The
National Countdown has begun!!!
Breed Judge: Ms Jasna Kovacevic
(formally Jalsevac)
'Roughin Collies'
(Croatia)
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Jasna and Triad Midnight Rani
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Jasna started with collies
in 1981. This very special
breed was responsible for
the development of her
interest in showing,
breeding and finally judging
as well. The decision about
registration of kennel name
Triad in 1991 was based on
serious breeding plans
encouraged by meeting Mia
Ejerstad and the 'Steadlyns'.
5 champions were bred out of
18 litters, and three
champions were handled to
their title in Triad
ownership. Besides Croatia,
Triad collies have found
homes in Italy,Slovenia,
Russia, South Africa,
Germany and Belgium. Jasna
is a FCI approved
international judge for all
British sheepdog breeds. So
far, she has judged in
Croatia, Slovenia and
Germany and is looking
forward with great
excitement to her 2009
judging appointments in
Australia and Finland.
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Property Judge:
Mrs Val Morrow 'Valworrom Collies'
(Australia)
Val with Ch.
Valworrom Miami Vice
Val first became involved
with her chosen breed, the Rough Collie, in
the 1960’s. For more than 30 years she
successfully bred and exhibited Collies
under the Valworrom prefix. Her dogs
produced many champions including Best in
Show winners at both specialty and all
breeds shows. In the late 1970’s and during
the 1980’s, there were many show ring
successes with Collies from other kennels
that carried Valworrom bloodlines.
Although she has not bred or exhibited for
many years, Val has maintained her interest
in this beautiful breed by assisting with
the Dogs NSW Judges Training scheme. Val
has given the lecture to aspiring judges on
the Rough Collie for the past several
schemes and also assesses the trainee judges
both at field nights and practical
examinations.
In 1986 Val was ANKC approved
to judge Group 4 (Hounds). Groups 5
(Working), 3 (Gundogs), 1 (Toys) and 7 (Non
Sporting) followed, and, in 2002, she was
approved to judge Groups 2 (Terriers) and 6
(Utility). Attaining these final 2 groups
gave her All Breeds status. Her judging
appointments have taken her to every state
of Australia and also New Zealand, the USA,
Canada & the Philippines.
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Obedience Judges:
CCD, Novice &
Veterans, Agility : Mr Darryl Turley
(NSW)
I have
been involved with obedience training for
over 44 years. I commenced my
judging
career in 1986 and became a full panel judge
in 1992. I have been an elected
member of Dogs NSW Obedience and Tracking
Trials Committee since 1991. I was also a
member of the Obedience and Tracking Judges
Committee for eighteen years.
I am
presently Chief Instructor with Central
Coast D.O.T.C. and as an accredited Canine
Good Citizen Instructor, have been one of
those instrumental in introducing an eight
week training program based on reward
training. This program is geared for the
majority of the Central Coast people who
wish to train their dog to be a better
member of society. Prior to moving to
Gosford, I was actively involved, both as an
instructor and committee member, with Broken
Hill All Breeds Dog Training Club and
Illawarra Dog Training Club.
My wife
and I have owned Labradors, Golden
Retrievers and Border Collies and have
obtained UD titles with seven of them and
CDX with two of them. We have also gained
Australian Champions with two dogs.
My Border
Collie gained his Excellent Titles in both
Agility and Jumping before retiring. I am
presently doing some UDX work with him.
I am an
active instructor and judge and have judged
obedience at the Sydney, Melbourne and
Brisbane Royal Shows and Obedience and
Agility at the Perth Classic and Darwin
Royal and agility and obedience at
Singapore.
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Obedience - Open, UD &
UDX; Jumping & Veterans:
Andrea (Meg) Yerbury (NSW)
Our family joined an
obedience club in 1964 as we had acquired an
unregistered German Shepherd and intended to
be responsible dog owners. As we gained
knowledge we became aware that there was
more to training than just Sunday morning
classes. In 1968 a registered German
Shepherd joined the family and the following
year my first Golden Retriever and my
introduction to Gundog Obedience as it was
then called. In the 70’s I accepted
committee positions within the club, took
part in the Sydney Royal Easter Show
obedience demonstrations and became involved
in tracking.
In the 80’s I gained my
licences to judge Novice and Open Obedience
and Gundog Obedience (now called Gundog
Working Test). In the 90’s I gained my
Utility Obedience and Agility licences.
During this time I was a member of the
Agility Judges Examination committee and the
NSW State Obedience Titles committee.
Since 2000 I have been a
member of the Obedience and Tracking Judges
Committee and I am current member of the
Obedience and Tracking Committee. With the
introduction of the new ANKC rules in 2005 I
was able to judge CCD and UDX classes. Last
year I qualified as a Dances with Dogs
Judge.
I have enjoyed judging in
Western Australia, the Northern Territory,
the Australian Capital Territory and
Queensland as well as New South Wales.
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