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Reetta Pirttikoski

Eurajoki is famous for two things: housing Finland's biggest nuclear power plants and the fabulous Reetta Pirttikoski. We're not saying the two are related, but some people are just a little suspicious of that "radiant" glow of hers.

Reetta started her agility journey with her Jackrussell “Äksy”. Formerly a crazy horse lady, she first thought of agility as a fun leisurely activity with her dog. Agility soon swept her away and she has since competed in all height categories, including a Boxer, a Spanish Water Dog and of course a Bordercollie.

She coaches a variety of skill levels from beginners to national teams and loves honing the skills of the dogs to perfection. Since earning her stripes as a Judge in 2013, she’s been collecting passport stamps faster than most people get a hair cut, judging in over 20 countries outside Finland. Her abilities have been recognized in major international events, being chosen to judge Junior Agility World Championships 2022, European Open 2024 and Agility World Championships 2026.

Judging is her greatest passion, and the coolest thing she knows, is when her course plan comes to life with each team choosing their own path and creating their art more beautiful than the other! Her coursedesigns give the handlers a possibility to find the best route or utilize the dogs skills to achieve a flow normally only found in rivers carved in stone.

Whether it’s judging or coaching, her radiating laughter makes her easy to find while transferring her immense joy and passion to all others around her.

Big events can often steal the show, but she says the most memorable experiences sometimes come from the simple things - the passion, warmth and co-operation of smaller clubs, or the smiles and eagerness of the competitors.

Tamás Tráj

Roman Lukác

My name is Roman Lukáč and I’m 34 years old. I was born in Bratislava (Slovakia) and I live there for my whole life.

It is possible to say, that I was “born“ to agility, as my parents established this special sport in Slovakia, when I was a child. I have started my agility career when I was 7 years old with our family dog Tomi – breed Lhasa Apso. For my 10th birthday, I got the most beautiful present from my parents, my first Border Collie named Baileys. I represented with her Slovakia in 2004 for the first time at Agility World Championship in Italy.

Following years, I have been competing at Agility World Championship and European Open many times, later on I also have been a team leader and team assistant. During my career of handler, I have been competing and training in all height categories with our dogs or dogs of my friends. Nowadays I’m enjoying agility with my 9 years old Border Collie named Metaxa and each year I am also organizer of many agility competitions together with our club. I have been Slovak delegate of FCI Agility Commission since 2015 with motivation to help improving worldwide agility.

I became agility judge at the beginning of the year 2012 and from this time I have been trying to improve myself in judging and also course designing. Until today I had possibility to judge excepting Slovakia in other 27 European countries, Canada, USA and Indonesia. In 2016 I was judging Junior European Open (nowadays JOAWC) as a home judge and in 2025 I was judging European Open in Portugal.

Excepting the basic condition of course designing, which are for me the accordance with the rules and the safety, I’m trying to design kind of challenge for handlers and their dogs. I’m always the most satisfied with courses, that let handlers to solve situations with different handling option and at the same time to enjoy speed and fluency while showing all different skills of the team.

I’m really looking forward to judging in Finland again and meeting all of you soon😊

Ivan Amez Alvarez

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