Certified Clinicians
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2008-04-08 10:00.The WBTF’s certified clinicians are as follows:
| Judge | Country | Certification Effective/Expiry |
Short Program | |
| Beltramo, I | Italy | Jun-2002 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Bittenbender, A | USA | Aug-1999 | Jan-2010 | |
| Bos, M | Holland | Nov-2006 | Jan-2012 | |
| Butera, K | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2011 | |
| Carter, S | USA | Jul-1997 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Cooper, B | Canada | Feb-1998 | Jan-2010 | |
| DeMarchi, P | Italy | Dec-1995 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| DeRosa A | Switzerland | Jul-2002 | Jan-2012 | |
| DeVecchi, N | Italy | Dec-1995 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Forsythe, K | USA | Aug-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Garland, L | Canada | Oct-1997 | Jan-2011 | |
| Groome, G | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2011 | |
| Johnson, S | Australia | Feb-2003 | Jan-2010 | |
| Keiser, K | USA | Dec-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Kleive, E | Norway | Dec-1999 | Jan-2012 | |
| Kopas, R | Canada | Dec-1995 | Jan-2010 | |
| Kretchmer, G | Australia | Feb-2003 | Jan-2010 | |
| Kuenlin, C | Switzerland | Aug-1996 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Larson,Cameron T | Canada | Feb-1997 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Loomis, D | USA | Jan-1996 | Jan-2011 | |
| Mizuno, K | Japan | Aug-1996 | Jan-2012 | |
| Novello, S | Italy | Mar-1998 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Okoshi, T | Japan | Dec-1995 | Jan-2012 | |
| Papin, X | France | Mar-1998 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Rotteveel,W | Holland | Nov-2006 | Jan-2011 | |
| Santermans, E | Belgium | Jul-2002 | Jan-2010 | |
| Stewart, J | USA | Dec-1995 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Van den Berg, F | Holland | Jul-2002 | Jan-2012 | |
| White, D | USA | Feb-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Wiemers, S | USA | Dec-1995 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
Certified Judges
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2008-04-08 09:00.The WBTF’s certified judges are as follows:
| Judge | Country | Certification Effective/Expiry |
Short Program | |
| Behan, S | Ireland | Aug-2006 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Beltramo, I | Italy | Jun-2002 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Bittenbender, A | USA | Aug-1999 | Jan-2010 | |
| Bos, M | Holland | Nov-2006 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Burgess. M | USA | Jul-2006 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Butera, K | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Carter, S | USA | Jul-1997 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Catterin, J | Italy | Jul-2002 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Castillaz, S | Switzerland | Jul-2002 | Jan-2012 | |
| Chamberlain, J | USA | Feb-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Close, J | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Cobbett, A | England | Jan-1998 | Jan-2011 | |
| Cooper, B | Canada | Feb-1998 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Couprie, A | France | Jul-2002 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Craig, S | Scotland | Jan-1998 | Jan-2011 | |
| Cruickshank, W | Canada | Feb-1997 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| DeMarchi, P | Italy | Dec-1995 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| DeRosa A | Switzerland | Jul-2002 | Jan-2012 | |
| DeVecchi, N | Italy | Dec-1995 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Dermody, L | Canada | Feb-1997 | Jan-2009 | Yes |
| Fehres, N | Canada | Jan-2005 | Jan-2009 | Yes |
| Forsythe, K | USA | Aug-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Fujioka, H | Japan | May-2002 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Fukada, H | Japan | May-2000 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Garland, L | Canada | Oct-1997 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Groome, G | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Hannah, J | USA | Jan-2008 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Hatori, M | Japan | Jun-1998 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Iida, M | Japan | May-1997 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Ikuta, C | Japan | May-2000 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Infurnari, S | Canada | Aug-2002 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Jenkins, J | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2011 | |
| Johnson, S | Australia | Feb-2003 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Kaede,C | Japan | Oct-2005 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Katayama,M | Japan | Jun-1998 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Keiser, K | USA | Dec-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Kirihara, R | Japan | May-1997 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Kleive, E | Norway | Dec-1999 | Jan-2012 | |
