Trials
Trials are listed by date, location and type of trial (Open, Nursery/Novice, Young Handler, New Handler etc) along with contact information.
Trials occasionally have to be cancelled or postponed, so please check before setting off for a trial, especially if travelling a long distance.
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April 2020
Mon 13th
Holme Sheepdog Society - Open with Brace
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Clough Head, Grane Road, Haslingden, BB4 4AT
Open trial with brace competition to be held at lunch time on Easter Monday 13 April. 8.00 am start. Enter on the field. If running two dogs book in before 12.00. Catering. Full details...
Sat 18th
Barford Meadows Spring Opens
Location: Off A43 between Kettering and Corby, Northants
TRIAL CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS 2 days, 4 trials. 18-19 April 2020. Entry will open 1st March 2020. Full details...
Sun 19th
Barford Meadows Spring Opens
Location: Off A43 between Kettering and Corby, Northants
TRIAL CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS 2 days, 4 trials. 18-19 April 2020. Entry will open 1st March 2020. Full details...
May 2020
Sat 2nd
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Castle Rising, Nr Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 6AN
2-3 May 2020, 60 runners Full details...
Sun 3rd
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Castle Rising, Nr Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 6AN
2-3 May 2020, 60 runners Full details...
Mon 4th
Cropredy Sheepdog Trial (70th year of the trial)
Location: Thornby Farms, Thornby, Northants (same field as last year)
Open & Local Novice (25 mile radius of Thornby). £6 per dog, 8.30 am start time. Two open dogs for anybody, local three dogs as long as one is a novice. Full details...
Sat 9th
Escrick Park Opens
Location: The Estate Office, Escrick Park Estate, Escrick, York, YO19 6EA, on the A19 in Escrick.
TRIAL CANCELLED 9th & 10th May. 9.00am start. Enter on field. No restrictions to number of dogs each handler wishes to enter, but asked to spread them out throughout the day. Catering and toilet facilities. Full details...
Sat 9th
Yorkshire Open
Location: Park House Farm, Elslack, Nr Skipton, BD23 3AT
TRIAL CANCELLED 8.00 am start, enter on field, max 2 dogs, 1 to be booked in by 12.00 pm. Full details...
Sun 10th
Trawden Spring Open Trial
Location: 8.00 am start, last booking in time 4.00 pm.
Norber, Austwick, LA2 8DJ Full details...
Sun 10th
Escrick Park Opens
Location: The Estate Office, Escrick Park Estate, Escrick, York, YO19 6EA, on the A19 in Escrick.
TRIAL CANCELLED 9th & 10th May. 9.00am start. Enter on field. No restrictions to number of dogs each handler wishes to enter, but asked to spread them out throughout the day. Catering and toilet facilities. Full details...
Mon 18th
Stokesley Show Trial (relocating to Kildale)
Location: Venue to be confirmed
TRIAL CANCELLED Full details...
Sat 23rd
Penton Sheepdog Trials
Location: Kingfield Estate
8.30 am start, pre-entry, catering & toilet facilities at adjacent village hall. Full details...
Sat 23rd
Ken Hotham Memorial Open Trial
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Nova Lane, turn up the lane past Middleton Church and follow signs to 'Cottage Lea's Hotel' (YO18 8PN) about a mile you'll see the trial on your left.
Enter on the field, 9.00 am start. If running two dogs, first must be booked in by 12.00 pm. Full details...
Sun 24th
Les Jones Memorial Trial
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Nova Lane, turn up the lane past Middleton Church and follow signs to 'Cottage Lea's Hotel' (YO18 8PN) about a mile you'll see the trial on your left.
9.00 am start, enter on the field. If running two dogs, first must be booked in by 12.00 pm. Full details...
Sun 24th
Mid Shires Open/Novice SDT 'The Colin Turland Memorial Trial'
Location: Bondon Farm, Bourton Road, Birdingbury, Rugby, CV23 8ET
TRIAL CANCELLED Full details...
Mon 25th
Bamford Sheep Dog Trials
Location: Water Lane, Bamford, Hope Valley, S33 0DA
TRIAL CANCELLED Full details...
Sat 30th
Trawden Summer Open Moor Trial
Location: Twiston Moor, BB7 4BY
Enter on field, 8.30 am start Full details...
Sat 30th
Mid Shires Open SDT
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Eastington, Northleach, Glos, GL54 3PX
30th & 31st May. Limited to 50 dogs per day. Full details...
Sun 31st
Romney Marsh and District Sheepdog Society - Kent Championship
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Westwell, TN25 4NH
Entries will close 7 days before the event. Full details...
Sun 31st
Mid Shires Open SDT
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Eastington, Northleach, Glos. GL54 3PX
30th & 31st May. Limited to 50 dogs per day. Full details...
June 2020
Sat 6th
Open Trialling weekend
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Rowlands Farm, Rowlands Lane, Havenstreet, PO33 4DE IOW
Pre-entry Full details...
Sun 7th
Open Trialling weekend
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Rowlands Farm, Rowlands Lane, Havenstreet, PO33 4DE, IOW
Pre-entry Full details...
Sun 7th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Euston Rural Pastimes, Euston Suffolk, IP24 2QH
60 runners Full details...
Thu 25th
Shabfest Continental 2020
Location: Shabden Park Farm, High Road, Chipstead, Surrey, CR5 3SF
Three days qualifying on 3 different fields, Championship on the last day. Entries open 1st February. Full details...
