News

14/02/2011
Subject: IPO Tests Judges Approval
Dear Andrew,
 
I have attached a letter approving the two judges that you requested in your previous email. I have also posted this letter to the address you supplied so you should receive it shortly.
 
At your convenience, can you email me the addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of the judges we have just approved for our records.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Matthew Thomas
Canine Activities
0844 463 3980 Ext 299

14/01/2011
BAGSD IPO Chairman's wife Hazel Honey has suffered a stroke. All within BAGSD IPO wish Hazel a speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with Bob and Hazel at this time.

01/08/2010
Following the recent illness of BAGSD IPO Chairman, Mr Stuart Nye, Stuarts family are happy & relieved that he is well on the way to a full recovery. Stuart & his family would like to thank everyone for their good wishes & are overwhelmed by the cards, letters & messages of support received!

08/07/2010
On Tuesday 6th July 2010, BAGSD IPO Chairman Mr Stuart Nye was taken seriously ill. Stuarts family are relieved to say he is now on the mend and is starting a journey to recovery. Stuarts family would like to thank everybody for their get well wishes and are hopefull a full recovery will be made.

All at BAGSD IPO wish Stuart a speedy recovery and look forward to see him fighting fit and back on the training fields and at the helm of BAGSD IPO very soon.

Get well soon Stuart!

01 July 2010
After discussions with BAGSD IPO Senior Panel members and those competitors that qualified for the FCI world championships 2010, it was agreed to forfeit the BAGSD IPO places to allow the GSDL to send a full FCI team for 2010 only. The reasons being that the qualified competitors felt their current dogs were too young and inexperienced for such a high profile World Event. All at BAGSD IPO wish those successful competitors from GSDL the best of luck at these 2010 championships. Normal qualification criteria will remain for FCI & WUSV world championships for 2011 or until further notice.

27 March 2010
On Saturday 17th April 2010 Washington VPG branch will host a helper and tracklayer licensing event, starting at 9.30am.
 
The event is open to ALL BAGSD members who are interested in helper work & tracklaying, even those who wish to go through the training aspect of the license without sitting the test.
 
All helpers should make every effort to attend the event and be sure that their BAGSD membership is current.
 
Those helpers who gained their license within the last 6 months will not be required for re-license but their attendance is advised for continued education.
 
Those helpers who have not attended a license event in the last 12 months will lose their license and right to perfrom helper work at BAGSD events if they do not attend this event!
 
Helpers should try in all cases to bring at least 1 dog that can be used during the event.
 
Helpers will be required to show an adequate level of fitness, have an excellent knowledge of the rules of competition protection work and will be open to education on the style of helper work that the BAGSD wishes to promote at their events.
 
Tracklayers will be required to show that they have a knowledge of the rules relating to the tracking section of the competition rules and will be required to lay a series of tracks and then be able to acurately direct a judge around those tracks.
 
As from this event any newly licensed Grade A helpers and track layers will be required to perform at a minimum of 4 events before he/she can be considered for major events

Helpers and tracklayers will be issued with a work book which they be required to present to the judge at all events they work at so that the judges comments can be recorded for future use at BAGSD licensing events.
 
Please note; ONLY BAGSD licensed helpers & tracklayers may be used in BAGSD events unless by express prior permission of the VPG Panel.

10 March 2010
BAGSD VPG will be holding their Annual General Meeting at lunchtime (time to depend on when tracking is finished) on Saturday 20th March 2010 at Catton Park - Nr Walton on Trent - Sth Derbyshire DE12 8LN to coincide with the event being held by BAGSD Derbyshire.
 
Can i please have any items for the agenda, and any proposals for positions of officers by return.
 
Sorry for the short notice, but with the really bad weather of late, it has been difficult to plan to far in front.
 
Jan Harrison
BAGSD VPG Secretary.
 
Only fully paid up members for BAGSD 2010 may attend and participate in this meeting.

27 February 2010
In December 2009 in response to GSDL-WDB claims that certain UK resident judges had gained the status of “approved to officiate in the sport by the WUSV” and that titles gained under judges who had not attended a course given by Guenther Diegel on 23rd January 2008 would not be recognized by the GSDL-WDB, the BAGSD VPG sought clarification of this issue from the WUSV.