| Klompenhouwer, C | Holland | Aug-1996 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Kopas, R | Canada | Dec-1995 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Koyano, C | Japan | May-2000 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Kretchmer, G | Australia | Feb-2003 | Jan-2010 | |
| Kuenlin, C | Switzerland | Aug-1996 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Kurita, A | Japan | May-2000 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Lacki, W | USA | Jul-1998 | Jan-2009 | |
| Landello, M | Italy | Mar-2006 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Larson,Cameron T | Canada | Feb-1997 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Loomis, D | USA | Jan-1996 | Jan-2011 | |
| Makino, H | Japan | May-1997 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| McAtee, D | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| McGee, R | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| McMaster, L | Canada | Jan-2005 | Aug-2011 | Yes |
| Midtun, E | Norway | Apr-2003 | Jan-2011 | |
| Mignone, K | USA | Jul-1999 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Miller, S | USA | Jul-2006 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Mizuno, K | Japan | Aug-1996 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Nagasawa, Y | Japan | May-2002 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Natsuda | Japan | Jun-1998 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Nikawa, K | Japan | Jun-1998 | Jan-2012 | |
| Novello, S | Italy | Mar-1998 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Ogden, K | USA | Feb-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Okoshi, T | Japan | Dec-1995 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Papin, X | France | Mar-1998 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Parsley, K | USA | Jan-2001 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Perkins, L | USA | Jul-2002 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Prade, S | Italy | Jun-2002 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Remacha, M | Spain | Jan-2003 | Jan-2010 | |
| Rotteveel,W | Holland | Nov-2006 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Rousset, B | France | Jan-2008 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Sakuma, K | Japan | May-2002 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Salaet, C | Spain | Feb-2003 | Jan-2010 | |
| Sano, K | Japan | Oct-2005 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Santermans, E | Belgium | Jul-2002 | Jan-2010 | |
| Shimozato, S | Japan | Jun-1998 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Slagle, K | USA | Dec-1998 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Stevens, A | Holland | Aug-1996 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Stewart, J | USA | Dec-1995 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Stine, Gjortz | Norway | Mar-2008 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Strachan, L | Canada | Jan-2004 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Sulebak, A | Norway | Apr-2003 | Jan-2011 | |
| Taylor, A | USA | Aug-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Tou, Janne | Norway | Mar-2008 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Tou, Lene | Norway | Mar-2008 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Van den Berg, F | Holland | Jul-2002 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Wangensteen, A | Norway | Apr-2003 | Jan-2011 | |
| Wada, M | Japan | Jun-1998 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Watabe, M | Japan | May-1997 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Watanabe, H | Japan | Aug-2004 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| White, D | USA | Feb-1996 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Wiemers, S | USA | Dec-1995 | Jan-2010 | Yes |
| Yogo, T | Japan | Aug-2007 | Jan-2011 | Yes |
| Yokoyama, K | Japan | Aug-2004 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Yumiya, Y | Japan | May-1997 | Jan-2012 | Yes |
| Zanina, G | Italy | Jul-1998 | Jan-2010 | |
WBTF JUDGES RECOGNITION AWARD
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2008-04-08 08:26.RON KOPAS, CANADA
Mr. Ron Kopas, Bramalea, Ontario, Canada was presented with a “SPECIAL JUDGES AWARD OF RECOGNITION”.
The World Baton Twirling Federation recognized Ron Kopas for being selected by Canada to judge at the 1st World Baton Twirling Championships, held in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1980 and to judge the very first International Cup, hosted by the United States Twirling Association in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA in 2005. Ron has judged at numerous World Baton Twirling Championships.
The WBTF honoured Ron with this special award of achievement in judging baton twirling at the world level over the past 25 years, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 2007.