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JUDGING LIST APPLICATIONS

Just to remind judges who wish to apply for promotion this year and also first time applicants that they should send me their applications by 30 June 2016 please, all details and forms are on Club websites.

Anyone who has already submitted their application and wants to check that I have received it can contact me on email goldfinch74@btinternet.com

Frances Goldfinch

Secretary

Joint Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party

JUDGING LIST APPLICATIONS

Judges who wish to apply for promotion this year and also first time applicants are reminded that they should send their applications in by 30 June 2016.

A full list of the revised (2016) criteria to be fulfilled for any of the judging lists is printed in the Club Year Books and on websites, and the appropriate criteria should be checked before making the decision to apply. Relevant application forms are also on websites or can be obtained direct from Frances Goldfinch, Secretary, Joint Cairn Terrier Clubs Judges’ Working Party.

Applications MUST be submitted by 30 June 2016, but qualifications gained between that date and the date of the Working Party Meeting (22 October 2016) will be taken into consideration providing this information is supplied before the date of the meeting.

If anyone wishes to ask about any aspect of the application please contact the Secretary on

01304 851818 or email goldfinch74@btinternet.com

Application Forms to print - In Word

UK CAIRN TERRIER BREED SPECIALISTS QUESTIONAIRE C List

UK CAIRN TERRIER BREED SPECIALISTS QUESTIONAIRE A3 List

UK CAIRN TERRIER BREED SPECIALISTS QUESTIONAIRE B List

UK CAIRN TERRIER NON BREED SPECIALISTS QUESTIONAIRE

UK CAIRN TERRIER JUDGING RECORD FORM

CRITERIA FOR PLACEMENT OF JUDGES ON

CAIRN TERRIER JUDGING LISTS

Introduction

• The judging lists of The Joint Cairn Terrier Clubs are compiled each year by the UK Joint Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party.
• This group has been formed consisting of representatives from all the 6 UK Breed Clubs. All members of the group are breed judges who are qualified to championship level. They meet every year to carry out their role of placing aspirant judges on the appropriate list and also to consider if the criteria needed to obtain a place on the list are still correct and fair.
• In order to appear on the Joint CTC Judges List, the aspirants must submit their CV, giving all relevant experience, to the Secretary of the group.
• Achievement of the criteria below will not mean automatic selection to a list and all judges must have the support of the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party. The criteria below represents the minimum level of experience required for the UK JCTC Working Party to consider a person's name for inclusion on the Judges List. All persons whose names are put before the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party, and who meet the criteria, are considered on their merits and the group reserve the right to accept or reject the name of any person for inclusion in the Judges Lists.
• All judges will undertake to write show critiques as required by the Kennel Club Judge’s contract and customarily requested by the dog press.
• Before undertaking any judging appointment judges should familiarise themselves with the Kennel Club Code of Best Practice for Judges.
• In respect of foreign judges - Any prospective judge from outside the jurisdiction of the Kennel Club must have judged at a level comparable to Kennel Club Championship Shows within the jurisdiction of their own governing body.
• For further information contact The Secretary - Frances Goldfinch, email goldfinch74@btinternet.com

BREED SPECIALISTS

C List

Candidates must have:

a 3 years experience of owning and exhibiting Cairns

b attended a breed specific seminar, organised by the Joint Cairn Terrier Clubs.

Other involvement in dogs e.g. stewarding/administration will be taken into account

B List

Candidates must have:

a 5 years experience of owning and exhibiting Cairns.

b judged the breed for a minimum of 4 years

c judged approximately 20 classes and 50 Cairns at Breed Club Limited Shows, Open Shows or Championship Shows without CCs.  Overseas judging appointments below CC level will not normally be taken into account

d have one Cairn Terrier entered in the Kennel Club Stud Book

e stewarded over a minimum of 2 days at Limit, Open or Championship show level

f attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the relevant examination on Kennel Club Regulations and Judging Procedures

g attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer on Conformation and Movement and passed a “hands on” assessment on completion

h       attended at least one breed specific seminar run in accordance with the relevant Kennel Club Code of Best Practice and passed an assessment on completion. A maximum of five dogs from one seminar only may be included when counting the number of dogs judged.

i) fulfilled all the criteria for the C List

Other relevant experience in the breed will be taken into account

A3 List

Candidates must have:

a a minimum of 7 years experience of owning and exhibiting Cairns

b a minimum of 7 years experience of judging Cairns and the support of the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party

c judged 50 classes and 175 Cairns, at Breed Club Limited Shows, Open Shows or Championship Shows without CCs,  with an adequate geographical spread.  Overseas judging appointments below CC level will not normally be taken into account

d judged one breed club Open Show.  Judging at breed club supported entry shows and Championship Shows without CCs will be taken into account

e stewarded at 12 shows

f owned or bred 3 dogs when they gained their first entry in the Kennel Club Stud Book (save in exceptional circumstances)

i) fulfilled all the criteria for the B List

In order to progress to the A2 list, judges will need to have a minimum of 3 assessments which should be carried out:

i at a breed club Open Show or Breed Club Limited Show, where judges may have 2 assessments carried out at the same time by 2 different Championship Show judges from the official KC approved list

ii at a general canine society Open Show, where judges may have 2 assessments carried out at the same time by 2 different Championship Show judges from the official KC approved list provided there is a minimum of 12 dogs present.  If, however, there are between 5 and 11 dogs present, it will count as one assessment.

iii at a seminar or breed club assessment day.  Only one of the 3 required assessments may be carried out in this way.  There will need to be a minimum of 5 dogs used and the assessment will require to be organised as a class in the usual way.  The assessor will have to be from the official KC approved list

iv at mock classes set up in accordance with the Kennel Club Training Board Code of Best Practice.  Details of requirements can be found in the note given at the end of these criteria.

