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Across the country, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
thousands of farming families work tirelessly around the clock. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:08 | |
Stop arguing, girls, give over. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
FARMER WHISTLES | 0:00:12 | 0:00:13 | |
But there is one day each year... | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
..where they get to leave the daily routine behind. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
Right, here we come, Dorset. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
These are show days... | 0:00:23 | 0:00:24 | |
-ANNOUNCER: -A very, very warm welcome to Melplash Show. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
..when they come together as a community... | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
..to showcase the fruits of their labour... | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
I just love showing my girls off. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
..and try to win prizes for their breed champions... | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
Smashed it. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
..and award-winning produce. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
That's really nice cheese, that. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:45 | |
It was very good, darling. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
There will be highs... | 0:00:50 | 0:00:51 | |
That's what we want to see - red, red is the best. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
-..and lows... -She's not happy enough to go. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
..for the dedicated farmers who give everything to walk away a champion. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:03 | |
Fingers crossed. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
There are over 15 million sheep and lambs in the UK, | 0:01:12 | 0:01:17 | |
and herding them is a full-time job. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
Come by. Lie down. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
Shepherds Shirley Cropper from Lancashire... | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
..and John Atkinson from Yorkshire... | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
..are sharpening their skills for a showdown at one of | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
the most prestigious sheepdog trials on the countryside calendar. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
A champion sheepdog is a calling card for its trainer, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
with prices running into thousands of pounds | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
for a fully trained animal. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
That'll do! | 0:01:49 | 0:01:50 | |
With just two days to go to the big show... | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
..there is pride and silverware at stake. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
The magnificent Yorkshire Dales, just south of York, | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
is home to shepherd John Atkinson. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
He looks after the feral sheep that roam the picturesque 8,000 acre | 0:02:15 | 0:02:20 | |
Escrick Park Estate. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:21 | |
Come by. I can't see the sheep, but she should be bringing them to us. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
That'll do, that'll do, come here. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
That'll do. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:34 | |
The estate has been owned by the Forbes-Adam family | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
for around 350 years. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
So I'm the 12th generation, which is quite a responsibility. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
I really want to hand it over in a better state than I found it. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:54 | |
John's absolutely brilliant, as are his dogs. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
Skipwith Common is basically 660 acres of scrub woodland, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:07 | |
ponds, reeds, bog, heath, everything, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
and without John and his sheepdogs, | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
there's no way we would be able to look after the sheep | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
on such a difficult stretch of country. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
John's love of man's best friend began when he was a young lad, | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
and it's a passion he shares with his partner, Julia. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
Julia's the kennel maid, and a good one, she looks after the pups. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:40 | |
What do they call those women that look after babies? | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
-Wet nurse. -No, not wet nurse! What's the other one? -A nanny. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
No, not nanny. Midwife! | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
-She's the midwife. -Midwife. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
Border collies are not the only dogs the couple keep. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
Julia has two very energetic pugs. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
Mimi. Mimi, Mimi, Mimi, Mimi. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
Those are Julia's dogs, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
they're more trouble than all the sheepdogs put together. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
They're not. You're not, are you, girls? | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
Come on, my little pigs. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
No matter how you feel in life, a dog will always greet you happy. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
They have great affection for you. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
You should give that affection back. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
I don't know how I'd be without my dogs. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
What did I used to sing to her? | 0:04:32 | 0:04:34 | |
# Oh, give me a home where the buffaloes roam | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
# And the skies is all cloudy all day... # | 0:04:41 | 0:04:46 | |
They do get a little bit excited when I sing to them. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
70 miles away, in rural Lancashire's beautiful south Pennines, | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
there's another devoted shepherd. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
Shirley lives here with her pack of border collies. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
Come by, come by. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
Away. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
Mastering her dogs has become a passion for Shirley, | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
but this is far removed from her first love. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
I was a hairdresser, and I did beauty therapy treatments. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:20 | |
I did enjoy what I was doing, I must have had enough of that, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
and I must have been at a stage in my life | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
when I was just ready for a change. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:28 | |
Shirley's life did change one evening in a local pub, | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
where she met the man who was to become her partner of 23 years. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
I met Jimmy Cropper. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
