Club News
National Cat Club
Judge Changes already advised: Imperial Classes - 882 will be judged by Mrs Harper; Class 910 - Mrs Brown; 678 - Mrs Green. Open Class 665 - Mrs Heavens.
Mrs S. Bullock will judge Best of Variety Semi Long Hair Adult, Kitten and Neuter.
Further Open Class Judge Changes: 45 - Ms Clare; 76 - Mrs Neale; 269 - Mrs Lyall; 280 - Mrs Moore and 669 - Ms Chapman.
To balance loading, the following changes have also been made: 114, 123, 129, 149, 156, 158 - Mrs Neale; 117, 152 - Mrs Ashman; 159 - Mr Merchant; 303, 304 - Mrs Moore; 309 - Mrs Goulter; 347 - Mrs Butters; 500 - Mrs Marriott Power; 521 - Ms White; 506 - Mrs Bradley; 770 - Mrs Anderson; 794 - Mrs M. Smith; 808 - Mrs G. Cornish; 857, 858 - Mrs Gamble; 865 - Ms Chapman.
Household Pets: 1023a, 1060 - Mrs Wilding; 1034B - Mrs Lee; 1019 - Mrs Corpos; 1054 - Ms Chapman.
Exhibitors who have not paid for their admission ticket with their show entry should be aware that admission on the day will be £10 and £6. You may still get your tickets prior to the show. All applications and cheques should be with us no later than 2nd December in order for us to post them out to you. Please enclose a cheque, payable to the National Cat Club, along with an SAE.
Carol & Ron Pike, Show Managers
The Balinese & Siamese Cat Club
The AGM of the Club was held on Sunday, 13 November in Wickford Essex.
The Club was pleased to announce that the Licence for the FIRST Championship Show had been granted from Council. We have also been allowed a Colour Split for the Adult Balinese (Females and Males) i.e. equivalent 24/32, but not for the Neuters.
The Treasurer has also taken over as Membership Secretary (see Our Cats Club Directory), all other posts on the Committee remain the same.
Schedules for the Show will be available in April from the Show Manager, Mrs Sylvia Smith, Holly Tree Cottage, Horsley Cross, Manningtree, Essex CO11 2NR.
Dorothy Woodhouse, Chairman
Longhair Cream & Blue-Cream Cat Association
Schedules for the Sixth Championship Show of the Longhair Cream & Blue-Cream Cat Association, to be held on Saturday, 4 March 2006, are available NOW from the Show Manager at 69 Abingdon Court, Heathside Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 7U, or from any Member of the club’s Committee, please enclose a SAE.
Please support this specialist breed club show, where there is, generally, more Blue-Cream’s present than at any other show. Household Pets are very, very welcome too.
Paul Asquith, Show Manager
Short-Haired Cat Society
Would exhibitors please note that at our show on 7 January 2006, all Mrs June Tomkinson’s classes will now be judged by Mr Jon Trotter.
Celia Leighton, Show Manager
The Scottish Cat Club
We are pleased to say that Schedules for the Scottish Cat Club’s 49th Championship Show on 11 February 2006, will be available shortly.
Schedules will be sent to last year’s exhibitors, and will be available on-line at www.scottishcatclub. co.uk. They will also be available at the West of Scotland Cat Club show on 3 December. Anyone else wanting a schedule, please send a large SAE with a 35p stamp to either Pamela Read at 80 Garthland Drive, Glasgow G31 2RB or Margaret Webster at 115 Eskhill, Penicuik EH26 8DE.
Due to the intervening festive season (and to allow us all to recover from our New Year celebrations!) we have set a late closing date for the show of Monday, 9 January (Postmark). As a recult, we cannot accept any late entries. There will be no exceptions to this, so please return your entries promptly to avoid disappointment.
We look forward to seeing you in February.
Pamela Read & Margaret Webster, Joint Show Managers
Capital Longhair Cat Association
Would exhibitors please note the following Judge Changes for our show on 7 January 2006.
Class 16, Tortoiseshell Adult - Mrs Cole; Class 75, Black Choc Red Tortie Shaded Tipped Cameo Kitten - Ms Crichton; Class 105, Shaded Silver Assessment Neuter - Mrs Robertson; Class 160, Norwegian Kitten - Ms Clare; Class 140, AC Silver Somali Adult - Mrs Denny; Class 141, Brown Blue Tabby Maine Coon Adult - Mrs Gregory; Class 155, Sorrel Somali Kitten - Mr Scruton; Class 157, AC Silver Somali Kitten - Mr Scruton; Class 172, Chocolate Lilac Birman Neuter - Mrs Denny; Class 178, Sorrel Somali Neuter - Mrs Light; Class 179, AOC Somali Neuter - Mrs Light.
Sally Tokens, Show Manager
Croydon Cat Club
Exhibitors please note the following Judge Changes for the Croydon Cat Club 2006 Show.
