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GROOMANIA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

SATURDAY GROOMANIA INTERNATIONAL GROOMING COMPETITION 9:00 to 11:30 Handstripping Ferruccio Soave, Martial Carre, Ilaria Gerardelli9:00 to 11:30 Mixed and Miscellaneous Umberto Lehmann, Linda Barker, Nathalie Mathieu14:00 to 16:30 Pure Breeds Romana Kania, Monique Janssens, Umberto Lehmann14:00 to 16:30 Beginners Umberto Lehmann, Nathalie Mathieu17:15 Presentation of Prizes, Best In Show

SUNDAY GROOMANIA INTERNATIONAL GROOMING COMPETITION 9:00 to 11:30 Spaniels and Setters Umberto Lehmann, Martial Carre, Ilaria Geradelli9:00 to 11:30 Modeldog kids If you are interested in helping out don’t hesitate

contacting us!9:00 to 11:00 Salon Class Linda Barker, Umberto Lehmann, Ilaria Geradelli14:00 to 16:30 Poodle Romana Kania, Linda Barker, Ferruccio Soave17:15 Special Richard Barker Trophy Judged by Linda Barker. Presentation of Prizes & Best In

Show All judges from Handstripping, Pure Breeds, Spaniels & Poodle classes

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WORLD CLASS SEMINARS

SATURDAY SEMINARS 1 10:00 to 12:00 Romana Kania Commercial Poodle with snap on combs CZECH REPUBLIC2 10:00 to 12:00 Monique Janssens Commercial Poodle and Yorkshire Terrier BELGIUM3 10:00 to 12:00 Anna Bardysheva Poodle Puppy Lion clip RUSSIA4 10:00 to 12:00 Vincent Loubet Fox Terrier FRANCE5 13:00 to 14:45 Ferruccio Soave Standard Poodle T - clip ITALY6 13:00 to 14:45 Linda Barker Poodle Continental ENGLAND7 13:00 to 14:45 Martial Carre Soft Coated Wheaten FRANCE8 13:00 to 14:45 Ilaria Girardelli English Cocker ITALY9 15:15 to 17:00 François Graulus Airedale Terrier BELGIUM10 15:15 to 17:00 Mat Smeets Welsh Terrier NETHERLANDS11 15:15 to 17:00 William Galharde West Highland White with scissors BRASIL12 15:15 to 17:00 Linda Barker ...POO (Poodle mixed) ENGLAND

SUNDAY SEMINARS 13 10:00 to 12:00 Romana Kania Bichon Frisé CZECH REPUBLIC14 10:00 to 12:00 Ferruccio Soave Maltese quick and commercial ITALY15 10:00 to 12:00 Caroline Vermeulen Scottish Terrier FRANCE16 10:00 to 12:00 Lorenzo Vitse Cats demo BELGIUM17 13:00 to 14:45 Martial Carre Lhaza Apso commercial FRANCE18 13:00 to 14:45 Ilaria Girardelli English Cocker scissoring ITALY19 13:00 to 14:45 Umberto Lehmann Black Russian Terrier SPAIN20 13:00 to 14:45 William Galharde Shih-Tzu braided and bows BRASIL21 15:15 to 17:00 William Galharde Shih-Tzu commercial BRASIL22 15:15 to 17:00 Lisette Decauwer West Highland White Terrier BELGIUM23 15:15 to 17:00 Nele Reygaerts Cavalier commercial BELGIUM24 15:15 to 17:00 Kitty Ponnet American Cocker commercial BELGIUM

The famous Caroline Vermeulen has been a passionate groomer since 1987. In 1996 she

successfully participated in the French championship dog grooming and from the moment she took part in various grooming competitions both national and internationally where she won multiple fi rst prizes.

15 Scottish Terrier Caroline is a specialist when it comes to grooming the Scottish Terrier. She will gladly provide you with all her techniques and knowledge! Among other things, she will explain you the convenience of a rollingcoat and why this is so essential for show dogs. When grooming a Scottish Terrier, it is necessary to always use the right equipment. Only then, a perfect result can be achieved. She will explain this further during her seminar. Prepare yourself to be dragged into Caroline’s world!

