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In association with the Waratah National Cat Alliance, we held another terrific Championship Cat Show - our sixth. Our aim is to promote awareness of cats, their welfare and their vital role as a companion animal in today’s modern society and a main attraction of our shows here in Canberra is that the public can see the judging in action with commentary provided throughout.

Four judges assessed over 100 exhibits from the ACT and interstate (some as far away as Townsville, Queensland) including Maine Coon, Russian, Persian, Siamese, Burmese, Abyssinian, Oriental, Domestic and Rex breeds.

We managed to get a good deal of publicity, once again The Canberra Times attended, taking a photo of Emma Tully, 6, with newly acquired Choc Tortie kitten. Emma, after just being a visitor to the shows for the past two years, took part in her first Junior Handler presentation, getting up in front of the entire gathering to 'teach' us all about the standard of the Burmese. Many of the other children who take part in the Junior Handler section are from the larger cities, and can show most weekends, and so are gaining an immense depth of knowledge - some were featured on TV on a children's program called 'Totally Wild' recently.

We also got coverage on our local WIN News on TV and were pleased to also get radio plugs, so we had a very healthy door, which not only pays for hall hire, but encourages us to believe we are on the right track with our open style of judging, where judges examine the overall temperaments, cleanliness, bone structure, eye colour, and style of the cats whilst explaining their decisions. We also feature non-pedigree sections for domestic cats as a celebration of Australia's much-loved family 'moggie'. We are thinking of adding a third show, perhaps a twilight show, when we look at the Calendar for next year.

We asked the public to come along and vote for the exhibits (cat or kitten) that they would like to see as the top three of the show. On the Sunday, the votes were counted and prizes awarded to the three cats with the most votes. We asked that for each vote a gold coin donation be made for the ACT Cat Rescue and Rehoming Service.

On the Saturday night Maureen Tully organised a spit roast at her home and another committee member booked a bus to pick up all the party-goers from their motels. Maureen's kids band, The Tullys entertained later in the evening, after we'd all eaten ourselves silly. Later still in the evening a few brave souls had a try at singing with the band - all decided that Mechelle's voice couldn't be matched and there was no point even trying!

Apparently the singing on the bus on the way home was an experience in itself - perhaps the home brew someone provided had an influence?!

We were magnificently supported by a range of sponsors. Exhibitors were delighted with their prizes, as were those who won the raffle held each day.

It doesn't get any better than that!