Scottish National sheepdog trials, 2014: Julie Hill and Ban

Key facts

Event dates

7–9 August 2014

Venue

Bedrule House and Farm, Scotland

Named captain

Julie Hill with Ban

Three days at Bedrule

An ISDS account of the season’s television coverage places the Scottish National at Bedrule House and Farm, hosted by John Richardson, from Thursday 7 to Saturday 9 August 2014. It describes the meeting as producing the team that would represent Scotland at the International Championships. The venue and dates distinguish this edition from the wider Scottish National series. They also separate competition from broadcast: the later television announcement appeared in November and referred to programmes beginning the following January. Those later publication and transmission dates were not the days on which the dogs competed.

The published Scottish team

The ISDS’s 12 August announcement names Julie Hill and Ban as team captain. Its list also includes Ian Brownlie with Mo, Stuart Davidson with Queen, Mosse Magnusson with Myllin Davey and Michael Shearer with Jim, among the fifteen listed pairings. Some handlers appear with more than one dog, including John MacKillop and Neil Gillon. Julie Hill with Mac is listed separately as reserve. This is a team-selection record, not a table of all preliminary scores. Reading the pairings as a finishing order from second to fifteenth would claim more than the announcement supplies.

Brace and later championships remain separate

Hamish MacLean with Roy and Kim is recorded as the brace winner, a different result from the singles captaincy and reserve-team listing. The season also included the World Trial and the International, so the Scottish National title should not be substituted for either of those awards. The ISDS television preview names Kilbegnet, Creggs, County Roscommon, as the International venue that year, illustrating the next stage of the team’s season. This edition is best understood as a domestic competition and selection moment with its own venue, captain, team and brace result, rather than one generic international championship.

Common questions

Sources & further reading

References for this guide. Rules and services can change; check the responsible organisation for current details.

• ISDS — 2014 Scottish National Sheep Dog Trials Champion (opens in a new tab)
• ISDS — Farpaisean Chon-Chaorach, 2014 season coverage and venue (opens in a new tab)

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