Pip Hudson - 2008 Supreme Australian Championships Winner

 

Welcome to the
Australian Sheep Dog Workers' Association

The Australian Sheep Dog Workers' Association was established in 1988 to allow sheep dog workers' to speak with one voice, enabling better sponsorship and joint insurance, to conduct an Australian Championship and to administer interstate and international teams.

The mission of the ASDWA is to facilitate communications with the State working sheep dog associations, liaise with corporate sponsors, foster newcomers to the sport, organise major trials such as the annual Supreme Australian Championship, and to host and organise the annual Trans Tasman Test series between Australia and New Zealand.

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Become a member of the Association

Click here to contact the secretary of your State for more details about registration and fees.

Message from
David Lacey,
ASDWA President

On behalf of the ASDWA, thank you CopRice and TWSDA for hosting this year's Supreme and to the many sponsors Tasmania has partnered with to fund the Trans Tasman Test for this year. Future funding of the Test is one of the challenges facing us.

I thank all office bearers and State delegates for their help, support and efforts over the past 12 months. All these people and many more have contributed greatly to our association.

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Pip Hudson & Kiwi Golda Australian Supreme Champions 2008

Anyone who has been remotely involved with Sheepdog trialling and indeed working dogs in general will probably at some stage have heard of Pip Hudson. Characters like Pip do not travel through life quietly. Around the trial ground listen for laughter, or listen for some sheepdog wisdom being shared. Of an evening listen for the poems or a tune on the piano accordion, and you will find Pip and Daph (or Saint Daphne as she is sometimes referred to).

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