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  23, 24 & 25 September 2004 - Waitakere Stadium, Waitakere City, Auckland
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Horacio Pizzorno - Uruguay

Judging: Working except for German Shepherds & Welsh Corgis (Pembroke/Cardigan) & Working Group, Siberian Husky, Pyrenean Mountain Dog, Dogue de Bordeaux, German Pinshcer, Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Mastiffs, Neopolitan Mastiffs, Akita, Alaskan Malamute, Hungarian Viszla, Weimaraner, German Shorthaired Pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer, Italian Spinone, English Setter, Irish Setter, Clumber Spaniel. Non Sporting except Poodles (all), Tibetan Spaniel, Schipperkes, Great Dane, Chow Chow & Non-Sporting Group. Basenji, Finnish Spitz, Beagle, Borzoi, Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Irish Wolfhound, Otterhound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Saluki, Afghan Hound & BIS

Horacio Grande Has on several occasions been Member, Secretary, Vice-president and President of the KCU (Uruguayan Kennel Club). At the moment Vice-president of the Board of Directors. Former Executive Secretary of Sicalam (South American Society of Kennel Clubs). Different offices in Breed Clubs (Collie, Boxer, Dobermann, Uruguayan Cimarrón). Former Secretary and President of the Judges Committee. Delegate of the Uruguayan Kennel Club to many FCI and Sicalam General Assemblies in several Countries. First FCI Breed license in 1970 and All Breeds FCI license in 1983; having judged as All Round or as a Specialised Judge in over 16 different countries. Coordinator and permanent member of the examination boards for prospective Judges.

Started breeding Collies in 1969. Former breeder of Old English Sheepdogs, and at present breeding Collies and Siberian Huskies as a family enterprise, with the prefix Kimdar, having obtained several Championships and Best in Shows, at home and abroad, in most of these breeds. Judged Specialty Shows in Collies, Setters, Neapolitan Mastiffs, Salukis. Has judged the Boston Terrier Club of Canada, and Peace Arch Working and Herding Association Specialty.

Fernando Da Costa Maia - Brazil

Judging: BGerman Shepherds, Boxers, All Terriers & Terrier Group, Pointers, All Toys, except Affenpinsher, Miniature Pinscher, Pomeranian & Papillon. Plus Toy Group. All Hound breeds not listed elsewhere & Hound Group.

Fernando Da Costa Maia

Born in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. Graduate of Business Administration. Qualified as an “All Round” judge by the Brazilian Kennel Club and F.C.I.,and has been judging since 1970. Has bred Boxers,Pinschers Miniature,Pointers and German Shephered Dogs and was one of the founders of the Society of German Shephered Dogs of the State of Pernambuco in 1967. He also bred Brazilian Fila. Has owned a Labrador, Dachshund, Pug, Basset Hound, Whippet. Was a member and director of a number of Councils of Kennel Clubs in Brazil, and at the present moment is the vice president of the Judges Federal Council of the Brazilian Kennel Club.

Has participated in courses and in the examination and selection of new judges. He is qualified by the Boxer Club of Brazil as a specialist judge for the Boxer breed (1980). Has judged at several All Breeds Shows in all states of Brazil, including Specialised Club Shows. Has participated in the World Dog Show FCI, and several International Shows in South America, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, Portugal, South Africa and Australia(Royal Melbourne Show 1991/1999).

Leif-Herman Wilberg - Norway

Judging: Welsh Corgis (both), all Utility not listed elsewhere & Utility Group, all Gundogs not listed elsewhere & Gundog Group. Affenpinshcer, Miniature Pinscher, Pomeranian, Papillon. Poodles (All), Tibetan Spaniel, Schipperke, Great Dane & Chow Chow.

Leif-Hermann Willberg My involvement in dogs goes back to 1959 with our first dog, a German Shepherd. We bred and showed German Shepherds for 10 years before we imported our first Pembroke Corgi from England. Our first Corgi ended up as Dog of the Year All breeds in Norway 1968. Out of 250 puppies we have made up 94 homebred national champions, and 21 international champions. Most of our imported dogs have become champions. Since the Norwegian Welsh Corgi Club started the Corgi of the Year competition in 1974, our dogs, either homebred or imports, have won the title 20 times with 13 different dogs. Our most famous dog, Int.Ch. Siggens’s Hi Fi, was Dog of the Year All breeds in Norway in 1983, was the first imported Pembroke ever to win a CC in England. We have bred numerous group and best in show winners. In 2001 we were showing in England for the first time in 20 years, and won the dog CC at Windsor with a homebred bobtail male, Multi Ch Siggen’s Oberon. I have also made up champions in Poodles, Boxers, Rottweilers, Dobermann, Keeshonds, Whippets, Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers. I have held all different committee positions in the Norwegian Welsh Corgi Klub. For ten years I was a member of the general committee of the Norwegian Kennel Klub (NKK). I am chairman of the NKK committee for judging education and examinations, and am the representative for the NKK in the FCI committee for judging education and president of the FCI Show Commission. I have been on the committee of the Norwegian Dog Judges Associations for many years, also chairman for three years. I have been an FCI judge since 1975, and give CC’s in 150 breeds. I have judged at many major shows all over the world.