Piddinghoe Day 1

Location:

Hoddern Farm

Details:

Piddinghoe is situated on the back road between Lewes and Newhaven.
Turn off the A27 through Kingston-near-Lewes (roundabout 2 miles west of the Culfail Tunnel Roundabout). Turn right at the T junction through the village and drive through Rodmell & Southease. Piddinghoe village lies between the road and the River Ouse. The entrance to the trials field is between the first and second turnoffs into the village.
Alternatively, take Lewes Rd from Newhaven and Piddinghoe is about 2 miles north.
Take care, the entrance and part of the field is rutted.

Results
Piddinghoe Day 1,
Sat June 25
Judge M Scott
47 Runners
Name
1 Philip Davies-Russell LAYLA 76
2 Carol Worgan LACEY 69
3 Ray Edwards JIM 68
4 Ros Edwards MEG 66
5 Ray Edwards JED 66
6 Jennie Holdsworth BETH 65
7 Eamonn Lawless MADDIE 63
8 Wm Fairhall GLYN 62 N
9 Eamonn Lawless BILL 60 N
10 Jennie Holdsworth KERI 60
11 Carol Worgan KYTE 60
12 Jane Drinkwater GRACE 60
13 Ron MacRae WILL 59
14 Fiona Bradley JOSS 58
15 Ros Edwards DON 56 N
16 Ron MacRae LEO 56
17 Ray Edwards PIP 52
18 Ian MacKay GWEN 52
19 Alison Johnson PEG 50 N OLF
20 Ray Wickens MAC 50
21 Jennie Holdsworth WISP 32
Carol Worgan SPOT R
Ray Wickens ROY R N
Ray Edwards MAID R
Alison Johnson KATE R
Ian MacKay PEG R
Dave Thompson PEG R
Philip Davies-Russell FLYNN R
Elaine Anstey JET R N
Carol Worgan MEG R
Robert Putnam SEREN R
Jane Drinkwater SLIP R N
Hughie Cole MEG R
Dave Thompson BUFF R
Ian MacKay CLOUD R
Wm Fairhall NAP R
Ray Wickens MOSS R N
Elaine Anstey GUS R
Alison Johnson TAFF R
Tilly Haycock CLOVA R
Peter Fraser MILLIE R N
Robert Putnam FLY R
Jill Woolston GWEN R
Eamonn Lawless QUEEN R N
Rae Lutman STAR R N
Hughie Cole DAN R
Dave Thompson BECK R N
47 RAN
Secretaries report on Piddinghoe
The trials course is set in a steep sided chalk coombe valley, on the same farm as, and a mile to the south of the 2004 Nationals course. There is a stiff and challenging outrun of 600yd rising about 130ft. The dog is unsighted for most of the left outrun, and for part of the right hand outrun. The sheep were fit and skittish mules in fine condition, and were tricky to handle, just as they were at the Nationals in 2004. Most dogs required streams of commands to find the sheep, and quite a few failed to find them. Most of the dogs followed the irregular fence line along the crest of the left hand valley slopes, and few took a direct route. The right hand outrun initially climbed a steep hill, then dropped to a valley. Few handlers selected this route but most of those that did collected their sheep. The dogs ran much better on day 2, having learned from the previous day´s experience.

The gates were difficult to catch with the sheep bolting off, particularly uphill and penning was extremely also tricky. Only one penned on Day 1, and few succeeded on day 2.

The last run of the day provided the winner on both days´ competition. The clear winner on Day 1 was Philip Davies Russell with LAYLA.. Second place on Day 2 was taken by a very young dog, the 15 month old BILL handled by Eamon Lawless. BILL led the field all day, just being pipped at the post by one point by a superb run by Carol Worgan with KYTE.

The weather varied from warm to hot and several dogs were retired to avoid exhaustion.

Many thanks to the farmer, Peter Carr, and his shepherd Jane Drinkwater for a fantastic venue and excellent sheep.

Four of the handlers, Jane Drinkwater, Jennie Holdsworth, Johann Beeli, and Philip Davies Russell will be competing in the World Trials in Ireland on July 7th and we wish them every success there.
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