Change of address
People in the Cat Fancy, please note that Paddy Williams, also known as Paddy Cutts, the photographer, has retired to a new address - Ty Canol, 2 Bron Rallt, Fairy Glen Road, Capelulo, Penmaenmawr, Gwynedd LL34 6SR. Telephone 01492 622018.
Paddy Williams
More consistency please!
AS A Siamese exhibitor, I was struck recently by the difference between two results at the Siamese Cat Club Show and the Supreme, only three weeks later.
A kitten was placed 3rd in a class of five in its Open and then at the Supreme won Best of Variety Kitten and then Supreme Kitten.
How can this be explained? Two senior judges, same SOP, but two results light years apart.
Come on judges, more consistency please.
S. Taylor
Parking dreadful!
OH DEAR, the parking was dreadful at the Supreme Show.
Once we had parked, there didn’t seem to be any directional signs to the show hall. It took us half-an-hour on foot to find our way from the car to the show hall, after many wrong turns.
However, it was a most enjoyable day.
Francesca Harrison
obituary
Jean-Paul Maas
EVERYONE who knew him will be sad to hear that Jean-Paul Maas died in early November. He and his wife Sylvia had bred Persian Red Tabbies, and Jean-Paul was an international judged who travelled to many parts of the world on cat affairs.
Jean-Paul was the Administrator of the Psychology Department at the University of Utrecht, but took early retirement in order to give more time to his cat interests.
He started up and ran a web-based magazine and forum for judges and translated the Cat Larousse into Dutch; his articles on genetics, different cat breeds and many other subjects were published widely in Continental Europe, and were very well received.
Jean-Paul also judged many times in England and Ireland. He was lively and independent, with firm opinions.
He could be quick-tempered but was also a warm and generous friend. His sense of humour was irresistible.
After judging at the National one year he commented on the very different system operating in the UK compared to the ring system used in most other parts of the world, saying that the judges’ trolleys had to be used as battering rams to get through the crowds, but that this was always accompanied by the very polite English “excuse me” and “thank you”.
The strokes which first him him four or five years ago must have been bitterly frustrating for such an energetic soul as he was not someone to accept immobility easily. He will be remembered with affection and admiration, and his friends must be happy for him that he has been released.
Patsy Yardley
Mrs Patricia Gjersøe
IT IS with deep sadness that I give details of the death of Pat Gjersøe, aged 88.
I have known Pat for over 34 years, since she first started breeding and exhibiting her Ivanhoe Persians in the late 60s, which included many Champions, including Ivanhoe Snowplough and Ivanhoe Wolfgang.
Pat also bred Blue, Cream and Blue-Creams. Pat served on the Liverpool Show and Merseyside Cat Club Committee with me for many years and along with her late husband Finn, staged the annual New Year’s Party, ably assisted by her daughter Debbie and son-in-law Shashe, and the late Pat Harrison, for our Members in January.
The event was always well supported with Members travelling long distances to attend.
My thoughts are with Sonja, Debbie and Shashe at this very sad time.
Jeffrey M. Lenehan
