Chief Judge - Dave Hanson, USA

David (Dave) G. C. Hanson is a retired Civil Engineer. He is originally from Hessle, England, in Yorkshire. He came to the States in 1983, when he and his wife Caroline married.

Dave’s second passion is Dog Agility, in which he has been training and competing since 1984. In addition to teaching classes, he has been and is a competitor with his golden retrievers. He has judged for more than twenty years at United States Dog Agility Association events and has been a co-instructor and lead instructor for USDAA's judging clinics for more than five years. He has also served as Chief Course Builder and as a member of USDAA's Grievance Committee for USDAA's annual Cynosport World Games Agility Championships since 2003. His wealth of experience gives him much on which to draw for his teaching, competing and judging.

Officiating Judge - Darcy Bennett, Canada

A native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Darcy lives with his wife Jennifer and their three current dogs. By trade a designer for relocatable buildings, he has been involved in agility since 1999, beginning his judging career in 2001 with IFCS member Agility Association of Canada. Says Darcy, I started judging with much encouragement from his wife, who he says in gest "I think she may have wanted me out of the house."

Darcy has competed at local, regional and national championship levels, and has judged several Regional championships as well as serving on the panel of judges at the AAC National Championships in 2007 and serving on its organizing committee in 2010.

Officiating Judge - Tim Laubach, USA

A tile contractor and remodeler by trade, Tim lives in San Antonio, Texas, and has been actively involved in dog agility since 1988. He began judging in 1991 with United States Dog Agility Association and has played a vital role in development of the USDAA judging corps as senior instructor of judges. He has also served as Chief Course Builder and member of USDAA's Grievance Committee for USDAA's annual Cynosport World Games Agility Championships since 2003.

Tim has trained two cattle dogs and a Shiba Inu in agility, and Labradors, cattle dogs, a springer spaniel and a miniature pinscher in obedience, which he began in 1978. Tim helped found the Bexar Regional Agility Team, the local agility club in San Antonio, with some "great local people", says Tim.

Tim says he loves judging agility for at least three reasons - seeing the results of different training methods, watching the ahtletic abilitys of the handlers and going places where I would probably not go.

Officiating Judge - Riette Mohr, South Africa

Riette Mohr, a secretary with a civil and structural engineering firm, developed an interest in dog agility in 1999 by watching sportsmen and friends in training and competing at trials. She became involved with trial administration both locally and nationally, and has served as Administrative Manager of the South African Dog Agility Association (SADAA, an IFCS member). since 2004.

She presently competes with her North American Shepherd SI-8, placing 2nd in the 2010 SADAA National trials and earned a title of Master Performance Champion in 2011, as well as a position on the South African team for the IFCS World Agility Championship in 2012. She also began competing with her second North American Shepherd Kel-C in 2010, who is now competing at the top level.

Philosophically, Riette believes that "Agility is not about what you teach your dog but what your dog teaches you. Agility is not about the perfect round, it is about the journey."

Riette was appointed judge in 2003, and promoted to senior judge status in 2004 after numerous assignments. She has judged at regional and national level throughout South Africa, as well as several special events. She is also a well-known flyball judge in South Africa.