Trans Tasman Trial - The Judge

When the Trialer/Competitor walks to the Starting Peg they have 100 points. The Judge is there to apply the rules of the Trial, such as fitness of the sheep and to deduct point from the Competitor as required. The Trans Tasman this year will have three Judges, Paul Darmody, John Perry and Mick Hudson who are all successful and experienced Competitors in their own right. There will be two Judges scoring at any one time and the two scores are added together and halved to give the Competitors score. The System of the rotating Judges allows the judges to also compete in the trial.
The Trans Tasman is judged in sections with the following Scale of Points
Cast/draw Section:         25
Peg to Gap                     15
Gap to Cross                  15
Cross to Bridge               15
Bridge to pen                  30
TOTAL                           100
Competitors may only lose the maximum points allowed for each section.

John Perry - Winner of the Greg Prince Memorial National Sheepdog Trial 2018 at Hall ACT. One of our three judges.