Judging

1997 Bath Canine Society (CCs)

1999 Hound Association (CCs)

1999 RR club of the Netherlands (CACs)

2001 The Scottish Kennel Club (CCs)

2001 The Swedish RR Society (CACs)

2002 The Ijssel Show (Netherlands (CACs)

2004 Windsor Dog Show (CCs)

2006 The Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of France (CACs)

2007 The Knologenclub de Kempen (CAC/CACiBs)

2007 The Rhodesian Ridgeback club Inc (Australia) (CACs)

2008 Belgian Ridgeback club (CACs)

2008 The RR club of the Netherlands (CACs)

2011 Hound Association of Scotland (CCs)

2011 The Brussels Dog Show (CACs)

2013 Welks (CCs)

2014 The Irish Rhodesian Ridgeback Club (CACs)

2015 The Norwegian RR Club Show (CACs)

2015 The City of Birmingham (CCs)

2015 The Rhodesian Ridgeback Club Netherlands (CACs)

2017 The Slovakian Rhodesian Ridgeback Club (CACs)

2018 Crufts (CCs)

2018 Exposition Nationale France (CACs)

2022 Windsor Dog Show (CCs)

2022 Swedish Rhodesian ridgeback SRRS Show (CACs)

2022 The Italian Rhodesian Ridgeback Club (CACs)

2024 Paignton Dog Show (CCs)

 

2006 Richmond Championship Show (CCs)

2012 Bath Championship Show (CCs)

2018 Hound Association (CCs)

2025 South Wales (CCs)

We purchased our first ridgeback in 1978 and have been involved in the breed ever since.  I have been an active member of a number of Societies including the Southern Rhodesian Ridgeback Association (Founder Member/Chairman/Vice President), Alton and District Canine Society (Show Manager) and the Hound Association ( Committee Member/Vice Chairman).

I was also on the Committee and helped behind the scenes in the presentations in the 1992 World Congress in England and I presented the SRRA club video  on the importance of movement at the World Congress in Holland in 1998.

During my time on the SRRA Committee I was one of the prime movers that helped to create and produce the SRRA Judging Seminars.  These seminars were regularly held  several years before the introduction of the Kennel Club judging seminars and was at a time when the standard of judging needed improvement.  Some Championship show judges questioned the need for conformation and movement and were unaware of how important it was in a hound bred to hunt, track and hold large and dangerous quarry at bay.

During our time in the breed we have produced seven Champions and were Top Breeders and breeders and owners of the Top Brood Bitch 2005.

When judging I look for correct movement, balance, type and fitness for purpose, as without this exhibits are unworthy of being called a Rhodesian Ridgeback.