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| Judges: Robin Wise GB:
I have been working labradors for nearly 30 years. I started with one bitch called Quiver of Monkfield and I loved picking up with her, but she was a bit too hot for field trials. My second bitch, Tremble of Monkfield , won an Open Stake and I ran in the Championships at Sandringham in 1982, but didn't get very far. Since then I have made up 3 Field Trial Champions and run in the Championships 4 times. I have been an "A" Panel judge for over 10 years. I am Chairman of the Labrador Retriever Club and on the Committee of the International Gundog League. I judged the International at the Game Fair at Broadlands and the European Challenge at the Game Fair at Blenheim. I judged the "Coupe d' Europe" for Retrievers in Austria in 2005. My
husband and I currently own 6 labradors , ranging in age from
1 to 11. One of these has won one Open Stake and one is running
in Novice stakes. I do a lot of picking up with them all in the
winter as well as trialling them when I can. Mike & Gwen Knox, GB:
Mike and Gwen acquired their first golden retriever in 1973. They are prbably best known for this breed today, although they have also successfully trained and trialled labradors, flatcoats, spaniels and setters. Gwen's great love was working her setters on the grouse moors of northern England and Scotland. She would call this the purest dog work of all. Mike ran his frist retriever field trial in 1978, with Gwen following shortly afterwards. Her dog, F.T.Ch. Holway Dernier gained an Award of Honour at the 1987 Retriever Championship. Denier is on or behind most working golden retriever pedigrees today, having sired three field trial champions and many field trial winners. He was top trialling dog and top sire for three years. Mike and Gwen started judging in 1982 and have been on the Kennel Club 'A' panel since the early 1990s. Both have judged field trials and working tests extensively in the United Kingdom and in most wetsren European countries. Gwen is currently Vice President, Vice Chairman and Field Trial Secretary of the Golden Retriever Club. Mike has been a long serving Field Trial Secretary for an any variety club, organising field trials for retrievers, spaniels and pointers & setters. They have both served on the Kennel Club Field Trial Council and have been the International Arena commentators at the CLA Game Fair for many years. Both
Mike and Gwen are honoured to be judging this prestigious Field
Trial and look forward to meeting gundog friends, old and new. Fons Exelmans, B:  I bought my first Labrador in order to have a pleasant companion. With this dog, I attended obedience classes and followed a course on game hunting. That's how I ended up in the world of retrievers. I run my dogs in working tests and field trials. This resulted in the titles of 'Belgian field trial champion', 'International field trial Champion', winner of the 'European Retriever Championship (Coupe d' Europe)' and winner of the 'Belgian Retriever Championship'. I take special pride in winning twice the Coupe d'Europe with the Belgian team. As an FCI judge I judge the types of contests I am familiar with. Picking up with my dogs and some friends and their dogs during hunting season gives me a lot of pleasure. In the "Gouden Jachthoorn" in Zichem I am a member of the team of instructors that tries to teach dogs and handlers the 'basics' of retriever training. Regularly people invite me abroad for a seminar or training days. Installing confidence in a dog through carefully taking little steps towards the goal, I regard as the bottom line in training. Being
the Belgian delegate in the FCI commission for retrievers, I was
elected as president of this commission last year. I love retrievers
that work with determination and, when necessary, respond well
to the help given by their handler. I wish every competitor the
best of luck and ...may the best win. Bob Stobbart, GB:
I am 55 years old, married to Christine and between us we have three grown up daughters and a son. We live near Durham City in the North East of England together with our three black Labradors and one Golden Retriever. I am an "A" panel judge for the UK Kennel Club and have judged for a number of years on the continent. I recently retired from my career as a prison officer in Her Majesty's Prison, Durham. Previously, I was employed as an electrician, working in the coal mines. Traditionally, miners, because of where they work, enjoy outdoor pursuit - shooting, fishing, hunting, etc and I am no different. I have had dogs all my life. I joined the English North East Gundog Clubs more than 30 years ago and became skilled at training and working dogs correctly, gaining a wealth of experience. I have owned and trained a succession of dogs over the years, Labradors and Goldens, all of which have won either tests or trials. The most successful was a Golden, FTCH Robenda Souix, who competed twice in the UK Kennel Club Championship. I
am happy to share my experience and knowledge with you and I thank
you for inviting me to judge in your country. May I wish you all
success.
Jörg Mente,D: Living in southern Germany I am hunting for more than 40 years. Hunting has been part of my forest engineer's profession in forest administration there. All this time we were accompanied by dogs, and last 25 years by Labradors. Among classic retriever-abilities my dogs also are trained in searching for wounded deer and boar on blood trail. In my opinion prey motivation makes Retrievers qualified for blood-trailing, and training for usual retriever-handling is complemented well by this work. Very
pleased at this invitation it's a great honour for me, to judge
ICC-Event in a team of well known foreign judges. Anja Möller,
D: Since 2002 I have been judging working tests in Germany and other European countries. Four years later I became a "JGHV"-Judge for classical German hunting tests on cold game. In 2009 I was appointed international FCI-Judge for Retrievers. Further I have been on the breed committee for Labradors of the German Retriever Club for more than six years, always trying to keep up the banner for the Labrador as a gundog. I
feel deeply honoured at being invited to judge this year'' ICC,
and I wi'h every competitor the be't of luck! |
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