Find a Judge. Find a Judge features Breed Judges and Challenge Certificate, Group and Best in Show appointments that meet the following criteria:

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1 Find a Judge Welcome to Find a Judge. This user guide has been designed to take you through the various tools available on the newly enhanced Find a Judge Service and to explain the context of the information displayed. Find a Judge features Breed Judges and Challenge Certificate, Group and Best in Show appointments that meet the following criteria: A Judge will have completed their first appointment for each relevant breed. If a judge has been approved for a first time appointment, their name will not appear on Find a Judge for that breed until that appointment has been completed. Only records for active Judges are included. If it appears that a judge has moved or is no longer contactable, they may have been recorded as Gone Away and as such, be taken off Find a Judge. Judges that have passed away or have retired are not displayed on Find a Judge. Future appointments for previously approved Judges will be displayed once approved by the General Committee. New for 2015, Find a Judge now displays entry statistics for Breed appointments. The statistics represent the number of dogs entered and do not take into account absentees. The entry statistics are supplied by the Show Societies following the show and as far as possible uploaded to the website within 6 weeks of the show date. Entry statistics are only held for Breed appointments; Group, Sub-Group or Best in Show appointments will have no entry statistics record and will therefore display a? symbol. Where an entry statistic is missing, a? symbol will be displayed. When using Find a Judge, if you note any of the following issues, please contact the Kennel Club at cat@thekennelclub.org.uk: A judge is displayed who is deceased or has retired. An appointment has been listed under the wrong judge. An approved appointment is missing from a Judge s record. The entry statistic is missing or incorrect. Throughout Find a Judge, these symbols are used to represent Dog or Bitch appointments; where the appointment is for Dog and Bitch this symbol is used

2 Home Page The Find a Judge home page offers three search methods to find a judge. Breed Search by typing in the name of a breed, this search field will autocomplete the name of the breed for you. Surname Search Type in 3 or more letters of a judge s surname to retrieve a list of all matching records. Or alternatively click on the relevant Group, Sub-Group or Breed.

3 Breed Search Results This page lists all those judges who have been previously approved and have completed their first appointment. The first view is a list of all judges in alphabetical order. This list also displays any future appointments for which the judge has been approved by the General Committee except for first time appointments. Using the Arrange by option in the corner, this list can be arranged by Name or by the date of the future appointment, with those judges with an approved appointment appearing at the top of the list. This tool can be used to identify approved appointments for upcoming shows in a particular year and those judges who may be available to judge. The second available view is a brief overview of the completed appointments in the last 9 years together with the number of dogs entered for that appointment. To access this view, click on the tab labelled Appointment History.

4 To gain more information, hover over the entry statistic to view the Show Society and whether it was a single sex or dog and bitch appointment. To enter a judge s individual record, click on the relevant judge s name. Surname Search Results This page lists all those judge s whose surname matches your search criteria. To enter a judge s individual record, click on the relevant judge s name.

5 Judge s Record Each Judge s record contains two sections; contact information and appointments. Contact Information The Judge has the option of choosing what contact information to display including the option of being contacted by .* If you would like to contact the judge via , click on the This Person link and use the contact form. addresses are no longer displayed on Find a Judge as well as a number number of other Kennel Club services to protect the users against their details being collected by third parties. *Any judge who wishes to change their contact preferences, please breedshows@thekennelclub.org.uk Appointments If a judge is approved to judge a large number of breeds, a list of all those breeds will appear on their record. Click on the relevant breed to open up the appointment information. If the judge is approved for a small number of breeds, all of the appointment information will be displayed on the first page.

6 For each breed, the following information will be displayed: Previous Appointments (in the last 10 years) 1 The total number of completed appointments since the Kennel Club s computerised records began. 2 The date of the show. Only those shows in the last 10 years will be displayed up to a maximum of 5 shows. If a judge has previously been approved to judge a breed, but none of those appointments have been within the last 10 years, their record will be displayed to reflect this. 3 The name of the Club or Show Society. 4 The appointment type, whether it was single sex classes or Dog and Bitch classes. 5 The number of dogs entered for the appointment (where a? is displayed, the statistic is missing). 6 This is the average number of dogs entered for the breed in the year of the appointment. This average is calculated by dividing the total number of dogs entered in CC classes by the total number of Show Societies/Clubs allocated CCs in the same year.

7 Future Appointments 1 The date of the show. Only appointments approved by the General Committee are displayed. If a judge has accepted an appointment but it is still pending approval, or if it is a first time appointment, it will not be displayed. 2 The name of the Club or Show Society. 3 The appointment type, whether it is single sex classes or Dog and Bitch classes. If the judge has no future appointments, the Future Appointments tab will not be displayed.