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New website for Felis Britannica Starting from now and onwards mainly our new web site www.felisbritannica.org will be updated. Please go to www.felisbritannica.org/news. It is with regret that the Executive Committee have had to take the difficult decision to postpone the dinner for the annual presentation to the Points Award Winners for 2010. We apologise for taking this decision at such a late stage, but we have been hoping that all the information required from the clubs to finalise the results would be received in time. Unfortunately this has not been the case, the last of the results and associated paperwork were not received until last weekend, and there are still several queries that need to be addressed by the show managers before the results can be verified and the Show Commission are in a position to calculate the final positions. There is simply no time left for the invitations to be sent out to the winners to enable them enough time to be able to make a decision on whether they want to attend, as it is now less that 2 weeks away and members are likely to have other commitments already. This has not been an easy decision, but we feel it is only fair to the winners that all the shows from the last show year are taken into account when calculating the points and therefore came to the decision that the only way for this to be achieved was by postponing the dinner by a few weeks and not combining it with the AGA as has been the case historically. Therefore a new date for the Points Awards dinner has been provisionally booked for Saturday 21st May 2011 at: This date will be confirmed by the end of the week, the Executive Committee did not want to leave it any longer before notifying you all. If you wish to join us for the dinner, please RSVP, by the 1st May 2011, to the General Secretary at: Or email felisbritannicasecretary@gmail.com Anyone who has already advised the General Secretary that they are attending on the original date will be contacted directly, to confirm whether they will still be attending. If they cannot attend on the new date, any payments already made will be returned in full. We apologise again for any inconvenience and disappointment this decision has caused and hope that many of our members will still be able to join us on this alternative date; for what is one of the most enjoyable and lively nights of the year, to celebrate the achievements of our cats and enjoy the company of all out cat friends, without the worry of having our feline friends with us for a change. The AGA will of course be going ahead as planned on the 12th and 13th March 2011 For and on behalf of the Felis Britannica Executive Committee Debbie Davies Felis Britannica General Secretary The VCC has recently notified the FB Show Commission that, after careful consideration, they will not be going ahead with the Lincoln shows in May due to the continuing economic situation in the UK - the rising cost of holding cat shows, coupled with reduced income making some venues unsustainable, including the annual Lincoln shows. The show commission has been considering alternative options for the past two weeks, following notification that the show dates were being given up by the VCC. Having contacted the other FB clubs to offer them the option of running this show instead of the VCC, we have been unable to obtain the support of any of the other clubs. The ACC did consider however in light of agreeing to take on the Ware show coupled with a two day show in April and June, the workload and club finances would not stretch to this additional date. The cancellation of this show is regrettable and the Executive Committee hopes that support will still be given to the shows planned for the remainder of the year. John Cunningham Show Commission Chairman The Executive Committee cordially invites you to an Awards dinner, at which
the winners of the 2010 Points Awards will be presented with their trophies. The dinner will be held on the evening of the 12th March 2011 at: Kents Hill Park, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes MK7 6TT If you wish to join us for this celebration please RSVP, by the 26th February 2010, to
the following address; 21 Buckingham Avenue, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 8DA Or via email to felisbritannicasecretary@gmail.com Yours Sincerely, The Executive Committee have to inform you that the Maine Coon Guild informed the Show Commission on the 6th January 2011 that they would not be in a position to run their show on the 6th March 2011 as the show venue was not available, it had not been possible to secure a suitable alternative and the show manager was not in a position to organise or run the show due to other family commitments that had arisen, due to a family bereavement. As per the statutes the Executive Committee were informed and the show date has been offered to the other clubs, giving them a week to consider whether any of them would be in a position to take on this show date, in order for the Executive Committee to advise the members in a timely fashion. We are pleased to be able to inform you that the Aristocats Cat Club have agreed to take on the show date and have been granted the licence for the show. They have secured a venue in Ware, Hertfordshire: Wodson Park Leisure Centre Wadesmill Rd Ware Hertfordshire SG12 0UQ The Executive Committee are extremely grateful to the Aristocats Cat Club for their offer of assistance in running this show and commend them on their ability to step up and deliver in such an extremely short time frame. They are now in the process of securing judges for this show and as soon as the judges have been invited then the schedule will be added to the show page on the FB website. The Executive Committee hope that the members will support the Aristocats Cat Club, as without them stepping in at such short notice you would have a very large gap in the show calendar for this year. Dear Members, In accordance with Article 6.3 of the