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In 1963, in Estoril/Portugal a plan was The NVOW* was not always a member.
presented. A permanent membership was The most active period was from 1964
out of the question but as a compensation when we joined as a member again, by
a FCI committee for Sighthounds was the encouragement of our (once again)
founded (Commission des Lévriers or CdL) chairman since 1963 Han Jüngeling. He
with a member from each UICL country became a UICL board member, was
and one of the members was allowed to president of the CdL and out of that
take place in the FCI standard committee. position he was also in the FCI standard
After 40-year of FCI membership this was committee, till his death in 1973. He
over, although the UICL as an organization judged very regularly at UICL shows.
still existed. The headings on letters were Worth mentioning is for sure that the
for example “UICL” followed by “FCI- CdL membership on behalf of the
Netherlands, by nomination of the
sighthound committee”. The first Dutch Dutch Kennel Club, came into the hands
member in this committee was the well of our member Ed Grevelt in 1983. He
known Whippet owner, Mr. J. Hugenholz. was chosen president of this FCI
committee and he fulfilled this function
until 1997. Another member of ours,
Gerard Jipping, was also a member of
the CdL sometime later.
The beautiful UICL certificate of “Beauty and Performance”.
