Judges List

It would be greatly appreciated if Judges could ensure that the Judges List Co-Ordinator is made aware of any changes to their contact details.

Information will be routinely "weeded" for Data Protection Purposes if it is out-of-date. Where an email address or telephone number has been provided we will on occasion attempt to correspond with Judges. If no email contact can be established and the telephone numbers provided are no longer in use, the respective Judge will be suspended from the lists until we hear further from them. We will not correspond by post to the Judges.

These arrangements are also important to ensure that Show Secretaries who are emailing or telephoning Judges from the lists we provide are working from current information.

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The Kennel Club have revised their guidance about the changes to the new Judges Training Programme. The original term "Judges Competency Framework" or JCF will now be called the "Judges Education Programme (Breed Shows)". Further information may be obtained from the Kennel Club website.

This new programme will replace the existing Breed Club Judges Criteria of C, B, A3 and A1 with a new set of criteria, viz Level 1, 2, 3 and 4.

As from the 1st of January 2026:

ALL judgest MUST be registered on the JEP platform otherwise you CANNOT judge. This is a requirement in F show regulations.

To be eligible to judge at all you MUST be registered and showing on the RKC Find a Judge site at a minimum of JEP Level 1. If you are not registered there, you cannot judge

The responsibility is YOURS. If you are asked to judge by any club you must meet the appropriate criteria AND also be on the RKC JEP platform.

Make sure that you do before accepting an appointment. This is not the club's responsibility, it is YOURS.

There has been some leeway until now and since the JEP launch in January 2021, the RKC has made some allowances. This will now be ending.

Please make sure that you are registsered on the JEP platform. No matter which Breed Club judging list you are/have been on, this will not count after 31st December 2025

For more information regarding current judging criteria and lists please contact:

fablehawk@hotmail.co.uk