Felis Britannica statutes, the Executive Committee cordially invites you to the forthcoming Felis Britannica Annual General Assembly. This will be held on the 12th and 13th March 2011, at the following venue: Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre Trimbold Drive Milton Keynes If you wish to attend the AGA meeting, please email the General Secretary on felisbritannicasecretary@gmail.com by the 26th February 2011, so that we can ensure there are refreshments booked for you. You are of course welcome to turn up on the day without prior notice. Kind Regards, The Executive Committee of Felis Britannica We are pleased to advise all the winning exhibitors at the Winners Show on the 7th November 2010, that the leisure centre have now located the missing trophies. All the winners should therefore receive their trophies by post next week. After much discussion over the past few months the EC have decided to trial a change to the current system of working out the winners for the annual Points Awards Winners. It is therefore proposed that the new system will be piloted over the course of the next show year (Winners show November 2010 - Edenbridge Show Oct 2011) which will commence at this year’s Winner Show on the 7th November 2010. It has been decided to simplify the system to make it easier for all exhibitors to work out where they are likely to be within the standings. In order to ensure that the advantage that category II may have been perceived to have, due to the number of exhibits in this section, then it is necessary to make some directives for the Best in Show format to be uniform across all the clubs, so that it is possible for all the categories to gain maximum points at a show. 1 point will be awarded for each cat beaten. All clubs must have the same format for BIS In each category: BIS male neuter BIS female neuter BIS Neuter BIS Kitten 3-6 BIS Junior BIS Kitten (from kitten/junior) BIS Male BIS Female BIS Adult Best in Category Best New Variety/Breed Best Unrecognised Breed Best HHP Breeder: 1 point per cat beaten as above, all cats of prefix to be counted All clubs must then have an Overall BIS from the Best in Category winners. Example: Total Cats at Show 163 Cat 1 5 Cat II 92 Cat III 25 Cat IV 28 Total 1-4 150 HHP 5 New Variety 6 Unrecognised Breed 2 Best Cat II winner 92 points Best Cat 1 Winner & Overall BIS 150 points Therefore Category 1 cats can potentially become the overall Points Winner for the year. (This would apply to all other categories too) This will only work if every show runs to the above format, as if some awards are not made, i.e. Best Female Neuter and Male Neuter but no Best Overall Neuter in a category it will penalise exhibitors at those shows. This new Points Award will be used to encourage people to enter more shows with the points regularly updated on the FB website. Royal Canin have agreed to sponsor the awards with a (yet to be agreed) sizeable prize in line with the similar GCCF competitions. Every cat regardless of whether it is registered with FB or not will initially be counted in the points list with the proviso that only cats / exhibitors registered with an FB club by a certain date (to be advised) in the show year will be able to claim the prize. This is to encourage newcomers from other bodies to participate and then commit to FB shows. The Points list will be updated after each show. It will be made clear that these are unverified results and these will be amended when the final results are published. Following a request from the show commission the EC have agreed to a change in the qualification requirements for 3-6 month kittens for the Winners Show, with immediate effect. Therefore, any kitten that will be entered in Class 12 (3-6 months) for the Winners Show no longer needs to qualify.
Any kittens that will be entered in Class 11 (6-10 months) at the Winners show will still need to qualify as laid out in the rules. This decision will be brought to the next FB AGA for ratification as a permanent change to the qualification requirements. It is hoped that this will encourage more kittens to be entered for the Winners show as currently there is a very small window of opportunity for this age group to qualify for the Winners show. The Early bird closing date has also been extended by a week until the 12th October 2010, as it is currently only 2 days after the Edenbridge show, this will enable those who qualify at Edenbridge to take advantage of the early bird offer. For and on behalf of the Executive Committee Debbie Davies General Secretary Felis Britannica The Executive Committee are very sad to announce the immediate resignation of Sarah Johnson as Acting President of Felis Britannica. We are very sorry to lose such a long standing member of Felis Britannica from the Executive Committee and we are very grateful for all her hard work whilst she was on the Executive Committee. As an Executive Committee, we shall miss her sensible and balanced approach to problems and wish her well in her new role in FIFe on the Breeding & Registrations Commission which we know will keep her very busy and involved with FIFe in a different capacity. We hope that the Clubs and their members will join us in extending our best wishes to Sarah in the future. The Executive Committee are very sad to announce the immediate resignation of Neil Gardner as President of Felis Britannica. We are very sorry to lose such a long standing member of the Executive Committee and we are very grateful to him for his many years of loyal service and hard work. We should all be aware that Neil was a chief protagonist in the fight for the rights of the individual members of our predecessor, The Cat Association of Britain which led to their eventual demise and replacement with our current, democratic Federation. We should not underestimate his efforts in the formation of Felis Britannica and his tireless work for the recognition as the UK Member in FIFe. As an Executive Committee, we shall miss his calm and balanced approach to problems.
