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K&TCA Newsletter
 Winter 2019
 Contents

Picture Gallery - Page 3-4

K&TCA Officers & Committee - Page 5

Chairperson’s Report - Page 6

Editor’s Notes - Page 7

Committee News - Page 8

GCCF Council October 2019 - Page 9-13

Korat & Thai Rescue/Re-homing - Page 13

Show Results - Page 14-16

Helping at the Table - Page 17

Show Scheme - Page 17-18

Jenanca Kittens - Page 19

Missing Cat Tips - Page 20-21

Accelerated Judge Scheme – ‘PFJs’ - Page 23

Treasurer’s Notes - Page 24

Meet the Cats - Page 25

Cartoon Page - Page 26

K&TCA List of Breeders - Page 27

Back page - Page 28

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PICTURE GALLERY - MEMBERS PHOTOS

Cattleya Calypso, aka Dottie (TBP); Frodo (TL) & Sammy (TLP) cuddle time;
 Courtesy of Louise Portsmouth Courtesy of Helen Hastilow

 Maisie & Genie; Eva bird watching;
 Courtesy of Dee Hillier-Kidston Courtesy of Dee Hillier-Kidston

 Willow (Kor); A Jusarka sun worshiper!;
 Courtesy of Julie Cherkas Courtesy of Julie Cherkas

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PICTURE GALLERY – K&TCA SHOW

 BIS Kitten BIS Neuter, IGRCH & OS IGRPR Jusarka
 Cattleya Calypso; Thai Lilac Promise;
 Photo courtesy of Ian Macro Photo courtesy of Ian Macro

BIS Adult, CH Cattleya Fandango-Sapphire; GRCH Jenanca Leila; Photo courtesy of Clare
 Photo courtesy of Ian Macro Treacher

 Jusarka Mercury; Photo courtesy of Clare Saluay Mae Barelli Lace; Photo courtesy of
 Treacher Clare Treacher

Thanks to all members/breeders who shared photos of your wonderful cats!
 Please email unisalford@hotmail.com with photos for the next newsletter.

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K&TCA Officers & Committee
 President
 Mrs Judith Jewkes

 Vice President
 Mrs Lynda Ashmore

 Chairperson
 Ms Clare Treacher
 07714 279625

 Vice Chairperson and GCCF Delegate
 Mrs Jen Lacey
 01832 293831

 Honorary Secretary
 Ms Julie Cherkas, 216 Northam Road, Southampton SO14 0QE
 023 8090 4187; jusarka@yahoo.co.uk

 Honorary Treasurer/Membership Secretary
 Mrs Dee Hillier-Kidston, 29 Constable Close, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, Beds. LU5 5ST.
 01582 863083
 dee@korats.org.uk or membership@korats.org.uk

 Show Support Secretary
 Mrs Jen Day, 10 Charles Cope Road, Orton Waterville, Peterborough, PE2 5ER
 01733 231819; jenday2011@hotmail.co.uk

 Newsletter Editor
 Mrs Helen Hastilow, Yew Tree House, High Street, Marchington, Staffordshire, ST14 8LD.
 07974 445201; unisalford@hotmail.com
 Sub Editor
 Ms Julie Cherkas, 216 Northam Road, Southampton SO14 0QE.
 023 8090 4187; jusarka@yahoo.co.uk

 Committee Members
Member Location Tel. Number Email address
Ms Julie Cherkas Southampton 023 8090 4187 jusarka@yahoo.co.uk
Dr Caroline Bertram Southampton 023 8057 9062 carolinebertram4@icloud.com
Mrs Jen Day Peterborough 01733 231819 jenday2011@hotmail.co.uk
Mrs Helen Hastilow Staffordshire 07974 445201 unisalford@hotmail.com
Mrs Dee Hillier-Kidston Dunstable, Beds 01582 863083 dee.hk@virginmedia.com
Mr Brian Lacey East Northants 01832 293831 johnbrian.lacey@btinternet.com
Mrs Jen Lacey East Northants 01832 293831 jen.lacey@btinternet.com
Mrs Louise Portsmouth Swindon, Wilts 01793 938543 louise.portsmouth@mac.com
Ms Clare Treacher London 07714 279625 clare.treacher83@gmail.com
Mrs Sarah Williams-Elliss** Retford, Notts. 01427 881005 serennol@yahoo.co.uk

** Substitute GCCF delegate

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Chairperson's Report
Welcome to the Winter edition of the K&TCA newsletter.
This year has flown by, I can’t believe it’s almost Christmas again!

The last newsletter came out just before I went to Belgium to catch up with overseas
Korat breeders and owners. It was a lovely weekend surrounded by lots of beautiful
korats. The cats were true stars and were impeccably behaved. At one point there must
have been over 20 Korats all being held by their owners in a circle. One of these lovely
Korats was from the UK! The lovely Champion Indigo Lotus Blossom who now lives in
Belgium with her owner.

In October came the turn of our annual breed show. It was a very busy but thoroughly
enjoyable day out. I got to try my hand at stewarding which was good fun and it was
lovely to handle so many household pets. My beautiful Maia also came along and loved the
hotel the night before! Well done to all the committee and our show manager for working
so hard to bring together a successful show. The show was eventually won by a very
pretty little Thai Blue Point kitten who stole the show and quite a lot of hearts!
Congratulations to all the exhibitors who won certificates and titles on the day. (Read
about the day further on page 14)

Also in October is the ‘Crufts’ of the cat world, The Supreme Cat show held in
Birmingham. A few of our breed went to show off and a lovely Thai Lilac, Grand Premier
Jenanca Laila scooped Best of Variety Section 4 Neuter! Quite an achievement to get at
the Supreme out of so many top titled cats. Congratulations to her owner and breeder.

