Canadian fianls double lift results

The turn back was harder than expected and the sheep were hard to shed. which keep the scores relatively low.

In the end Dennis Gelling and Jan prevailed. Jan did a beautiful swallow tail turn back. Finished up with a really nice shed but failed to pen.

1. Dennis Gellings and Jan 126
2. Peter Gonnet and Jill 108
3. Amanda Milliken and Clive 104
4. Beverley Lambert and Mirk 103
5. Beverly Lambert and Hemp 99
6. George Stambulic and Kate 93
7. Ian Zoerb and Gyp 92
8. Scott Glen and Drift 87
9. Nancy Stephns and Ike 76
10. Norm Sommer and Jock 74
11. Vickie Close and 57
Grant Musgrove and Sam RT
Judy Finseth and Maude DQ
Vicki Kidd and Merle DQ

Double Lift Finialist

Any the winners are

Beverly Lambert &Mirk

Amanda Milliken & Clive

Peter Gonnet & Jill

Judy Finseth & Maude

Scott Glen & Drift

George Stambulic & Kate

Norm Sommer & Jock

Beverly Lambert & Hemp

Vicki Kidd & Merle

Grant Musgrove & Sam

Ian Zoerb & Gyp

Vicki Close & Gale

Nancy Stephens & Ike

Finishing up Day 2

It was a very long day yesterday. Sorry for not getting the results up last night. I have posted the full Open results and Nursery results on the Alberta Stockdog website here

Last night we ran the first 16 dogs of Open round 2. today we will finish off round two hopefully at a descent time. I started carrying my camera with me yesterday so I could get more pics.

Amanda at the post

meeting of the minds

Day 2 part two

Time to take a little break and deiced to update the open scores so far. We are almost to the end of the first run of Open. The sheep are proving difficult to pen. The course is a pen shed. So if you don't pen you leave 20 points on the field.

Top ten so far
1. Beverly Lambert Hemp 90
2. Scott Glen Drift 83
3. Amanda Milliken Clive 80
4/5 two way tie not broken
Ian Zoerb Gyp 77
Beverly Lambert Mirk 77
6. Nancy Stephens Ike 76
7. Peter Gonnet Jill 75
8. Norm Sommer Jock 72
9. Stormy Winters Roy 71
10/11 Two way tie not broken
Dennis Gellings Jan 70
Martha McHardy Ceri 70


Not Official because I am tired and hungry

Veiw from Set out

Canadian Finals Day two

Good Morning Folks.

This morning is clear and cool. Today promises to be a warm one. Predicting in the 30 C range. First up this morning is Peter Gonnet and Taff fresh of his Western Canadian Nursery Championship.

Canadian Finals day one

What a busy day. Day one is hard because you need to work out the kinks.
So unlike the busy facebook people I was running around in mass Kaos.
It is late so I am just going to post results.

Nursery Round One
1. Bev Lambert and Esther 75
2. Scott Glen and Don 72
3. Peter Gonnet and Taff 71
4. three way tie
Ian Zoerb and Lexi 69
Amanda Milliken and Monty 69
Amanda Milliken and Roz 69
7. Two way tie
Kate Broadbent and Salt 63
Gayle Cochlan and Lea 63
9. Ken Price and Bud 60
10. Thad Buckler and Nic 59

Nursery Round 2
1. Kate Broadbent and Salt 72
2 Two way tie
Scott Glen and Don 66
Lee Lumb and Rex 66
4. two way tie
Amanda Milliken and Roz 65
Penny Ohanjanian and Moss 65
6.Two way tie
Peter Gonnet and Taff 63
Thad Buckler and Nic 63
8. Bev Lambert and Esther 62
9. Ian Zoerb and Sam 57
10. Ian Zoerb and Lexie

Canadian Nursery Champion
Scott Glen and Open

Western Canadian Nursery Finals
1. Peter Gonnet and Taff 70
2. Thad Buckler and Nick 69
3. Scott Glen and Don 69
4. Lee Lumb and Rex 61
5. Ian Zoerb and Lexi DQ

We ran the first 20 Open dogs today. The day was long already and we just finished up before the sun went down.
Top three Open dogs after 20
1. Ian Zoerb and Gyp 77
Beverly Lambert and Mirk 77
2. Nancy Stephens and Ike 76

Tomorrow we run the rest of round one of Open and the start of round two.

Calm before the storm

Tomorrow starts the Canadian Border Collie Finals. Also running in conjunction is the Western Canadian Championships. I will be updating the blog with scores daily.

The Field is set


The sheep have been happily grazing here for a couple of days now

The judge has his seat all ready

The running order can be found on the ASDA website. Tomorrow we are running both rounds on the Nursery followed by the nursery finals. Then we are going to try and fit in 25-30 Open dogs.