days; top eight from each day go into the Irish team to compete at the World Trial in 2011. 1st 180 Frankie McCullough JAKE (will compete in the runoff for Irish National Champion on Saturday) 2nd 174 John O'Brien SHEP 3rd 171 (77olf) Sammy Long LAD 4th 171 (68olf) Seamus Robinson RODGE 5th 168 Billy Ryan DAN ------------------------------- 6th 165 Thomas Doherty SWEEP 7th 160 W Gallagher Liam Gallagher's LADY 8th 158 (80olf) John Maginn MOZZ (158 (70olf) Bill Seale ROSE was 9th) Brace scores
Sammy Long shedding in the Brace on Thursday Top two over the three days go into the team to represent Ireland at the International . IB1 John Maginn SWEEP & JACK 187 IB2 Sammy Long MOSS & SAM 244 IB3 Con McGarry with Dan & Ballyglass Nell RET IB4 Dan Morrissey GEM & FLASH 157 IB5 Dennis Birchall FLASH & MOSSIE 234 Full scores for Friday In reverse order Run Handler Dog Result I100 James McLaughlin CAP RET Full scores for Thursday In reverse order Run Handler Dog Result I50 Brenda Swinbank SPOT RET I49 James McLaughlin LYN 133 I43 Michael Gallagher ROY 152 I42 Kieran McFadden RAB 135 I41 Dan Morrissey FLASH RET I40 Billy Ryan DAN 168
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