As I write this it’s black Friday in a couple of days and the cats have put some things on
their Christmas wish list! They are informing me that they need some new parts for
their cat tree and Emma completely destroyed one of her much loved toys the other
week and needs it replacing. Let’s hope their favourite store has some special offers
just for them! I am sure we all spoil our pets quite a lot all year round so don’t forget to
make sure they have something extra special this Christmas otherwise that lovely
Christmas tree you plan to put up will be destroyed!!

We’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year;
Christmas wishes also from my beautiful Korat fur babies Keira, Jasper, Dylan, Callee,
Emma and Maia. See you all in 2020!

Clare Treacher
RVN CertSAN ISFM CertFN
Saluay Korats
For contact details please see page 5

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Editors’ Notes
Hello everyone!

I hope those of you that attended the K&TCA show in
October had a lovely day? I took Samwise along, and am
pleased to say that he was awarded his third Premier
Certificate (I haven’t told him that he was the only cat
in his category ☺). He was also awarded the President’s
prize, which included human goodies for me to enjoy!

We had a stressful period in September when Frodo went missing for 4 nights.
He had obviously been shut in somewhere (we still don’t know where), but
thankfully got released and came running back in on the Sunday evening, very
pleased to see us and extremely hungry! Frodo, Merry and the late Pippin have all
managed to get themselves shut in places, so I now have a template “missing cat”
leaflet at the ready. See page 20 for a useful article on this topic!

In October I enjoyed looking at Samwise and Frodo on the calendar that they
made it into, and due to the placing of the month label (i.e. on the details page not
on picture page) I have been able to rip off the details page to continue to admire
them in November and December!

I wish you all a very happy festive season filled with warm cat cuddles.

 Samwise (TLP), on Merry (Kor), showing Frodo (TL), looking comfy
 their new cat tree me who is boss! in a box!

Helen Hastilow – Newsletter Editor
For contact details please see page 5

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Committee News
 Your committee is dedicated to
 promoting heathy Korats & Thais.

Welcome to your Winter Newsletter!

Brrr! It’s cold! I hope you have all had a happy and successful 2019 and are
looking forward to Christmas and the New Year! I’m currently enjoying my first
litter of kittens in over a year and they are just coming up to my favourite age. We
already have our first wees in the litter tray and I can’t wait to see them playing...

Your committee continues to work hard on behalf of the Club and Korat & Thai
cats. Our 14th Championship Show was (in my humble opinion) another storming
success and I’d like to thank all those who attended the show or helped in any
capacity to make it such an enjoyable day. Without you, we wouldn’t have a Breed
Show each year, so well done everyone! I think Ian Macro, our new show manager,
was impressed by how we all pull together to help at the show and I hope he will
continue as our show manager for many years to come. In addition, Dee isn’t
content with just being Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Merchandise queen and
Webmaster! She is now looking to wear yet another hat and expand her talents
into show management. Dee will be helping Ian in future years as our Assistant
Show Manager in order to become a full Show Manager in due course. Is there no
end to her copious bows? Well done Dee!

SHOW NEWS
K&TCA Show ~ the show licence for 2020 has been granted and we will once again
be at Bugbrooke sharing with the Russian cats on 3rd October 2020 - so please
put that date in your diaries! The hall at Bugbrooke is booked and the judges will
be; Val Anderson-Drew, Michelle Clare, Jon Trotter (one of our new FJPs – see
page 23), and our current PJ, Kaye Wilson. I’m hoping with the advance notice, we
will have an even better turn out next year.

Accelerated Judge Scheme ~ this new initiative gives some current (full) judges of
other breeds, the opportunity to award certificates to our Korats & Thais in Breed
classes. For a full explanation, see page 23.

Finally, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year! Meanwhile
enjoy your Winter Newsletter.
Julie Cherkas (Club Secretary)

 CAT FACT

Each cat’s nose print is unique,
much like human fingerprints.

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The General Meeting of GCCF Council, October 2019

75 delegates gathered for the October 2019 meeting of Council and John Hansson opened the meeting
at quarter past one, to give time for any late arrivals as the hall was by no means full. As always there
were some friends to remember and a moment of silence was kept for:
Ivor Biggs, Irene Cox , Gail Miller, Ann Mott, Richard Mycock, Mick Pummel, Bob Semos,
Linda Ward and Ted Wilding.

It was not a lengthy agenda which gave the opportunity for some interesting discussions, on items
designated for that purpose and in debates on rule and byelaw change. The outcome of a few of these
was to defer the item back to the proposing club or the Board for further thought and/or better wording.

As well as these there was the usual breed business, judges to promote, a new club to welcome as a
GCCF Full Member and news and updates on various happenings. Pride of place for these will have to
be given to Steve Crow’s detailed news of how the powers that be (local and national) are getting more
interested in our hobby. As he succinctly expressed it:
Animal Welfare is moving up the political agenda.
That means ‘control’ as far as breeding and showing are concerned, rather than protection.

RULE CHANGE……. BREEDER ALERT!

Section 1 Rule 10 details what the processes GCCF breeders should follow when selling a kitten they
have advertised as a pedigree.

10bi is specifically concerned with transfer of ownership.

Today there was a change to ensure new owners get the paperwork to make a transfer at the time
a cat or kitten is sold. It should not be withheld until proof of neutering or for any other reason.

There was unanimous agreement that there is no valid reason to withhold transfer of ownership. Cats
that are intended as pets should be registered as non-active which will ensure no progeny can be GCCF
registered. Breeders also have the option of early neutering and/or ensuring kittens are sold with a
contract which can include an undertaking to neuter.

Tip from a delegate: set a penalty clause of several £thousand for breach of any commitment to neuter
or breeding without the consent of the original breeder. She knew someone who had sued successfully
for a large amount of money in these circumstances.