We hope that the Clubs and their members will join us in extending our heartfelt thanks to Neil for his contribution to FB and FIFe over the years and offering our best wishes to him in the future. The Executive Committee were first made aware of the cancellation of the Viking Cat Club show on the 27th June 2010 and this was then discussed at its meeting on 28th June 2010. This information had been received by the Show Commission on 22nd June 2010, although this date has only just been revealed to us. At this point we were informed that all clubs had been contacted and had been unable to step in, although it was noted that no reply was yet received from the Garden of England. The Show Commission Chairman was asked to vigorously pursue an answer from the Garden of England and prepare a statement for publication no later than Wednesday, 30th June 2010. The EC at this point had assumed, obviously incorrectly, that the Phoenix Cat Club was included in the statement of "..all clubs..." The Executive Committee were made aware that the Phoenix Cat Club had actually never been contacted after receipt of an email was sent by their Chairman to the Vice President and General Secretary. When questioned, the Show Commission Chairman admitted that he had not contacted the Phoenix Cat Club and that he had not understood that he needed to, and also that he had failed to read the signature designation on the Phoenix Cat Club email enquiring about the show and had thought that enquiry had emanated from the Garden of England Cat Club. The problem was further exacerbated by the hospitalisation of the Show Commission Chairman on Wednesday 30th June 2010, which regrettably left the commission somewhat inactive for that period of 24 hours. Once the matter had been brought to the attention of the Executive Committee, it responded immediately to grant the licence to the Phoenix Cat Club pending details of the show venue. Pressure from the membership to issue a statement about the cancellation of the Leeds show meant that we had to give an extremely tight deadline to the Phoenix Cat Club. A full investigation into this whole episode and a review of working protocols between Clubs, Commission and the Executive Committee is now underway and we expect to be able to make a full report in the minutes of our next Executive Meeting in July. Any new directives will be issued to the clubs at that point. The Executive Committee are extremely grateful to the Phoenix Cat Club for their offer of assistance in running this show and commend them on their ability to step up and deliver in such an extremely short time frame. The location of the show has been updated on the FIFe website, although the designated club cannot be altered by FB directly, but a request to do so submitted to FIFe. This was done on Thursday night, and so will be updated soon. The VCC has recently notified the FB Show Commission that, after careful consideration, they will not be going ahead with the Leeds show in September due to the continuing economic situation in the UK - the rising cost of holding cat shows, coupled with reduced income, is making some venues unsustainable, including the annual Leeds show. The show commission has been considering alternative options for the past week and a half, following notification that the show date was being given up by the VCC.
Having contacted the other FB clubs to offer them the option of running this show instead of the VCC, The Phoenix Cat Club have agreed to take over this show date at short notice. The show will therefore be going ahead; however, due to the high costs of the Leeds venue, we need to notify you of a venue change, the show is moving to: Grantham Meres Leisure Centre A flyer will be available shortly on the FB website once judges have been confirmed. We hope that most of the exhibitors who had planned to show in Leeds will not find this too much of an inconvenience; although we appreciate it is a bit further south than planned. Please support the Phoenix Cat Club as without them stepping in at this stage you would not have a show at all on this date. Finally, we apologise for the lack of communication, especially in view of the rumours that have been circulating in relation to the Leeds Show; but until we had heard from all the parties concerned, and could confirm the show would go ahead, we were not in a position to provide an update on the current situation. John Cunningham,
Chair Show Commission
As may have been noticed by some visitors, the FB website was offline for 24 hours during May.
