GROOMANIA 2018 Program EN

Europe’s biggest educational professional grooming event!

Kortrijk Xpo Meeting Center, Doorniksesteenweg 216, Belgium

Sarah Odette Genova, Best Groomer Groomania 2017

WIN A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS!

The Best Groomer will win a trip to the Superzoo grooming competition and pet trade show in LAS VEGAS and is sponsored by Superzoo and Transgroom!

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL GROOMING COMPETITION

top seminars, workshops, mini tradeshow, kids competition, modeldogs and much more...

PROGRAM 2018 - ENGLISH

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BATHING AREA FOR DOGS

We have a full installed bathing area to your disposal which is open on Saturday from 7 am to 6 pm and on Sunday from 7am to 3pm.

FREE DOG SITTER

Bring your dog, together with his cage and our professional Dog Sitter will take care of your dogs while you attend seminars, compete in the competition or go to the party on Saturday evening. The Dog Sitter can be found in the reception area in a separate room. This service is free, there is no need to pre-register.

It is absolutely forbidden to leave any dog in any vehicle at any time during Groomania.

Dog Sitter opening hours Saturday from 8am until 12pm Sunday from 8am until 6pm

SOLO CLIPPERS COMPETITION

This is a challenge for the trendy groomers who can style any breed using only clippers. The hair may be lifted with combs or fingers and any kind of clippers with or without snap on combs is allowed. Scissors are not allowed during this competition, after the competition ends the competitors can have 10 minutes to use the scissors for tidying and finishing touches. You will be disqualified if you use the scissors during the competition! (Open to all breeds)

SEMINARS

We listened to your feedback and made some changes to our seminar setup: - This year every seminar and speaker will have its’ own dedicated room to keep things close and personal - The spoken language will be mostly English (unless told otherwise) and will not be translated to guarantee a more natural flow during the session.

- Asking questions during or after the seminar is always possible and advisable!

- During registration, let us know which one of the seminars you will most likely attend to so we can act accordingly.

- Discrete switching between rooms remains possible and first come, first serve will apply to guarantee yourself a seat.

We believe the above will remove unnecessary distractions and will bring even more quality to the table!

INTERVIEW WITH A GROOMER

This new feature for Groomania 2018 is an opportunity to learn more about some of the best groomers in the world and how they became the experts they are today. These informal interviews led by Kitty and featuring one of several top groomers and will focus on how they built their business, how they developed their techniques and what advice they can offer to anyone starting out as a groomer along with tips and tricks to help you develop your existing grooming business. More specific information will be available soon……watch this space!

WIN A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS

The Best Groomer will win a trip to the Superzoo grooming competition and pet trade show in LAS VEGAS and is sponsored by Superzoo and Transgroom. Return flights will be paid by Transgroom and Superzoo will offer 4 nights hotel accommodation with free entry to the show, the educational seminars and competition registration. The Best all round Groomer is the individual competitor who by winning in the 4 official categories gains the most points. In all categories the judging system is based on points. Each judge awards the competitors 10 points for the first place, 8 points for the second, 6 points for the third and 4 points for the fourth in each class.

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GROOMANIA BEST IN SHOW

Who will be Best In Show 2018?

Register at www.groomania.be

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Programme is subject to change

WORLD CLASS SEMINARS SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER Tony Zhu

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Creative/ Traditional/Student

