With 90 cats, excellent judges and a friendly, sociable group of exhibitors, ACTCat's 7th Championship Show proved to be a great success.

The show weekend kicked off with a meet and greet at a Chinese restaurant in Dickson on the Friday night. ACTCat members were joined by a good cross section of interstate visitors including John Smithson, Dick and Sue Wye, Ann Elphick, Christine Tracey, Francis Kurschildgen, Brian "Poppa Smurf" Edwards, David Richardson and Christine Brelsford.

Dick, true to form, had managed to hide a couple of bottles of his home-brewed "Baileys" in his luggage. Reports indicate tastings were conducted in motel rooms around the national capital that night. It was a fine drop, best of all you could still detect it on your palate over 12 hours later.

Day 1 of the show commenced at Noon on the Saturday.  Highlights included a visit from WIN-TV to film a segment on the Junior Handlers. Emma Tully performed brilliantly under the bright lights.

On completion of the day's judging the majority of exhibitors attended the Trivia Night, held at the Harmonie German Club. A great evening was had by all. Special thanks goes to Maureen Tully and her family for orchestrating this popular event.  Congratulations to "The Bright Sparks" on their well deserved win.

9am saw the start of Day 2 with judging completed by around 3pm. Prizes were awarded and the ubiquitous raffles drawn. A very fortunate visitor to the show scooped the pool by winning the first prize of "Meet A Cheetah" at the National Zoo and Aquarium, generously donated by Kosmos Kats (Lee and Louise).

The number of visitors to the show was very pleasing. Several media outlets were generous enough to provide column inches or air time which assisted in promoting the event. A special thank you to FM104.7 (Cam), MiX 106.3 (Erin), 666 ABC Canberra (David), WIN-TV and The Canberra Times.

A huge thankyou to our sponsors (without whom these events would never happen) and last but not least the members of ACTCat and Waratah who worked very hard behind the scenes to bring the show together.

Come down and visit us for the next show in October! Canberra is beautiful at that time of year (then again, isn't it always!)

Click here to see the Show Results