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Team USA Takes Bronze at the World Sheepdog Trials

Posted on 09/14/2023 By Pearse Ward
Team USA Takes Bronze at the World Sheepdog Trials

Team USA placed third behind Ireland and a combined team from Spain/Portugal at the World Sheepdog Trials in Dromore Ireland. For the team competition, the five named team members were:Bob Allen 161 ptsMarianna Schreeder 159 ptsAlasdair MacRae 194 ptsBarbara Ray 133 ptsFaansie Basson 199 pts The top five team scores were:Ireland 884 ptsPortugal/Spain 880 ptsUSA…

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World Trial Livestream

Posted on 08/22/2023 By Pearse Ward
World Trial Livestream

If you are interested in watching the World Sheepdog Trial from Dromore Co. Down Ireland September 16th to 18th to cheer on Team USA and/or Team Canada, the link is here. It costs £40 ($51) and you can pay via PayPal.They will be covering all three fields and you will have access to the recordings after the…

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Participate in Research Study

Posted on 08/10/2023 By Pearse Ward

Ashley Wright, a 4th yr veterinary student at Washington State University is conducting a study about access to veterinary care for small ruminant owners in light of changes to regulations regarding the availability of over the counter antibiotics. If you are interested in learning more, or participating in the study, the link is here.

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Vote for Directors

Posted on 07/26/2023 By Pearse Ward
Vote for Directors

It’s time to vote for your district Directors for 2023. If you are a current member in who has run in a sanctioned trial in the past two years you are eligible to vote. Ballots can be found here. For those nominees who submitted bios, their bios can be found here. District 10 members, you…

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Judges for National Finals Selected

Posted on 03/22/2023 By Pearse Ward
Judges for National Finals Selected

The judges for the 2023 National Sheepdog and National Cattledog Finals have been selected. They are: SheepPeg Anderson (USA)Hefin Jones (Wales)Peter Gonnet (Canada)Ed Hawkins (England) Alternates:Jamie Spring (USA)Gordon Watt (USA) CattleJohn Wentz (USA)Mike Goracke (USA) Alternate:Rachel Ritland (USA) Thank you to all judges for agreeing to help make the National Finals a success.

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January Board of Directors Meeting

Posted on 01/18/202302/02/2023 By Pearse Ward
January Board of Directors Meeting

The USBCHA Board of Directors met on Tuesday Jan 17th 2023. Among the highlights of the meeting were: decision to allocate $16,000 to the USA and Canadian World Trial Team in the amount of $1000 to each dog being entered (10 Team USA, 1 Team USA Young Handler, Team Canada). Other fundraising efforts by Team…

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World Trial Team Logo

Posted on 12/31/202212/31/2022 By Pearse Ward
World Trial Team Logo

The 2023 Team USA for the World Sheepdog Trials has a striking new logo courtesy of Lisa Berglund. Check it out and hopefully it will be available on some spiffy World Trial merchandise soon.  

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World Trial Fundraiser – Ghost Trial

Posted on 12/09/2022 By Pearse Ward
World Trial Fundraiser – Ghost Trial

Have you ever wished you could run that favorite dog who has crossed the rainbow bridge just one more time, and see his/her name on a running order again? John Wentz (bigyellowboots.com)is hosting a “Ghost Trial” as a fundraiser for the USA World Trial team. Send in your entry, post a photo and bio or…

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2023 World Trial – Team USA

Posted on 10/21/202202/07/2023 By Pearse Ward
2023 World Trial – Team USA

 2023 World Sheepdog Trials Information Update  The following handler/dog teams have qualified for the 2023 World Sheepdog Trials scheduled for September 13-16, 2023 at Gill Hall Estate, in Dromore, Co Down, Northern Ireland. As previously indicated, USBCHA has a total of ten senior handler/dog slots and three junior/young handler/dog slots to represent the United States….

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2022 AGM Meetings

Posted on 10/21/2022 By Pearse Ward
2022 AGM Meetings

The minutes of the annual general meeting held September 23rd in Minden NV are available

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