NEWS 2011

8th of October: South Ribble Pet Cat Club show. Prince Best Adult Pedigree in Show, Ribble Grad Master certificate.

Dusky, at his first show ever aged 9!, several firsts and Ribble MC certificate. 7 trophies between them.

24th of September: North West CC show. Sunrise wins his third GPC, BOB and is nominated for Best in Show. This now makes him GRAND PREMIER BLONDBELLA SUNRISE.

23rd of July: Bingley show. Sunrise wins BOB and BEST IN SHOW LONGHAIR. Prince wins Best Adult Pedigree Pet.

11 trophies between them!

10th of June: Katy turned 18! See photos here

26th of February: Coventry & Leicester CC Championship show. Sunrise takes the Reserve Grand Premier Certificate.

NEWS 2010

30th of November: Dawn gives birth to one kitten.

25th of November: Jools gives birth to 5 Persian kittens.

21st of November: Diamond gives birth to a fantastic litter of 4 Exotic kittens.

20th of November: The Supreme Cat Show. Sunrise wins 1st in his class and the Grand Premier Certificate, his second.

9th of October: We went to the annual pet cat show for the South Ribble Pet Cat Club. What a day! We had entered Prince (of course!), Prince's little half sister Aurora and Ringo the Maine Coon. Ringo had not been shown for many years (he will be 9 on the 1st of December) and had never been shown as a pet before -judged on condition and temperament alone. Aurora of coruse had never been to a show either, being just 4 months old.

Cutting a long story short, all 3 cats did extremely well. Prince won Best in Show Pedigree Pet (again!). Ringo had a red card day, attracted a lot of attention (including from Maine Coon people who all said he was so nice and should be shown in the normal way in future) and in the Casper Challenge (a knock out challenge where two cats compete against each other, the winner then competes against another winner etc etc until only ONE cat is left -this being the ONLY competition in the show where ALL the cats were judged against each other; pedigrees and moggies) and Ringo WON the Casper Challenge! Aurora was picked as the People's Choice (voted for by all the exhibitors and visitors to the show) and also Chairman's Choice Kitten.

We came home with no less than 14 trophies, 20 kg of dry cat food (mainly Applaws), 42 cans and pouches of Applasw wet, 2 cat beds, 2 cat flaps, 3 ornaments, 4 bags of cat litter, lots of cat toys -and mroe!

(Just a pity the car broke down on our way home and we had to wait 3 hours for the AA to tow us home!)

All photos courtesy of Sue McParlin for http://www.catplanet.co.uk

Prince in the Best in Show pen

Ringo in the Casper Challenge winner pen

Aurora on the judges' table

8th of August: Bingley show (exemption so no certificates on offer). We showed the same 3 cats (Sunrise, Marabou, Prince) and between them, in 16 classes entered they won 12 firsts, 2 seconds and one sixth (the last one out of 11) -with 8 trophies. Sunrise and Marabou both won BOB and Prince won BOV.

10th of July: Humberside and Lincolnshire Cat Clubs joint Championship shows. We entered 3 cats in both shows and had a great day.

Sunrise won BOB in both shows and was awarded the Grand Premier Certificate in Humberside and the Reserve Grand Premier Certificate in Lincolnshire. He also won several side classes.

Critique by judge Barbara Prowse on winning the Grand:

AC PERSIAN NON-SELF PREMIER MALE (3) GR PC MRS M BRETT’S PR BLONDBELLA SUNRISE (13b5) MN 27/8/08 –

Red Colourpoint of good shape and size. Large round head with good width between neat well furnished ears. Round blue eyes. Short broad nose with good stop and full pink leather. Good bite. Full cheeks firm chin. Well prepared coat. Points colour a pleasing shade of red. Mask not quite full. Dinky tail. A very laid back young man.