1

Paola Acco

EN

Commercial

Bichon

2

Anna Bardysheva

EN

Commercial

Yorkshire Terrier

Clayton Muniz

EN

Commercial

Poodle

4

Allison Foley

EN

Show

D

Sonia Luengo

EN

Interview with a groomer

5

Martial Carre

FR

Commercial

Cairn Terrier

6

Sylvie Aelvoet

EN

Commercial

Cats

Rony Demunter

EN

Show

8

Anna Bardysheva

EN

Commercial

C

Paola Acco

EN

Interview with a groomer

Tony Zhu

EN

Creative/ Traditional/Student

Sylvie Aelvoet

EN

Commercial

Cats

Anna Bardysheva

EN

Commercial

Old English sheepdog

Tony Zhu

EN

Creative

Allison Foley

EN

Show

Linda Barker, Rony De Munter, Umberto Lehmannn

EN

Educational

Tony Zhu

EN

Creative/ Traditional/Student

13

Linda Barker

EN

Commercial

Labradoodle

14

Peter Ensel

EN

Commercial

Commercial Handstripping

Umberto Lehmann

EN

Commercial

New Foundlander

Allison Foley

EN

Show

Poodle Clinique

Creative

Modeldog Kids

B1

3

7

B2

09:00 - 12:00

10.00 - 11.45

13.00 - 14.45

14:00 - 17:00

9 10 B

15.00 - 16.45

12 A

15:00 - 17:00

Modeldog Workshop at competition ring

Poodle Clinique How to become a grooming star

Fox Terrier English Cocker

Modeldog Workshop at competition ring

Creative Modeldog Poodle Clinique Free Workshop Beginners at competition ring

SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER B3

15

09:00 - 12:00

10.00 - 11.45

16

volunteers

Modeldog Workshop at competition ring

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

17

Kristin Buyle

EN

Show

18

Kitty Ponnet

EN

Commercial

Giant Schnauzer

Lisette Decauwer

EN

Commercial

West Highland White

20

Ilse Frenk-Kleton

EN

Commercial

Mixed Breed Commercial

E

Gia Anslin

EN

Interview with a groomer

Tony Zhu

EN

Creative/ Traditional/Student

21

Biagio Cellamare

EN

Show

22

Kitty Ponnet

EN

Commercial

Spanish Waterdog

Gia Anslin

EN

Commercial

Saving time with universal combs

24

Allison Foley

EN

Show

F

Peter Ensel

EN

Interview with a groomer

19

B4

23

13.00 - 14.45

14:00 - 17:00

15.00 - 16.45

Saving time with universal combs

Modeldog Workshop at competition ring American Cocker

Poodle Clinique

Programme is subject to change

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

GROOMANIA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

08:30

prejudging

09:00 - 11:30

handstripping

09:00 - 11:30

beginners

15:00 free workshop beginners

11:50

nominations finalists

best makeover Saturday morning handstripping beginners

13:30 - 14:00

prejudging

14:00 - 16:30

pure breeds

14:00 - 16:30

mixed, miscellaneous & salon

15:00 - 17:00

Free Workshop Beginners

17:00

nominations finalists

best makeover Saturday afternoon pure breeds mixed, miscellaneous & salon

17:15

presentation of prizes

best makeover Saturday beginners mixed, miscellaneous & salon

Peter Ensel, Rony De Munter, Martial Carre Romana Kania, Linda Barker, Umberto Lehmann

Romana Kania, Ilse Frenk-Kleton, Paola Acco Peter Ensel, Biagio Cellamare Linda Barker, Rony De Munter, Umberto Lehmann

President of the judges - Umberto Lehmann

*The Best In Show will be chosen from the 8 first placed class winners from the official categories. **The Best all round Groomer is the individual competitor who through winning in different classes gains the most points. ***The Best Makeover is the individual who makes the biggest improvement in the dogs appearance between the before and after as well as the best groomed dog.

SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

GROOMANIA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

08:30

prejudging

09:00 - 11:30

solo clipper class

Romana Kania, Ilse Frenk-Kleton, Martial Carre

09:00 - 11:30

spaniels & setters

Rony De Munter, Paola Acco, Biagio Cellamare

09:00 - 11:30

modeldogs kids

09:00 - 12:00

modeldogs workshop

11:40

presentation of prizes

modeldogs kids

11:50

nominations finalists

best makeover Sunday morning solo clipper class spaniels & setters

13:30 - 14:00

prejudging

14:00 - 16:30

toy, miniature & medium size poodles standard poodles

14:00 - 16:30

intermediate

17:00

17:15

volunteers Tony Zhu

Romana Kania, Linda Barker, Paola Acco Rony De Munter, Umberto Lehmann, Martial Carre

nominations finalists

best makeover Sunday afternoon toy, miniature & medium size poodles standard poodles intermediate

presentation of prizes

solo clippers challenge intermediate handstripping pure breeds spaniels & setters toy, miniature & medium size poodles standard poodles best makeover Saturday & Sunday Richard Barker Trophy best groomer best in show

