Sheepdog trials diary - December 12-13
SEE what’s on in our weekly round-up of forthcoming fixtures nationwide.
ENGLAND
December 12. YORKSHIRE Nursery, Scaife Hall Farm, Blubberhouses, LS21 2PL, off A59, Harrogate/Skipton road, 9.30am start, enter on field, caterer. FYLDE Nursery, Rooten Brook Farm, Quernmore, Lancaster, LA2 9EJ, 10am start, enter on field. NORTH WESTMORLAND Nursery and Novice, Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, 9am start, enter on field for two dogs by 2pm for three dogs by noon. Novice class confined to Cumbrian handlers. PEAK FOREST Nursery and Novice, Perrydale Farm, Peak Forest Derbyshire, 8am start, enter on field, catering. RYEDALE Nursery, Sand Quarry, West Heslerton, off A64 Scarborough road, 10am start, enter on field. Only one dog can be booked in after noon. WINDERMERE Nursery, Dry Howe Farm, Selside, Kendal, 10am start, enter on field by 2pm.
December 13. TEWITFIELD Nursery, Greenlands Farm, Tewitfield, Carnforth, LA6 1JH, 10am start, enter on field by 2pm. NORTHERN Nursery, Villa Farm, Great Musgrave, Cumbria, CA17 4DP, approximately three miles from Kirkby Stephen on B6259 Warcop road, 10am start, enter on field by 2pm. NORTHUMBERLAND LEAGUE Nursery, Sionside, 11am start, enter on field. ROMNEY MARSH Cradle, Nursery and Novice, followed by AGM, Hope Farm, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NP, 9.30am start, enter on field, catering. MORETON Nursery and Novice, Drayton Parslow, 9am start, membership closed. LAZONBY Open, Crag Nook Farm, Lazonby, 8am start, entries to M. Elliott – telephone 078999 50287. If running two dogs, one to be booked in before noon.
ONE MAN AND HIS DOG – BBC2, Tuesday, December 15, 7pm-8pm; Wednesday, December 16, 7pm-7.45pm; Friday, December 18, 7pm-7.45pm.
WALES
December 12. ALL WALES NURSERY FINAL, Ddol Canpunt Farm, Chirk. LL14 5EW (follow B4500). Start 9.30am.



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