Critique by judge Celia De Martino (Lincs CC) on winning the BOB:

BOB BRETT’S PR BLONDBELLA SUNRISE A superb red point colourpoint lad with well prepared long soft silky pale coat . Excellent red mask points and tail. Excellent width between well placed furnished ears, short nose with stop, full cheeks, good bite and firm chin. Fairly bold well set blue eyes. Cobby rounded frame, short sturdy legs and tail in proportion to body. Excellent temperament and condition.

Marabou the Chocolate Tabby Exotic kitten was second in both his open classes but gained a few firsts in side classes and very nice critiques.

Critique by Barbara Prowse in a side class that Marabou won:

AC PERSIAN RADIUS KITTEN 1ST MRS M BRETT’S BLONDBELLA MARABOU (70 8b) M 27/11/09 – Chocolate Tabby Exotic whom I could have taken home. Love the colour! Good shape and size. Cobby standing on short fat legs. Head is round with good width between neat ears. Round copper eyes. Short broad nose with good stop and full leather. Good bite. Full fat cheeks firm chin. Coat displays excellent classic tabby markings. Coat is dense, plush and stands well away from the body. Tail well ringed and in proportion to his body.

Prince once again showed that he, truly, IS King of All Cats. At only his third (and fourth) show, he won the Master Cat certificate and Best of Colour in both shows, gaining the title of MASTER CAT -the pet cat's version of Champion. He also won several side classes, finishing the day by winning Best of Variety Pedigree Pet in Lincolnshire and finally BEST IN SHOW HOUSEHOLD PET in the Lincs show! He only missed out on the ultimate award of Best of the Best to famous non ped show cat Alfred.

Photo below of Prince with BIS judge Anne Gregory by Steve Stanton from http://www.catplanet.co.uk

Anne Gregory's BIS critique on Prince:

For the Lincolnshire Show the Pedigree Pet was a beautifully presented Persian type exhibit

called Prince Daybreak owned by Mrs Brett. I have to say he did look very regal but was happy to receive a cuddle!

25th of May: Dawn has her final kitten, a LilacCream Exotic called Aurora, who will be staying here. A half sister to Prince!

20th of January: Biscuit has her final litter of kittens, to Moonlight.

NEWS 2009

Finally a page for news about the cats! Starting July 2009.

16th of December: Ugly Betty has kittens to Jupiter

15th of December: Jools has kittens to Moonlight

27th of November: Diamond has kittens to Mouse.

21st of November: The Supreme Cat Show. Lucky Dip beaten to 2nd place but with very nice critique. Sunrise gains his third PC and hence the title of PREMIER! In 3 straight shows -and what better show to finish at than the Supreme.

Sunrise at the Supreme

24th of October: Yorkshire County Cat Club Championship Show. Blondbella Sunrise PC and BOB, Prince Daybreak MC and BOC.

26th of September: North West Cat Club Championship Show. Lucky Dip was beaten to second (but placed in all his side classes), but BLONDBELLA SUNRISE 13b5 won PC with BOB, 1st in two of his side classes and 2nd in the third! This was his first ever show.

9th of August: Bingley show (exemption). Blondbella Lucky Dip 1st (of 2) in Exotic AC adult male, then Best of Breed adult Exotic -beating a Grand Champion! (At age 9 months 2 weeks.) Placed in all his side classes, one of which was 3rd out of 13 with all breeds in the class.

Blondbella Daybreak (show name Prince Daybreak), my lovely spoilt pet Persian boy, debuted as a pet pedigree show cat. Won his class, won 3 side classes, got a 2nd in the fourth side class, and then took BEST IN SHOW household pet!

11th of July: Lincolnshire Cat Club Championship Show. Blondbella Lucky Dip (Cream Tabby Exotic male) is awarded

1st and Best of Breed in his kitten class.

Judge Mrs P. Wilding's critique:

"Delightful kitten and well grown. Good round head, good short nose and dip in profile. Good chin. Lovely top of head and small round tipped ears set well. Thick neck, strong body. Short thick legs and big round paws. Lovely coat standing well away from body. Good colour. Excellent temperament. Pleasure to judge."