And that's how I got interested in the sheepdog trials. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
Jimmy, a former coalminer, | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
was in fact one of the greatest sheep trial champions | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
this country has ever produced. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
He's the best. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:55 | |
I daren't say anything else. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
No, she came from a hairdresser's shop and a beautician. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:03 | |
No, not a hairdresser's shop, | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
I were a self-employed hairdresser and beauty therapist, excuse me. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
And then met an old fool like me, a fool on the hill... | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
Yeah. That's right. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
When I first met Jimmy, I think that was the first place you took me to, | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
a sheepdog trial, when I first met you. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
Yes, I was courting then, sheepdog triallers. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
A day out! | 0:06:25 | 0:06:26 | |
We went to quite a few. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
I could see that Jimmy was doing something just a little bit special. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:36 | |
I didn't think at first I wanted to do it even, | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
I just thought it was marvellous to watch. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
And, bit by bit, I learned. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
And then I got my own young dog and started training that. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
Jimmy taught me a lot. Yes. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
Took some doing! | 0:06:52 | 0:06:53 | |
Jokes aside, the couple have become an excellent team. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
They have 600 sheep on their 800 acre farm, | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
which are managed by their dozen dogs. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
And there's also the raft of ducks. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
When you're working with sheep, that can be hard work. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
There's never a day goes by when you've nothing to do. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
Christmas Day, New Year's Day, any day. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
You just get on with it, don't you, you just do what you have to do. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
Back in Yorkshire, former salesman John is busy with his champion dog | 0:07:39 | 0:07:45 | |
who has just had a litter. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:46 | |
Given they've inherited their mother's excellent genes, | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
these puppies are highly prized. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
For any shepherd, the real skill is to find that special puppy, | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
who could go on to become a fully trained champion. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
You know within minutes if that dog is any good. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
It has a feel for sheep, it's kind to sheep, | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
yet it has a presence about it. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:15 | |
When you get a dog like that, I just look to the heavens and say, | 0:08:15 | 0:08:20 | |
"Thank you, God." | 0:08:20 | 0:08:21 | |
A sheepdog's got to understand the commands from its trainer. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
Well, the dog has four commands. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
It has to go to the left, which is, "come by". | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
Has to go to the right, which is, "away". | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
It has to stop, which is, "lie down", | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
and it has do bring the sheep to you - "walk up". | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
When the dog gets further away from you, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
you then go on to the whistles. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
For the away and for the come by... | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
Walk up... | 0:08:45 | 0:08:46 | |
For the stop... | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
Once the dog is dancing to the tune of his whistle... | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
..John knows just where to market them. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
Farmers, shepherds, and triallists. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
The money is in the triallist, they want the top-notch dogs, | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
they want the best, so they can win trials. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
Back across the border in Lancashire, | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
Shirley has also got her work cut out, | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
and having a former world international champion | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
looking over your shoulder adds to the pressure. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
Walk up, walk up. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
Lie down. Lie down. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
Lie down. That'll do. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
Lie down. Lie down! | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
Lie down. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:38 | |
And Jimmy often finds it hard not to get involved. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
I get so excited when Shirley is running that I got her disqualified, | 0:09:46 | 0:09:51 | |
I shouted Shirley's name. Whether she heard it or not, I don't know. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
-No, I didn't. -But I did shout her name, | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
and the judges disqualified her. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
He gets too excited sometimes. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
It were really bad for her then. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
-I felt sorry about that. -He'll not do it next year. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
-No... She's going to stick some plaster across my mouth. -Duct tape! | 0:10:07 | 0:10:12 | |
It's finally time for the two shepherds to start preparing | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
to leave for the show. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
But at the forefront of their minds is the fact that they'll be | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
coming up against each other. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
Lancashire and Yorkshire will be competing against each other | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
at Nidderdale Show. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
John is on home turf in Yorkshire. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
His prefix for his dogs is White Rose. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
We are in Lancashire, so we are the Red Rose. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
It's not the War of the Roses, but it's competition, and hopefully, | 0:10:49 | 0:10:54 | |
the red roses will win. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
Come by. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
I think Shirley Cropper's... | 0:10:58 | 0:10:59 | |
..done fantastic. I think to come into sheepdogs knowing nothing, | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
and within probably ten years | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
