History of the North Wales Sheepdog Society

The Society started off as The Association of Sheepdog Trial Societies of North Wales and first met in the Liberal Club Caernarfon on December 6, 1930. It was at the request of the Nefyn & District Sheep Dog Trials Society that they first met in an attempt to avoid Trial Societies clashing.

It was decided to include Societies from Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire & Merionethshire.

First Officers:
Chairman – Mr Jones, Nefyn
Vice – Chairman – Mr Booth, Llandudno
Hon. Treasurer – Mr W. Julian Jones, Barclays Bank, Nefyn
Hon. Secretary – Mr Geo Wood, Llandudno

At this first Meeting a list of judges, runners & dogs was drawn out.

In the second meeting it was decided that all meetings were to be conducted in Welsh. The Rt. Hon. Lord Mostyn  of Llandudno was appointed as President.

A Working Committee was elected as it was impossible to proceed with so many members attending. The first duty was to draw out rules and the Membership Fee was fixed at 2/6 (12 1/2 p.)

The first Association Trials were held in Beaumaris in 1931.  At that time there were 22 Affiliated Societies and every competitor had to be a member if competing at any of the Affiliated Society Trials.

The first few years proved quite troublesome, not all Trial Committees were prepared to join and the clashing of trial dates caused much animosity.

In 1955 a Trial was arranged between teams from N. Wales & South Wales.