There is a very straightforward GCCF sample contract for an undertaking to neuter that can be
downloaded from the website here:

https://www.gccfcats.org/Portals/0/Kitten%20Agreement.pdf

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OTHER RULE & BYELAW CHANGES

There were three other proposals and all were deferred:

 Paperwork to be circulated to Council (Byelaw) – further consideration needed as it did not cover
 all circumstances
 A decision on judges for breeds at preliminary status was held over until the next meeting as the
 proposer was not present to answer queries raised.
 The Midland Counties Cat Club proposal that prefix applicants should be breed club members
 was thought not to cover all the issues as it was worded at present.

This last one brought about one of the most interesting debates of the afternoon. It looked a very simple
matter of a small word change on paper, with the rationale given that specialist breed clubs are better
placed than area clubs to advise and guide new breeder, and more likely to make prefix applicants wait
a little while so that their breeding practices could be assessed.

Several delegates spoke in support of the proposal and described the mentoring given by their breed
club to new breeders. However, a delegate from Scotland pointed out that area clubs in the more
remote parts of the country were often better placed to know their members than breed club committees
who may not even be aware of the existence of the place where they lived. Also, there was an eloquent
plea to be inclusive of new people rather than erect barriers in their path or they would turn away from
GCCF. A prefix application was evidence of commitment and should be welcomed. There was some
concern that prefixes were used to market kittens and were obtained for this purpose, though it was
pointed out that kittens whose owner did not own a prefix received an administrative one and buyers
would not know the difference.

Two additional important points were that the wording of the rule did not stipulate any length of time for
membership of a club. Also, that difficulties were created for new people and Office staff administering
prefix applications if the GCCF rules set out the criteria required for prefix applications, but clubs added
others before they would confirm membership.

The conclusion was unanimous approval for referring the proposal back to Midland Counties CC and
the Board. There seemed to be consensus for more carefully defined GCCF rules that were then
applicable to all prefix applicants.

ELECTION FOR TWO MEMBERS OF THE APPEALS COMMITTEE

Maria Chapman and Vanessa Marriott had both come to the end of their term on the Appeals
Committee and Vanessa had chosen not to stand again. There were four interested in the two vacant
places, with two reserves also required. Their written applications were available to delegates and had
been published on the GCCF website. The result of the paper ballot was:

Maria Chapman-Beer (68) and Carolyn Kempe (34) are both now AC members until October 2022.
Alison Reynolds (18) and David Lee (12) are both now reserves until October 2020.

CLUB NEWS

The Bengal Cat Association had been unsuccessful in their application for full GCCF
membership in June, but had now made the necessary adjustments and their application
was approved by a large majority.

Council was informed that the Aztec Cat Club was now the Aztec and Ocicat Society
The Board had approved change as the club wished to show it catered for both of the breed’s patterns.

Shelagh Heavens gave an update on club returns and said she’d managed to extract completed
returns and subscriptions from 104 of the 105 clubs due to make them. She received a round of
applause for outstanding success in this mammoth task, and thanks from the Chair. However, then
came the warning that clubs shouldn’t rest on their laurels. Completion by the end of April had to

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become normal practice, and if clubs did not want to lose their delegate to Council and/or their
show they needed to start work as soon as possible after the year end.

I‘m sure you’ll be pleased to know that thanks to our hard working Treasurer, and Membership
Secretary (take a bow Dee) K&TCA has nothing to worry about on this front.

BREED AND SHOW NEWS

 Breed Application

 There will be new kids on the show bench block shortly as Snow Toygers will be
 joining their Brown Tabby brethren in the assessment class.

 There were a revised Toyger registration policy and SOP to include the snow
 patterns . Outcrossing to Bengals is to be allowed for a limited period to ensure a
 sufficient number of lines include cs and bs to secure sound genetic health for the
 snow patterns.

 Registration Policies

 The changes to the Burmese registration policy were for clarification only. GEMS
 code had replaced the old numbering and an irrelevant clause had been deleted.
 Also, the information supplied on DNA testing for import had been brought up to
 date, but there were no changes that would affect most GCCF breeders.

By contrast the Snowshoe policy had undergone a major revision, clarifying the
frequency of permitted outcrosses and the use in breeding of SNO other than 05. This
was with the intention of ensuring all SNO 05 achieve a show bench place regardless
of a single outcross to another breed or other non-show patterns within any of the
three previous generations. In addition new DNA testing schemes were included for
some outcrosses and all imports.
Snowshoe breeders: make sure you get an up to date copy of the policy and
contact your club/BAC if you need to learn more.

 The Manx policy was something of a work in progress, but had had its breed
 numbering updated to GEMS and included the use of foundation cats from the Isle
 of Man rather than British Shorthairs as the permitted outcross. As these cats
 would not be registered it had been decided to include GCCF rule 12 cii) to allow
 good quality progeny to progress to the supplementary register via exhibition with
 critique classes.

Standards of Points

The Snowshoe SOP now used GEMS and had very minor amendments otherwise.

In the Van Pattern Bi-colour British Shorthair SOP the description of the coat colour had been
extensively revised

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The Supreme Show

The accounts for the 2018 show had been presented with greater detail as requested in June and, other
than the need to correct the name of the magazine used for advertising, no other amendments were
requested.

Plans for the 2019 event were now finalised. It was announced that just a few more cats would be
present this year, with 609 in total and 560 in competition. There had been the opportunity to take only
space to be used so there would be an overall saving on hall hire.

Judge Training Review Group

As Peter Collin was unable to be present there wasn’t a report. It was noted that the ‘Accelerated
Scheme’ which had brought into being Provisional Full Judges was now operational and that judges and
BACs had received all the necessary paperwork as planned.

You may encounter one or two unfamiliar judges doing Korat & Thai Breed Classes. We have 5
Full Judges with Provisional Status who could be awarding CCs or PCs while being tutored. I
don’t know of any classes judged yet under the new scheme, but they could be at your next
show. Give a bit of encouragement if there’s chance to chat after judging is completed.

