The BBC Television International Sheepdog Championship
Introduced by Phil Drabble with Eric Halsall
First Semi-Final .
A Scotsman who has represented his country 19 times and a Yorkshireman who tends sheep in the Ellerburn Valley meet on the slopes above the Firth of Clyde at Kelburn for a place in the Singles Final.
For Scotland: JOHN TEMPLETON from Fenwick with Roy
For England: NORMAN DARRELL from Thornton Dale with Pat
The Brace Championship begins today when each competitor runs two dogs at the same time, with ten sheep to control.
DENIS BIRCHALL with Mist and Kate (Ireland) v GLYN JONES with Bracken and Lyn (Wales).
Technical co-ordinator ROY SMITH Director MICHAEL KERR Producer IAN SMITH