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Interview one

It's not your usual weekend sport for citysiders - you'd expect them to be taking up water skiing or tennis perhaps, but they're actually getting into sheepdog trialing. 

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It seems the sport's not just for farmers anymore, and that directing your dog and three sheep around a field of obstacles could be more popular than the pampering of a traditional dog show. While less farmers are using dogs these days to round up their animals, sheepdog trialing as a sport for city people is increasing in popularity, as Malcolm Taylor told Eliza Wood at the North West Sheepdog Trial Championships at the weekend. 

BEGINS: "Well unfortunately there's too many motorbikes..." 
ENDS: "...to be competitive at sheepdog trialing." 
DURATION: 3'48 

Lee Jamieson, president of the Tasmanian Working Sheepdog Association, and before him Malcolm Taylor, who by the way, will represent Australia for the seventh time in sheepdog trials later this year.

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Interview two

Sheepdog trialing can be quite a mystery to onlookers, who can't always work where the dog's taking the sheep, or even who's in charge - is it the human or the dog...or the sheep in fact? 

The Tasmanian Working Sheepdog Association's been trying to take some of the mystery out of the sport by running training days for beginners, and so far they're proving popular. 

President Lee Jamieson told Eliza Wood they've been going right back to basics. 

BEGINS: "We started with the course..." 
ENDS: "...there's nother much else they can do I guess." 
DURATION: 4'49 

Jean Wright, and before her Dave Sherry, and we also heard from the president of the Tasmanian Working Sheepdog Association, Lee Jamieson. The next training day will be held on the 9th of July at Forth. For more information you can have a look at the association's web page at www.twsda.org, or ring Lee Jamieson on 0439 634 132. 

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