President of the judges - Umberto Lehmann

MEET OUR SEMINAR SPEAKERS & JUDGES Allison Foley

Biagio Cellamare

SPONSORED BY:

Canada

SPONSORED BY:

Italy SPEAKER

JUDGE & SPEAKER

After her first handling experience when she was 7 years old, she won more than 550 ‘Best in Shows’ with various breeds, but Poodles are her passion. Because she has been a professional handler since 1987 and she writes for several dog magazines worldwide, she has a wealth of knowledge and a whimsical view on life that she brings to her demo’s.

Biagio Cellamare is an Italian handler and Groomer who specialises in breeding, grooming and handling poodles. He brought up a lot of champions in dog shows and won more than once “Best Italian Groomer”!

He grooms and handles all breeds from the groups 1,2,3,8,9 and 10.

4 POODLE CLINIQUE

According to Biagio a professional groomer needs to have the ability to groom a dog in an elegant way, where the positive points of the dog are emphasized and the bad characteristics are camouflaged, and this with a natural finish.

How many times do we have a chance to spend a full weekend learning from one of the top best poodle handlers in the whole World? Allison explains the different hair styles popular for grooming competition and conformation shows and why different trims look better on different body types.

12 POODLE CLINIQUE

21 AMERICAN COCKER

If you are looking to find out how to groom this breed with more elegance than this is the place to be. Come and learn from this world famous top Groomer.

To obtain a perfect result, it’s all about conditioning the Poodle coat. Allison will show you the different techniques and products to use in between 2 shows, before the show, after the show and during the shows. She will tell you all the secrets during this interesting demo.

Clayton Muniz Brazil

16 POODLE CLINIQUE

The topknot is the most important part of the poodle. It is the iconic trademark that sets them apart. Allison shows different banding techniques for topknots and a spray up demonstration. She shows how to build a topknot using basic steps that can be adjusted to suit your poodles unique conformation.

24 POODLE CLINIQUE

Demonstration of the continental trim the continental broken down step by step.

Come and see this master at work while she will use her 31 years’ experience to show you how she prepares her poodle in a Continental clip for the dog show. Allison will explain how her scissoring techniques help her to achieve a balanced result.

Anna Bardysheva

SPONSORED BY:

Russia

SPEAKER

Since his teenage years Clayton worked with pets in the Vet Hospital. For over 22 years the art of grooming has been his passion.

In 2006 he startet competing and won a lot of medals in Super Zoo, Best in Shows, competed in the World Championship in Italy,…

Nowadays he has his own shop, Super Pets, and lives in America with his family, Toy Poodle and Bichon Frisé.

3 POODLE

Working fast and efficiently in a grooming salon is an absolute must for making money! Stop your unnecessary scissoring (time is money! ) and come and see how Clayton can style with quick and ease. Snap on combs can save’s so much precious time but if not used properly they can quickly destroy your plans and give you so much more scissoring work! Clayton will show you different techniques to go fast and efficient and create beautiful and elegant poodles.

Gia Anslin

SPONSORED BY:

France SPEAKER

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”.

2 YORKSHIRE TERRIER

As a perfectionist and one of the best groomers in the world, Anna will teach you all about grooming the York. How to work faster with a better result? Speed = Profit. What are the latest techniques? How to style the head? Don’t miss this demo!

8 ENGLISH COCKER

With the English Cocker as her favorite breed, Anna will show you how to get a fantastic result in a short amount of time. Even for the day to day dogs in the grooming salon it’s possible to receive the perfect profile and expression using the right tools, some tricks and the right scissoring techniques.

10 OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG

SPONSORED BY:

Anna Bardysheva will show you how to turn a bobtail, that just looks like a big hairy dog, into a beautiful, stylish and artistic creation by using lots of scissoring techniques and her own creativity.

