Trials Diary
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The biggest trials in the UK and Ireland are the ISDS National and International Trials, held every year. There is also the ISDS World Trial, held every three years, the next being in 2020.
There are hundreds of local trials held every year, ranging from small events with few facilities up to medium and large size events with catering and often other side events to keep the interest not only of dedicated sheepdog people but also of the more cosmopolitan members of the general public.
Please Note For a trial to be considered a Qualifying Trial for a National Trial it must not be run as part of a novice or nursery trial and it must be open to all with no unreasonable restriction or qualification, either geographical or in any other way. A minimum of 25 dogs must compete at the Trial. The course must be a National style course that includes a drive element. The trial must be advertised on the ISDS website at least one week before the trial date, or details published in a copy of the local agricultural press (in Southern Ireland this being the Farmers Journal) with publication being on a date before the trial date.
NOTE: Where a Trial is advertised as a Single Session, and then run as Two Sessions (morning & afternoon) ONLY the morning session will be considered as a Qualifying Trial for the Nationals
Please email details of your trials as soon as possible to office@isds.org.uk, giving date, venue, how to get there and postcode if possible (for Sat Nav users), type of trial (Open, Novice, Nursery, Brace etc), whether entries are on the field or in advance, and a contact phone number (and email if available).
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July 2020
Thu 16th
Thu 16th
North Wales SDS - Open
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Berriew, SY21 8AZ
7.30 am start, pre-entry Full details
Fri 17th
Sat 18th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Sandringham, Norfolk, PE35 6EN
18 & 19 July. 50 runners. Full details
Sat 18th
Sat 18th
Sat 18th
Sun 19th
EASS Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Sandringham, Norfolk, PE35 6EN
18 & 19 July. 50 runners. Full details
Sun 19th
Henley Sheepdog Trial
Location: Greenlands Farm, Hambleden, Nr Henley on Thames, RG9 3AS
Sun 19th
Aboyne Open Trial
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Near Potarch Inn, Ballogie, By Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
8.30 start time, max 60 dogs. Full details
Tue 21st
Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Open Trials
Location: CANCELLED
Pre-entry, Tues 21 & Wed 22 July. Full details
Tue 21st
North Wales SDS - Royal Welsh Show
Location: CANCELLED LD2 3SY
21 & 22 July, pre-entry, 8.30 am start Full details
Wed 22nd
Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Open Trials
Location: CANCELLED
Pre-entry. Tues 21 & Wed 22 July. Full details
Wed 22nd
North Wales SDS - Royal Welsh Show
Location: CANCELLED LD2 3SY
21 & 22 July, pre-entry, 8.30 am start Full details
Fri 24th
Husbands Bosworth & Theddingworth - Local
Location: CANCELLED The Park, Husbands Bosworth Hall, LE17 6LZ
Sat 25th
Husbands Bosworth & Theddingworth - Open
Location: CANCELLED The Park, Husbands Bosworth Hall, LE17 6LZ
Sat 25th
Sat 25th
Sat 25th
Sat 25th
Sat 25th
Sun 26th
Mid Shires Open/Novice SDT 'The Station Farm Trial'
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Framlands Farm, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leics, LE13 1LB
Thu 30th
ENGLISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Dovedale, Derbyshire
30 July to 1 August Full details
Fri 31st
ENGLISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Dovedale, Derbyshire
30 July to 1 August Full details
Fri 31st
WELSH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Caerberllan Farm, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9TW