The response from the WUSV Head Office is outlined below:

“Dear Sir
A WUSV judge is not existing at the moment. The WUSV works to build a WUSV judge. At the moment there's only a possibility to get SV judge. A Person who wants to get a SV judge has to be judge in its own country and then the person has to make the complete training period in the SV in German language (Richterordnung des SV: ) The results of these judges are accepted by the SV and alle WUSV countries.
Another possibility is to be written on the judge list as a judge from abroad, but is possilibity is suspent.
Very important is, that you send us the conditions how to become a judge for working dogs in your country.
Mit freundlichen Grulien/Best regards Clemens Lux
Weltunion der Vereine fur Deutsche Schaferhunde (WUSV) e.V.
- Generalsekretariat –“

Indeed the BAGSD VPG has recently learnt the course referred to by the GSDL-WDB given by Guenther Diegel in fact only allows the candidates to obtain the title of “Foreign SV Judge” and that this title is NOT retained by the candidate after 12 months of sitting the course as the title is awarded only after the candidate sits the course ANNUALLY!

The BAGSD VPG vehemently opposes the GSDL-WDB stance on its judges, as titles awarded by the BAGSDS judges to members have repeatedly been accepted by other WUSV member organisations in other countries.

Furthermore, the BAGSD regularly send its’ judges to both the WUSV & FCI judge’s conferences whose aim is to ensure that all judges from all member nations officiate in a similar manner!

13 JANUARY 2010

Subject: WICHTIG!! IMPORTANT!!

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

aus gegebenem Anlass erlauben wir uns, auf die anlässlich der WUSV-Vollversammlung am 31.08.2009 in Ulm wurde festgelegte Bestimmung zu verweisen:

Die in WUSV zusammengeschlossenen Verbände und Vereine haben sich verpflichtet, Mitgliedsvereine der WUSV die Teilnahme an ihren Schauen und Prüfungen unter Einhaltung des jeweiligen Reglements zu ermöglichen.

Es kann nicht sein, dass Bewerber eines WUSV-Mitgliedsvereine nur wegen der Mitgliederstärke in diesem Verein bei einer Veranstaltungen abgewiesen werden.

Siehe auch § 12 Pflichten der Mitgliedsvereine der WUSV-Satzung.

Wir bitten um freundliche Berücksichtigung!

Ihr

Clemens Lux
WUSV-Generalsekretär

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Dear ladies and gentlemen,

With reference to the WUSV general assembly on 31th of august 2009 in Ulm we would like to notice the regulation,

that all WUSV member clubs have comitted to accept other WUSV member clubs to take part on their shows and trials under the rules.

It can´t be, that competitors of WUSV member clubs can´t take part on shows or trials because their clubs have not much members.

Please read § 12 Duties of the member Associations!

Plese consider this!

Best regards

Clemens Lux
WUSV general secretary

Weltunion der Vereine für Deutsche Schäferhunde (WUSV) e.V.
- Generalsekretariat -

Tel.: 0821 74002–15, Fax: 0821 74002–9915
Internet: <http://www.schaeferhunde.de/>
E-Mail: <wusv@schaeferhunde.de>

Weltunion der Vereine für Deutsche Schäferhunde (WUSV) e.V., Steinerne Furt 71, 86167 Augsburg
- vertreten durch den Vorstand, dieser vertreten durch das Generalsekretariat
Generalsekretär Clemens Lux
VR Augsburg 2404

2 NOVEMBER 2009

Dear Members,
 
First of all I would like to thank the VPG Branch representatives for voting me in as Interim VPG Chairman and I must apologise for not making these thanks earlier. As you all know September/October is a very time busy in VPG.
 
Let me just say, as Chairman, that I am here for ALL the membership and if anyone has a question please do not hesitate to contact me by telephone or email or at any VPG event; the last thing we want is Chinese Whispers. Even if you are not a BAGSDS member and I can help with any query please contact me.
 
The GSDL pulled out of joint selection trials on the 8th August, 2007 and since that date we have tried to enter into meaningful diaglogue with them but to no avail.
 
At the WUSV meeting in Krefeld, following the WUSV World Championships, it was said of countries where there are two member clubs that so long as each club has a selection process to decide team members that was sufficient and the WUSV does not have a problem with the clubs alternating, i.e. 3 members one year and 2 members the next year.
 
In closing, I would urge all members to refrain from posting on pro-board sites and entering into pointless debate with people who are trying to widen the divide between the two organisations.
 
STUART NYE
BAGSD VPG CHAIRMAN