Older Entries ». Spectator photos, videos. Media coverage: Honda World News. Comments are closed Post-event coverage. Bou had taken one point till he was given a five for his rear wheel going outside the marker near the exit center screenshot.
Watch the video carefully at the mark. Fujinami ran out of time. Did he five it anyway before time ran out? And watch how Fuji gets over the large, angled pointy rock right screenshot prior to the final obstacle at the mark. Attach a comment with your opinion. Click play to watch. More video clips coming. Comments are closed Site announcements, Video. The screenshot shows the top Comments are closed Site announcements.
Coach takes a licking and keeps on ticking. I wonder if he remembered who to call for medical help? Comments are closed Misc people. Guy talk. Duet services. The man thought of everything! Please do not approach or allow children to approach tethered dogs in the absence of the handler. Whilst sheepdogs are not normally ill-tempered, there can be exceptions to this.
Naturally people are drawn to stroking a dog, however please ask the handler first and do accept the advice of the handler. Its skills have been shaped by many generations of breeding. These working dogs have never been bred for appearance. It would require more hands to manage a flock of sheep and drive them to market than the profits of the whole were capable of maintaining.
However, in those days travel was difficult and people were naturally much more parochial, thus it was a locally organised interest. The first recorded trials involving more than one country were the Bala trials in Wales, where a Scotsman James Jimmy Thomson - took first prize. Before then, much waving, shouting and barking might have been noticed by spectators.
Photo: S. The qualifying and semi-finals course involves the handler and dog working together to move five sheep three unmarked and two marked with red collars around a course. There are seven components of the course, each of which is scored by the judges. Note: The following is for guidance only. Outrun: In the outrun the dog is sent out either to the left or right from the post while the handler remains at the post.
The dog should not stop until it has reached the point of balance behind the sheep, and should be far enough away from the sheep so as not to disturb them. The point of balance is where the dog will lift the sheep in the direction of the first set of gates. Lift: At the end of the Outrun, the dog will either come to a full stop or merely slow down.
The dog will then approach the sheep smoothly, cautiously and steadily, taking control in a firm and quiet manner. The sheep should move in a direct line to the first obstacle gates. If the sheep deviate from the line they should be brought back to that line as soon as practical. If the sheep fail to go through the gates, no retry of the gates is allowed. The sheep are required to go in straight lines between the obstacles and reasonable turns at the post and at both gates are expected.
If the sheep fail to go through the gates, a second attempt at either gate is not allowed. Shedding: Two unmarked sheep are shed separated in the shedding ring and held away from the remaining three sheep. The dog must show control of the two unmarked sheep, either in or outside the ring. On completion of the shed, the handler must reunite the sheep before proceeding to the pen. Penning: The handler must proceed to the pen, leaving the dog to bring the sheep to the pen.
The handler stands at the gate holding the rope and must not let go of the rope while the dog works the sheep into the pen. When the sheep are in the pen, the handler must completely close the gate before releasing the sheep. After releasing the sheep, the handler must close and fasten the gate and go to the shedding ring. Single: The dog brings the sheep from the pen to the shedding ring. One of two marked sheep will be shed sep-.
No points are awarded for any phase of the work that has not been completed within the prescribed time limit. Points Points are awarded as follows:.
The Food and Craft Marquee includes a large selection of the finest Welsh foods and local crafts. Rydych yng. He will cook a selection of recipes highlighting Welsh produce. Nick will also give a Welsh Lamb butchery demonstration which will be of interest to those working in the restaurant and hospitality sectors. He is highly respected within the food industry. Colin will be whipping up some of his favourite recipes for us. His latest version of Food Wales will be available during the event and Colin will be on-hand to personally autograph copies of his book.
Dudley will share with us some gastronomic delights of Wales. Sponsored by: The Farmers Union of Wales. Tracey Kindred, Heavenly Chocolates Tracey, from Heavenly Chocolates in Llandeilo, specializes in chocolate sculpting and chocolate wedding cakes. She will give a demonstration for chocolate lovers of all ages. He has been guiding us on the fashion trends here in Wales for many years now.