31 July to 2 August Full details
August 2020
Sat 1st
ENGLISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Dovedale, Derbyshire
30 July to 1 August Full details
Sat 1st
WELSH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Caerberllan Farm, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9TW
31 July to 2 August Full details
Sun 2nd
WELSH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Caerberllan Farm, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9TW
31 July to 2 August Full details
Wed 5th
Wed 5th
Thu 6th
IRISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Killalee, Fossa, Killarney, Co Kerry
6 to 8 August Full details
Thu 6th
Lake District - Open with Best Novice, Local & Best Outrun
Location: Hill Farm, Ings, Staveley, Cumbria, LA8 9QQ
TRIAL CANCELLED 10.00 am start Full details
Thu 6th
Fri 7th
IRISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Killalee, Fossa, Killarney, Co Kerry
6 - 8 August Full details
Fri 7th
Macclesfield and District Sheep Dog Trials Association
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Trial field is on Bullocks Lane, Sutton, Nr Macclesfield, SK11 0HE
Friday 7th & Saturday 8th - 7.00 am start. Open/Nursery/Brace/Beginners Full details
Sat 8th
IRISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Killalee, Fossa, Killarney, Co Kerry
6 - 8 August Full details
Sat 8th
Macclesfield and District Sheep Dog Trials Association
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Trial field is on Bullocks Lane, Sutton, Nr Macclesfield, SK11 0HE
Friday 7th & Saturday 8th - 7.00 am start. Open/Nursery/Brace/Beginners Full details
Sat 8th
Sat 8th
Sat 8th
Sun 9th
Sun 9th
Sun 9th
Sun 9th
Mon 10th
Tue 11th
Tue 11th
Wed 12th
Wed 12th
Wed 12th
Thu 13th
Fri 14th
Fri 14th
Fri 14th
Sat 15th
Sat 15th
Sat 15th
Sun 16th
Sun 16th
Mid Shires Open/Novice SDT
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Briar Hill Farm, Broad Campden, Glos. GL55 6XB
Mon 17th
Mon 17th
Wed 19th
Wed 19th
Thu 20th
SCOTTISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Desertland Farm, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, DG3 5HG
20 - 22 August (Brace Wed 19 August) Full details
Fri 21st
SCOTTISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Desertland Farm, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, DG3 5HG
20 - 22 August (Brace Wed 19 August) Full details
Sat 22nd
SCOTTISH NATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Desertland Farm, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, DG3 5HG
20 - 22 August (Brace Wed 19 August) Full details
Sat 22nd
Sat 22nd
Sun 23rd
Sun 23rd
Sun 23rd
Sun 23rd
Sun 23rd
Mid Shires Charity Open/Novice SDT
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Brington Road, East Haddon, Northants, NN6 8DS
Mon 24th
Tue 25th
Wed 26th
Wed 26th
Wed 26th
Wed 26th
Wed 26th
Thu 27th
Caldbeck & H-N-M Sheepdog Trial
Location: The Wath, Caldbeck, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 8EY
First run 8.30 am, enter on field up to 3.30 pm. Approx 50 runners. Full details
Thu 27th
Thu 27th
Thu 27th
Thu 27th
Thu 27th
Fri 28th
Fri 28th
Fri 28th
Fri 28th
Fri 28th
Sat 29th
Sat 29th
Sat 29th
Sat 29th
Sat 29th
Sun 30th
Mon 31st
Mon 31st
September 2020
Tue 1st
Wed 2nd
Thu 3rd
Longshaw Sheep Dog Trials
Location: Longshaw Pasture in front of Longshaw Lodge, S11 7TZ on the B6521 Sheffield to Grindleford Road.
3rd, 4th & 5th September Full details
Thu 3rd
Fri 4th
Longshaw Sheep Dog Trials
Location: Longshaw Pasture in front of Longshaw Lodge, S11 7TZ on the B6521 Sheffield to Grindleford Road.
3rd, 4th & 5th September 2020. Full details
Sat 5th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2AB
5 & 6 September. 60 runners. Full details
Sat 5th
Longshaw Sheep Dog Trials
Location: Longshaw Pasture in front of Longshaw Lodge, S11 7TZ on the B6521 Sheffield to Grindleford Road.