The World Cat Congress

This was tentatively fixed for the last Saturday in October in 2021, though John Hansson warned that
this could be changed as there was a possible show partner for the future that could want to be
involved. It was observed that until there was a date and venue it was difficult to book speakers and
make definite arrangements for the event. It was hoped that the seminar speakers would be from the
UK to save on travel costs and a further suggestion was noted.

Section Hopping

This was another of those interesting discussions that brought the meeting alive. There was an
impassioned plea from some of those regularly showing household pets that the loophole that allowed
people with pedigree cats to go back and forth between the Pedigree and Pedigree Pet Sections should
be closed. There was no problem if it occurred just the once when exhibitors were deciding which was
the most appropriate for their cat but once was enough. There was support for this from those who
remembered the Pedigree pet Section coming into being and believed this was always the intention
although it had never been written into the rules.

There was acknowledgement that people wanted to support their local shows, but stated that there were
other ways this could be done – from a straightforward donation to using exhibition with critique classes.
In conclusion there was plenty of support from the floor for the Board looking into the issue and
proposing new rules.

BUSINESS & REPORTS

IT

Steve Crow spoke briefly to report that the third tranche of updates would be completed shortly. It had
taken longer than expected as GCCF now had part time rather than full time support and some of the
fixes required extensive technical testing. It was planned that STAR (enabling online show entry) would
go live from June 2020 and the manuals for Show Manager and Office use were now almost completed.

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Partnerships

John Hansson mentioned that Royal Canin voucher could be used for 20% off all purchases at shows,
but had to acknowledge this didn’t mean much if the show price already had 20% discount as there was
no double reduction.

The exciting news was that AGRIA would be launching a new initiative at the Supreme aimed at
giving breeders who issue the five week cover notes a little extra back. There would also be an
Agria advert in catalogues. He urged those present to continue supporting the partnership as GCCF
gained a lot that would be very difficult to replace when it came to an end.

Licensing & Welfare

Steve had several items to report as a lot was happening at the moment with a number of proposals and
discussions regarding further regulation relating to cats, breeding and showing.
 It was disappointing that local authorities were not respecting the Defra Guidance when it
 came to licensing, claiming that breeders were running a business when they were not, or
 applying the dog breeding schedule, rather than that for pet vending. The KC had reported similar
 issues and the Chairman of the Canine & Feline Sector Group would raise them at ministerial
 level at the next meeting with Defra.
 The Welsh Government was proposing to licence shows and exhibitors. There was
 consultation on this at present, and GCCF had contributed, but it seemed poorly thought through
 and difficult to implement so was unlikely to come to anything this time. However, there were
 others who could be encouraged to take action in future.
 There was now a call for evidence on the compulsory microchipping of all cats, with views
 to be expressed by 2020. As Steve had been invited to join a C&FS sub-group on this GCCF
 would have extremely useful representation.
 The Kitten Checklist had been launched on 24 September and was on the GCCF website. It had
 to be remembered that this was put together in conjunction with 20 partners so GCCF’s was not
 the only voice. Our rules and Code of Ethics raise the bar.
 The first draft on Code of Practice on Cat Breeding was complete and with Defra for input.
 Steve had written this in conjunction with ICC and Cats Protection, but expected it to be altered.
 GCCF had been invited to a round table discussion regarding the possibility of introducing
 regulation in the cat, dog and equine rescue and rehoming sanctuary sector. These take
 place on the 23rd Oct in Bristol and 28th Oct in Crewe and it was expected that there would be
 GCCF representation at both events
 Recent information was that the Government had asked 23Red, a PR company, to design a
 campaign on Brexit & travel. Part of this would focus on pet travel and 23Red have requested
 support from members of CFSG, asking for key partners to help them engage the public &
 stakeholders in the messaging by sharing the campaign. Another one to watch!

The positive ending? In a discussion on whether the number of Council meeting should be reduced
most delegates who spoke were against the idea as the meetings gave the opportunity for opinion to be
expressed – voices to be heard, votes to count.
And we finished ten minutes ahead of schedule!

Jen Lacey 17.10.2019 (Delegate for K&TCA)

 Korat & Thai Rescue/Re-homing
I am pleased to say that there are no Korats or Thai’s that need re-homing. However we do have
someone that is looking for an older Korat to be a companion for their 18 year old male Korat, so
please get in touch if you hear about a suitable cat.

 If you know anyone with a cat to be rehomed or can offer a home to a rescue
 Korat or Thai Cat, please do let me know.
 Julie Cherkas

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Korat & Thai Cat Association
 SHOW RESULTS
 Overall Best in Show Pedigree
 CATTLEYA CALYPSO (TAI a 33)
 Owned and bred by Louise Portsmouth

 BIS Adult
 CH CATTLEYA FANDANGO-SAPPHIRE (TAI a 33)
 BIS Kitten
 CATTLEYA CALYPSO (TAI a 33)
 BIS Neuter
 IGRCH & OS IGRPR JUSARKA THAI LILAC PROMISE (KOR)

Other Results:

Olympian Classes
AV Imperial Grand Premier Neuter Female – Judge: Mrs S Bower
Oly – IGRCH & OS IGRPR JUSARKA THAI LILAC PROMISE (KOR)
Res – IGRPR JUSARKA DAYDREAM BELIEVER (TAI a 33)
3rd – IGRPR JUSARKA DREAM-GENIE (TAI a 33)

ADULTS

Imperial Grand Champion Classes
AV Grand Champion Adult Female – Judge: Mrs S Bower
Imp – GRCH KANZONA ASTRA (KOR)
Res – GR CH SALUAY SAENG LALI SAWAN (KOR)