she's virtually gone to the top of the game. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
I think she'll do well at Nidderdale. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
In fact, I think she could finish second, even, you know? | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
Couldn't she, Queen, eh? Could she finish second? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
Come here, my favourite, my favourite, come here. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
Sometimes he beats us, sometimes we beat him. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
Nobody wants a Lancastrian coming into Yorkshire | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
and winning Yorkshire... Excuse me. Yorkshire. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
Queen, are you going to do it? | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
Are you going to do it tomorrow? | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
May the best man win. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:33 | |
Or best man or woman win. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:38 | |
Best person win. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:39 | |
Let the best person win. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
After all the months of preparation, it's finally time to set off. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:51 | |
Little bit nervous. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
But hopes for today are to win the show and bring the trophy back. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
I hope she does well, White Rose Queen. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
The Nidderdale Agricultural Show has been a high point | 0:12:16 | 0:12:20 | |
of the Yorkshire farming community's calendar for over 100 years. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
Contestants arrive from far and wide to compete for the many prizes | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
on offer, none more hotly contested than the annual sheepdog trial. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:34 | |
Before they can begin, all dogs have to be registered, | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
meaning the two rivals meet at the tent. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
-Trouble! -Trouble! -Trouble's here. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
-John Atkinson. -Number 13. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
Number 13?! | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
Number 13. Unlucky for some. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
-What number are you? -Ten. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:56 | |
I'll be able to watch Shirley's. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
What number are you, Jim? | 0:13:00 | 0:13:01 | |
-21. -I'll watch your mistakes. -You're the devil. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
-21? -He asked me age. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
Who's put me down for 13? | 0:13:11 | 0:13:12 | |
Me! | 0:13:12 | 0:13:13 | |
Lucky for some. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:17 | |
It'll be lucky for some. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:18 | |
Sheepdog trials have been an integral part of the Nidderdale Show | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
for close on 100 years. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:29 | |
Like their predecessors, | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
the 50 triallists here today are all trying their best to show | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
how well they can train their dogs. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
Only ten prizes will be given out, | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
and there's no results till the end of the day. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
Everybody that runs sheepdogs in this area | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
wants to be in that trial, yes. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
So it does mean a lot, winning at the show. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
Out there lies the course - | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
the challenge to all the handlers today. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
First the dog is sent out to collect the sheep | 0:14:05 | 0:14:08 | |
and bring them under control. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:09 | |
Then it must drive the sheep through two sets of gates, | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
before circling the shepherd at their post. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
Finally they are penned, | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
and then let out and split. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
A lot for the judge to follow. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
He will be doing it all from inside his car. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
As a judge, I'm looking for straight lines and control of the sheep. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:37 | |
Across the fields, | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
Nidderdale is starting to fill up and the crowds are building. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
The sheepdog trials are about to begin. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
First up is Shirley and her nine-year-old collie, Danny. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
-ANNOUNCER: -Next up to run is Shirley Cropper. Thank you. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
She's been competing a while and she's a good competitor, is Shirley. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:02 | |
Lie down. Lie down. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
Come by. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
And they're off. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
She will only have eight minutes to complete the course... | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
..and all eyes are on her. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
SHE WHISTLES | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
And she's got them through the gate. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
There's a lot of extra pressure on Shirley, | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
as she is one of only a handful of female trainers in the country. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:32 | |
I am in a minority. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
It's probably maybe 10% or 15% women. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
I was well nervous when I first started. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
The run's been going well, but suddenly Shirley is struggling | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
to get the sheep into the pen. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
Lie down. Come by. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:52 | |
Away. Lie down. Lie down. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
And they're in. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
Lie down. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:04 | |
Lie down. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:06 | |
The last thing Shirley has to do is to split them into pairs. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
She's done it... | 0:16:23 | 0:16:24 | |
..just before the judge hoots to indicate that her time is up. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
I think it might be going to Lancashire! | 0:16:33 | 0:16:35 | |
Not Yorkshire! | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
Why wouldn't they go in the pen? | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
You panicked. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
They don't tell you your score until the end of the day | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
so I don't know how I've done. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