Ferruccio is one of the true pioneers in dog grooming and he is very famous. He started grooming competitions in 1995, having

promptly excellent results. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in all categories in Europe and U.S.A. and he has been twice Italian Champion.

5 Standard Poodle T - clip Don’t miss this opportunity to see the Italian artist at work with a poodle in T clip. He will share all his secrets with you and show you how to get an elegant and balanced result. Ferruccio will show you how to create a balance by visualizing the anatomy of the dog under the coat. How to camoufl age the dog so that he looks short with a maximum of elegance.

14 Maltese quick and commercial Styling and Modeling a Maltese is an art. Fast and effi cient work in a grooming salon is a must! Come and look at this top groomer Valerie and she’ll show you her techniques and explain how she can easy and quickly with scissors and comb scissors the Maltese. She will explain how you can hide the dogs beauty defects and how you can save time by selecting the appropriate materials. Do not hesitate and be there to enjoy and see a specialist at work.

Anna is a recognized expert in grooming of many breeds not only in Russia but all over the world. _She has won multiple titles and prizes. She

owns a grooming salon and the authorial grooming school “Berry Grooming”.

3 Poodle Puppy Lion clip After this inspiring seminar of Anna Bardysheva, the Russian pride, you will return back home with a satisfi ed feeling and itchy fi ngers full of new motivation to start scissoring again!

Kitty began showing dogs as a child, and later, as a professional groomer and handler she “made up” many champions. She won

multiple Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, Best in Shows and Best All Round Groomer awards in both Europe and America. In 1996-1997 she won the prestigious title of “World Champion Poodle Groomer” and the coveted Cardinal Crystal Achievement Award for “International Groomer Of The Year” at Intergroom in New York, USA. Kitty is the creator, and designer of Tikima Pro Wear for Groomers, K-Design (the world famous dog silhouette stickers) Show Tech professional grooming products and is together with her husband Darren Cooke the owner of Transgroom NV. Kitty is an international grooming contest judge, grooming speaker and demonstrator and has led seminars all around the world to educate groomers and to promote the grooming industry. Organiser

This well-known and successful breeder has been active since 1983 with showing and breeding

Airdale Terriers. He has bred several world and vice-world champions and he always personally prepared and groomed his dogs.

9 Airedale Terrier Defi nitely don’t miss the famous breeder François Graulus ! He will refi ne us with a 2-part demo. During the fi rst part he will strip a piece of a pet Airedale, which we daily get in our grooming shops. This is all about whereto are we are striving in our salons, a perfect pet dog and its maintenance. On this dog he will clearly show you and explain to you how he found a balanced style that is acceptable for the customers. The importance to educate our customers so they understand and bring their pet dogs on regular intervals. In the second part you can relax, experience and enjoy while François prepares an Airedale for the dog show. As experienced Airedale connoisseur he knows like no other how many days before the show you the best strip the different parts of this beautiful breed.

8 English Cocker Come and enjoy this experienced groomer. Let her show you all his secrets and the techniques she uses to groom the English Cocker with an amazing result! Ilaria will explain you exactly why she uses certain techniques and you will see, even in the smallest details, how this women operates. She will show you how to point out certain angles and how to indicate the elegance so the dog has a perfect look. Do you wish to achieve more than just grooming? Then this demonstration is certainly the right fi t for you!

18 English Cocker scissoring Ilaria is the ideal person to show you how to achieve perfection with this breed! She will go over all the different methods of grooming them in a beautiful yet natural way for grooming shops.

Ilaria achieved European and world titles presenting dogs at dog shows and she also won multiple titles and prizes in Europe and

America at grooming competitions. Ilaria is very active in giving specialty courses and demonstrations for important companies of the grooming industry and groomers associations.

