STEVE & MARIEANN GLADSTONE have bred Cardigan Corgis under the Aragorn prefix for 35 years and have produced dogs earning over 100 AKC titles in all disciplines, including over 50 owner/handled/bred-by Champions. The Aragorn line has been a foundation to many other Cardigan bloodlines. They also have had an Australian Shepherd and German Shepherds, who were finished AKC champions. Steve is currently serving as President of the CWCCA and has served for the past 8 years on the AKC Board of Directors. Steve was first approved to judge Cardigans in 1988 and now judges the AKC Herding and Working groups and about one half of the Hound group breeds, and Best in Show. International judging assignments have included appointments at all breed and specialty shows in New Zealand, England, Canada, Russia, Denmark, Finland, Wales and Holland. He regularly judged the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship show including the Bred-By Herding Group in 2003 and the Herding Group in 2008. Marieann applied to judge Cardigans in 1997 and is approved to judge the Herding Group, Best in Show, several hound, terrier and toy breeds. International judging assignments have included appointments at all breed and specialty shows in England, Canada, Russia, Denmark, Finland, Wales and Holland. She too has judged the Bred-By Herding Group at the AKC/Eukanuba show. Marieann is currently chair of the CWCCA Judges Education Committee, and regularly conducts breeder and judge educational seminars for the club. Their judging appointments have allowed them to see and judge Corgis from all over the world and are thrilled to have been invited to judge your dogs here in South Africa. Thank you for the confidence, trust and opportunity.

CLIVE EVANS is 48yrs young and is Gloucestershire born and bred being born in Stroud in the late 50's. Whilst still living at home with his parents, Clive grew up with a Border Collie and 4 GSD's. As a teenager he used to help out on a local farm and loved to watch the spring lambs being born, the cows calving and the pigs farrowing. On leaving school Clive was offered a full time job working on another local farm. This job he kept until 1989 (14yrs). In 1981 he bought a Dobermann bitch for his wife, Nancy, as a wedding gift, this was to be the beginning of Amazon Dobermanns. In 1990 Clive left the farming industry to become the Dog Warden for Cheltenham Borough Council, this job he still holds to the present date. Clive is very interested in all types of animal behaviour. This interest has been very useful when dealing with potentially dangerous dogs in his day to day job. As a Dog Warden Clive receives regular calls from the police who request advice or assistance on cases involving dogs. After the purchase of their first Dobermann in 1981 bred Clive & Nancy bred their first Dobermann litter in 1985 under the Amazon Prefix. They have bred 29 Champions to date and are the breeders/Owners of Breed Record Holder for colour (brown) Ch Amazon Brahms N Lizt J.W. 24 CCS who has also won an all breeds Best in Show. Top Dobermann Breeders: 1990, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06 Being the most successful Dobermann kennel ever in the U.K. Clive & Nancy are both Kennel Club approved Championship Show judges and were first passed to award CC's in the UK back in 1995 and have since awarded 7 sets of CC's with their last appointments being June & August 2006. They have both judged the Working, Pastoral Group and BIS at Open Shows on several occasions and also judge many other breeds within the Working & Pastoral Groups at Open Show level.

SHEILA POLK got her first purebred Australian Shepherd in 1963 and competed in obedience at many of the local matches. Since the Aussie was not a recognized breed until 1993, Sheila became a Professional Handler in the early 70's. When the Aussie did become recognized Sheila and her late husband, Jim, stopped being Professional Handlers in 1995 so they could concentrate on showing their own dogs. Until the late 60's Sheila and Jim bred dogs under the prefix “Farrington” when they started with the Kennel name “Tri-Ivory” and together have bred and shown over 50 Champions in Australian Shepherds and Bullmastiffs. In 2000 Jim and Sheila started their AKC judging careers, though both had been judging Australian Shepherds for many years with A.S.C.A. (the Australian Shepherd Club of America). Her best known Aussie was BIS & BISS Ch. Tri-Ivory Roquefort of Higgins. Sheila was a founding member of U.S.A.S.A. (the United States Australian Shepherd Association), Northern California Herding Group and the Sierra View Australian Shepherd Club. Sheila is currently approved for: 5 x Sporting Breeds, 1 x Hound, 7 x Working Breeds, and most of the Herding Group. She has also judged Speciality Shows for the following breeds: Bullmastiffs, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, Bouviers and Labradors, and has judged in Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, Brussels, France, Korea, Taiwan, Finland and Australia. She judged the Bullmastiff National in 2008 and has judged at the AKC Aussie National twice and the ASCA National five times. Sheila's comment: “I am extremely honored to be invited to judge at your shows in South Africa ”.