RULE AMENDMENT
The A.N.K.C. Website posted this notification and confirmed on 19-20th October 2013 in the Summary of the A.N.K.C. Ltd Annual General Meeting and Board Meeting -
NATIONAL JUDGES' CODE OF PRACTICE FOR FIELD & RETRIEVING JUDGES.
"8. A Judge shall not judge any person or member of their immediate family who resides in the same household, in any Stake at which the Judge is officiating. (i.e. A judge may be permitted to judge a member of their immediate family where that person resides at a different address) (Amended 10/13 - 6.17)
My interest is in two parts-
1. How do fellow triallers feel about this rule change?
2. How can those who represent us in our sport justify the BLATENT OFFENSIVE DISCRIMINATION to every Judge who is happily married or in a permanent relationship or has immediate family living at home???
My Rational-
Rule Changes or Amendments SHOULD ENDEAVOUR TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE our wonderful sport of working Pure-Bred Gundogs!!!
Therefore to discriminate against decent people, our Judges, in this way surely is not in the best interest of everyone concerned.
Please consider,
Amand Gollé