Competitor Information

Venue: Syde Farm, Carmichael, Biggar, Lanarkshire, ML12 6NQ. What3Words: poet.regarding.tape

Please note there will be filming and photography taking place througout the trial and by entering the event premises, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction.

Trialling starts at 8 a.m. each day. It is the responsibility of each Competitor to report to the Course Director and be present when called to run, or your run will be lost - please note that the running order will be strictly adhered to without exception.

Live Scoreboard available HERE

E-Programme available to purchase HERE

Meet your 2024 National teams HERE

The Qualifying trials will take place on Thursday with 32 singles runs, and Friday with 28 singles runs, and 4 brace per day.

The order of running is as follows:

Run 1 – 15th Placed Scotland

Run 2 – 15th Placed Wales

Run 3 – 15th Placed England

Run 4 – 15th Placed Ireland

Run 5 - 14th Placed Scotland – and so it continues in descending (14 – 1) order S, W, E, I.

Day 1 ends with Run 32

The four Reserve (runner up) Brace Handlers will all run on Day 1 at lunchtime. With Scotland first, followed by Wales, England, Ireland.

Day 2 commences with Run 33 and continues the same format with the four Brace Champions running at lunchtime.

Day 3 The Supreme Championship; sees the top 15 combinations from the qualifying trial run in the Double Gather Trial, to determine the placings. Handlers will run in International Programme Running order 1 – 60. i.e. if run 1 is in the top 15 they will be first to run in the Supreme.

The Placings in the top 15 will be decided by Judges Merit points. There will be no live scoreboard for the Supreme.

The Young Handler Competition will take place at lunchtime on day 3 with the four handlers running in the same country order – Scotland, Wales, England, Ireland. The Young Handler presentation will take place after the completion of the runs at lunchtime.

There will be a vet onsite with tapeworm treatments available to purchase for those travelling from/to Ireland on Thursday afternoon.