CSJ Championship in Belgium

The CSJ Championschip was organized by international sheepdog handler, Joris Broes from Belgium.

3 days of trialling took place on a large field with two days of qualifying trials and a double gather final on the third day.

In total there were 75 handlers - from Belgium and The Netherlands.

The judge from the trial was the International Supreme Champion 2008, Kevin Evans fromWales.  T

The 130 sheep usedwere Drentse Heideschapen  

All weekend we had very good weather - sometimes it was too warm but with enough water for the animals and a nice drink for the people, everything was alright!!

The event drew a lot of spectators who all enjoyed the quality running so all in all, the trials was deemed a great success!

The winners from each class:

Class 1:           1. Filip Knops with Jill (B)

                        2. Jeroen Tollenaers with Dasch (NL)

                        3. Ils Geerts with Collin (B)

Class 2:           1. Ils Geerts with Boris (B)

                        2. Esther Huysmans with Glenn (NL)

                        3. Esther Huysmans with Jippe (NL)

Class 3:           1. Broes Joris with Zjell (B)

                        2. John Pluta with Jake (NL)

                        3. Gabriëlle Brinkman with Gwen (NL)

(posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009)

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