- SC Bananarama Graham*PL, JW at the show in Białystok obtained her tenth Best In Variety title within two years, therefore she won honorary FIFe title Distinguished Variety Merit !!! This is the first DVM title for British cat in Poland.
- Our next show is in August in Olsztyn (PL).
Lannach 10/11 Grudzień 2005
In mid December we went to Lannach - small but nice town near Graz (Austria).
Our girl IC Cin Cin Graham*PL got her first two CAGCIB certificates. Apart from her , we took our neuter EP Ganimedes Czankra*PL and EC Barfly de Broeckloni*NL - our black-silver beauty. They won Honour Prizes
Ganimedes and Barfly qualified to the Best In Show.
Telfs 27/28 Sierpień 2005
Again - after a year - we went to the show in Telfs - picturesque Austrian town near Innsbruck. We were leaving Poland full of anxiety - we heard the news on floods in western Austria and southern Germany, but upon arrival everything looked quite OK. The show was held in Sport Center of Telfs, at the base of Tirolean Alps.
Our teenager Cin Cin Graham*PL was judged by L. Anciau and M. Kuipers. She received two excellent notes and she was qualified to Best In Show on the second day of the show.
Cin Cin in BIS
Generally speaking, Poland shown up very well at the show - british blue female Avensis Leśne Rancho*PL of Sylwia Wielgosz won Best Of Best 3 on the first day and Best Of Best 2 on the second day of the show. Congratulations !!!
We extended our stay to have short vacation. Please visit gallery of pictures of interesting places in Tirol and Bavaria: Innsbruck, Mittenwald, Wattens, Europabrucke, Zugspitze, Schwangau, Neuschwanstein and others (click on the picture below):
Sopot 23/24 Lipiec 2005
After two years, cat shows returned to Sopot and we could not miss that event. Unfortunately, the weather was very unstable and rather than long walks along the beach, we enjoyed Baltic cuisine....
Our silver tabby GIC Barfly de Broeckloni*NL obtained last two CACE certificates, thus completed European Champion title. Moreover - for two days she was nominated to Best In Show. Cin Cin Graham*PL gained two EX1 notes.
Our cats were judged by B. Mahelka, M. Kabina and N. Pahl.
Barfly in Best In Show:
Sopot show was open class debut for chocolate girl from our cattery Octopussy of Czankra*PL (living in Warsaw). She got two EX1 notes and two CAC certificates for Champion title. Congratulations!
Valtice 25/26 Czerwiec 2005
We spent last weekend of June on the show held in Valtice. This is a small but very nice town in the south of Czech Republic, near the Austrian border We slept in Mikulov, situated 10 km from Valtice, on the Brno-Vienna route. You can find many picturesque historical items there, and the most important one is Castle Dietrichstein.
Valtice, on the other hand, was the estate of Prince Lichtenstein family. The show was organised in the Lichtenstein Castle stables.
We came to the show with a bigger group, not only with british shorthairs. Most of us slept in Mikulov, in "St. Urban" pension. We can recommend this place - nice and kind people, good restaurant on-site, cats are accepted at no charge. In the summer you can spend there nice evenings in the outside garden celebrating good meals and famous wines from Mikulov-Valtice region.
Our cats gained another certificates and "excellent" notes - Cin Cin Graham*PL EX1 twice, IC Lonely HEART Of Czankra*PL - on Saturday last CAGCIB certificate (thus completed Grand International Champion title), on Sunday - first CACE certificate. This time cats were judged by the judges from Czech, France and Sweden: K. Mahelkova, J. Renault, L. Coste and H. Lindberg.
Moreover, on Sunday Cin Cin was nominated by Louis Coste to Best In Show competition. She was presented in BIS by the member of "Valtice Group" - Paweł (who was a stewart there).
These were the longest days in the year, so after the show we were also able to visit neighbouring Lednice with a nice park and palace, also belonging once to the Prince Lichtenstein family.