Kitty started with a goal: Aiming for perfection . Her biggest wisdom is that no one ever knows enough about their profession. She’s won

several bronze, silver and gold medals in Europe and in the US and she also has a best in show on her résumé

24 American Cocker commercial Kitty will show you how easy it is to groom American Cocker not confi rm to the breed standard but the shorter and easy maintenance version. If you want to learn more about the American cocker groomed on a up-to-date way of scissoring don’t hesitate and come to this demonstration.

Anna Bardysheva

Caroline Vermeulen

Ferruccio Soave

Kitty Dekeersgieter

François Graulus

Ilaria Girardelli

Kitty Ponnet

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Linda has Grooming shop in Londen and a very successful kennel called Crystalar Poodles.

She is offi cial dog shows poodle judge at champion level. she was talked into entering a grooming competition, Eurogroom and ended up winning the poodle class. After that she has twice won best in Show.

6 Poodle Continental These very well known poodle specialist will show you how she prepares her poodle in continental clip for the dog show. With her special enthusiasm, she can explain to you how her techniques help her to achieve a balanced result. She will share her secrets with you and tell you how she balances al 7 balls so they are symmetric.

12 ...POO (Poodle mixed) What to do with a ….poo? What happens if you receive a cal for booking a cocapoo, chiwapoo, labradoodle , goldendoodle, cavypoo, cavachon, fl oodle, ASD6.8, wouzers , jacetdoodle and lots more. These poodle mixes are very good for us because they need high maintenance and we can make them look beautiful while we work effi cient and this with attachment combs. Work smarter (faster) and not harder and make more money, come and see this top groomer Linda, she will show you all she knows about doodles.

Thanks to the multiple champions and countless best shows with his Persian cats, we can say that

Lorenzo is a famous cat breeder and groomer. Already at the age of 17 he started showing and since then he shows not only in Europe, enjoying its chic, elegant Persians, he also achieves great results in the American Cat Fanciers Association CFA. Lorenzo aims with an unprecedented passion for perfection in cat grooming.

16 Cats demo Come an see this successful specialist at work, Lorenzo will show you all you need to know about handling cats.A cat’s specifi c grooming needs are mainly determined based on condition, age, health, coat type, and temperament. Learning how to decipher what these needs are will equip you to make the best recommendations to your clients and then do the job safely, effi ciently, and with outstanding results. This demo will show you a variety of cat grooming elements and handling techniques as performed on live cats. Do not miss this exceptional Demo!

Martial Carré from France is a very famous breeder and groomer, he already won various prices and medals in grooming competitions and

dog shows.

7 Soft Coated Wheaten The world known Martial Carré will explain how you can distinguish different types of fur of the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier and how you can respect these. Come and see this demo! Martial will show you all his techniques and tell where you need to pay attention when you are scissoring , thinning and shaving this extremely beautiful breed.

17 Lhasa Apso commercial Styling and Modeling a Lasa Apso is an art. Fast and effi cient work in a grooming salon is a must! Come and look at this top groomer Martial and he’ll show you his techniques and explain how he can easy and quickly but stil comercialy groom the Lasa Apso. he will explain how you can hide the dogs beauty defects and how you can save time by selecting the appropriate materials. Do not hesitate and be there to enjoy and see a specialist at work.

Mat Smeets is the proud owner of the famous Welsh Terrier kennel Of The Southern Point which exist since 1971 and is very

successful they made up many champions nationally and internationally.

10 Welsh Terrier This successful breeder will show you how he prepares the Welsh Terrier to perfection. For Mat the use of the appropriate grooming material is of very important. He will share with you what’s for him the most important to accentuate in stripping the Welsh. Furthermore Matt will explains how long he works weekly on his perfect rolling coat and keeps the coat in condition show after show. Matt shows you and tells more about the importance of building and correction of angulations, heels, top line and legs. He will explains why he uses certain techniques and why should or should not be clipped on the Welsh Terrier.

Monique Janssen is a specialist in scissor breeds. After a beautiful career in the competition ring, she’s now

focusing on passing on her knowledge to groomers.

