World Championships 2003

Four of us went to the World Grooming Championships 25/26th October 2003. We enjoyed the whole event, which not only comprised of magnificent grooming, but also held a cat/dog show as well as obedience and agility itrader demo . The grooming was the highlight of the two days with Groomers using the best of their skills and techniques to challenge all other competitors, and countries. It was brilliant to watch these wonderfully talented Groomers up close, seeing how they achieved those clean lines and 'sculptured' designs, especially with such breeds like the poodles, bichons and bedlingtons!, not to mention the Spaniel class of which Paula Hull got the Gold Medal. itrader download WELL DONE PAULA!!
	How many of you have seen the use of straighteners (yes that’s right - human hair straighteners) on an American Cocker’s coat? These were used whilst preparing the coat completely straight before trimming. And some 'Westie' heads were almost brinking on 'punk-rock' with the use of chalking and other products. You couldn’t help yourself keep looking and remembering all the tools and products Groomers were using. As I say these guys were pulling out all of the stops! It was brilliant.
There were seven countries in total of which the result were - 1st Italy, 2nd USA, 3rd France, 4th Spain, 5th UK, 6th Canada and 7th Germany. We personally thought that our team did respectfully well, as the competition was the highest standard that we had ever seen!! So we would like to say that for those of you who were not able to attend, the UK team did us proud to represent our country. itrader news The UK team, who were sponsored by Wahl (UK) Ltd, were Richard Barker, Joanna Angus, Paula Hull and Melanie Winters-Holmes.
	It is a shame that there were not more supporters. Compared to other countries, we arrived there quicker than if we had to travel from here in the South to the North and it cost about the same. It may be something that Groomers might like to look into. Next year the Spanish International Championships will be on again so I’ll ask Northern Groomers to advertise it, with full details. Barcelona is historically beautiful, with splashes of Salvador Dali everywhere, a very romantic city. It was so lucky for my husband and I as it was our 18th Wedding Anniversary on the 26^th, our last day of an excellent weekend.

7^TH GERMANY 7 points (Handstrip 1 – Scissoring 1 – Spaniel 1 – Poodle 4)