FIFe Student Judges

FIFe Student Judges represent the future of FIFe. They are, as the title implies, individuals studying to become judges, some for the first time, (under the guidance of a mentor judge), others in a category different from the one in which they are already qualified.
During their training the students will sit with different international FIFe judges during cat shows in order to receive expert instruction and to become familiar with breeds they hope one day to judge. They will also attend seminars and visit breeders to learn as much as they can about their chosen breeds.


Requirements for becoming a student judge
Application for admission as a student judge
Important documents for a student judge
Keeping track of student judge activities & Judges examination application
Important notice about the student judge training rules

 

Since a FIFe Member is responsible for its student judges, the student judges are listed below under the country of the FIFe Member where they hold their membership.

 

Student Judges
Student Judges
Category  1 2 3 4 Mentor Judge
Breed group  A/B     C/D  
Argentina - AR
Mrs. Paula A. Demartini   34 
Mrs. Belina Muicey 1   
Mr. Guillermo Telefanko  2  
Austria - AT
Mrs. Eva-Katharina Novak 12  Mrs. Helene Reiter
Mrs. Marina Renner 12  Mr. Dietmar Sagurski
Belarus - BY
Mrs. Yuliya Leini   34Mrs. Svetlana Stoliarova
Mr. Vadzim Tolkach   34Mrs. Svetlana Stoliarova
Belgium - BE
Mr. Danijel Iveta 1   
Mr. Kristof Van Roy A    
Mr. Joeri Vanrusselt 12  
Brazil - BR
Mr. Gerson Alves Pereira   34 
Mr. Hugo Cavalheiro A  4
Mr. Osvaldo da Mota  2  Mr. Gerson Alves Pereira
Mrs. Tatiana Fabichak 1   
Mr. José Clovis do Prado Jr. B2   
Mrs. Andrea Valeta Machado   34
China - CN
Mr. Yujian Cui   34Mrs. Thea Friškovec-Keller
Mrs. Phoebe Gu 12  Mrs. Caroline Stoa
Mrs. Hao Wang  23 Mrs. Anna Wilczek
Croatia - HR
Mrs. Petra Dimić   34 
Mrs. Marina Han   34Mrs. Lena Venclíková
Czech Republic - CZ
Mrs. Petra Černá DVM  2   
Mrs. Adéla Justová 1   
Mr. Youssef Khaled   34
Mrs. Alena Opatrná 1  4
Mr. Jaroslav Pánek  2  
Mr. Martin Šanda   3  
Mrs. Darina Tarabini A    
Mr. Martin Urban DVM  2  
Denmark - DK
Mrs. Lene Hodal Glem Fjeldsted A    
Mrs. Inge Nord B2   
Mrs. Anne-Louise Nygaard Sadek 12  Mrs. Dorte Kaae
Mrs. Marianne Roth 1  D 
Mrs. Ulrike Wahl   3  
Finland - FI
Mrs. Sanna Hietala 1   
Mrs. Marjatta Koskenkangas   3  
Mrs. Arja Martikainen 12   
Mrs. Tatyana Moraru-Puranen 12  
Mrs. Sara Ojaniemi 12   
Mrs. Anne Paloluoma    D 
Mrs. Katja Patrikainen  2 4
Mrs. Susanna Piispanen  2  
Mrs. Kristiina Rautio   3C 
Mrs. Annukka Rintakumpu  2  
Mr. Harri Saari    4Mr. Veikko Saarela
Mrs. Carin Sahlberg A    
Mrs. Sanna-Leena Santapakka    4Mrs. Satu Hämäläinen
Mrs. Kaisa Savolainen DVM    4
Mrs. Suvi Svensk 1  4
Mrs. Riikka Turpeinen   34
France - FR
Mr. Marc Girardin  2 4
Mrs. Virginie Jost  2  Mr. Charles Spijker
Germany - DE
Mrs. Barbara Bazzotti   34
Mrs. Katia Pocci A    
Mr. Andreas Woelm   34 
Greece - GR
Mr. George Dorgiakis   34 
Hungary - HU
Mrs. Katarina Báliková    4 
Indonesia - ID
Mrs. Russy Idroes B23  
Mr. Herry Marwanto B23  
Mrs. Ratih Sri Umiyati B 34 
Italy - IT
Mrs. Manuela Centamore 12  
Mr. Francesco Cinque 12  
Mr. Alessandro Ghibaudo   34 
Mr. Nico Padovano   34
Mrs. Carla Rotini   34
Mr. Cristiano Federico Sandon   34 
Mr. Marco Scaglia 12  
Mr. Alessio Schiavon 12  Mrs. Thea Friškovec-Keller
Latvia - LV
Mrs. Anžela Fomičeva 1 3 
Mrs. Brigita Guobe   3 
Mrs. Arina Kozyr A 3  
Netherlands - NL
Mrs. Annika Billing    D 
Mr. Ad de Bruijn  2   
Mrs. Tamara Ellis   34Mr. Eric Reijers
Mr. Marcel Frank   34Mr. Ad de Bruijn
Bobby Funk  2   
Mrs. Dominika Halická   3 
Mr. Stéphane Henry   3  
Mr. Marino Koot A    
Mrs. Pauline Kröger-Stokhof  2 4
Mrs. Sara Moroni   34
Mr. Kenneth Piral Didriksen 12  Mrs. Donatella Mastrangelo
Mr. Frensly A. (Lee) Selassa   34 
Norway - NO
Mrs. Margit Kjetsaa  2 4Mr. Steven L. Jones
Mrs. Christin K. Lütken A    
Mrs. Karin Neergaard 1  4Mrs. Aina Hauge
Mrs. Caroline Stoa   3  
Poland - PL
Mrs. Wioletta Buss 1   
Mrs. Anna Duraj   34Mrs. Satu Hämäläinen
Mrs. Marlena Kępińska 12  Mr. Marek Chadaj DVM
Mrs. Aneta Makowska B2   
Mr. Robert Nowak 12  
Mrs. Heidi Nykanen   34Mrs. Satu Hämäläinen
Mrs. Małgorzata Pruś   34
Mrs. Ilona Senderek-Wójcik 1   
Mr. Mirosław Skotarczyk   34
Mrs. Agata Wiwczarek 12  Mr. Sebastian Pruchniak
Mrs. Marzena Włodarska 12  
Mrs. Marta Ziemiańska   34 
Portugal - PT
Mr. Rui Pacheco   34
Romania - RO
Mr. Vassilios Dimakos   34Mr. Gerardo Fraga y Guzmán
Mr. Adrian Alexandru Dragota 12  
Russia - RU
Mrs. Olga Poluektova A   
Mrs. Elena Zagorskaya   3  
Slovakia - SK
Mrs. Lucie Pánková 1   
Slovenia - SI
Mrs. Taja Moro  2  Mrs. Dominika Halická
Spain - ES
Mr. David Hernandez 12  Mr. Gerardo Fraga y Guzmán
Sweden - SE
Mrs. Lena Björkander    4 
Mrs. Åsa Carnbrand    4 
Mrs. Linnea Höglund   34Mr. Glenn Sjöbom
Mrs. Maria Maja Karlsson 12  Mrs. Åsa Carnbrand
Mrs. Ksenia Karpinska 12  
Mrs. Päivi Palokangas   34Mrs. Lone Lund
Mr. Martti Peltonen A    
Switzerland - CH
Mrs. Nancy Klabunde  2  Mrs. Thea Friškovec-Keller
Mrs. Liz Parry 1   
Ukraine - UA
Mrs. Kateryna Ovanesian A   
Mrs. Yulia Skabovska 12  
United Kingdom - GB
Mrs. Janet Green B2 D 
Mrs. Sarah Johnson   3C 
 
