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Meeker
Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials™
Held Annually in
September |
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2008 Trial Dates: September
3-7
Dog Entries for the 2008 Trial open March
3, 2008 -
Please see 2008 Entry and Rules:
The Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship
Trials offers five days of sheepdog herding competition for a
purse totaling
$20,000 plus ten special added awards
including the Marvine Ranch Top Dog of the Day Award and daily handler
awards from Moody Construction. This event is sanctioned by the USBCHA. The Sheepdog Trials
are held annually in September, the first Wednesday through
Sunday after Labor Day.
2008 Meeker Classic Judge will be
Angie Coker-Sells.
Art Unsworth, The Voice of the Meeker Classic
is our 2008 announcer.
Associated events to the Meeker Classic include a daily crafts fair, food booths, weekend pancake
breakfasts, and a Sunday noon lamb barbeque. Entertainment also includes
dog exhibitions and bagpipe music.
Where:
The sheepdog trials field is just west of the town of Meeker on Colorado
Highway 13. There is no shade and limited seating. So, bring sunscreen,
binoculars, umbrellas, and lawn chairs.
Dry Camping Option
Lodging Crisis due to energy development
For Dry Camp Information & rates (no water or electricity) 1/2 mile from
trial site, within walking distance, contact email:
trials@meekersheepdog.com and
we will forward your information on to the private property owners.
Purchase Souvenir
Posters and Postcard Sets
2008 Dog Sponsorship
Program
* We'll sell 124 Dog Sponsorships for 2008 Meeker Classic.
You have always enjoyed the Meeker Classic.
Now there is a way you can help support the program. Each of 124 dogs in the
preliminary rounds will get a sponsor. Dog Sponsors will be randomly assigned a dog after the
running order is established, August 1st, 2008. Cost: $100/dog, Limit
2 dogs per sponsor.
Where Your Money Goes:
- Increases
purse at the Meeker Classic
- Increases purse at Jackpot (Fun Trial), Saturday
night @ Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds
- Offsets the Cost of Operations for the
Meeker Classic
- Covers Dog Sponsorship Program Costs
For
more information click here
For a printable Dog Sponsorship Program registration form, Click Here |
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2007 Meeker Classic winners Tom Wilson and Sly penning
their sheep in one of the smoothest, highest scoring runs most spectators
have ever seen. Click photo for larger view.
Art Unsworth, the "Voice of the Meeker
Classic," adds these comments on the winning run by Tom Wilson and Sly,
"Well, we on the competitive trail are also in agreement that it's probably
the "Best" run EVER made! Peter Gonnet told me that considering that it was
in a double lift, in the FINAL and using the famous Meeker Classic Range
Sheep, it's definitely the best run he's ever seen. That coming from a
Handler that has made some of the best runs I've seen in my + 20 years of
having a front row seat.
Food for thought.
Last year at the Meeker Classic, we witness Derek Fisher / Heidi in the
final make the greatest run based on pure Heart, overshadowing Tommy's win,
this year it was Tommy's turn for perfection, truly a beautiful run to
watch, as you accurately describe, smooth.......
Tommy's run was incredible, it just kept
"happening" ..... and then he was done, we looked at each other in
astonishment, wondering if we had seen what had happened and wondering
if the run was really as great as we saw ...... yep, it sure was!"
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2008 Dog Sponsors
