My friend who was interested in attending the Spinone Seminar in the North East scheduled for next week has heard a rumour that as it is not being organised by the breed club and dosen`t have their backing that it will not be recognised or fulfil the criteria asked for by the club. Does anyone know whether it has to be a breed club run seminar to count when applying to get on the judges list.It will be a long way to travel for her, and anexpensive waste of time if it dosen`t.

I got the info for this along with membership stuff etc off North of Eng. HPR and as far as I can see it is breed specific and will cover what is needed to judge the breed.
There is an exam at the end for those wishing to take it, others can just watch and learn and all of the speakers award CCs in the breed.
Hope this helps, I would still suggest that you contact the organiser, if you join then I will be happy to PM you her contact details.
Emily