Number 5 of the FCI newsletter is ready, although somewhat later than usual. But,
as number 6 is already in the pipeline and will be out soon, we will be able to
present you with six issues a year as promised. Together with my partners Marie
Luna Duran and Yves De Clercq we have worked hard to keep you informed on a regular
basis about what goes on in the world of the FCI. As if starting up a newsletter
was not enough, there were also the festivities to celebrate the FCI Centenary Year
with the FCI Centenary Champion of Champions Show and the Cynological Days recently
held in Brussels as the highlight. In the next issue we will focus on this event
only, with a full report and lots of photos. I realize that it was not just an exhausting
year for us, but for everyone who has worked hard to make all this happen, especially
all the people who helped organizing the different events...
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Karl DONVIL
Member of the Editorial Board of the FCI Newsletter
A new President for the Société Centrale Canine
Christian EYMAR DAUPHIN has just been elected President of the Société Centrale
Canine, French National Kennel Club, at the end of an Extraordinary Committee Meeting.
The rest of the executive committee remains unchanged.
Christian EYMAR DAUPHIN
60 years old and endowed with "imposing" qualities, Christian EYMAR DAUPHIN is a
great dog-lover, well-known, recognised and enjoying longstanding popularity. A
physical therapist by profession (and still working), he devotes all his free time
to dogs and everything to do with them.60 years old and endowed with "imposing"
qualities, Christian EYMAR DAUPHIN is a great dog-lover, well-known, recognised
and enjoying longstanding popularity. A physical therapist by profession (and still
working), he devotes all his free time to dogs and everything to do with them.
2011 was a milestone for him, seeing him assuming responsibility within the SSC
Committee for organising the World Dog Show held at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition
Ground. The show beat all records, with more than 37,000 entries - worldwide the
largest dog show ever held!
His other responsibilities in a nutshell:
- Drahthaar breeder since 1983, under the affix "du clos des cascatelles"
- An “Expert Confirmateur” (confirming whether dogs are fit for breeding) since 1988,
- Head of the Retrievers Commission
- SCC conformation and working judge since 1988,
- President of the Bourbonnais Canine Society since 8 May 1992,
- President of the Auvergne Federation since 13 January 1992,
- A member of the SCC Committee since 1994,
- SSC Vice-President since May 2000.