- Friends of Bill Carder
- Helen Love, Grand Junction, CO
- Bart & Mary Strang, Meeker, CO
- Susan & Marc Michie, Redstone, CO
- Susan & March Michie, Redstone, CO
- Meeker Sand & Gravel, Meeker & Rangely, CO
- Strang Ranch, Carbondale, CO
- Bill & Sandy Bliss, Crawford, CO
- Sable Mountain Outfitters, Meeker, CO
- WR Aggregates, Meeker, CO
- YZ Ranch, LLC, Meeker, CO
- YZ Ranch, LLC, Meeker, CO
- Mike & Mary Ann Harper, Eaton, CO
- C.F. Brenner, Architect, Carbondale, CO
- Peg & Chuck Malloy, Carbondale, CO
- State Farm Insurance, Kevin Amack Agency, Meeker, CO
- Maradith & Rusty Wilkins, Littleton, CO
- Neil-Garing Insurance, Glenwood Springs, CO
- Hannah Huse/Marvine B. Woolf, Boulder, CO
- Harper Livestock Co., Eaton, CO
- Paul Deneke, Houston, TX
- Samuelson True Value, Meeker, CO
- Iowa Lam Corp., Hawarden, IA
- Paul G. Bingham DVM & Mark J Ryan DVM, Grand Junction, CO
- Paul G. Bingham DVM & Mark J Ryan DVM, Grand Junction, CO
- Colorado CPA Services, PC, Rangely & Meeker, CO
- Colorado CPA Services, PC, Rangely & Meeker, CO
- Enterprise Products, Houston, TX
- Enterprise Products, Houston, TX
- MJK Sales and Feed, Inc., Craig, CO
- Wendy & Greg Cogdal, Littleton, CO
- Lillian & Dillon R. Cogdal, Littleton, CO
- Jonathan Beuk, New Castle, CO
- Sombrero Ranches, Meeker, CO
- White River Distributing, Kari Bowers & Robert Sipes, Meeker,
CO
- Canyon Insurance & Financial Services, LLC, Rifle, CO
- The Guy Family, New Castle, CO
- The Guy Family, New Castle, CO
- Sumner Schachter/Stifel Nicolaus, Glenwood Springs, CO
- Piper's Pix & Jean Dougherty, Loveland, CO
- Western Exposures Realty, Meeker, CO
- Lee Raine
www.cowboyshowcase.com,
Eureka, NV
- JBS - Swift & Co. LAMB, Greeley, CO
- JBS - Ski Haus, Steamboat Springs, CO
- Swift & Co. LAMB, Greeley, CO
- TK, Hotchkiss, CO
- Nichols Store, Rangely, CO
- Okagawa Farms, Grand Junction, CO
- Westlands, Meeker, CO
- Westlands, Meeker, CO
- Nostrand Trucking, Inc., Grand Junction,
CO
- Reverse LS Ranch, Mike Laughlin, Lamoille,
NV
- Zulim Show Cattle, Hockley, TX
- Zulim Show Cattle, Hockley, TX
- Rocky & Spraky Pappas, Meeker, CO
- Ducey's Electric, Inc., Rangely, CO
- Russ & Carol Atha, Steamboat Springs, CO
- Photo Express House, Steamboat Springs, CO
- Miller Financial Advisors, LLC, Grand
Junction, CO
- GIC Mobile Home & RV Parks, Meeker, CO
- Liz Harriger & Karen Fay, Colorado
Springs, CO
- Dalby, Wendland & Co. PC, Certified Public
Accountants & Consultants, Glenwood Springs, CO
- Backcountry Realty, Meeker, CO
- White River Energy, Meeker, CO
- Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce, Rangely,
CO
- Deborah Hutchinson, Aspen Pet
Services, Ltd.
Aspen, CO
- Jim & Lynn Graziano, Hotchkiss, CO
- Western Slope Sod Farm, Meeker, CO
- Cooley Zagar-Brown PC, Meeker, CO
- Mesa House Bed & Breakfast, Meeker, CO
- Galen Richards, Suzie Kirvinskee & Zeta,
Jackson, WY
- Mountain West Insurance and Financial
Services, Craig, CO
- Colorado Northwestern Community College
Rangely/Meeker, CO
- Benges Shoes, Grand Junction, CO
- Hanson International of Western Colorado
Grand Junction, CO
- Mary Clarke, Pea Green, CO
- FCI Constructors, Inc., Grand Junction, CO
- FCI Constructors, Inc., Grand Junction, CO
- Charles & Tootsie Davidson, Rockledge, FL
- Smoking River Pow Wow, Meeker, CO
- Bell Milliron, Ault, CO
- Caryn & Jim Magid, Meeker
Ranching Co.
Meeker, CO
- Best Friends Embroidery,
Firestone, CO
- McGuire Auto Parts, LLC, Meeker,
CO
- Cheryl & Keith Chamberlain,
Denver, CO
- Meeker Cafe, Meeker, CO
- Meeker Hotel & Cafe, Meeker, CO
- Ellen Robinson Photography,
Meeker, CO
- ERBM Rec & Park District, Meeker,
CO
- T.J. Fogg, Evergreen, CO