Huw will present a country style fashion show. Llandeilo has been a holy place for as long as Christianity has been in Wales and was one of the main centres from which it spread far and wide throughout Wales. He must have been one of the most prolific of holy men, for at least 25 places of worship are dedicated to him throughout the Celtic world, including churches in Brittany and Cornwall.
For a while the town was a Royal capital, its castle at Dinefwr being the administrative and military centre of the once powerful Kingdom of Deheubarth in south west Wales. The agricultural wealth of the Tywi Valley made its later landowners powerful and influential in their own right, and a 15th century Llandeilo magnate, Sir Rhys ap Thomas, is even credited with killing Richard the Third at the Battle of Bosworth in to help his kinsman, Henry Tudor, become Henry the Seventh of England.
The wealth of Llandeilo, too, attracted the ever-greedy attentions of Henry the Eighth, who beheaded the local landowner to get at his lands in , something Mediaeval Kings had a habit of doing with annoying frequency. Llandeilo today is still an essentially rural town, surrounded by farm and woodland, hill and dale, where the Welsh language is still in common use. And its shops, pubs and restaurants put many larger towns to shame. The wealth of historic monuments like mediaeval Dinefwr and Carreg Cennen castles make Llandeilo a tourist centre from which to explore the riches of west Wales.
From here the Brecon Beacons National Park is but a short drive, as are the equally lovely upland landscapes of the Carmarthenshire Fans and Black Mountain.
Croeso a mwynhewch — Welcome and enjoy. Drive them straight, drive them true, Is what he has to do, Bring in the sheep for the shed. One man and his dog, In wind, rain and fog, Doing the job to be done.
The trial is the thrill, As he shows his skill, Not caring about who has won. We played our part, With my hand and his heart, For the joy of competing today. Llandeilo, too, was a target for the Romans who built a fort here, finally uncovered in an excavation by the local archaeology trust in Traces of two Roman forts have been found under a field in Dinefwr Park. This exciting discovery indicates that the Romans were here in strength, both in the invasion phase and in the more settled times that followed.
The run out is straight, To the lift at the gate, The fetch is correct and on line. The lonely moorland vistas of its birth soon give way to the softer wooded terrain of its upper reaches, until the river, along with several of its tributaries, calmly disappears for a while into the unruffled waters of Llyn Brianne reservoir, one of the largest man-made lakes in Wales.
In its more leisurely middle course the meandering Tywi creates some of the most fertile farming land in Wales, passing through such ancient market towns as Llandovery and Llandeilo. Then finally, in its tidal reaches past Carmarthen Town, home to the occasional coracle fishermen, the Tywi meets and disappears into the salt waters of Carmarthen Bay.
I send him away, Not a word do I say, For he knows exactly his part. From this source on the wild and romantic Cambrian Mountains in mid-Wales the Tywi flows south for 68 miles to reach the sea in Carmarthen Bay. But unlike its longer neighbours, the Severn and Wye, who are soon seduced by the siren song of neighbouring England to the east, the Tywi remains loyal to the country of its birth for the whole length of its southwards journey to the sea. There can be fewer towns in Wales more attractive than Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, sitting proudly on a hill above the river Tywi.
And there are fewer valleys lovelier than the Tywi, the longest river which flows entirely through Wales. For all your your motoring needs! Am eich holl gwasanaeth moduro! Serving the local community for over 75 years. Gwasanaethu y cymuned lleol am 75 mlynedd.
Gair cyffredin ar ein bwydlenni yma yng Nghymru. Yn Aberaeron golyga hynny daith eithriadol o metr. Take our local lobster. Out of the sea, into the kitchen, onto the plate. So close the lobsters could walk it themselves. These new products add to our extensive range that already includes Verm-X for horses, cats, dogs, poultry, sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits and guinea pigs.
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Verm-X is highly palatable and has no known resistance. Being highly cost-effective, Verm-X products are designed with both the animals and their owners in mind. Sheepdogs are used by those responsible for flocks of sheep because they offer the safest and most efficient means of carefully moving sheep from one location to another.