SPEAKER

Gia Anslin started learning grooming after getting a maltese. This motivated groomer started her own shop in April 2004 and has been competing quite successfully since 2007. After winning several golden medals in different classes all over Europe, Gia’s next challenge is to start competing in ‘spaniel and setter class’, where she will undoubtedly also reach the top.

23 SAVING TIME WITH UNIVERSAL COMBS

Shave 15 minutes time of each scissor dog you do with snap on combs and reduce hand fatigue. This easy speed grooming will help you to work faster and more efficient, these wonderful tools will help you even for making sure all the dog is nicely balanced. See how Gia will demonstrate with different combs to style the different lengths on the coat.

You will experience that only the finishing needs to be done with scissors.

Just make sure you use a few simple rules to make this super quick technique work for you and enhance your profitability and efficiency.

Prepare and come to see this 1:45 minutes demonstration full of fast forward grooming techniques.

Ilse Frenk-Kleton

Linda Barker

SPONSORED BY:

The Netherlands

SPONSORED BY:

Great Britain JUDGE & SPEAKER

Ilse has been a groomer for over 30 years and she has a grooming salon in Amerongen, the Netherlands. She loves to share her passion for dog grooming and has won different grooming competitions. Apart from her daily grooming activities, she’s a teacher and course leader in dog grooming at the Course center Pet care Barneveld and she gives training tests at the “Huisdier Kennis Instituut”.

20 MIXED BREED COMMERCIAL

World Class groomer Ilse Kleton will show you during this demonstration how beautiful and unique a Mixed Breed dog can be scissored and styled in a practical and maintainable coat length.

JUDGE & SPEAKER

Linda is an driven dog groomer with a big hart for animals. Even when she was little Poodles were a big part of her life, as for showing Poodles.

Unexpectedly she entered the dog grooming business, with success. She won a lot of Poodle classes and Best in Show’s.

13 LABRADOODLE

Due to its popularity, the Labradoodle is a common guest in the grooming salon. The commercial Trim needs to be practical and easy to maintain for the owner. Come and enjoy this demo where the standards of this breed and the customers wishes are most important.

A real winner when it comes to accurate and commercial work !!

Rony Demunter

Lisette Decauwer

SPONSORED BY:

Belgium

SPONSORED BY:

Belgium JUDGE & SPEAKER

Rony De Munter is a world famous breeder, groomer and handler of Fox Terriërs. With his unique breeding line and kennel “Van Foliny Home” he created a top level bloodline with world class. After having won a lot of titles here and abroad, he won ‘Best Terriër’ of the group with one of his dogs at Crufts 2014 and competed at the same show for ‘Best in Show’.

Rony also gives coarses about terriërs and teaches groomers in many different schools in Belgium. He is a famous all round jury member at grooming events. Not only Rony but also his partner Dieny Uiterwijk has won ‘Best in Show’ in the past at the world famous dog show Crufts.

7 FOX TERRIER

Topbreeder of the Fox Terrier Rony De Munter will teach you everything you need to know about the stripping of a Fox Terrier. How do we get the right finishing touch? What to do in case of a short head? How to prepare the Fox for a competition? What equipment can we use? All those questions will be answered.

SPEAKER

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.

19 WEST HIGHLAND WHITE

Come and let Lisette master specialist and top Westy breeder guide you with easy tips and tricks that will help you groom the Westy in your salon.

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 profile look shorter and more elegant. This demo is highly recommended - don’t miss this opportunity!

Martial Carre

SPONSORED BY:

France

Kristin Buyle

SPONSORED BY:

Belgium

SPEAKER

Kristin Buyle has been a breeder of the Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers ‘From Kizzy’s Paradise’ for 15 years and has grown to become the absolute top breeder of this beautiful breed.

Her ‘From Kizzy’s Paradise’ Wheatens achieve excellent results on show and have a lot of titles on their list.

In addition, Kristin has been a dog groomer for 31 years, and has therefore deepened the cutting of the Irish Soft Coated Wheaten terrier at top level with great results. 5 times gold, 3 times silver, 1 time bronze and winner of the coveted Richard Barker trophy. She also represented Belgium at the World Championships in Milan and Belgium with her Irish Soft Coated Wheaten terrier.

