Billy & Irene Colborne with his son Fred and his wife Glenda as a team have had numerous successes with their Angoras on their farm Kilborne in the Willowmore district.
They were again in 2009 awarded the prestigious Ermenegildo Zegna trophy from Italy for the best bale of Summer Kids hair. This bale also topped their 2008 world record price for kids mohair. They have won this award four times overall. In 2004 and 2005
They have won the Miyuki Keori Trophy several times for the best classed summer clip and then in 2008 year topped it all by taking the Grand Championship for the best Summer & Winter clip.
The Colborne’s take all these awards in their stride and use these precious parcels of Angora kids at the yearly Dog of the Year Sheepdog trial held at the local airfield on the 28th and 29th May 2010. Come and see these prize winning angoras being worked by some of the top Sheepdogs in South Africa.
NEWS FLASH
OUR VERY OWN FAANSIE BASSON ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE ELMARIE, WENT TO AMERICA IN SEPT 2009 TO COMPETE AT THE MEEKER CLASSIC www.meekersheepdog.com AND SOLDIER HOLLOW www.soldierhollowclassic.com SHEEPDOOG TRIALS - 2 OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS TRIALS IN AMERICA (SEE WEBSITES) - HAS DID HIMSELF PROUD AS WELL AS OUR ASSOCIATION. AT THE MEEKER CLASSIC HE GAINED A FIFTH PLACE WITH JILL AND THE SOLDIER HOLLOW A SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WITH JILL AND DON. BOTH DOGS WERE OUT OF HIS FAMOUS DOG JESSIE.
HE CONTINUED HIS TRIP, TO JUDGE THE AMERICAN NATIONALS DURING THE WEEKEND OF SASDA NATIONALS 2009 BEFORE MAKING HIS WAY HOME. WE MISSED HIM AT OUR EVENT. HIS PRESENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS MAKE US ALL TRY HARDER.
WELL DONE FAANSIE, JILL AND DON
THIS WAS FAANSIE'S 3RD TRIP TO THOSE TRIALS WHERE HE HAS BEEN PLACED EACH TIME WITH VARIOUS DOGS.