Hi,
Thank you for entering a team in the English Nursery Final on 22nd February 2015. This email is to ask you for handlers names and to clarify a few points about the trial.
With the entry now closed we have a total of 16 teams to compete in the final so we have decided to run three dogs per team (making it 48 runs in total).
If you could please send the following details of the runners for the running order (which will be in alphabetical order this time)
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Handler name
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Dogs name
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Dogs date of birth
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Dogs ISDS number (if registered, unregistered are also allowed)
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Sire of the dog (and ISDS number and owner of the sire, if unregistered just the details without the ISDS number if possible)
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Dam of the dog (and ISDS number and owner of the dam, if unregistered just the details without the ISDS number if possible)
The sheep will be getting taken back and run over after each round (ie after runs 16 and 32) so that each round gets the same standard of sheep to try to keep the team event even for all. Our suggestion is that the dogs are run in the order so that the 3rd best dog runs in the first round, 2nd best in the second round and the captains in the last round so if you can let us know the order you want the handlers to run in as well to go in the running order. If you want to send in a reserve in case of any problems for the runners that are on the list we can include them on the running order too.
Because the sheep are being run over after each round we are considering getting a small prize for the winner of each round just in case the standard of the sheep alters dramatically as they are run over (either better or worse).
We will have a charge of £5 per run to make sure we have the money for the preparations and running of the trial. Just fetch the cash along to the trial on the day as we don't have a bank account!
The trial course will be a standard style course with a shed either before or after the pen (judges will decide when they have spoken to one another).
We would ask that you let us know the names by the 25th January so that the running order can be finalised and printed and put online on the website (http://englishnurseryfinal.
Many Thanks