3rd, 4th & 5th September 2020 Full details
Sat 5th
Sat 5th
Sun 6th
Romney Marsh & District Sheepdog Society
Location: Riggs Hill, ME13 0JD
Starter Class, Novice & Open Full details
Sun 6th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2AB
5 & 6 September. 60 runners. Full details
Sun 6th
South Wales SDTA - Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Fund Raiser
Location: Glynogwr, Blackmill
Pre-entry Full details
Fri 11th
INTERNATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Tanycastell, Rhydyfelin, Ceredigion, SY23 4PY
11 - 13 September Full details
Sat 12th
INTERNATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Tanycastell, Rhydyfelin, Ceredigion, SY23 4PY
11 - 13 September Full details
Sat 12th
Sun 13th
INTERNATIONAL 2020
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Tanycastell, Rhydyfelin, Ceredigion, SY23 4PY
11 - 13 September Full details
Sun 13th
Thu 17th
2020 World Sheepdog Trials
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Castle Howard Estate, York, YO60 7DA
Fri 18th
2020 World Sheepdog Trials
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Castle Howard Estate, York, YO60 7DA
Sat 19th
2020 World Sheepdog Trials
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Castle Howard Estate, York, YO60 7DA
Sun 20th
2020 World Sheepdog Trials
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Castle Howard Estate, York, YO60 7DA
Sun 20th
Thu 24th
Carrick SDT
Location: Garden Farm, Turnberry, KA26 9LB
8.00 am start, entry on field, catering on field. Full details
Thu 24th
Sat 26th
Sat 26th
Sat 26th
Sat 26th
Sun 27th
Sun 27th
Mid Shires Open/Novice SDT
Location: Ashurst Farm, Coalpit Lane, Wolvey, Hinckley, Leics. LE10 3HD
October 2020
Sat 3rd
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5QE
3 & 4 October. 60 runners. Full details
Sat 3rd
Sat 3rd
Sun 4th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5QE
3 & 4 October. 60 runners. Full details
Wed 7th
Sun 18th
Sun 18th
February 2021
Sat 13th
June 2021
Sat 5th
Open Trialling weekend
Location: Rowlands Farm, Rowlands Lane, Havenstreet, PO33 4PE, Isle of Wight
Pre-entry Full details
Sun 6th
Open trialling weekend
Location: Rowlands Farm, Rowlands Lane, Havenstreet, PO33 4PE, Isle of Wight
Pre-entry Full details
July 2021
Thu 29th
Fri 30th
Sat 31st
August 2021
Thu 5th
IRISH NATIONAL 2021
Location: Killalee, Fossa, Killarney, Co Kerry
Thurs 5 to Sat 7 August 2021 Full details
Fri 6th
IRISH NATIONAL 2021
Location: Killalee, Fossa, Killarney, Co Kerry
Thurs 5 to Sat 7 August 2021 Full details
Fri 6th
WELSH NATIONAL 2021
Location: Caerberllan Farm, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9TW
Fri 6 to Sun 8 August 2021 Full details
Sat 7th
IRISH NATIONAL 2021
Location: Killalee, Fossa, Killarney, Co Kerry
Thurs 5 to Sat 7 August 2021 Full details
Sat 7th
WELSH NATIONAL 2021
Location: Caerberllan Farm, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9TW
Fri 6 to Sun 8 August 2021 Full details
Sun 8th
WELSH NATIONAL 2021
Location: Caerberllan Farm, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9TW
Fri 6 to Sun 8 August 2021 Full details
Thu 19th
SCOTTISH NATIONAL 2021
Location: 7 Holding, Forss, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7XU
Thurs 19 to Sat 21 Aug (Brace Wed 18 pm) Full details
Fri 20th
SCOTTISH NATIONAL 2021
Location: 7 Holding, Forss, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7XU
Thurs 19 to Sat 21 Aug (Brace Wed 18 pm) Full details
Sat 21st
SCOTTISH NATIONAL 2021
Location: 7 Holding, Forss, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7XU
Thurs 19 to Sat 21 Aug (Brace Wed 18 pm) Full details
September 2021
Fri 10th
INTERNATIONAL 2021
Location: Tancastell, Rhydyfelin, Ceredigion, SY23 4PY
Fri 10 to Sun 12 September 2021 Full details
Sat 11th
INTERNATIONAL 2021
Location: Tancastell, Rhydyfelin, Ceredigion, SY23 4PY
Fri 10 to Sun 12 September 2021 Full details
Sun 12th
INTERNATIONAL 2021
Location: Tancastell, Rhydyfelin, Ceredigion, SY23 4PY
Fri 10 to Sun 12 September 2021 Full details