Grand Champion Classes
Korat Champion Adult Male – Judge: Mr M Pearman
Gr – CH JENANCA LUK CHAI SURIWONGSE (KOR)

Thai Blue Point Champion Adult Female – Judge: Mr M Pearman
Gr – CH CATTLEYA FANDANGO-SAPPHIRE (TAI a 33)

Breed Classes
Korat Adult Male – Judge: Mr S Crow
CC – SALUAY MAE BARELLI LACE (KOR)

Korat Adult Female – Judge: Mr S Crow
BOB – SALUAY SAENG LALI SAWAN (KOR)

Thai Lilac Adult Female – Judge: Mr S Crow
CC & BOB – CLAIRABELLE MAGIC POTION (TAI c)

Thai Blue Point Adult Female – Judge: Mr S Crow
BOB – CH CATTLEYA FANDANGO-SAPPHIRE (TAI a 33)

KITTENS

Breed Classes
Thai Blue Point Kitten 14 weeks – 6 months – Judge: Mr S Crow
1st & BOB – CATTLEYA CALYPSO (TAI a 33)

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NEUTERS

Imperial Grand Premier Classes
AV Grand Premier Neuter Female – Judge: Mrs M Buckeridge
Imp – GRPR JENANCA LAILA (TAI c)

Grand Premier Classes
Korat Premier Male – Judge: Mr M Pearman
1st Gr w/h – PR CATTLEYA CHANDRAKENDO (KOR)

Breed Classes
Korat Neuter Male – Judge: Mr S Crow
PC – CLAIRABELLE COMET SHOWER (KOR)
2nd – JUSARKA MERCURY (KOR)

Korat Neuter Female – Judge: Mr S Crow
BOB – IGRCH & OS IGRPR JUSARKA THAI LILAC PROMISE (KOR)

Thai Lilac Neuter Female – Judge: Mr S Crow
BOB – GRPR JENANCA LAILA (TAI c)
PC – JUSARKA ASTERIA (TAI c)

Thai Blue Point Neuter Male – Judge: Mr S Crow
PC – GR CH JUSARKA CYMBELINE (TAI a 33)

Thai Blue Point Neuter Female – Judge: Mr S Crow
BOB – IGRPR JUSARKA DAYDREAM BELIEVER (TAI a 33)
PC – IGRCH JUSARKA DREAM-CATCHER (TAI a 33)

Thai Lilac Point Neuter Male – Judge: Mr S Crow
PC – JUSARKA SAMWISE (TAI c 33)

Thai Lilac Point Neuter Female – Judge: Mr S Crow
PC & BOB – CH CLAIRABELLE MAIPEN PORTIA (TAI c 33)

HOUSEHOLD PETS

Overall Best in Show household pet
GMC MATILDA (PPL ns 09 23)

BIS Non Pedigree Pet
IGMC GEORGE (NPS n 22)
BIS Pedigree Pet
GMC MATILDA (PPL ns 09 23)

HOUSEHOLD PET SECTION

AC Imperial Grand Master Cat Male Judge: Mrs D Hillier-Kidston
Oly – IGMC GEORGE (NPS n 22)
Res – OB IGMC OLIVER (NPS n)

AC Imperial Grand Master Cat Female Judge: Mrs J Noble
Oly – IGMC DORABELLA (NPS w 63)
Res – OB IGMC MISS MARY (NPS f)

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NON PEDIGREE PETS

AC Non-Pedigree Master Cat Male Judge: Mrs J Noble
Gr – MC TALLIS (NPS d 09)
Self (single colour) Cat, with or without white Female Judge: Mrs D Hillier-Kidston
BOC – IGMC DORABELLA (NPS w 63)

Tabby or Tabby & White Cat (except Ginger or Tortie) Judge: Mrs J Noble
BOC – IGMC GEORGE (NPS n 22)

Ginger Cat of any Tabby, Tortie or Tortie Tabby Pattern Judge: Mrs D Hillier-Kidston
BOC – MC TALLIS (NPS d 09)

PEDIGREE PETS

AC Pedigree Grand Master Cat Female Judge: Mrs D Hillier-Kidston
Imp – GMC MATILDA (PPL ns 09 23)
Res w/h – GMC POPPY (PPL g 22)

AC Pedigree Master Cat Male Judge: Mrs J Noble
Gr – MC HUGIE (PPL d 09 33)

AC Pedigree Master Cat Female Judge:
Gr w/h – MC SAFFI (PPL a 09 22)

LH Tabby or Tabby & White (except Red or Tortie) Judge: Mrs J Noble
BOB – GMC MATILA (PPL ns 09 23)
MC – XANTHE ALULA (PPL n 22)

AOC or Pattern Cat (Ticked, Tipped, Smoke, Pointed etc) Judge: Mrs J Noble
BOC – MC HUGIE (PPL d 09 33)

CONGRATULATIONS to all our BEST IN SHOW cats; their owners and breeders.

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Helping at the Club Table
My story of helping on the club table.

I arrived at Bugbrooke on Friday and helped set up the club table with our
merchandise and raffle prizes.

On Saturday I arrived early and gave out envelopes with entries, then started at
the club table with Caroline Bertram. We started selling raffle tickets and
merchandise. It was very nice meeting friends and members. We had a good lunch
from Julie, Dee's sister. On a break I went and looked at the cats in the
pens. Around 3pm we picked the winning tickets and attached them to the prizes.

The overall best in show was about 4pm and at around 5pm we started clearing the
table. I got home about 7pm after an enjoyable day.

Jenny Day

SHOW SCHEME
Thank you to all who entered the show this year. We look forward to seeing you at
the show next year which will again be held at Bugbrooke. Also thank you to Clare
Treacher for collecting and reporting the show results.

Thank you to all the committee members for delivering another fantastic show.