The sheep are not afraid of a well trained sheepdog; the fact that they sometimes stop to eat grass does show a lack of concern, but the handler would much rather they get to the finish and eat grass there! Sheepdog trials are carefully managed to ensure both the welfare of the sheep and the dogs. The sheep must be healthy and fully able to undertake the walk around the trial field. When they have finished, after 20 minutes or so, they will be led into a quiet meadow to be with the rest of the flock and continue their normal life.
The sheepdogs love what they do. The concentration and obedience they show is a testament to how much they enjoy working with their owner. On a working farm they might be out for six hours with the shepherd, but on a trial field they get only 15 minutes to show how good they are. The skill of a shepherd or sheepdog handler is to move the sheep as steadily as possible so as to cause no distress.
If the sheep become upset they are inclined to run in every direction, and possibly become lost in open country. Although very rare an Sheepdog trialling is all about demonstrating that handler occurrence, the Judges will stop the handler and dog, and and dog can achieve this tricky task.
Points are gained for send them off the field if any animal looks upset or shows the sheep moving under control, in straight lines and with any aggression. It is the responsibility of the Society and its the minimum of excitement. The skill is in the handler and members to uphold the highest standards of animal care at dog working together as a team, often almost instinctively.
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Did you know? The highest bid received by 12 noon on Sunday September 14th will take home the prized painting. This painting is being auctioned to the highest bidder and is on display at the World Trial in the large marquee in front of Newton House. Bids are being taken on site and on the World Trial. This is still the objective today, for without a good working dog the work of the shepherd, both on the hills and the lowlands would be impossible.
One good dog can do the work of a dozen people, as the shepherd is the first to testify. It is not recorded whether he continued in office until the outbreak of the First World War, but the organization of the Society remained then with that first Haddington Committee.
When the Society resumed its activities in after the Great War, it was under the secretaryship of James A. Fairy of the Spring appears only if you choose to throw DP into the lake and gives you the choice of her left or her right hand. One will give you nothing, and the other will give you a random equip card that you would find in an early card pack anyway 6.
Amazoness Paladin - She runs the Structure Coliseum, giving you a choice of 13 different Structure Decks to battle her.
I think it is important to note that this place is a nice, little spot to earn a few DP earlier on as good cards are rare 7. Occasionally, she will give you a card, if you visit her often enough. She is not a Duel Spirit, thus she cannot be dueled After defeating a few of the Duel Spirits here once, Curse of Vampire will appear beating up on a Gigobyte. Talk to the Gigobyte, and he will ask for your help. You will then have to ante up a rare card to fight Curse of Vampire and free Gigobyte.
Gigobyte will thank you and be on his merry way. Then, the gate to the next world will appear. However, what would a gate be without a guardian? Green Guardian - Embust guards the gate, and he will challenge you to defeat three of his five decks: 1.
Open and Close - This Deck focuses on the Mask cards and should be a breeze regardless 2. Wiggling Beings - This Deck loves Bug type creatures and turning your creatures into Bug types to stop you from attacking. Calm Spirits - This Deck centers on trying to control your monsters, but hammer it with brute force and you should come out smelling like a rose 4.
Keep it off the field and the deck should pose no threat 5. Silent Victory - This is a Silent Swordsman Deck, which focuses on this card and its ability to be immune to your Spells one moment and neutralize them all in the next. However, three more things linger in this world after you pass through: 1.
White Magician Pikeru - She will ask you for a cute card from your collection. Give her the cutest thing you can find and she will bounce away happy and give you a chance to battle the next character.
Legendary Fisherman - You can only find this Duel Spirit when you go to the fishing hole comes up at random times and choose to fish and not pay. He uses a Legendary Ocean Deck with himself as the centerpiece 4. He has five Duel Puzzles of his own for you to solve: 1.
Puzzle One: a. Use the left Alien Infiltrator's effect to move it one space to the left b. Activate Blasting Fuse d. Use the other Alien Infiltrator's effect and the Senet Switch from your hand to move it all the way over to the left f. Once your monster is all the way to the left, enter your Battle Phase, then choose to attack you opponent directly for the win 2. Puzzle Two: a. Activate Topaz's effect afterwards b. It matters not if you choose to play with the effects of the two Pegasus cards e.