Fri 26th
Shabfest Continental 2020
Location: Shabden Park Farm, High Road, Chipstead, Surrey, CR5 3SF
Three days qualifying on 3 different fields, Championship on the last day. Entries open 1st February. Full details...
Sat 27th
Shabfest Continental 2020
Location: Shabden Park Farm, High Road, Chipstead, Surrey, CR5 3SF
Three days qualifying on 3 different fields, Championship on the last day. Entries open 1st February. Full details...
Sun 28th
Shabfest Continental 2020
Location: Shabden Park Farm, High Road, Chipstead, Surrey, CR5 3SF
Three days qualifying on 3 different fields, Championship on the last day. Entries open 1st February. Full details...
July 2020
Sat 4th
Romney Marsh and District Sheepdog Society
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Torry Hill, ME9 0EA
Starter Class, Novice & Open Full details...
Sat 4th
Osberton Sheep Dog Trials
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Osberton Estate, Osberton, Worksop, Notts, S81 0UE
Sat 4th & Sun 5th July. Full details...
Sat 4th
Sun 5th
EASS Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Darley, Newmarket, Suffolk
(5th July TBC) 50 runners. Full details...
Sun 5th
Osberton Sheep Dog Trials
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Osberton Estate, Osberton, Worksop, Notts, S81 0UE
Sat 4th & Sun 5th July Full details...
Sun 5th
Sat 18th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Sandringham, Norfolk, PE35 6EN
18 & 19 July. 50 runners. Full details...
Sun 19th
EASS Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Sandringham, Norfolk, PE35 6EN
18 & 19 July. 50 runners. Full details...
Sun 19th
Henley Sheepdog Trial
Location: Greenlands Farm, Hambleden, Nr Henley on Thames, RG9 3AS
Fri 24th
Husbands Bosworth & Theddingworth - Local
Location: The Park, Husbands Bosworth Hall, LE17 6LZ
Sat 25th
Husbands Bosworth & Theddingworth - Open
Location: The Park, Husbands Bosworth Hall, LE17 6LZ
Sun 26th
Mid Shires Open/Novice SDT 'The Station Farm Trial'
Location: Framlands Farm, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leics, LE13 1LB
Thu 30th
Fri 31st
August 2020
Sat 1st
Thu 6th
Lake District - Open with Best Novice, Local & Best Outrun
Location: Hill Farm, Ings, Staveley, Cumbria, LA8 9QQ
10.00 am start Full details...
Fri 7th
Macclesfield and District Sheep Dog Trials Association
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Trial field is on Bullocks Lane, Sutton, Nr Macclesfield, SK11 0HE
Friday 7th & Saturday 8th - 7.00 am start. Open/Nursery/Brace/Beginners Full details...
Sat 8th
Macclesfield and District Sheep Dog Trials Association
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Trial field is on Bullocks Lane, Sutton, Nr Macclesfield, SK11 0HE
Friday 7th & Saturday 8th - 7.00 am start. Open/Nursery/Brace/Beginners Full details...
Sun 9th
Romney Marsh & District Sheepdog Society
Location: Snargate, TN26 2NH
Novice & Open. Full details...
Sun 9th
Sun 16th
Sun 23rd
Romney Marsh & District Sheepdog Society
Location: Leigh, Tonbridge
Open & Open Novice Full details...
Sun 23rd
Mid Shires Charity Open/Novice SDT
Location: Brington Road, East Haddon, Northants, NN6 8DS
Thu 27th
Caldbeck & H-N-M Sheepdog Trial
Location: The Wath, Caldbeck, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 8EY
First run 8.30 am, enter on field up to 3.30 pm. Approx 50 runners. Full details...
September 2020
Thu 3rd
Longshaw Sheep Dog Trials
Location: Longshaw Pasture in front of Longshaw Lodge, S11 7TZ on the B6521 Sheffield to Grindleford Road.
3rd, 4th & 5th September Full details...
Fri 4th
Longshaw Sheep Dog Trials
Location: Longshaw Pasture in front of Longshaw Lodge, S11 7TZ on the B6521 Sheffield to Grindleford Road.
3rd, 4th & 5th September 2020. Full details...
Sat 5th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2AB
5 & 6 September. 60 runners. Full details...
Sat 5th
Longshaw Sheep Dog Trials
Location: Longshaw Pasture in front of Longshaw Lodge, S11 7TZ on the B6521 Sheffield to Grindleford Road.
3rd, 4th & 5th September 2020 Full details...
Sun 6th
Romney Marsh & District Sheepdog Society
Location: Riggs Hill, ME13 0JD
Starter Class, Novice & Open Full details...
Sun 6th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2AB
5 & 6 September. 60 runners. Full details...
Thu 17th
Fri 18th
Sat 19th
Sun 20th
Sun 27th
Mid Shires Open/Novice SDT
Location: Ashurst Farm, Coalpit Lane, Wolvey, Hinckley, Leics. LE10 3HD
October 2020
Sat 3rd
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5QE
3 & 4 October. 60 runners. Full details...
Sun 4th
EASS - Open/Novice
Location: TRIAL CANCELLED Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5QE
3 & 4 October. 60 runners. Full details...
Sun 18th
June 2021
Sat 5th
Open Trialling weekend
Location: Rowlands Farm, Rowlands Lane, Havenstreet, PO33 4PE, Isle of Wight
Pre-entry Full details...
Sun 6th
Open trialling weekend
Location: Rowlands Farm, Rowlands Lane, Havenstreet, PO33 4PE, Isle of Wight
Pre-entry Full details...