September 2007
Great News!!
The next Rex Cat Association show will have an added bonus for our cats.
They will be allowed to enter two shows on the same day, as the Singapura
Cat Club have also applied to put on Sphynx Assessment classes for us.
The possibility of two bites of the cherry is an exciting prospect I'm sure
you will agree. The chance to be awarded two merits on one day will
hopefully encourage more Sphynx exhibitors to bring out their cats and help
speed up the breed's progress to Championship status.
The show will be held on 12th April 2008 at The Ken Marriott Centre, Rugby.
Schedules will be available in the new year from Lynda Ashmore (with an SAE)
7 Ledstone Road
Sheffield S8 ONS 0114 2586866
or can be downloaded from the club's website, and also the
Rex Cat
Association's website. May 2007
Our Annual General Meeting was held on the 26th of May, 2007,
at the White Hart Inn, in Flore, Northampton. Thank you to all the members
who attended, and for helping us raise £17.00 for Sphynx Welfare through our
Raffle.
April 2007
Another fund-raising day at the Rex Cat Association Cat Show
in Telford. As well as raising £16.75 for Sphynx welfare, the club also
gained some new members. Thank you to Lynne and Sue for helping with the
table.
March 2007
Our Merit Winners database is now
up and running. As you can see, there has been a marvellous response from
many exhibitors and breeders, and we are well on our way to achieving our goal
of 15 Sphynx with four Merits each. Thank you to everyone for their
support!
January 2007
The Club once again held a fund-raising table at the
Shorthaired Cat Show in Telford, Shropshire We had a very busy day, and
there was once again a huge interest in the breed, and in the many Sphynx being
shown in the Assessment classes. Many thanks to Ruth Wehren and Sandra
Gray for all of their help on the day.
September 2006
Our Second Club Magazine has now been printed. We do have a few spare
copies - if you would like one please send a C4 size stamped (65p) and addressed
envelope, to our Editor, Pam Williams, 42 Stafford Road, Newport, Shropshire
TF10 7LZ, and she'll be glad to mail one out to you.
September 2006
The Sphynx Cat Association would like to remind all members
that it is now unacceptable to outcross to Devon Rex cats, as stated in the
Sphynx Breeding and Registration Policy. Offspring of any such matings will
remain permanently on the Reference Register, and will never be able to
progress. The Sphynx Cat Association strongly opposes any such matings.
September 2006
At the Herts & Middlesex Cat Show, Rambo (Miraclelove
Gaietyboy ofChichi) and Bubbles (Infurno Bubbles de Vere), became the first two
Sphynx to earn the first of four required merits. Congratulations to their
owners, Sue Ahern, and Jackie and Trevor Green, and their breeders, Jurgen Grunn
and Jeanette Hanoman.
Before showing, please check your cat/kittens pedigree very
carefully to ensure that it is eligible to be shown. If in any doubt, the Sphynx
Cat Association is always happy to advise. Failure to do so, may lead to
disqualification by the GCCF.
August 2006
Our Club Magazine has at long last been printed, and is
winging it's way to our members all over the country. We do have a few spare
copies - if you would like one please send a C4 size stamped (65p) and addressed
envelope, to our Editor, Pam Williams, 42 Stafford Road, Newport, Shropshire
TF10 7LZ, and she'll be glad to mail one out to you. SORRY - SOLD OUT!!
21st June 2006
Today is the day we have all waited for so long. At long
last, the GCCF have granted the Sphynx breed preliminary recognition!
Rex Cat Association Show 2006
Another very successful day at the Rex Cat Association Rex
Breed show. Thanks to the wonderful efforts of Sandra Gray, ably assisted by
Ruth Wehren, Sue Ahern, and Pam Williams, the Club managed to raise over
£115.00. Several new members joined up, and once again, there was a huge
interest in the Sphynx.
Once again, young Philip Williams gave up his Saturday to
fetch and carry for the ladies. Thank you all, you have done us proud again!
Shorthair Cat Show January 2006
This was our first publicity and fund raising event,
organized by Ruth Wehren. Although Ruth could not be with us on the day, her
organizational skills were second to none, resulting in four Sphynx on
Exhibition, and our very own fund raising stall.
Grateful thanks go to Emma Rhodes, Anne Hatliff, Sue Ahern
and Pam Williams, for bringing their Sphynx cats for everyone to admire. Thanks
also to Jackie Green for traveling such a long way to support us, and also to
Philip Williams, without whose help the Club stall could not have been run. This
young man gave up his Saturday to fetch and carry for the Club, and was a
wonderful help.
Thanks to Philip's efforts on the Club stall, we raised
£43.11, and gained three new members!
All in all, a very successful day, and we look forward to
repeating our success very soon.
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