Day 1 - Qualifying

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It is the first day of the 2016 International sheepdog trial, with the qualifying round getting underway at 8am. Trialling is taking place under grey skies with a cool breeze coming off the sea.

The course is flat, with the hills beyond the course providing a beautiful backdrop. The drive is left-handed. The sheep are working well, with the first couple of packets being particularly good.

The singles judges are Wyn Edwards (Wales), Derek Scrimgeour (England), Pat Byrne jnr (Ireland), and Andy Carnegie (Scotland). There are 32 singles runs to be completed today.

Kevin Evans was first to run with Preseli Ci (331679) and they posted a score of 405 - as yet unmatched.

Currently in second place are Ross Games and Roy. Roy (309624) is the sire of Kevin's two-year-old Preseli Ci.

There were two completed brace runs today. Currently in the lead is Julie Hill with Mac and Ban on a score of 411.

Gethin Jones, running Fran and Maddie, scored 326. There will be another four brace runs tomorrow to conclude the championship.

This year's brace judges are: Emyr Lloyd (Wales); Mike Northwood (England); Eamon McAuley (Ireland); and George Simpson (Scotland).

The sheep behaved consistently all day. On the whole they held well at the top of the field. Some packets could split on the first drive and they could get a little tetchy at the pen.

One re-run was awarded to Peter Wood and Freebirch Sue.

The weather was dry for most of the day, apart from a heavy shower while Ray Edwards and Brad were at the post. The forecast rain started as trialling came to an end and heavy rain is expected overnight.

At the end of day one the top runners were:

1, Kevin Evans, Preseli Ci, 405;

2, Ross Games, Roy, 399;

3, Mosse Magnusson, Myllin Davey, 391, OLF 187;

4, Ben Smith, Ben, 391, OLF 180;

5, Ricky Hutchinson, Jock, 391, OLF 168;

6, G.L. Jones, Roy, 371;

7, Neil Campbell, Cass, 364;

8, Angie Driscoll, Kinloch Pippi, 363;

9, JamesMcLaughlin, Lyn, 358

10, Michael Hastings, Meg, 356, OLF 166;

11, Ed Hawkins, Gipping Valley Troy, 356, OLF 146;