The Sunday morning, and the final day of this World Sheep Dog Trial, was unfortunately dawned with a heavy blanket of fog. The fog was so thick that you could barely see past the handlers standing out by the handlers post when you were standing at the Judge’s Box. This created for chaos for poor Simon Mosse who, when asked if he had phoned the guy upstairs, he replied that he had and put in a few words to ask him if he didn’t mind but we were meant to be starting at 8 am. Nothing was too ruined and by about 10 o’clock the trial was able to commence, starting with E Sievers, who was soon called off the field when the fog came back down. He was given a re-run a little later and after two more handlers had their turn.

Because of the incredibly hot afternoon, there were many handlers that either retired or were called off. The dogs were taking the worst toll, some finally becoming too tired to listen to the handler and running to find water.

The other obstacle seemed to be just in the first outrun and lift. Between the handler and the sheep there had been a fence that was opened up to let the sheep through in one place. This fence line seemed to confuse the dogs to a max, even causing Jim Cropper’s dog, Sid, to jump over the fence before continuing the run.

So, in the end, these were the results of the 16 runs:

Placings and Scores for the 2005 World Sheep Dog Finals
					MERIT POINTS	JUDGES POINTS
1)	#233	Mr. W G Watt	ENG	York	62	507
2)	#343	Mr. L N Watkins	WAL	Peg	61	505
3)	#315	Mr. S van der Zweep	NET	Glen	56.5	481
4)	#121A	Mr. D Robertson	SCO	CapII	52.5	467
5)	#216	Mr. J Cropper	ENG	Sid	48	409
6)	#262	Mr. C M Magnusson	SWE	Fleet	44	379
7)	#376	Mr. R Dalziel	SCO	Dell	40	236
	#112	Mr. W Goligher	IRE	Moss	36	190
9)	#133	Mr. D I Morgan	WAL	Mirk	31	110
10)	#228	Mr. W I McConnell	SCO	Jaff	26	92
11)	#331	Mr. E Sievers	GER	Bod	24.5	89
12)	#344	Mr. E C MacKinnon	SCO	Glen	20	73
13)	#269	Mr. M T Longton	ENG	Monty	18.5	71
14)	#274	Mr. J D Robinson	SCO	Tip	12	52
15)	#209	Mr. M Doherty	IRE	Craig	8	0
16)	#181	Mr. S van der Zweep	NET	Roy	4	0

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* ISDS World Trial 2005 – Final Day – Top 5 Runs
* ISDS World Trial 2005 – Semi-Final Highlights

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