Mark Mangold - NSW Yard Dog Ass. Rookie of the Year I’m Mark Mangold and I have been training and trialling working dogs for close to four years now. I first started with a pup I bought from Victoria, however, soon bought a trained dog from Petersons Kelpies, Dice. I saw Dice on a video on Facebook as a teaser for their upcoming on stud auction before covid hit and purchased her after the sale was canceled. Dice has been my main competition dog over the last couple of years although I now have a young dog, Wandabar Monkey who is quickly becoming my second dog. I have had many people help me however, it is really the dog community as a whole. The conversations and training days, working dogs have really helped me to learn. Recently, I have been doing some contract work with a variety of people and have found that it has really made a huge improvement with my dogs.
Liam Coster - NSW Yard Dog Ass. Junior Handler of the Year I am Liam Coster and I have been competing dogs since 2021. Rhettlenash Jock and I have been competing together since 2022 and have competed in lots of trials, we also competed in the Junior Cattle trial at Geurie and we won. I have also won Junior Handler of the Year for 2022 with Jock. Jock was purchased by my Dad as a pup and was bred by Craig McPherson from Rhettlenash Kelpies. My Dad helps me at home in the yards to work Jock and he helps me open the hard gates. Jock is a good dog because I like him and he pushes sheep around for me. Sometimes, he also comes to me.
Emelia Stokehill - NSW Yard Dog Ass. Female Handler of the Year I’m Emelia Stokehill and I’ve been competing in trials for about 10yrs now. Watching how people work there dogs and through trial and error myself, has really helped how I’ve shaped and worked my own dogs to this day. Eveready Roy II has been my most influenced dog through mainly work and trialling. Was given him as an 8 week old pup from Nathan Cayfe. Together Roy and I have grown a very special bond as, he has been and still is my go to dog day-in-day-out my whole career. Eveready Roy II has proven himself time and time again at work whether it’s paddock or yard. He has won multiple open trials but the biggest achievement to date is winning the NSW Yard Dog Championship in 2020.
