SHOW WINS
THE FELIS ALL WINNERS SHOW NOVEMBER 2009 HELD IN CHESHUNT
Its 4am on the 31st October 2009 and its time to get out of bed and check our cats before starting another day. Today is a busy one, the truck needs to be loaded and then its off to the All Winners Show in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire to set up the trade stand ready for the show tomorrow.
First stop is the hotel, a luxury barn conversion in the heart of Hertfordshires stud farms,nice quiet countryside for our Australian Mists to settle down in and get used to their temporary surroundings before the show tomorrow. Alice MArla and Elliott Tambo have both qualified for the show and tomorrow is their big day, but first we have to head to Cheshunt without them to set up our stand.
The following day another early start and off to the show with the cats in tow. After vetting in and dressing the pens, the cats settled and decided on a quick nap. As Alice had been up all n ight trashing her pen in the hotel its no wonder she is so tired. Also at the show is Trisha Bristow with 2 of her qualifying cats Thera Marmour Zoroster and Gossamyst Theo Cora., and Joy Lancaster with her Australian Mist, Rumtumtugger Anya. Mary Stuart did not attend the show for various reasons so the total of Mists in the show numbers 5.
Both Alice Marla and Elliott Tambo behaved beautifully. When the time came to present our cats I took Elliott up ,Joy took Alice Marla , and her husband Mark took Anya. Trisha took her cats one at a time. The cats were judged by a French judge Yan Roca Folch, an All Breeds judge. Elliott was judged to be the Best in Variety and First with a Nomination for Best in Show.
At last the Best in Show awards were being called and Elliott took his place awaiting to be taken to the podium by the steward. Once up there he was awarded the Best Australian MIst for 2009 and he also took his special award for the Viking Cat Club , the shield for The Best New Breed This will have his name engraved on it and held by us for a year.
How proud he looked with his trophies whilst having his pictures taken by Robert Fox, our official photographer, and Elliott is still only 11 months old!!
The day was made complete when Joy Lancaster and her husband Mark presented me with a lovely box of chocolates as a thank you for all the help and support I had given them over the last month, as JOy is new to showing and still a little nervous. But really the only thanks I needed was to hear Joy planning the next show with confidence which she did so nicely.
