Call to take part in the FCI Centenary Champion of Champions event
Half of the FCI Centenary Year has now gone by and we can already look back on two
very successful centenary events: the FCI Centenary Winner Show in Dortmund and
the FCI Centenary World Dog Show in Paris. The next major event, shortly to be taking
place, will be the Centenary European Show in Leeuwarden (NL). We would like to
take this opportunity of wishing the organisers every success.
The culmination of the Centenary Year will be the FCI Cynological Days, to be held
in Brussels on 11-14 November. We would like to recommend the following events to
member and partner countries: the symposium on 11 November and the FCI Centenary
World Champion of Champions (CoC) competition on 12 November 2011 (open to qualified
dogs), together with the Centenary Gala Evening (for delegates from national kennel
clubs and invited guests). We recommend exhibitors not to miss the FCI Centenary
World Champion of Champions event on 12 November. Entries for this event will be
accepted and processed by the Union Royale Cynologique Saint-Hubert in the period
5-30 September 2011. Reminder: Qualified dogs are those having gained a CACIB at
either the Brussels Show in December 2010 or at one of the Centenary shows (Dortmund,
Paris or Leeuwarden) in 2011. Also entitled to take part are all "FCI international
champions" (CIB and CIE). With the CoC event in Brussels a "once in a blue moon"
event, we hope to see as many qualified dogs as possible taking part. The more dogs
entered, the more interesting the competition will be. We are counting on your being
there!
Yours sincerely,
Hans W. Müller
FCI President
June 3rd, 2011 - The FCI launches its mascot in Thuin !
The Belgian weather honoured us with a magnificent sunny day on June 3rd, the date
we had chosen to introduce our mascot, Cobby, to the local press and our close partners
in Thuin. The venue was the Distillery of Biercée, located at only a few kilometres
from the FCI headquarters.
We started at 5 p.m. with a press conference. About fifty persons answered our invitation
to get to know Cobby, still a newborn, since its very first similar social experience
was on May 6th, in the framework of the FCI Centenary Winner Dog Show.
Some representatives of the local press attended; we were happy to read about Cobby
and the FCI
in several newspapers
during the following days.
The local TV channel Télésambre also shot a report : it is
available here.
The presentation was followed by a pleasant walking dinner which could take place
in the terrace of the distillerie.
Later in the evening, a very special guest joined us for the occasion: Jacques Stotzem
- a Belgian guitar player with international recognition – played for the audience
and led us through his high-colour repertoire. Part of it was performed together
with the singer Géraldine Jonet.
To conclude this introduction of Cobby, we had a party which – I must say - was
highly appreciated by fans of the music of the eighties. More than one guest only
resigned to leave the dance floor late at night...
It will be worth leafing through our gold book, inaugurated on this special day,
to read the nice notes left by our guests...!
Marie Luna Durán
FCI Marketing and Public Relations Manager
Photos : Sabine Segers / Karl Donvil