Much has happened since my last communication. MWC held its BAD/MCE in November 22 and NIWC held (with much help from Mel) an online BAD/MCE in December 22. This was attended mostly by all-rounders, and it is positive that there are those who are willing to advance their knowledge of the breed before they accept a CC appointment or judge the breed in Stakes classes.
At the end of 2022, I produced a report for the KC detailing the activities that the clubs had been holding. 68 people have taken the MCE and 56 have passed. There has been 32 one-to-one mentoring sessions and 3 group mentoring sessions. I now have 3 people ready for observations at club shows. I wasn’t expecting to have to report on Clubs who did supported entries, the club for which they were supporting, the name of the judge and the number of entries, so please can secretaries please make a note of their supported entry details and forward them to me ,either at the time or in December each year. Thank you in advance!
WCoW held their BAD/MCE in February 23 and the combined WC/NWA is to be held on May 1st. Please encourage people with Whippets to attend. They don’t have to do the MCE they can just come and learn more about the breed standard. It would be rewarding if some of the attendees were juniors to enable & nurture their knowledge as they will be the future of the breed. NCWC are also holding a BAD/MCE 13th May in Preston with group mentoring to follow. Can you impress upon the mentees that it is their responsibility to contact me in order to progress through the JEP system? I feel that this is not being utilised to advantage. SYWC will hold a BAD/MCE in November and as yet I am still waiting for SWWC and WCoS to contact me with regards to their events. I now have a full list of people who have taken the MCE and are on Level 2, unfortunately, many contact details are missing so if you know anyone who is on Level 2 can you get them to check their details with me, please. A breed speakers meeting was held in January where a discussion took place about some of the issues raised by the feedback forms. A formula for the presentation was agreed upon so that all our candidates for the BAD/MCE have the same experience whether they are in Scotland or down in the South West .of England Once again I thank all the mentors and breed speakers for their time and enthusiasm to ensure that the breed continues to move forward with the times.
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Editha Newton
(Note added by BC Secretary. Please note that the NCWC has now linked with WCOS and the BAD is being held at Middlebie Community Centre on 13th May.)