Dear Rottweiler Friends,

We were shocked to hear that Dirk Vandecasteele had to step down from his position as IFR President with immediate effect due to health reasons.

The IFR family wishes Dirk all the strength he needs to fight this difficult illness as successfully as possible.

A tribute to Dirk Vandecasteele for his great achievements for the Rottweiler dog will follow at a later date. At this moment our thoughts are with Dirk, and we wish him all the best from the bottom of our hearts.

In the name of the IFR board and the whole IFR family

Walter Horn

Acting IFR President

Im Namen des ADRK und natürlich auch ganz persönlich möchte ich Dirk Vandecasteele eine positive Entwicklung seiner gesundheitlichen Probleme von Herzen wünschen. Für alles, was er zugunsten des Rottweilers und dessen Freunde getan hat, sei ihm in höchstem Maße gedankt. Wir alle hoffen inständig auf eine Genesung und darauf, wieder gemeinsam Aktivitäten nachgehen zu können.

Peter Friedrich

On behalf of the ADRK and of course also very personally I would like to wish Dirk Vandecasteele a positive development of his health problems from the bottom of my heart. For everything he has done for the benefit of the Rottweiler and its friends, he is thanked in the highest degree. We all hope fervently for a recovery and to be able to pursue activities together again.

Peter Friedrich

IFR World Championships IGP and IFH + Meeting of Delegates

As we know, the IFR World Championships 2023 IGP and IFH will be organized by our Friends from Czech Republik.

We hear that all is on schedule.     All updates can be found via :

• website on the event : https://www.ifr2023.cz/
• websiteof the Czech Rottweiler Club : https://rkcr.cz/
• Facebook page of the Czech Rottweiler Club : https://www.facebook.com/strankaRKCR

All Delegates have received in invitation for the Meeting of Delegates.

We look forward to another great event and to meet you all again in large numbers !

IFR World Winners 2023

IFR Junior World Winner 2023 female :

DARKARMAR SELENE : KC AY10802409 - id : 941000026281535 née le 19/10/2021 ((CH) GASTON EARL ANTONIUS x DARKARMAR IM STILL STANDING) Prod : Mme ROWARTH M., Prop : M. Mme MULHALL Glynn et Jayne

IFR Junior World Winner 2023 male :

TORINO VON DER TALPLATZ : JR 733475Rw - id : 688052000221275 né le 07/06/2022 (ODIN VOM GROSSEN TAL x KIJA VON DER TALPLATZ) Prod et prop : M. ZDRALOVIC Aleksanda

IFR WORLD WINNER 2023 Male :

ERON TEREZSKY DVUR : CMKU 702310RW - id : 953010001595277 né le 14/04/2018 (ANTONY VOM CARRABA HAUS x TODI TERESKY DVUR) Prod : M. KAREL Franck, Prop : M. GONZALES Mathieu.

IFR WORLD WINNER 2023 female :

REA VON DER AVA-FORST : JR 730682 - id : 688010000151504 née le 22/05/2021 (SRECKO TIMIT-TOR x NORA VON DER AVA-FORST) Prod : MmM. LATINOVIC Ljuba et Mira, Prop : M. LJUBA LATINOVIC Ljuba.

IFR - annual meeting of judges : 53 judges - 20 countries

We started organizing these meetings in 2009 (Borken-Burlo - Germany).  This year it was organized on 14.04.2023, on the eve of the 2023 IFR World Winner Show in France.   

All judges that are mentionned on our IFR-website were informed and all Delegates were requested to pass the invitation to all judges in their country that are licenced to judge the Rottweiler.   

Not less than 53 judges from 20 different countries announced their presence and participation to the meeting.    Some attended in person at the meeting itself, the others attended online (Teams).