JUDGE & SPEAKER

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

5 CAIRN TERRIER

During the demonstration Martial will show you the different techniques to use on a Cairn Terrier to make the coat look natural. Using shears if out of the question while grooming this breed. Once you learn how simple you can maintain this coat to stay clean all year round it’s time to sell this service to your customers.

Paola Acco Italy

She can therefore call herself a race specialist of the Irish Soft Coated Wheaten terrier without blushing.

She attaches great importance to the right products, material an cutting technique, taking into account the different coat types of this breed.

17 SOFT COATED WHEATEN TERRIER

Come and join us at Groomania to see this top breeder and award winning groomer at work and witnes how Kristin styles and transforms the Soft Coated Wheaten Terriër in a winning and very perfect proportiond way.

Kristin will show and share with you all her techniques and tell you where you need to pay attention to when cutting, thinning and shaving this extremely beautiful breed.

SPONSORED BY:

JUDGE & SPEAKER

Paola is very experienced in grooming and knows the dogbusiness very well. She won countless titles: Best in Show, Italian Champion, has won medals all over Europe and the USA,… She has her own grooming school, gives seminars and demonstrations, organizes the Italian Championship and is an all round Judge for the EGA.

1 BICHON

The bichon is THE styling challenge for groomers! Since Paola has been the reference for styling Bichons, 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!

INTERVIEW WITH A GROOMER

Peter Ensel

SPONSORED BY:

Great Britain

Tony Zhu

SPONSORED BY:

China JUDGE & SPEAKER

Peter has been a breeder of more than 10 different breeds. He has multiple homebred champions in mini Bulls, Kerry’s and Lakie’s. In 2017 he won group 4 in the Terrier group at Crufts. After being in the British Junior team and the groom team England, he’s now an EGA Judge.

14 COMMERCIAL HANDSTRIPPING

Peter loves to keep the Terrier look. In his salon he makes a perfect combination of hand stripping, clipping and scissoring. This is the perfect balanced combination for the commercial grooming, giving the customers the opportunity to choose which way their dog is groomed and keep the customers happy.

INTERVIEW WITH A GROOMER

Romana Kania

11 CREATIVE MODELDOG

During every competition at Groomania we will have a Model Dog workshop to give the students the opportunity to practice their knowledge on a Model Dog with the help of a top groomer.

SPONSORED BY:

Czech Republic

JUDGE

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.

Sylvie Aelvoet

SPEAKER

This famous groomer and breeder has won multiple awards and titles in both grooming competitions and in dog shows all over the globe. In 2013, Tony & David Song founded the Groom Team China (GTC) and began as the Team leader to elect the best groomers in China by running the Groom Team China Qualification Shows, and leading them to attend the Top Grooming Shows in Spain, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and Belgium.

Tony has been invited as the grooming contest judge, grooming speaker and demonstrator by many countries, and has led seminars all around China to educate groomers and to promote the grooming industry in China.

SPONSORED BY:

Tony will guide you step by step how to create elegance and the perfect cut. You can choose between a Poodle or a Bichon Frisé. The Model Dog replay is a mannequin that’s easy and fast to comb. You can simply take of the coat and start over on a new coat, that’s why we call it Model Dog Replay.

How do you register? After the registration on our website www.groomania. be, you send a mail to info@groomania.com telling what dog you would like to groom, a Poodle or a Bichon. In that way we can provide you with the right Model Dog. Tony will help you during the grooming and will tell you all his grooming secrets. There’s no better learning school. After the Workshop all students receive a certificat. This certificat gives you the perfect image, publicity and shows your customers you’re willing to keep learning. We only allow small groups of 10 per Workshop so don’t hesitate and register NOW! The Workshops will take place on Saturdaymorning, Saturdayafternoon, Sundaymorning and Sundayafternoon.

Belgium

SPEAKER 6 CATS

Be inspired by Catcoach Sylvie from MEOWdeluxe. She will tell you all you need to know about cats. How to maintain the coat, nails and teeth but she will also talk about the temperament of the cat, how to deal with senior cats, how bathe, demat cats and to use the right tools.

