Club Calendar Competition 2027
Yes that says 2027! It’s been a year already! And we can’t wait to see what you have been up to with your Curlies this year! We need beautiful photos of your….

Puppies 
Golden Oldies 
Working Curlies 
Curlies in Nature 
Fancy Dress Curlies 
Curlies on Holiday 

Enter as many as you like!
The photos will be short listed by the Committee and then it will be YOU who will get to choose the final 12 that will go in the calendar 🗓️
Send your high resolution photos ( must be over 2mb please!) to curlyclubshop@outlook.com or to the Shop Messenger Page
Deadline for entry is 18th October

Good luck to all the entrants…!

BEC Important RKC Update
Our Breed Education Co-ordinator, Leslie Bain, has received important information from the Royal Kennel Club.
Should you wish to contact our BEC, this should be done by email

JUDGES EDUCATION PROGRAMME (JEP) REVIEW: UPDATES FOR L2 AND L5 JUDGES
Work continues to implement more of the recommended changes contained in the JEP Review report.
We are aware that all materials relating to the JEP, including website content and Codes of Best Practice, require updating. This is a significant task, and work has started.
L2 Breed Limit
Judges are encouraged to focus their training and development on a limited number of breeds before broadening the scope of their breed judging.
Most judges naturally begin their development within the breed or breeds in which they have an initial interest or experience as an owner, exhibitor, handler, or breeder.
Judges who have not attained L4 (CC) status in any breed will be limited to registering for a maximum of 10 breeds at L2, and so in turn L3.
A judge who has already registered for 10 breeds at L2 may continue to attend Breed Appreciation Days (BADs) and pass Multiple-choice Exams (MCEs) in other breeds. However, those additional breeds, and the initial training undertaken in them, will be held in a provisional state (i.e. “banked”) until the judge attains L4 status in a breed.
Varieties will be treated as one breed for the purposes of the 10-breed limit. The limit applies in total across all 7 groups.
Judges who have not attained L4 status in any breed and who are currently registered at L2 for more than 10 breeds will be contacted by us in the coming weeks. We will work with each judge to update their Find A Judge (FAJ) profile to reflect the new 10-breed limit.
L5 Judges and L2 Eligibility
Judges who are newly approved for L5 (Group) status will no longer automatically qualify at L2 for all remaining breeds within their respective group.
This change does not affect the existing L2 eligibility of current L5 judges. However, should new breeds be recognised, L5 judges for the respective group will not automatically qualify at L2 for those breeds.
Where an existing L5 judge subsequently attains L5 status for an additional group, the new arrangements will also apply to that additional group.
L5 judges will be able to attain L2 status for other breeds within their respective group by attending a Breed Appreciation Day (BAD) and passing the Multiple-choice Exam (MCE) for the relevant breed.
The JEP Review report included a recommendation that Group Mentoring be repositioned as a L2 requirement and activity; and this recommendation will be implemented in due course. To be clear, newly approved L5 judges will not be required to undertake Group Mentoring to achieve L2 status in the remaining breeds within their group.
When do the changes take effect?
The changes take effect immediately.
All other JEP requirements and arrangements remain in place until changes are announced. Please encourage everyone to continue with a business-as-usual approach.
Thank you for your continued assistance and support.
All the best

Barry Jones
Judges Education Manager
Barry.Jones@royalkennelclub.com