The Kingston Sheep Dog Trials
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Top dogs — and their handlers — from the 2009 event.
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Get a taste of the Sheep Dog Trials by looking at the activities in 2009.
Take a shuttle bus from downtown Kingston to the Sheep Dog Trials.
Answers to questions from people attending the trials.
A map and directions to Grass Creek Park.
Learn about the history of the Sheep Dog Trials.
Find out how the competitors are scored.
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Mark your calendar for August 7, 8 & 9, 2009, and join us for the 22nd Anniversary of the Kingston Sheep Dog Trials at Grass Creek Park (on Highway 2 between Kingston and Gananoque).
Admission is $10 a day or $25 for a three day pass. Kids 10 and under are free. There's plenty of free on-site parking for those who are driving — or take the free shuttle service from downtown Kingston. Trials' food vendors offer BBQ, baked goods, kettle corn and cotton candy.
Kingston Sheep Dog Trials
— A Top 100 Event
The Kingston Sheep Dog Trials have again been named as a Top 100 Ontario Events for 2009 (out of a field of more than 5,000 events that take place throughout the province).
Hard core Trials' enthusiasts enjoy three full days of competition, which pit North America's top handlers and their dogs against each other in Canada's largest Sheep Dog Trials. Beginning Friday, Aug. 7, the Trials run daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Side attractions run daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Visitors can also look forward to a variety of interactive side attractions, including trials favourites Birds of Prey and Jungle Cats demonstrations, and new this year, the West Coast Lumberjack Show and the 1000 Islands DockDogs! Along with our popular craft and artisans fair, ongoing sheep shearing demonstrations, spinning and craft demonstrations, a Sheep to Shawl competition, dog training seminars, A Mad Science children's play area, pony rides, a petting zoo and so much more, this festival is one that you won't want to miss.
So, grab your lawn chairs, your kids, your dog(s), and your sun shade, and head out to Grass Creek Park on Highway 2 — just 16 km east of Fort Henry, August 7 to 9.
COGECO TO BROADCAST TRIALS
Sunday's Double Lift Final will be broadcast in three parts on three consecutive evenings starting at 7 p.m. on TVCOGECO Channel 13: Monday, Aug.10; Tuesday, Aug. 11, and Wednesday, Aug. 12.
For more information contact Jan Gravelle, 613-546-4291 ext. 1706, jgravelle@cityofkingston.ca or Paul Turner, ext 1890 pturner@cityofkingston.ca.
