Event Calendar

There is camping around the grounds, but power is first in best dressed and toilets & shower available.
Catering will be available on all days in the form of a BBQ, and we will support the local Harrow Hermitage Hotel on the Saturday night for event dinner.

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May

11

Sat

2024

Balmattum Yard Dog Trial @ Balmattum

Tickets

May 11 all-day

This is an on-farm event with strictly limited runs.

Please find the link below for the draw via live sheets:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UXcs47B7gZITXt4DBvdcN1fEYbpjCey5ycrGdVGS2l8/edit?usp=sharingBalmattum Yard Dog Trial Entry From 2024

Judges: Open: Mr Neil Taylor Novice: Mr David Walsh

Judge Talk:

Novice 08:00 am

Open 08:15 am

Catering:

Tea and coffee available in morning.

BBQ type lunch with soft drinks available to be purchased

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Euroa Sheepdog Club Trial Training Day – Balmattum @ Balmattum

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May 12 all-day

This is an on-farm event with strictly limited numbers.

Euroa Sheepdog Club Trial Training Day – Hosted on farm @ Balmattum Sunday May 12, 2024

This training event is targeted at those who have recently started trialling or wishing to start.

This event is open to current VYUFDA members. Non-members wishing to attend will need to purchase a day membership.

For booking and further details please contact Dale Thompson on 0419 564 688

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O’Sullivans Transport Central Victorian Yard Dog Championships @ Bendigo Showgrounds - Australian Sheep and Wool Show

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Jul 19 – Jul 21 all-day

O’Sullivans Transport Central Victorian Yard Dog Championships

This year the yard dog trial at Bendigo will attract the very best competition working dogs to the Central Victorian Yard Dog Championships, this event has become one premier trials on the calendar for both local and interstate competitors.

These competitors and their dogs are a highly trained unit, with the majority of the competitors working stock in their everyday lives but enjoy the travel and competition that comes with the sport. Those spectators watching the action, whether they are active stockpersons or interested onlookers will appreciate the skill of both the handler and their dogs. These highly trained dogs started as cute little puppies and over time have been nurtured and trained into these very skillful working dogs that are essential to the livestock industry.

There will be two courses operating each day, set up to showcase the working dogs ability to both gently move and at times use clever force to guide the sheep around the course within a set time frame.

Competitors and their dogs begin the course with 100 points and are carefully watched by the experienced judge, points are deducted for the various misdemeanours that may occur.

The Open/Championship judge is John Latty from Balmoral and the Maiden/ Novice Judge Adam James from Mortlake.

The Championship is decided over three rounds where consistency is the key and rewarded when scores are added to determine the winner.

Situated on the main arena near the ram shed, come and enjoy the age old skills of stockmen and women with their working dogs.