Mon, 30 Jul 2012

1st and 2nd place for Serge van der Zweep at the Pre-Continental.Third place for the Norwegian T.Jaran Knive . Results and videos below.

From the 27^th to the 29^th July in Hoogwoud (the Netherlands) was held the Pre-Continental European Shepherd Trial 2012 . A 3 days event where the best continental European handlers, the qualifiers for the coming CSC2012 (Continental Sheepdog Championship2012) in Renkum, have been invited to fully prepare themselves for the CSC2012. This was the EUROPEAN Shepherd Trial 2012. Handlers from the UK and Ireland have also been invited to enter this competition to determine the real European Shepherd of 2012. The trial was held on 2 fields . Each combination had three runs: 2 qualifier runs on the Main Field 1 ( 1 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon) and 1 double gather run on Field 2. The best two results have determined the 16 finalists for the last day (Sunday)

Serge van der Zweep won this trial with Eve and placed Jim in second place in front of Maico of T.Jaran Knive. Fourth placed Ellen van der Zweep with Tweed .

FINALS

rank	handler	Dog name	pts
1	Serge van der Zweep	Eve	300
2	Serge van der Zweep	Jim	290
3	T.Jaran Knive	Maico	272
4	Ellen van der Zweep	Tweed	258
5	Martina Czylwik	Capricorn Jake	258
6	Susanne Lejuez	Eryri Jaff	238
7	John Pluta	Killiebrae Joe	236
8	Luca Fini	Cruise - Cap	234
9	T.Jaran Knive	Bea	230
10	Daniel Brechbuhl	Kilcreen Nell	230
11	Hans van Leur	Bob	206
12	Patrick Palmeri	Gill Cadorland	196
13	Gisela Norrman	Capricorn Razu	190
14	Chris Caerts	Pero	186
15	Wim Demand	Djim	150
16	Wolfgang Lipczenko	Darla	RETired or DISqualified