2 Commercial Poodle and Yorkshire Terrier With this demonstration, Monique is going to reveal this unusual cutting techniques and tricks one by one. Come and see this 2 hour exclusive demo and enjoy not only the poodle but also a York, by Monique’s uniquely spectacular style.

Nele Reygaerts is a groomer from East-Flanders. When she was 19 years old she had an apprenticeship contract with Kitty Ponnet,

where she’s still working now. She only participated a couple of times in a grooming competition but she has been very succesfull, even in 2012 she won with the English Cocker fi rst price at the Dug Grooming competition in the Nederlands.

23 Cavalier commercial The Cavalier is a breed that has become very popular over the last years. Nele notices this clearly in the grooming salon. Cavaliers come in different colours, coat structures and sizes, but one thing always remains the same: their treatment has to occur as natural as possible. Nele will explain how you can realize this. Questions as : “How can you style the Cavalier as natural as possible”?, “How do you minimize the use of scissors?”, “The difference between domestic- and show dog”, “The difference between short and long coat”… will certainly be answered.

The very well known Lisette is an experienced West Highland Terrier groomer, who has over 20 years of experience in Westy

breeding, showing and working with Westy’s, her kennel name is “Or Is Kinloch Castle”. She has won multiple prizes and titles in the dog show world.

22 West Highland White Terrier Having diffi culties with grooming Westies? Come and see this seminar by Lisette Decauwer and see how she works with a fabulous technique that allows to create a beautiful smooth back and a slightly longer top line to make the whole dog look shorter and more elegant. The furnishings with this technique have no visible lines but they are gradually longer which makes the whole excellent and completely balanced.

Linda Barker

Lorenzo Vitse

Martial Carre

Mat Smeets

Monique Janssens

Nele Reygaerts

Lisette Decauwer

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William Galharde is one of the most renowned and reputable professionals of animal aesthetics due to his work and passion

for animals. In his capacity as technical consultant he concentrates his creativity to achieve aesthetic perfection which is an innovation in the pet grooming market.

11 West Highland White with scissors We hope to welcome you and all the Westy fans at this seminar brought to you by William! Enhance your knowledge learn new techniques and en let William show you his knowledge, experience and enthusiasm.

20 Shih-Tzu braided and bows William the famous Brazilian groomer will show you how they fi nish the longhaired Shih Tzu in his country. Let William amaze you and come and enjoy this demo. He will use lots of different accessories from bows to diamonds and to make a true work of art…. Don’t miss this demo.

21 Shih-Tzu commercial The Shih tzu is a breed that is also very close to William’s heart. he loves their sunny personality and loyalty. William is very excited to do the commercial Shih tzu. He feels that this cut is where people make a lot of money with in their salons. In his shops this is one of the most popular breeds, accounting for as high as 50%! He will talk about different ways to do the Shih tzu and different tools to make the drop coats easier to deal with. He will show you tricks that will make you money in your salons every day.

William Galharde

Because of his passion and his desire for perfectionism he became a top handler and groomer has won many best in shows and made multiple

dogs champion

4 Fox Terrier During this seminar, Vincent Loubet will teach you the right fi nish for the well known Fox Terrier. Because of his lifelong experience with this breed, he can perfectly show you how you can give the body and legs the necessary fi nishing touch. He will also demonstrate you how you can get the right expression for the Fox Terrier. Questions as “What to do in case of a short head?” and “How should I best prepare my Fox Terrier to participate at a grooming competition?”, will certainly be answered during this seminar. Vincent will explain you what different equipment you can use, and what better not to use.