Clubs should arrange for assessment to take place as the judge undertakes a club Open or Limited Show appointment, if the judge so wishes.

A2 List

For persons who fulfil all the requirements for the A3 list and who have been assessed in accordance with Kennel Club requirements and accepted by The Kennel Club for inclusion on an A2 list, and have the support of the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party.

A1 List

For persons who have previously been approved by The Kennel Club to award CCs in the breed, have completed their first appointment and have the support of the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party.

Achievement of the above criteria will not mean automatic selection to a list

NON SPECIALISTS

C List

Candidates must have:

a 5 years experience of owning and exhibiting any Terrier breed

b been placed and currently remain on the A, B or C List of a breed club for at least one other Terrier breed

b attended a breed specific seminar, organised by the Joint Cairn Terrier Clubs

c shown a genuine interest in the breed for at least 3 years

d. attended any Cairn Terrier breed show.

Other involvement in dogs e.g. stewarding/administration will be taken into account

B List

Candidates must have:

a a minimum of 5 years judging experience in any one Terrier breed, and the support of the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party

b judged approximately 20 classes in this breed at Breed Club Limited Shows, Open Shows or Championship Shows without CCs (save in exceptional circumstances)

c judged approximately 50 dogs in this breed.  Overseas judging appointments below CC level will not normally be taken into account

d judged 50 other Terriers

e one dog of a Terrier breed entered in the Kennel Club Stud book

f stewarded over a minimum of 2 days at Limited, Open or Championship level

g attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the relevant examination on Kennel Club Regulations and Judging Procedures

h attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer on Conformation and Movement and passed a “hands on” assessment on completion

i       attended at least one breed specific seminar run in accordance with the relevant Kennel Club Code of Best Practice and passed an assessment on completion. Or have attended and passed a KC Judges Development Programme. A maximum of five dogs from one seminar only may be included when counting the number of dogs judged.

j fulfilled all the criteria for the C List

Other relevant experience in this breed will be taken into account

A3 List

Candidates must have:

a a minimum of 7 years judging experience in any one Terrier breed (to include 5 years in this breed) and have the support of the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party

b judged a Breed Club show, or to have judged the breed at three Championship shows without CC's with an adequate geographical spread.

c attended 2 Breed Club shows, one of which should be a Championship Show

d judged a minimum of 40 classes in this breed at Breed Club Limited Shows, Open Shows or Championship Shows without CCs, with an adequate geographical spread

e judged 175 dogs in this breed.  Overseas judging appointments below CC level will not normally be taken into account

f awarded CCs in at least one other breed, preferably their own breed and ideally a terrier breed (save in exceptional circumstances) and to have done so on at least 3 occasions

g owned or bred 3 dogs in any breed when they gained their first entry in the Kennel Club Stud Book (save in exceptional circumstances)

h fulfilled all the criteria for the B List

In order to progress to the A2 list, judges will need to have a minimum of 3 assessments which should be carried out:

i at a breed club Open Show or breed club Limited Show, where judges may have 2 assessments carried out at the same time by 2 different Championship Show judges from the official KC approved list

ii at a general canine society Open Show, where judges may have 2 assessments carried out at the same time by 2 different Championship Show judges from the official KC approved list provided there is a minimum of 12 dogs present.  If, however, there are between 5 and 11 dogs present, it will count as one assessment.

iii at a seminar or breed club assessment day.  Only one of the 3 required assessments may be carried out in this way.  There will need to be a minimum of 5 dogs used and the assessment will require to be organised as a class in the usual way.  The assessor will have to be from the official KC approved list

iv at mock classes set up in accordance with the Kennel Club Training Board Code of Best Practice.  Details of requirements can be found in the note given at the end of these criteria.

A2 List

For persons who fulfil all the requirements for the A3 list and who have been assessed in accordance with Kennel Club requirements and accepted by The Kennel Club for inclusion on an A2 list, and have the support of the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party.

A1 List

For persons who have previously been approved by The Kennel Club to award CCs, have completed their first appointment in this breed and have the support of the United Kingdom Cairn Terrier Clubs Working Party.

Achievement of the above criteria will not mean automatic selection to a list

Note re Item iv of A2 assessment procedure  -  Mock Classes

Aim

This procedure enables the assessment of judges prior to inclusion on an A2 list to take place in a situation other than a licensed show.  It is essential that this procedure reflects exactly all the other aspects of assessment that would occur at a licensed show.  The mock classes should be run exactly as they would be at a show.  The assessment will take into account:

· Ring Procedure

· Appreciation of Breed Type

Requirements

A minimum of 12 dogs, preferably including dogs with enough variation in age and quality to enable the formation of at least two classes.  It is helpful for some dogs to be in more than one class to see how the candidate copes with repeat entries.

· One steward

· Two assessors

· Ring laid out as it would be at a show

Procedure

This should in all ways follow standard show procedure.

The candidate will judge the dogs in exactly the same way as they would at a licensed show.  This will include placing five dogs in order and writing a critique on the first two.

Assessment

The assessors will report their findings to the Kennel Club using the standard assessors’ form.

Revised 2016