Lastly, don’t forget to send me all your show results for 2019 so I can calculate the
winners of our points scheme. As we have winners of many different categories, I
need to know the show name and date, the name of your cat, breed type, status and
sex; so I know if they are adults or kittens and/or neutered. Finally, what they
actually won, title class, breed class, BOB or BOV etc. Julie has a template in an
excel spreadsheet with all the categories so email her to ask for a copy if you’d
prefer to use that.

I need results by 31 January 2020 and can’t accept anything sent later.

Jenny Day

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Trophies are awarded to the top Korats & Thais from the K&TCA show. Points are also
allocated for wins, at this, and any other GCCF show throughout the year.

Special laminated certificates will be awarded to the winners of each category:
 The top GCCF show Korats or Thais from 2019; Adult, Kitten, Neuter
 The top breeders in 2019 based on Prefix points, first and Runner-Up

 Points will be allocated, as follows:

 BREED CLASS
 Awarded CC, PC, or 1st in Kitten Class = 20 points
 2nd Place = 10 points
 3rd Place = 5 points

 GRAND CLASS - Adult or Neuter
 Awarded Grand [CC or PC] or UKGR = 30 points
 Reserve Grand = 20 points
 Withheld Certificate = 10 points

 IMPERIAL CLASS - Adult or Neuter
 Awarded Imperial Grand [CC or PC] = 40 points
 Reserve Imperial = 30 points
 Withheld Certificate = 15 points

 OLYMPIAN CLASS - Adult or Neuter
 Awarded Olympian = 50 points
 Reserve Olympian = 40 points
 rd
 3 Place in Olympian = 30 points
 4th Place in Olympian = 20 points
 5th Place in Olympian = 10 points

 OTHER AWARDS
 Best of Breed award = 20 points
 Best of Variety Section 4 Adult, Kitten, Neuter = 30 points
 Overall BOV = 40 points
 Overall Best in Show = 50 points
 Best of Best (at Joint Show) = 50 points

 If notification is not sent, no points will be awarded.
 Don’t be disappointed – make sure you have sent notification of your show wins to
 Jen Day by 31 January 2020 so that she can allocate your points.

 Send details to: jenday2011@hotmail.co.uk

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MISSING CAT TIPS
Sent to Julie Cherkas by a lady who volunteers for Cats Protection when Tigger was
missing in 2017.

Firstly, check your own home, garden, and the immediate vicinity THOROUGHLY. Cats
seldom stray far, but some of them have a positive genius for getting shut in sheds,
garages, cars, greenhouses. Check also any standing water-butts, ponds or similar places.
Check under all bushes, decking and in gardens, using a long stick and a torch if
necessary. Knock on neighbours doors and ask them to check sheds/garages/outhouses
WHILE YOU WAIT in case your cat has got shut in (cats are incredibly inquisitive!). Ask
neighbours to prop open doors so if your cat is scared and hiding s/he doesn't miss the
opportunity to get out if the door is only opened briefly.
Your cat recognises the smell of home. Spread hoover contents around the outside of your
house. Put your cat’s dirty litter try outside too. Hang dirty washing on your line, put
smelly trainers in your garden with any cat bedding. Anything that smells familiar will help
guide your cat home if s/he has lost their scent.
Go out looking at night to check, when it is quiet and there is less traffic. Work your way
back towards home as you call them, so not to inadvertently lead them further away from
home. Take a powerful torch. Scatter used cat litter outside and leave out food. If possible,
make sure there is a way for your cat to get back in the house even if you are asleep (e.g.
wedge open the cat flap).
Next check all the surrounding streets, again checking under bushes and in undergrowth.
If there are fields/woods nearby, thoroughly search these too. Check any empty houses
as cats can get through the smallest of spaces.
KEEP doing all these things as when scared cats go into survival mode they may not even
respond to their owner at first.
Make posters/fliers and put them up anywhere and everywhere (e.g. stuck to telegraph
poles and similar). Stick one in the back window of your car. Local shops, post office, pub,
local primary schools (small children are incredibly observant) anywhere really. Ask local
vets to display a copy. Speak to local postman and dog walkers to ask them to TELL you if
they see your cat. Consider printing off enough fliers to put them through people’s
letterboxes down your street and in the area. Keep putting up posters and distributing
fliers further afield if no response is received. Not everybody is on social media. If there
are any distinctive physical conditions or characteristics about your cat, make sure you
feature them prominently in any fliers, online appeals, etc.
Alert all vets in the area and give them a description of your cat. Ask local vets to display a
poster of your missing cat. Even if your cat is chipped, not all vets routinely scan for a
chip!!! Chips can also fail or migrate to anywhere in your cat. Ring the RSPCA/Cats
Protection and any rescues in the area as any of these places may end up with him/her so
best to give them a description too. Again, not all rescue centres routinely scan a cat for a
chip.
See if the local paper runs free lost and found pets ads. Check the found and make sure
your pet is listed as lost. Again, not everybody is on Facebook.
Use Facebook (set to public and tag yourself in your kitty’s photo so you can follow up any
leads from subsequent shares) to share your missing cat. It is ESSENTIAL to include a
clear photo, colour/breed/distinguishing features, where s/he has gone missing from
(district, town and county) and when your cat was last seen. Say if your cat is chipped and
neutered or not. Ask people to share/retweet. Share your cat to any local lost and found
pets’ pages, on national lost cat pages, on the Facebook pages of any local cat rescue
groups, on local vets and larger community groups. The bigger the audience of the groups