- Owen & Karen Knutson, Ouray, CO
- Joy Surveying Co., Meeker, CO
- Spring Sips Internet, Steamboat
Springs, CO
- Meeker Drug, Meeker, CO
- CJ Mud, Inc., Meeker, CO 81641
- La Plata River Farm, La Plata, NM
- Craig Daily Press & The Print
Shop, Craig, CO
- Bill Weber, Boulder, CO
- Western Surgical Care, PC,
Denver, CO
- Tri-State Generation &
Transmission, Meeker, Colorado
- Ann F. Miller, Aspen, CO
- Routt County Woolens, LLC,
Steamboat Springs, CO
- Hall and Hall, Denver, CO
- Tri-State Equipment Co., Craig,
CO
- Employees of Pioneers Medical
Center, Meeker, CO
- Valley View Lodge, Meeker, CO
- Design Specialists, Architects,
Grand Junction, CO
- Eagle Eye Home Management, Vail,
CO
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2007 Top 10 Winners |
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HANDLERS NAME |
DOGS NAME |
FINAL SCORE |
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Wilson, Tom |
Sly |
157.0 |
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Lambert, Beverly |
Bill |
145.0 |
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Lambert, Beverly |
Pippa |
127.5 |
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Wilson, Tom |
Nick |
126.0 |
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Lad, Lyle |
Shep |
110.5 |
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Stern, Alberto |
Tweed |
102.0 |
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Baker, Elizabeth |
Rye |
100.0 |
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Oliver, Red |
Blaze |
93.0 |
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Montgomery, Dale |
Tex |
87.0 |
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Zoerb, Ian |
Peg |
86.0 |
2007 Complete Finals Results
Results of 2007 SPECIAL AWARDS
(in addition to $20,000 Purse)
2007 Photo Highlights
The Best of 2007
Sheepdog Trial Photos 2007
Copies of 2007
handler and dog photos can be ordered directly from Ellen Robinson 970-878-3621
or by contacting her by email at
ERPHOTO8@earthlink.net
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Sheep for 2008 are provided by the
Campbell Hansmire Sheep
Operation |
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Sheepdog Statue
located on the west side
of Meeker's Rio Blanco County Court House.
Title of Statue: "Way to Me"
Created by the artist: Brenda Daniher
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2008
Meeker Classic
Gold Level
Contributing Sponsors:
Minimum Donation
$3,000 |
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Clough Sheep Company

Enterprise Products

Marvine Ranch

Mountain Powersports

White River Electric
Association

EnCana Oil & Gas
(USA) Inc.

First National Bank of the Rockies

The
Moose 100.7

Moody Construction & Sons

Rio Blanco County Abstract Co.

Shell Exploration and Production Company

Williams Production

Western Slope Trailer Sales

W.C. Striegel, Inc.

Meeker Sand & Gravel

Redi Services, LLC
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2008
Meeker Classic
Silver Level
Contributing Sponsors:
Minimum Donation
$1500 |
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"Friends of Bill Carder"
ExxonMobil
XTO Energy Inc.
Petrox
Resources, Inc.
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2008
Meeker Classic
Bronze Level
Contributing Sponsors:
Minimum Donation
$500 |
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Glenwood Springs
Ford
Summit Ford
Glenwood Springs
Chrysler Dodge
Castle Peak
Automotive Center
Neil-Garing
Insurance, Glenwood Springs, CO
Dick Weaver /
Yolanda Treude
Three Crown Ranch
Schmeuser Gordon
Meyer, Inc
Visual Lease
Services
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