The trickiest bit for me then was the pen. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
They looked like they were going in straightaway | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
and I think the dog just moved a tiny little bit. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
But I won't get the full ten points. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
To get the full ten points they've got to go in straightaway. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
Come on, Danny, get in. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
Go on, Shirley, get in. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
I'm not getting in! | 0:17:13 | 0:17:14 | |
Unfortunately, or fortunately for me, | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
she had one bad sheep out of the four. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
She's left plenty of room. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
As long as I get four good sheep, I should be OK. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
The competition's heating up. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
Shirley's set the bar and now it's time to see if rival John | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
and his White Rose Queen can make a better run of it. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
Fingers crossed, everything crossed. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
Have to see what he can do. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
There's two good dogs coming on now and then that's the last. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
You've got to hope that the next man does bad, | 0:17:50 | 0:17:52 | |
and we shouldn't do really, but you do. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
When you're trialling you think, "I hope he does bad." | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
And it's... | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
You shouldn't really think that way, but you do. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
And off they go. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:07 | |
You are tense while you're running. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
There is nothing easy about it. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:15 | |
You're concentrating on the sheep so strongly, you're not thinking, | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
"This is fun." | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
Concentration is paying off because within a few minutes, | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
John's got them through the gates. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:25 | |
Lie down. Come by. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
Now it's the tricky bit. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
Getting them into that pen. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:31 | |
Lie down. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:32 | |
Can he do it in better time than Shirley? | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
Lie down. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
And he's done it like a pro. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:40 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
Lie down, lie down. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:43 | |
Now all that's left is to split them into pairs. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
But the sheep aren't interested. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
Away. Lie down. Come by. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
-Lie down. Away. -HORN TOOTS | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
Time's up. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:56 | |
Despite some good moves, John hasn't finished the run. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
We'll just have to see. He could still be in front of me. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
It was a very good run. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:08 | |
It depends on the judge and what the judge likes at the end of the day. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:12 | |
It's not up to us, sadly. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:14 | |
It was a shame that I just ran out of time for the split, | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
which is a big deduction. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
Queen, where are you going? She's going under the bridge. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
Come here. What are you doing? Where have you been? | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
Come on, that'll do. Come on, my favourite. Come here. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
Stay there now. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:32 | |
The Nidderdale Agricultural Show was founded in 1895. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
Each year the Meltham Mills Brass Band, led by the show officials, | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
weaves its traditional route through the market town | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
to celebrate show day. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
There was a committee of ten started it off. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
We now have a committee of something like nearly 80 and those wise men | 0:20:01 | 0:20:06 | |
and maybe some ladies kept it going and it's grown throughout the years | 0:20:06 | 0:20:11 | |
as much as it can. We can't hardly fit anything else in now. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
As well as the menagerie of animals here to compete, | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
there are also dozens of opportunities for farmers | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
to display their wares. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
After a very competitive start to the morning, | 0:20:38 | 0:20:40 | |
the next triallist up will be the legend, Jimmy Cropper. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:45 | |
Come on. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:46 | |
I'll definitely watch the Godfather here, won't we, eh? | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
Good lord! Favourite to win it, Jim? No pressure, then. No pressure. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:55 | |
I'm too old for this job now! | 0:20:55 | 0:20:56 | |
-Oh! -Jimmy Corleone! | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
-Jimmy Corleo...! -I've got a new hobby. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
John's not the only one who thinks Jimmy might just have the upper hand. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
This man Cropper, I don't like to give any plaudits, | 0:21:05 | 0:21:11 | |
but he's the Nelson Mandela of the sheepdog world. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:15 | |
I said the Godfather - Nelson Mandela...! | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
-Who's Nelson Mandela? -Nelson Mandela! | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
So all eyes turn as the great man himself enters the field. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:28 | |
Now in his 70s, it's not quite his heyday, | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
but it's still a rare opportunity to see the master at work. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
Mr 100%'s coming up in a bit, | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
so, yeah, I'll be watching him closely. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
She's getting that good, she's beating me every time. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:49 | |
And I'm getting a bit fed up, I think I'll divorce her! | 0:21:49 | 0:21:52 | |
Away. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:56 | |
And he's off. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:57 | |
But even a champion at this level can still feel the pressure. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
I know what I've got to do, but doing it is a different tale. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:10 | |