9 CATS

Sylvie Aelvoet from MEOWdeluxe will give you all the info you need to take care of the daily coat care of a Persian Cat AND the total grooming in the grooming salon. This demo will give you the opportunity for you to teach your customers and sell them professional tools. You might be amassed how much profit you can make.

Sonia Luengo

SPONSORED BY:

Spain

INTERVIEW WITH A GROOMER

Sonia changed her carreer from hairdresser to doggroomer in 2011. Now she’s a member of the Artero Creative Team and she has won muliple medals in Europe and the USA. Her grooming salon Que Pelos is one of the beste salons in Spain. She also teaches at Artero X-Perience.

INTERVIEW WITH A GROOMER How to become a grooming star

MEMORIAL RICHARD BARKER TROPHY Richard Barker was universally admired and loved by all who knew him and regarded him as a friend.

He was a multiple grooming contest winner. His many wins included best in shows and the International Groomer of the year title.

Richard was a kind, thoughtful and extremely intelligent man with a wonderful sense of humour and great enthusiasm for everything he did. It was a privilege to have known Richard Barker, his infectious humour will be long remembered and he is sadly missed by all his friends around the world.

The special Richard Barker commemorative Trophy will be awarded to the best groomer, chosen by Mrs. Linda Barker or by a friend chosen by Linda.

GROOMERS UNITED, KNOWLEDGE SHARED!

This trophy will be given to the Best Groomer, according to Mrs. Linda Barker or Richards’ closest friends. The cup itself will be engraved and must be returned before Groomania 2019.

Kitty Dekeersgieter

SPONSORED BY:

Belgium

ORGANISER

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.

Kitty Ponnet

Umberto Lehmann

SPONSORED BY:

Belgium

SPONSORED BY:

Spain ORGANISER & SPEAKER

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

18 GIANT SCHNAUZER

This demonstration Show’s you a different way of working. Not as it should be but a beauty to behold !

22 SPANISH WATERDOG

The Spanish water dog has become a real hype in the grooming shop, Kitty explains step by step how to style this breed in to a true work of art.

If you want to transform this breed and crate beautiful results don’t miss this seminar with Kitty.

PRESIDENT OF THE JUDGES

In 1985 he started giving formation and specialization courses in his grooming school. From 1985 – 2001 he won several medals al around the world in all groups. In 2001 he got second place in the World Team Championship with the European Team. Umberto judged in more than 250 competitions, gave more than 350 demonstrations and was International Groomer of the Year 1987. Now he’s Oster Ambassador and President of the EGA.

15 NEW FOUNDLANDER

Preparing a Newfy for show is really very easy for Umberto.

He is asked by breed clubs from all over the world to demonstrate this breed because he really knows this breed in and out. He will show you how he scissors and styles, what he considers important and how he deals with our friendly but heavy bears-like Newfy.

Make sure you’re there!

Looking for a hotel to stay?

Programme is subject to change. For more rules and extra information visit www.groomania.be

All the hotels on our website are dog friendly!

Learn from the best and become the best!

Go to www.groomania.be/info-hotels

PRIZES TO WIN Saturday 29 September PLACE

CLASS

1

Best Makeover 29 September

SPONSOR

1 2

PRIZES TO WIN To be announced WAHL KM10

Beginners

3

WAHL Creativa WAHL Vetiva Mini

First 15 competitors receive a Wahl Grooming Bag with apron, Blade Ice and Oil 1 2 3

Mixed Breeds & Miscellaneous/ Salon

ANDIS Pulse ZR II ANDIS BDC Endurance clipper ANDIS LCL Pulse Li 5

*The Best In Show will be chosen from the 10 first placed class winners from the official categories. **The Best all round Groomer is the individual competitor who by winning in the 4 official categories gains the most points. ***The Best Makeover is the individual who makes the biggest improvement in the dogs appearance between the before and after as well as the best groomed dog.

