Presenting the Judges
and the course director
Judge
Floyd Farthing,
Wales
Im a full time sheep farmer from south wales running over 500 head of welsh mountain ewes. I farm over 350 acres as well as running sheep onto the mountains, i have trained and sold dogs for the past 15 years and started trialing in 2019.
Floyd Farthing,
Wales
Im a full time sheep farmer from south wales running over 500 head of welsh mountain ewes. I farm over 350 acres as well as running sheep onto the mountains, i have trained and sold dogs for the past 15 years and started trialing in 2019.
Since starting i have made multiple nursery finals, double gather finials, 2 times welsh team member and international supreme finalist.
I have also judged in many different country's
Judge
David McMullan,
North Ireland
David McMullan,
North Ireland
Course director
Nigel Watkins,
Wales
Nigel is a multiple member of the Welsh National Team over 4 decades, a three time Welsh National Champion, Reserve World Champion, twice Reserve International Supreme Champion.
Over the years Nigel has trained many top dogs and he has an uncanny knack of finding the right dogs for himself and others. Having competed at the highest level Nigel has a wealth of knowledge
to share, he does so through teaching clinics and judging sheepdog trials around the globe.
Nigel has judged the CSC 2015 in Italy and has been Course Director at the CSC 2017 in Norway.
Judging Young Handlers
Wolfgang Lipczenko
I am living and working with Border Collie sheepdogs on a small farm near Vienna now since more than 20 years. I am running a small flock of mixed breed sheep only for training purpose.
I trained all my dogs in the past to the highest level and was competing successfully all over Europe since 2007. My dogs were multiple times Austr.Novice Champions, Austrian National Champions, Austrian Continental team members, Austr. World Trials team members, many times finalists of double gather trials, including finalist (7th) in CSC final in 2013 and noumerous placings in international Trials all over Europe.
Now that I have slowed down a bit in the last years I am concentrating on trainings, judgings and doing clinics in most parts of Europe. My aim in general is to support and guide young people to become good and worthy members of our sheepdog community.