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LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TO SELECT BEST IN SHOW AT THE 146th ANNUAL WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB DOG SHOW ® ® ®
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AMERICA’S DOG SHOW RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY IN JANUARY 2022
New York, NY —Dr. Don Sturz of Brooklyn, New York, will judge Best in Show at the 146th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show presented by Purina Pro Plan® at Madison Square Garden on January 26, 2022. The superintendent of the Valley Stream 24 School District in Long Island, New
Seven Group Judges will select their picks for the Best in Show competition over two nights at Madison Square Garden. On Tuesday, Jan. 25, the following judges will select four Group winners to advance to the Best in Show competition. Mr. Eugene Blake of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the Hound Group; Mrs. Rosalind Kramer of High Point, North Carolina, for the Toy Group; Ms. Evalyn Gregory of Louisville, Kentucky, for the Non-Sporting Group; and Mrs. Sharon Ann Redmer of Whitmore Lake, Michi- gan, for the Herding Group. On Wednesday, Jan. 26, the following judges will select the remaining three Group winners to advance to Best in Show. Dr. Elliot L. More of Deerfield, New Hampshire, for the Sporting Group; Mrs. Faye Strauss, of Kent, Washington, for the Working Group; and Mr. Richard W. Powell of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, for the Terrier Group. The Best Junior Handler award will be decided on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at Madison Square Garden by Junior Showmanship Finals Judge Mrs. Karen Mammano of Webster, New York. The eight Junior Showmanship finalists will be determined in preliminary rounds by judges Mrs. Amy Booth of Mims, Florida, and Ms. Lisa Gallizzo of Branchburg, New Jersey. The 9th Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westmin- ster on Saturday, Jan. 22, will be judged by Ms. Ronda Bermke of Greenleaf, Wisconsin, and Mr. Ben Gibbs of Kingsport, Tennessee. Mr. Christopher Cornell of Sequim, Washington, will officiate the 7th Annual Masters Obedience Championship at Westminster on Monday, Jan. 24. Pending American Kennel Club approval, the judging panel for
York, Dr. Sturz brings a lifetime of experience as a breeder, exhib- itor, and judge to the most prestigious judging assignment in the sport of purebred dogs. Anchoring Westminster Week, this iconic annual dog show has been held continuously since 1877. Dr. Sturz began participating in the sport of dogs as a child. As a highly successful Junior Handler, he exhibited in the famed Westminster Junior Showmanship competition. He was selected as a Junior Showmanship Finalist three years at Westminster, beginning with his first time entered at the age of ten. During his Junior Showmanship career, he was ranked as the number one Junior Handler in the US for three consecutive years. While growing up in the sport, Dr. Sturz trained and exhib- ited dogs in a variety of American Kennel Club events, includ- ing conformation, obedience, and field trials, earning numerous awards and titles. A longtime preservation breeder and handler, he has bred, owned, and handled All-Breed and Specialty Best in Show winners and nationally ranked dogs in Golden Retrievers, Miniature Poodles, and Pembroke Welsh Corgis. He currently serves as the delegate to the American Kennel Club for the Poodle Club of America, is a member of the Bull Terrier Club of America, and recently assisted in the revival of the Knickerbocker Bull Terrier Club. Additionally, Dr. Sturz has been an analyst for the Fox Sports telecast of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show for the past three years and a co-host for the Westminster Kennel Club Highlights Show presented by Purina Pro Plan ® for the past two years. Since 1990, Dr. Sturz has adjudicated at major dog shows around the world, in addition to judging the Sporting and Hound Groups at Westminster in 2010 and 2006. In 2020, he was voted Judge of the Year at the Purina Pro Plan® Show Dogs of the Year award ceremony. Dr. Sturz is approved to judge the Sporting and Hound Groups, several Terrier, Non-Sporting, and Herding breeds, Best in Show, and Junior Showmanship. This is his tenth judging assignment at Westminster. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the iconic dog show was held outdoors at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York, in June 2021. It was the first time in the club’s 145-year history that the event was held outside of Manhattan. For 2022, West- minster Week returns to Manhattan starting with the Masters Agility Championship on Saturday, Jan. 22, the Masters Obedi- ence Championship on Monday, Jan. 24, and the breed compe- titions on Monday (Hound and Herding), Tuesday (Toy, Non- Sporting and Terrier) and Wednesday (Sporting and Working), Jan. 24-26 all on Pier 36. The evening Group judging will be held at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 25-26, 2022.
the Best of Breed or Variety competitions includes: SPORTING BREEDS AND VARIETIES (34)
Mr. Gregory A. Anderson of Middleton, Maryland: American Water Spaniels, Boykin Spaniels, Clumber Spaniels, Cocker Span- iels (all Varieties), English Cocker Spaniels, English Springer Span- iels, Field Spaniels, Sussex Spaniels, Welsh Springer Spaniels. Mr. Edd E. Bivin of Fort Worth, Texas: Nova Scotia Duck Toll- ing Retrievers, Lagotti Romagnoli, Nederlandse Kooikerhondjes, Vizslas, Wirehaired Pointing Griffons, Wirehaired Vizslas. Mrs. Susan St. John Brown of Divide, Colorado: Ger- man Shorthaired Pointers, German Wirehaired Pointers, Eng- lish Setters, Gordon Setters, Irish Setters, Irish Red and White Setters, Pointers. Ms. Elizabeth “Beth” Sweigart of Bowmansville, Pennsylva- nia: Barbets, Brittanys, Irish Water Spaniels, Labrador Retrievers, Spinoni Italiani. Ms. Nancy E. Talbott of Quartz Hill, California: Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Curly-Coated Retrievers, Flat-Coated Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Weimaraners. HOUND BREEDS AND VARIETIES (35) Mrs. Susan St. John Brown of Divide, Colorado: Basenjis, Bas- set Hounds, Cirnechi dell’Etna, Ibizan Hounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
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