Vincent Loubet

Umberto Lehmann opened his grooming salon in Milano in 1980, after having been in breeding, showing and training. In 1985 he started

giving formation and specialization courses in his Grooming School getting more than 250 students. From 1985 to 2001, he won several gold and silver medals in USA, Europe and Canada in Poodle, Handstripping, Purebreeds Scissoring and Spaniels. From 1989 to 2011 Umberto judged in more than 100 International Grooming Competitions, gave grooming demonstrations in more than 130 seminars in USA, all over Europe, Russia,Taiwan, Poland and India. President of the European Grooming Association (E.G.A.), President of the Italian Grooming Association (A.T.I.), European Grooming Association: Judge - All round United Showmanagers Alliance: Judge - All round

19 Black Russian Terrier Our well-known Umberto will let you enjoy the ring readying the Black Russian, he fi nds a good knowledge of the breed of course a must. Want to know more about this rapidly emerging new breed do not miss this super interesting demo not.

Umberto Lehmann

Romana is a successful dog handler and groomer from the Czech Republic. She won multiple Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, Best

in Shows and Best All Round Groomers awards in both Europe and America.

1 Commercial Poodle with snap on combs Do you also constantly hesitate about what commercial model to advise for which poodle? Do you also have a lot of questions about how you can make your dog look even better? These are only a few of the questions that will be profoundly explored during this seminar by the Poodle expert from Tsjechië.

13 Bichon Frisé Romana Kania is an award winning groomer and an expert in styling Bichon Frisés. The bichon is THE cutting challenge for groomers! Since Romana knows all about them, she will help you understand the breed standard and show style. If you’re having trouble with angulations, the “bichon expression” or if you absolutely don’t know how to deal with those ears, then this seminar is the place to be for you! She will be covering the Bichon structure, the head, how to style for movement, corrective styling and expression.

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PRIZESAll 1st, 2nd and 3rd will win a Special Trophy

Best Groomer* €1000 CASHBest In Show Trophy + Rosette Best in Show People’s Choice TrophySpecial Richard Barker TrophyBest in show Beginner** RosetteBest in show Mixed Breed Rosette

* For the groomer who accumulates the most pointsduring the two days.** In the beginners class there will be 5 winners chosen bestPoodle, Spaniel, Handstripped, Pure breed and Mixed breed.

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COMPETITION Handstripping Saturday Open Class Gmcomp01 €60,00 Handstripping Saturday Champion Class Gmcomp02 €60,00 Pure Breeds Saturday Open Class Gmcomp03 €60,00 Pure Breeds Saturday Champion Class Gmcomp04 €60,00 Spaniëls & Setters Sunday Open Class Gmcomp05 €60,00 Spaniëls & Setters Sunday Champion Class Gmcomp06 €60,00 Poodle Sunday Open Class Gmcomp07 €60,00 Poodle Sunday Champion Class Gmcomp08 €60,00 Mixed Breeds & Miscellaneous Saturday One Class Gmcomp09 €60,00 Modeldog Kids Sunday (fi rst 15 free) One Class Gmcomp11 €60,00 Beginners/workshop/competition Saturday One Class Gmcomp12 €50,00 Salon Class Sunday One Class Gmcomp14 €60,00 Saturday Dinner, Live Rock Music & Dance Gmcat1 €50/pp Dog rental information request Gmcomp13 Please contact me regarding dog renting for this event. Please fi ll in your dogs Breed: ....................................................................................................

SEMINARS Vip Weekend Gmsem7 €199,00 All Seminars, Trade show and Dinner on Saturday Saturday Seminars 9:00 to 18:00 Gmsem2 €79,00 + Trade show Saturday Saturday afternoon Seminars 13:00 to 17.00 Gmsem4 €59,00 + Trade show Saturday Sunday Seminars 9:00 to 18:00 Gmsem9 €79,00 + Trade show Sunday Sunday afternoon Seminars 13:00 to 17:00 Gmsem8 €59,00 + Trade show Sunday

DINNER & DANCE Saturday evening Dinner and Dance 19:00 Gmcat1 €50 With well known live rock band Travellin’ Combies

ENTRY TRADE SHOW & COMPETITION Saturday 9:00 to 18:00 Gmentry1 €10,00 Trade show and Grooming contest on Saturday Sunday 9:00 to 18:00 Gmentry2 €10,00 Trade show and Grooming contest on Sunday

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