Mr Hansson is unable to judge Classes 190 AOC Spotted Adult, 191 AOC Silver Spotted Adult and 278 Russian Kitten. All of these classes will now be judged by Mrs Joyce Higgins.
Schedules are available from me at 90 Foresters Drive, Wallkington, Surrey SM6 9JZ. Please forward an A5 stamped self addressed envelope, and your request will be dealt with by return.
Alternatively, you can visit our website at www.croydoncatclub.co.uk and download the schedule from that site.
Hope to see lots of you at the show.
Pat Norman, Show Manager
Asian Cat Association
Any member of the Asian Cat Association currently holding one or more of our Show Cat Competition trophies is requested to return them to any Committee Member by the end of February, or bring them along to the AGM in March.
Members of the club who have won trophies in the 2004/2005 competition will be notified in due course.
Sandie McLeod
Norwegian Forest Cat Club
The Norwegian Forest Cat Club AGM will take place on Sunday, 26 March 2006 at the Oliver Bird Hall, Solihull, starting at 2pm prompt.
Light refreshments will be served prior to the meeting from 1.15pm onwards. Only fully paid-up Members attending the AGM are entitled to vote.
Reminder - Club subs are due 1 January 2006.
Margaret Lindgren
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Persian Tabby BAC
I am pleased to advise all Show Managers, Judges of Persians and breeders/exhibitors of Persian Tabbies, that at the Meeting of Council on 26 October 2005, it was agreed to grant Championship Status to the Blue Tabby (8a), Chocolate Tabby (8b) and Lilac Tabby (8c), Persian Tabbies to be shown in the same class as Brown Tabby Persian (8), and to the Cream Tabby (8f), Tortie Tabby (8e), Blue Tortie Tabby (8g), Chocolate Tortie Tabby (8h) and Lilac Tortie Tabby (8j), to be shown in one class with Red Tabby Persian (9). This has not resulted in any changes to the SOP or registration policy.
At the same meeting it was also agreed to grant recognition at Championship Status to the Mackerel Tabby Persians (7, 7a-j, 8, 8a-c, 8e-j and 9) and Spotted Tabby Persians (7/30, 7a-j/30, 8/30, 8a-c/30, 8e-j/30 and 9/30) to be included in current Open classes for Tabby Persians. This has not resulted in any changes to the registration policy. These changes will be effective from the start of the next show season, i.e. 1st June 2006.
As there will not be a new SOP Booklet produced in June 2006, the SOP for Mackerel and Spotted Tabby Persians will be distributed to all Judges on the Persian Tabby list prior to the start of the new show season. Any other judges, or breeders/exhibitors who would like a copy, please send a SAE to me at the address below. The BAC hopes that these changes and additions will assist breeders of Persian Tabbies to widen their gene pool, and that this will result in more beautiful cats on the bench.
The next meeting of the BAC is scheduled for Sunday, 5 February 2006. Anyone wishing to make an application, please ensure that paperwork is with me by Friday, 23 December, to take account of the Christmas and New Year holiday, and enable paperwork to be circulated to the constituent clubs at least four weeks prior to the meeting. My address is 12 The Stocks, Seend Cleeve, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 6PH. Telephone and Fax 01380 828281 or email owletts@care4free.net
Rosemary Fisher (Mrs), Hon Secretary
Norwegian Forest Cat BAC
Would all Show Managers please note that I have taken over as Secretary of the Norwegian Forest Cat BAC, and schedules should be sent to me at 12 St Joseph’s Road, Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S13 9AU.
The next meeting of the NFCBAC will take place on Sunday, 23 April, 2006.
Daphne Butters, Secretary
Abyssinian BAC
The above BAC is planning a Seminar on Sunday, 2 July 2006, so will all Aby Judges, Stewards, breeders and anyone else interested in Abyssinians please make a note in your new diary as soon as you get it!
The venue will be the good old Oliver Bird Hall, Solihull.
There will, of course, be a delicious lunch available, and a raffle. Please save any unwanted Christmas gifts to donate for the raffle.
Lynda Ashmore
Oriental Bicolour Group
The Oriental Bicolour Group will be running a Seminar to introduce this new breed to the Cat Fancy.
The Seminar will be held on Sunday, 8 January 2006 at the Betchworth Village War Memorial Hall, Station Road, Betchworth, Surrey RH3 7DJ. This venue is very easy to find, being approximately 15 minutes drive from Junction 8 on the A25. There is also a rail connection to Betchworth which is five minutes walk away.
The Seminar will begin at 1pm with a hot lunch, and will be followed by a breed presentation, an opportunity to handle the cats and a question and answer session. We will finish at approximately 5pm.
All are welcome, and the cost for the day will be £10 per person, to include all refreshments and papers. For further information and to book your place, please contact the Hon Secretary on 020 8647 2900 or email to OBG@landican.co.uk
Sarah Johnson
