It's a great honour for me to be invited to judge your club show as this will be my 21st overseas basset appointment . I have been very lucky over the years to have judged club specialties all over the world including the nationals in the USA and Australia and Canada . I have judged all over Europe and had the honour of judging the breed at crufts in 2007 . I have been involved in the showing and breeding of bassets since 1974 although a small kennel it has produced some influential hounds including tanneron Guinness and tanneron quick step who has sired many puppies in South America and the USA . I have campaigned a number of champions both bred myself and others to successful show  carriers . First licensed in 1988 for bassets both kc and fci I have always enjoyed judging overseas . More recently I owned GBGV and I am licensed by the kc to award Ccs in both breeds and also PBGV . I also judge Siberian huskies and had the pleasure of judging them at crufts in 2016 having also judged them in Europe and Australia . I am looking forward to this appointment in September and hope to meet new and old faces on the day.