The sheep will only allow you to do certain things. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
If you get a very wild sheep, then it's going to spoil your run. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
Jimmy's got them through the gates in no time. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
But there's something amiss going on at the pen. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
Come by. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
Away! | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
Come by. Come by! | 0:22:37 | 0:22:38 | |
Away. Away. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
Away. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:42 | |
Lie down. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:44 | |
Finally, he gets the troublesome sheep in, | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
like the professional he is. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:52 | |
Come by. Lie down. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
He just needs to spread the sheep, and he's home free. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
Lie down, lie down! | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
But the clock is ticking away. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
Lie down, lie down! | 0:23:03 | 0:23:04 | |
HORN TOOTS And suddenly, the judge calls time. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
I thought I'd had a good course, | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
and I thought my time might be running out, | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
cos I saw John's time run out. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
And when John's time ran out, he had quite a good run, | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
and I thought my time might be going. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:36 | |
So then, you start to panic and try and get 'em in the pen in a hurry, | 0:23:36 | 0:23:41 | |
and that's when things go wrong. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
You've got to be steady with your dog on sheep, | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
on a small course like this. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
And... But the time is always against you. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
Both John and Jimmy, they both had better runs than me | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
out in the field. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
But it's a close competition. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
It is, it is. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:01 | |
They won't be... They might be still in front of me... | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
..but we'll just have to see, see what the judge prefers. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
But John and Shirley won't have long to wait now. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
Across Nidderdale, the show is beginning to wind down. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
And in the fields, the sheepdog trials are over. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
All they can do is hope, while the judge tots up the scores. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:30 | |
The judge doesn't look like he knows himself yet. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
So I wouldn't like to say, cos he's turning pages over, | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
going back and reckoning it all up, so I don't know. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:41 | |
Mmm. Mmm. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:43 | |
Both John and Shirley have given their all. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
But it's out of their hands now. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:51 | |
Finally, the judge has come to a decision. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
Time for the Nidderdale Singles Champion to be crowned. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
OK, so, here are the results for the 2016 Nidderdale Show | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
sheepdog trials. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
In reverse order. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:27 | |
In tenth place, Sandy Beaton, on 68. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
-Thank you very much. -OK. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
In ninth place, we have John Atkinson on 70. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
I thank you! | 0:25:44 | 0:25:45 | |
Thank you very much. Thank you. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:48 | |
John's a winner, but not quite what he was hoping for. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
I got lost in the time. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
Because I'm concerned about the sheep | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
and being caring for the sheep - being a shepherd, that's my job. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
Trying to be careful with them and kind to them, | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
and because I was caring for them, and trying to be gentle with them, | 0:26:06 | 0:26:11 | |
I ran out of time at the trial, | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
and I should think more about the competition. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
John and White Rose Queen were very unlucky, actually. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:20 | |
He was just beeped out for time. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
Which lost him ten points, cos the shed was fine, | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
but it was out of time. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
Which would have made him into third place, actually. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:35 | |
With first prize still up for grabs, | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
Shirley's in the running for the coveted cup. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
And in first place, we have Shirley Cropper, on 106. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
For this former hair and beauty stylist turned farmer... | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
-Oh, thank you! -..to break through at this level is a real achievement. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
I think Shirley's done very well. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
Very well. Yeah. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
It's always good to finish on a high, | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
and to do your best and to get the best out of your dogs, | 0:27:24 | 0:27:29 | |
and come away with some lovely silverware! | 0:27:29 | 0:27:34 | |
Shirley doesn't really need to improve on anything. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
She is a very accomplished handler. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
Even if I'd done the final exercise, where I'd split the sheep, | 0:27:39 | 0:27:44 | |
I wouldn't have won the trial, I would have been second to Shirley. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
So... | 0:27:47 | 0:27:48 | |
Tough luck! | 0:27:49 | 0:27:50 | |
I feel really proud to see her win everything, I do. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
-Vice versa! -Yes. | 0:27:57 | 0:27:58 | |
The trip home, we'll probably have steak and chips. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
Might have a bit of sweet cake. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
For Shirley and John, it's time to put the rivalry to bed, | 0:28:09 | 0:28:13 | |
for the time being at least! | 0:28:13 | 0:28:15 | |
-Well done, Shirley. -Thank you, John. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
Well done to you as well. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
Hey, look! Red rose, white rose! | 0:28:19 | 0:28:21 | |
Unfortunately, she's the winner! | 0:28:21 | 0:28:23 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 |