PRIZES TO WIN PLACE

CLASS Modeldog Kids

SPONSOR

Sunday 30 September PRIZES TO WIN Medal

1 2

Solo Clipper Class

3 1 2

KOMMER BIOPHARM Aesculap Favorita II Intermediate

3

KOMMER BIOPHARM Aesculap Exacta

1 2

KOMMER BIOPHARM Aesculap Akkurata

To be announced Open Class Handstripping

To be announced

3

To be announced

1

CROWN ROYALE 1 of each of the Grooming Powders, Biovite Shampoo #3 3,8 L, Magic Touch #3 Concentrate

2

Champion Class Handstripping

CROWN ROYALE 1 of each of the Grooming Powders, Biovite Shampoo #3 473 ml, Magic Touch #3 Concentrate

3

CROWN ROYALE 1 of each of the Grooming Powders, Biovite Shampoo #3 473 ml, Magic Touch #3 RTU

1

PET SILK Gallon Moisturizing Shampoo/Gallon Brazilian Keratin Shampoo/Moisturizing Conditioner/4oz Liquid Silk Serum/16oz Brazilian Crème Conditioner

2

Open Class Pure Breeds

3

PET SILK Gallon Moisturizing Shampoo/2oz Liquid Silk Serum/4oz Rainforest Cologne

1 2

PET SILK Gallon Moisturizing Shampoo/Gallon Moisturizing Conditioner/4oz Liquid Silk Serum/4oz Rainforest Cologne

RINALDO FRANCO Hydra+ 1L/Nutri+1L/Silk+ 1L/Fixing and Form Champion Class Pure Breeds

RINALDO FRANCO Hydra+ 1L /Volume+ 1L/Silk+ 1L/ Fixing

3

RINALDO FRANCO Hydra+ 1L/ Derma+ 1L/ Silk+ 1L

1

BIO GROOM Super White Gallon/Protein Lanolin Gallon/Groom ‘n Fresh Cologne 8oz/Waterless Bath 16oz

2

Open Class Spaniels & Setters

BIO GROOM Indulge Gallon/Groom ‘n Fresh Cologne 8oz/Waterless Bath 6oz

3

BIO GROOM Indulge Spray with Argan oil 12oz/Grom ‘n Fresh Cologne 8oz/Waterless Bath 16oz

1

HYDRA Xtreme Shampoo 1L + Odor Neutralizing Shampoo 1L + Flash Thermo Active Mask 900g + Ultra Dematting and Finishing Spray 450ml

2

Champion Class Spaniels & Setters

HYDRA Odor Neutralizing Shampoo 1L + Flash Thermo Active Mask 900g + Ultra Dematting and Finishing Spray 450ml

3

HYDRA Odor Neutralizing Shampoo 1L + Ultra Dematting and Finishing Spray 450ml

1

CHRIS CHRISTENSEN SYSTEMS Bottoms Up 473ml/Clean Start 3,8L/After Bathe 3,8L/Spectrum 10 Hypro Pac/Thick n Thicker Spray/Big G

2

Open Class Toy, Miniature & Medium Size Poodle

CHRIS CHRISTENSEN SYSTEMS Bottoms Up 473ml/Clean Start 473ml/After Bathe 473ml/Spectrum 10 Hypro Pac/Thick n Thicker Spray/Big G

3 1 2 3

Champion Class Toy, Miniature & Medium Size Poodle

1 2

CHRIS CHRISTENSEN SYSTEMS Bottoms Up 473ml/Clean Start 3,8L/After Bathe 473ml/Spectrum 10 Hypro Pac/Thick n Thicker Spray/Big G

OSTER PRO3000i clipper li-ion + metal comb set OSTER A6 Slim + Metal Comb set OSTER Pro 600i + Metal Comb set HEINIGER Saphir Clipper

Open Class Standard Poodle

HEINIGER Saphir Clipper

3

HEINIGER Saphir Clipper

1

ARTERO Relax 5L/ Podium Dry/ Podium Strong/ Static/ Speed/ Flash/ Matt-x/ Oil Fresh/ Keratin 100ML

2

Champion Class Standard Poodle

ARTERO Relax 5L/ Podium Dry/ Podium Strong/ Static/ Speed/ Flash/ Matt-x/ Oil Fresh/ Keratin 100ML ARTERO Relax 5L/ Podium Dry/ Podium Strong/ Static/ Speed/ Flash/ Matt-x/ Oil Fresh/ Keratin 100ML