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you share to the better. Always include your post code and a mobile contact number. Ask
everyone to share. If you are not on social media, ask a family member or friendly
neighbour to do this for you.
Follow up any and every lead you get until you have absolutely discounted 100% that this
is not your cat. Remember that most people are spectacularly unobservant and quite
capable of identifying a tom as a queen and vice versa.
Contact all the local vets by phone to see if your cat has been brought in injured. KEEP
DOING THIS at weekly intervals, as you may not speak to the same person every time,
plus your cat may have been brought in the day after you phoned the last time.
Contact all the local cat rescues by phone to see if your cat has been brought in injured.
KEEP DOING THIS at weekly intervals, as you may not speak to the same person every
time, plus your cat may have been brought in the day after you phoned the last time.
If your cat is chipped, contact the chip company to ensure they have your correct and up
to date contact details, especially your telephone numbers. Don’t wait for them to come to
you. Alert the chip company that he/she is missing, put him on animal search and missing
pet register as both are free.
After a few days, contact the cleansing department of your local council. They often record
when the street cleaning services picked up deceased animals in the road. While this may
not give you the answer that you want, if they have no record, that is hopeful, and if the
worst comes to the worst, at least you will finally know what happened.
Keep checking, keep looking, check and re-check, and keep contacting the vets and the
shelters. If you make a nuisance of yourself by constantly contacting them, they’ll
remember you.
Also check local re-homing and rescue sites in case your cat has been found and is now
being offered for re-homing.
If your cat is pedigree (or looks like one!!), check Gumtree and other ‘free’ selling sites
just in case your cat has been stolen.
Consider offering a reward, as a last resort, but make sure if you do that you set out the
conditions under which it will be paid very clearly. The last thing you need is to get into
some sort of Mexican standoff with someone who has found your cat and thinks they can
get an extra £100 out of you, over and above what you have offered, before they even tell
you if it’s alive or dead...
Finally, keep a record of everywhere you have advertised your cat so that you can take
down posters and update all social media posts with the good news. If your cat wasn’t
chipped and neutered, please do both when they return home.

Foot Note: Tigger (right) was
missing for almost 2 weeks and the
phone call which led to his safe return
was made after someone saw a
poster which I had only put up the
day before. This made me realise
how important it is, firstly, not to give
up, and secondly, to keep adding
posters and leaflets further afield
until you get a positive sighting.

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Accelerated Judge Scheme – ‘Provisional Full Judges’
Those who show their Korats & Thais will no doubt be familiar with the method of training
judges. Individuals apply to a Breed Advisory Committee (BAC) to become a Pupil Judge
(previously known as Probationer Judge). Once accepted by the BAC, they are eligible to
judge Kitten Breed classes, but not to judge Adult or Neuter Breed classes, so therefore can’t
award Challenge or Premier Certificates (CCs & PCs) until they have completed full training.
Their training involves a number of judging engagements, writing critiques on the cats they
judge. They also have to complete tutorials and assessments under the guidance of qualified
judges, and the BAC gives feedback and encouragement on their progress until they have
completed the specified number of items and apply to become a Full Judge of the Breed. If
the BAC accepts the application to Full Judge, they are then able to award CCs and PCs.

This training method takes time, especially in Sections 2 and 4 which have multiple breeds,
and within GCCF there is a shortage of ‘All Breed’ Judges, or even simply judges able to award
Olympian Certificates.

Korat and Thai cats are shown in Section 4, which comprises 16 breeds; Abyssinian, Russian,
Singapura, Korat, Thai, Snowshoe, Cornish Rex, Devon Rex, Sphynx, LaPerm, Bengal, Ocicat,
Aztec, Egyptian Mau, Sokoke & Toyger. Within the section there are 3 Grand classes (4A, 4B,
4C) and one Imperial class. A Full Judge of roughly 50% of breeds within a Grand class, can
then award a Grand Certificate within that Grand class, even though they won’t necessarily be
able to judge some of the Breed classes. Once a Judge can do two of the three Grand classes,
they can then judge the Imperial class. So it follows that even though some judges are able to
award Korat & Thai cats a Grand, or even Imperial Certificate, without having been through the
BAC training program, they weren’t qualified to award CCs or PCs!

The ‘Accelerated Scheme’ has introduced the concept of Provisional Full Judges (FJPs) to
address this issue and fast track many of the more experienced judges to become Full Judges
in a more efficient manner. These judges have been offered the opportunity to become FJPs
and 5 of these judges have accepted the offer to train in Korat & Thai cats. They are:

Rosemary Fisher Perri Mansaray Jon Trotter Sylvia Rose George Gow

These 5 FJPs are now able to judge Breed classes and award certificates whilst they are
monitored by a Full Judge mentor and the K&TBAC provides approval/constructive advice on
the critiques they submit. Once they have completed a number of engagements and tutorials
(fewer than if they had taken the Pupil Judge route) they can apply to become a Full Judge,
and drop the Provisional status.

In addition to these 5 FJPs we also have a Pupil Judge (PJ), Kaye Wilson, who can only
judge Kitten Breed classes, not Adult or Neuter Breed classes. Kaye is training on the old route
as she doesn’t currently judge any Grand classes in Section 4. Janet Williams has also
applied to become a PJ and the K&TBAC will be voting on her application at our next meeting.
If you show your cats, please try to enter cats in classes under our Pupil Judges and
Provisional Full Judges. The more cats they can judge, the quicker they can progress to Full
Judges of Korat & Thai cats. And do try to find the judge after they have finished to chat and
add encouragement.

Finally, while on the subject of judges, I’m saddened to say that Keith Scruton has recently
retired from judging. Keith loved judging Korats & Thais and I’m sure many of your cats have
received certificates from him over the years – certainly, Izzi is the proud owner of an
Olympian Certificate from Keith. We shall miss him at shows and I’m sure you will all join me
in wishing Keith all the best for the future.

If you have any questions about Judge Training, please feel free to call me.

