The 2024 NSW Championships will be run at the Casino Heritage Trial which will be held on 19-21 July.
Further details will be released over the coming weeks.
The 2024 Australian Working Cattle Dog titles will be held at St George over four days from 4-7 July, 2024.
Athol Essery and Cherry Gully Min are the 2023 NSWWSDA Open Champions.
The pair finished the three rounds of the open championship at Bonalbo with 266.5 points, 9.5 points in front of second place getter Jenny Lark and Dixie on 257 points and 13 points clear of Dick Chapman and Wish who came third with 253.5 points.
The Novice championship was won by Wayne Wayte and Backmede Gracie on 194. The minor placings were taken out by Dick Chapman and Ash on 190 and Athol Essery and Lukouney Krystal on 189.
The maiden title was won by Dick Chapman and Ash with 191 points, followed closely by Athol Essery and Lukouney Krystal on 190 and Megan Wedesweiler and Kosci on 184.5.
The full results are as follows.
Open
1, Athol Essery, Cherry Gully Min (91, 91.5, 84) 266.5; 2, Jenny Lark, Dixie (86, 86, 85) 257; 3, Dick Chapman, Wish (80, 91.5, 82) 253.5; 4, Dick Chapman, Rip (85.5, 77, 88) 250.5; 5, Dick Chapman, Skeeter (67.5, 92.5, 90) 250; 6, Athol Essery, Newton Tip Dog (92, 96.5, 55.5) 244.
Novice
1, Wayne Wayte, Backmede Gracie (97.5, 96.5) 194; 2, Dick Chapman, Ash (97, 93) 190; 3, Athol Essery, Lukouney Krystal (95, 94) 189; 4, Phillip Brown, Nil Rain Music (92.5, 95.5) 188; 5, Ethan Davis, Trudy (88, 97.5) 185.5; 6, Wayne Wayte, Bring Em CC (91, 93.5) 184.5; 6, Andrew Clode, Dodge (90, 94.5) 184.5.
Maiden
1, Dick Chapman, Ash (97, 94) 191; 2, Athol Essery, Lukouney Krystal (95, 95) 190; 3, Megan Wedesweiler, Kosci (87, 97.5) 184.5; 4, Andrew Clode, Jim (88, 96) 184; 5, Andrew McIntyre, Buckol Dice (82, 92) 174; 6, Lew Molloy, Clyde (86.5, 85.5) 172.
Congratulations to all and thanks to then Bonalbo Show Society for hosting a great weekend and a wonderful event.
Walcha dog trialler Nathan Brown and his dog Buckol Megan almost scooped the pool at the annual NSW Working Stock Dog Association Awards night.
Nathan and Megan won three of the four awards on offer;
Maiden/Novice Dog of the Year
Open Dog of the Year, and
Dog of the Year
The only award Nathan missed out on was Handler of the Year. That award went to Stokers Siding trialler Dick Chapman.
The awards were announced at the NSWWSDA annual general meeting held at Bonalbo this evening.
Lew Molloy was re-elected unopposed for another term as President, while Zac Ede, Geoff McLennan, Dick Chapman and Ben Gould were elected as Vice Presidents.
Also elected were: Secretary, Janelle McLennan; Treasurer, Grace Halsted.
The Association was formed in 2006 to bring together the major NSW Cattle Dog trialling regions in a bid to expand and promote the sport.
The Hunter Stock Dog Association and the North Coast Working Dog Association restructured their operations and together with the support of triallers from the New England area combined to develop the NSW Working Stock Dog Association.
Working Stock Dog trials are run across NSW from February through to November and are held at locations from Camden in Sydney's Western Suburbs to Murwillumbah on the Northern NSW Coast.
Trials are predominantly cattle, however there are a few trials involving sheep.
All trial dates and contact information can be found on our events calendar.
Interested in becoming a member of the NSW Working Stock Dog Association? See our members page for details.
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