Attack for the win 3. Puzzle Three: a. Summon Blazewing Butterfly in Attack Mode b. Enter your Battle Phase f. He should then be equipped to Blowback Dragon g.
Use Doom Shaman to dismantle Blowback Dragon for the win 4. Puzzle Four: a. Activate your Trap Card, Natural Disaster b. Activate your Trap card, Rain Storm, choosing to destroy two cards. Destroy one of those pesky Blue-Eyes White Dragons on the field c. Enter your Battle Phase g. Continue you attack by decimating another weak Defender with Cloudian Cirrostratus h. Enter Main Phase Two i. Activate Cloudian Cirrostratus' effect on the last Defender for the win 5.
Puzzle Five: a. Attack the Mist Bodied Armored Zombie with all three creatures at your disposal g. Now, we enter his pyramid to see what awaits: 1. Spirit of the Pharaoh - He only appears after the first three have been beaten at least once. Dark Mimic Lv1 - This Duel Spirit will ambush you if you choose to open the chests that appear in the pyramid. However, sometimes these chests will grant you DP, sometimes leave you with nothing, or sometimes a battle with this Duel Spirit About this time, upon exiting the pyramid and completing these tasks, you will see a Sand Moth beating on a Pyramid Turtle.
Help the Turtle by defeating the Sand Moth in a Duel. Otohime - She appears after you have beaten these first three at least once. She thanks you for helping her friend Pyramid Turtle and requests more like forces Shell Guardian - Savan will challenge you to five different duels, imposing a different handicap in each one: 1. Monsters Only Deck - The name says it all, so get a bit creative and this should solve itself 4. Spells are forbidden - Once again, the name says it all. Three of a Kind - You may only have cards in your Deck if there are three copies of them.
This means 42 is your minimum Deck count, but this shouldn't be too hard Three of five wins here will usher you to the World of Civilization. Now, we head forward to explore the next world. Molten Behemoth - This behemoth appears at the volcano from time to time, wanting you to duel him, so he can give you a card that is burning him up 4. The Unhappy Maiden - She's different in the fact that she is a Duel Spirit in need of some healing and not a sparring partner.
You will need to keep giving her cards that restore LP about LPs worth until she feels better. She will unlock herself in CPU Duel for your act of compassion 7.
He will disappear, so head to the pyramid in the World of Sunlight and find the green creature: 1. Find the yellow creature being blast by a gun with legs and help by, what else, dueling the mech: 1. Blowback Dragon - He places a Dice Deck that relies on gambles and rolls of the dice.
In this cluttered lab, you will face several of his 'creations': 1. Inpachi - Not really a threat in almost any sense of the word 2. Blazing Inpachi - Now, he's on fire He will abuse the Mausoleum of the Emperor, but you can too if your Deck hold any Tribute monsters 3.
Woodborg Inpachi - They put him out and put armor on him now. Despite his appearance, he likes to use a Burn Deck. It's trite, but you can get through it more than likely. He plays a Warrior type Deck only if you refuse to pay for your wares.
If you beat him, afterwards he will give you the Equip Spell Card and tell you it would be better to pay next time After beating the first three on the above list, the cave will hand you its treasure, Limiter Removal. You can now enter it's password to get one, if you either do not have one or if you are currently running a Machine Deck.
Back to Kozaky's Lab and hand him the Limiter Removal. An old friend will appear, get modded by Kozaky and go on a rampage of which you must relieve him: 1.
Giga Gagagigo - A typical Warrior type Deck that shouldn't give you a problem. Not just to the lab, but out of the whole world. Proceed and meet Speed Guardian - Ferrario. He will challenge you with three Decks in a row. You will get no rest and LP recovery other than any in your Deck.
There is also a LP cap to your LP. Here are his Decks: 1. This Deck relies on throwing cards back to your hand and can be rather annoying. With no real offense, keep on him and you should escape almost completely unscathed 2. Kill Diamond Dude and save the duel 3.
A Zombie Revival Deck It's standard for zombie decks, but the real threat stands if your LP is low enough Now, you pass on to the World of Darkness.
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