Total student judges: 120
 
Categories 1 2 3 4 Grand total
Total student judges 36 45 46 45 108
of which not already a judge 11 16 12 15 30
 
Breed groups A B C D Grand total
Total student judges 12 7 2 4 24

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Requirements for becoming a student judge

The requirements to become a student judge, as laid down in the Rules for Judges & Student Judges, are:
- the candidate must have been an active member in a FIFe club for at least five years
- participation as a steward a minimum of 10 times in shows where the stewards bring the cats to the judge, or 20 times where the owners carry their own cats
- at least 6 steward certificates must be obtained in at least 2 countries different from the candidate's country of residence
- the candidate must have bred at least 3 litters under his own cattery name for a period of at least 3 years
- the candidate must have experience as an exhibitor, i.e. he must have exhibited cats at a minimum of 20 national or international shows
- at least one cat registered under his own cattery name must have obtained the title GIC/GIP during the last 5 years
- experience in organising shows is compulsory; relevant experience includes positions such as show manager, experience in the secretariat or prize room etc.
- experience as chief steward and/or ring secretary for various judges is highly recommended.
- sit a preliminary examination and attain a minimum score of 80%.

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Application for admission as a student judge

To apply for the admission as a student judge to the judges training programme and to sit for the preliminary examination, the Student Judge Admission form must be used. You can find this form in the section Rules & Forms.

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Important documents for a student judge

With regard to the student judges training we would like to draw your attention to the following documents which are available for downloading on this site:
- the FIFe Statutes and Rules in the section Rules & Forms
- the FIFe standards of the breeds for each category, as well as the General Part to these standards, in the section Breeds
- an explanation of the FIFe Easy Mind System (EMS) in the section EMS system
- the complete list of EMS codes for the breeds and their varieties in the section Rules & Forms
- the various forms for student judges in the section Rules & Forms.

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Keeping track of student judge activities & Judges examination application

A tool has been developed to facilitate FIFe Members and their student judges in getting an overview of their activities; it can be used for European student judges as well as for non-European student judges. This new tool is an Excel spreadsheet which contains several so-called "worksheets".
Each category has its own worksheet which can be used in the following ways:
- by entering information regarding all past student judge activities when applying for the examination
- by entering information regarding each student judge activity separately right after each activity during the training period.
The tool must be used by FIFe Members when applying for examinations for their student judges; to this purpose the worksheet "Exam application" is made available.
The advantage of the worksheets is that it will show in one glance which requirements as laid down in the student judges training rules are met and which ones are not.
The tool is available for downloading in the section Rules & Forms under the header "Forms": Student Judge Final Examination Application.
It is highly recommended to read the contents of the worksheet "Intro" which gives an explanation how the spreadsheet is set up and how it can be used.

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Important notice about the student judge training rules

We have noticed a lack of clarity and sometimes confusion amongst student judges as to which version of the rules regarding the student judge training applies to them. Some student judges are under the impression that these are the rules which were valid on the moment they started their training as a student judge. However, this is a misconception.
Any change in a rule with regard to the student judge training is applicable to every student judge, no matter when the training started.
To avoid any misunderstanding or disappointment, we urge our members and our student judges to take good notice of this matter.

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