3 Best Makeover 30 September

To be announced

Special Richard Barker

Trophy (this is a special challenge cup and must be returned for Groomania 2019)

Best Groomer

Trip to the Superzoo grooming competition and pet trade show in LAS VEGAS. Return flights will be paid by Transgroom and Superzoo will offer 4 nights hotel accommodation with free entry to the show, the educational seminars and competition registration + 2 concert tickets

Best In Show

DOUBLE K Airmax Dryer

PRICES

For the competitions we have a limited number of dogs available for rent direct from the breeders. Contact us by email as soon as possible to avoid disappointment - info@groomania.be

COMPETITIONS

Ref.

VISITORS HAVE FREE ENTRY TO THE COMPETITIONS

Normal price

Handstripping Saturday

Open Class

GMCOMP01

€ 65

Handstripping Saturday

Champion Class

GMCOMP02

€ 65

Pure Breeds Saturday

Open Class

GMCOMP03

€ 65

Pure Breeds Saturday

Champion Class

GMCOMP04

€ 65

Spaniels & Setters Sunday

Open Class

GMCOMP05

€ 65

Spaniels & Setters Sunday

Champion Class

GMCOMP06

€ 65

Poodles Toy, Miniature & Medium Size Sunday

Open Class

GMCOMP07

€ 65

Poodles Toy, Miniature & Medium Size Sunday

Champion Class

GMCOMP08

€ 65

Poodles Standard Sunday

Open Class

GMCOMP15

€ 65

Poodles Standard Sunday

Champion Class

GMCOMP19

€ 65

Mixed Breeds Saturday

Competition

GMCOMP09

€ 65

Modeldogs Kids Sunday

Competition

GMCOMP11

€0

Beginners Saturday + free workshop

Competition

GMCOMP12

€ 55

Intermediate Sunday

Competition

GMCOMP14

€ 65

Solo Clipper Challenge

Competition

GMCOMP16

€ 65

Modeldog Workshops

Workshop

GMCOMP20

FREE

*Prices are incl. VAT - Professionals can reclaim VAT in their country of origin

SEMINARS

Ref.

Normal price

VIP WEEKEND: All seminars & Dinner Saturday

GMSEM7GB

€ 260

Saturday Morning Seminars 10:00 - 12:00 + Tradeshow

GMSEM6GB

€ 59

Saturday Afternoon Seminars 13:00 - 15:00 + Tradeshow

GMSEM8GB

€ 59

Saturday Afternoon Seminars 15:00 - 17:00 + Tradeshow

GMSEM10GB

€ 59

Saturday All Seminars 09:00 - 18:00 + Tradeshow

GMSEM9GB

€ 120

Sunday Morning Seminars 10:00 - 12:00 + Tradeshow

GMSEM3GB

€ 59

Sunday Afternoon Seminars 13:00 - 15:00 + Tradeshow

GMSEM4GB

€ 59

Sunday Afternoon Seminars 15:00 - 17:00 + Tradeshow

GMSEM11GB

€ 59

Sunday All Seminars 09:00 - 18:00 + Tradeshow

GMSEM2GB

€ 120

*Prices are incl. VAT - Professionals can reclaim VAT in their country of origin

Free Dog sitter

€0

GROOMANIA DINNER PARTY

Normal price

Saturday Evening 19:30 - 21:45 Dinner (Dresscode: Rockabilly) 21:45 - ... Dance with liveband Green Onions

€ 58

Closing date for entries is Sunday 24/09/2018. After this date, prices will increase by 20%, which is the “on the door” price.

*Drinks are included until coffee is served

GROOMANIA DINNER PARTY

Come to our fun and famous dinner party and let us entertain you!

Please inform us on allergies or dietary requirements at the time of booking.

PAYMENT METHODS

Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Bancontact, home banking (Dexia Netbanking, ING Homepay en KBC Online), iDEAL & PayPal

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GROOMANIA 29&30 SEPTEMBER 2018

Europe’s biggest educational professional grooming event!

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