The 2012 International will be held at Redland Farm near Bonvilston in the Vale of Glamorgan near Cardiff, CF5 6TQ on September 6th -8th

 

 

 

Congratulations to the 2011 International Supreme Champions:

Eirian Morgan and Spot:

 

2011 International Brace Champions Richard Hutchinson with Wenndale Roy & Sweep

 

2011 Team winners: Scotland

 

2011 International Driving Champions Neil Gillon and Bhoy

 

International Shepherds Champions Jock Welsh and Tanhill Nap

 

International Young Handlers: John Ramsey with Glen (Scotland), Sophie Holt with Black (England), Ross Games with Tess (Wales), and the winner Sean Corrigan with Tex for Ireland.

 

Congratulations to the oldest and youngest competitors: Chris Todd and Robbie Welsh

 

But most of all, congratulations to Spot!

 

 

Fearn is located in the heart of Easter Ross, an area easily reached from Inverness, the capital of the Highlands.  The area is renowned for it’s rolling green countryside, agriculture and maritime traditions, Pictish and Viking influences, outstanding beaches and unparalleled views across the Dornoch, Cromarty and Moray Firths. 

 

 

 

The villages of the Fearn Peninsula have an important Pictish and Christian heritage. There are magnificent Pictish stones at Hilton, Nigg and Shandwick, while Tarbat is the site of the only Pictish monastic settlement found in Scotland to date.                                       

 

 

 

The nearest town is Tain.  It is Scotland’s oldest Royal Burgh, its charter having been presented by Malcolm III in 1066.  For centuries it was a place of Christian pilgrimage, to the shrine of St Duthac, an early medieval saint who was born in Tain.  The town now has an impressive array of buildings dating from the 18th Century onwards, and the centre was designated an outstanding conservation area in 1988.