Julie Cherkas – Jusarka Cats
(contact details on page 5)
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£Treasurer’s Notes
Hi Everyone
Well…The days are getting shorter again. Can’t believe how quickly the year has gone. Had a lovely time at
our breed show in October and was given the chance to judge the Household Pets. I was also lucky to have
our Chairman stewarding for me. Thank you Clare; thoroughly enjoyed the day. Also, huge thanks to
everyone who visited, entered or supported the Show. It truly was a great day 

Thank you to all our lovely members who have stayed with us this year and to those who have already paid
their Subs for 2020. It’s great to have your continued support and we hope that many of you will stay with
us again for the next year.

Subs for 2020 are due on the 1st January, but I am taking 2020 Subs for those who want to pay now.

Ways to pay your Membership Subscription:
You can pay by PayPal; membership@korats.org.uk. Please remember to choose friend, family or gift NOT
goods and services when paying by this method, otherwise we will be charged a fee for the transaction.

You can still pay by cheque. Thanks to the new mobile cheque deposit facility, cheques will be cashed quicker
than previously. Please note: Cheques should be payable to: Korat & Thai Cat Association
You can send your remittance to the Treasurers address on the Page 5.

You can now pay by Bank Transfer or set up a Standing Order. Please add the first 5 characters of your
surname and your postcode in the reference box. Please then drop me an email to say your payment has
been made. The Account details are: SORT CODE: 30 90 28, ACCOUNT 66677568

Welcome to our New Member; the committee would like to offer her a warm welcome:
Dr Andrea Carpenter – Sutton Coldfield

Have a fabulous Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Best Wishes
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Meet the Cats
Name Saluay Jaochai AKA Dylan
Breed Korat
Age 9 years old
Breeder Clare Treacher
Owner Clare Treacher
Favourite food Not fussy, will eat anything! I do like
 to steal crisps from the packet if
 mum is not watching!
Favourite toy Charlie the catnip caterpillar.
Show I’m not a show kitty but I do have to
achievements go to mum’s work occasionally to
 show new vets my condition. Can’t
 say I love doing that but mum tells
 me I have to teach the vets and then
 I get chicken!
Favourite past Sleeping on the sofa on the big Tigga Tower pillow.
times
Interesting I was born with Cerebellum Hypoplasia. I’m told I wobble when I walk
fact and I fall over sometimes which is a bit annoying when I am running for
 the kitchen to check if Mum drops anything, but I always get there in
 the end. When I’m sitting still no one knows I’m any different. My other
 Korat friends love me for me even if I accidently knock them flying!

Name Cattleya Calypso AKA Dottie
Breed Thai Blue Point
Age 8 months old
Breeder Louise Portsmouth
Owner Louise Portsmouth
Favourite food Poached chicken but likes to share
 her plate with her best pal Lottie
 the miniature dachshund puppy.
Favourite toy Little tinsel pompoms.
Show Best of Variety Kitten and Overall
achievements Best in Show at the K&TCA show.
Favourite past Playing with Lottie the Sausage dog.
times
Interesting When the litter were born on 17th April 2019, I believed they were all
fact boys (3 Korat and 2 TBPs) but as the weeks went on it transpired that
 Dottie was the much awaited female TBP so I just had to keep her as
 my next breeding girl. She’s a fabulous temperament and very snuggly
 which is unusual for a girl.

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KORAT & THAI CAT ASSOCIATION
 LIST OF BREEDERS

NAME / LOCATION PREFIX / TEL NO EMAIL / WEB ADDRESS

Mr R & Mrs L Best [KOR & TAI] Myfanwy richpbest@hotmail.com
Cardiff 029 2084 2845
Mrs Felicity Black* [KOR] Kanzona felicityvincent@gmail.com
London 020 7485 1211
Ms Julie Cherkas [KOR & TAI] Jusarka jusarka@yahoo.co.uk
Southampton 023 8090 4187
Miss J Couch* [KOR & TAI] Jasumik graham.jane2@virginmedia.com
South Wales 01792 791207
Mrs C Harding-Brown* [KOR & TAI] Clairabelle animalantix@me.com
Berkshire 07889 119224 www.animalantix.com
Mrs H Hawkins* [KOR] Koorahk koorahkliliwen@gmail.com
Manchester 0161 281 6482 www.koorahkkoratsdirect.co.uk
Mrs J Lacey* [KOR & TAI] Jenanca jen.lacey@btinternet.com
Northamptonshire 01832 293831 www.jenanca.com
Mrs A Locher [KOR & TAI] Bikila walannlocher@yahoo.co.uk
London 020 8898 4299
Miss C Nichols* [KOR] Nikelsilva nikelsilva@yahoo.com
Humber Bridge 01482 627029
Mrs Gillian Pigott [KOR] Bluesilk bluesilkkorats@btinternet.com
Sherborne, Dorset 07890 555850
Mrs L Portsmouth [KOR & TAI] Cattleya louise.portsmouth@mac.com
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire 01793 938543 www.cattleyacats.co.uk
Ms G Sinclair* [KOR] Sawatao gab.s@talktalk.net
London 07814 894733
Miss C Treacher [KOR] Saluay clare.treacher83@gmail.com
London 07714 279625
Mrs S Williams-Elliss* [KOR & TAI] Serennol serennol@yahoo.co.uk
Nottinghamshire 07807 888718 www.serennol.co.uk
Mrs Liz Wilson [KOR & TAI] Higford lizziecatw@gmail.com
Herefordshire 01531 660283
* Denotes stud ownership

OVERSEAS KORAT BREEDERS

Ms Camilla Baird Primprau’s Denmark dkkorat@yahoo.dk
Mr Bernd Pollesche Kobalt Germany bpollesche@arcor.de

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 K&TCA KITTEN LIST SERVICE
 Contact Dee Hillier-Kidston (details on page 5) with your litter information for inclusion on the KTCA website.
 Please include date of birth, number of kittens born, type of kittens (i.e. Korats or Thais), number of each sex
 still available and date the kittens will be ready for their new homes. A photo can also be added.

 Please remember to let Dee know when your kittens have been placed.

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