This was due to a major hardware failure of the server that hosts all of FB's online facilities, and resulted in all
data being lost. Once the server was rebuilt, a full restoration of data was performed from our backups. Unfortunately
it became evident last week that some of the databases had been corrupted - possibly as part of the restoration,
or possibly due to data corruption of the data in the days prior to the total hardware failure, causing corrupted
database files to be backed up, and subsequently used for the restoration. This will have resulted in missing information
and other anomolies since the original hardware failure. The result of this is that the online databases that hold the entire history of FB's show results has been
corrupted, and the database tables will need to be re-created, and the data restored from the original
offline data backups. This is a significant amount of work, and is likely to take a few weeks to complete. We thank you for your patience, and will get the work completed as soon as possible. If visitors notice
any other problems with the website, please report them using the WEBMASTER link at the foot of the page.
Unfortunately, due to a double booking by the lesiure centre we are having to move the venue for our show on the 27th & 28th March 2010. Please be aware that the new venue will be at Lutterworth Sports Centre Coventry Road Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4RB T+ 44 (0)1455 200800 F+ 44 (0)1455 550437 This venue is about 10 miles away from the original venue so hopefully will cause minimal disruption. Please accept the apologies of the ACC show team but this is really out of our control. A revised schedule will be posted shortly. John Cunningham Show Manager The Executive Committee would like to draw to your attention the policy regarding payments in relation to the processing of registrations. Registrations are only processed by the Registrar once payment has been received from the member club. Registrations are not considered to have been received by FB until all the correct paperwork; including payment, has been supplied by the club / member and they then enter the back of the queue on that date, with regard to processing timescales. Non-payment by the clubs will inevitably lead to delays in your registrations being returned. There are registrations on hold at this time due to the non-payment of fees. If you have any questions regarding outstanding registrations, please contact your club pedigree secretary. Following the cancellation of the Alcester show, scheduled for July 25th, the FB Executive have become aware of much misinformation surrounding the cancellation. When a show is cancelled, there is understandably disappointment - not only for the exhibitors, but the people organising the show also. During the past 2 months the members of the Executive have contributed many days putting together this show, only for it to be cancelled. Everything was in place for the show to go ahead, with the catalogue complete and all paperwork prepared. With such a low entry, the Executive were only too aware that a dispensation was far from certain, but hoped one might be granted based on the circumstances faced by FB here in the UK and outcomes to recent dispensation requests. When, late on Wednesday, we were notified by the FIFe Board that they were unable to grant a dispensation for an International Show with only 71 exhibits, there was no choice but to cancel the show. The Executive fully understand why the FIFe Board took this decision, even though it was not the answer we had hoped for. It has been suggested that not enough effort was put into trying to secure the required number of entries. In truth, the Executive have spent many hours individually contacting people in an attempt to encourage more entries. Although this doubled the entry in the 10 days leading up to the cancellation, there were far more people declining than accepting, for one reason or another : Experience has shown that direct contact, either by post, email or telephone with potential exhibitors provides a much better response than generic forum posts, since it reaches a much wider audience, and is far less likely to be overlooked. With so many people contacted directly, and having already declined, it became evident that there was little chance of getting anywhere near the required number. Many FIFe exhibitors in the UK are not aware that there is a FIFe rule that says an International FIFe show must have an entry of 150 cats - this is unique to FIFe, and some other organisations operate shows with less than 100 cats. It is this rule that is most likely to prevent an FB show going ahead, rather than the financial aspect. Changing this rule, as has been suggested by some, is not a quick process, since it would need to go to a FIFe GA - the soonest a change could be made is Jan 1st 2011, and that assumes that any such proposal gets the required majority at first the FB AGA and then the FIFe GA. Traditionally, the FIFe Board will give a dispensation for shows with at least 100 cats, although this is a privilege we currently enjoy, and the Executive do not assume it will always be granted, or continue to be the norm. For Alcester, the entry was less than half of the 150 normally required for an International Show, and the entry would have had to increase by 41% to even reach 100 cats! This was clearly impossible with the number of people who had already declined to enter. It has also been suggested that exhibitors who had already entered should be asked for more entries. This was unrealistic, as every exhibitor entered would have had to bring at least one more cat for even 100 exhibits to have been reached. Had the entry been a few short, it may well have been made up with such an approach, but as is evident from the numbers involved, this was not an option. There have also been comments by individuals suggesting that they were not contacted by clubs in which they held associate membership, regarding entering the show. With regard to FB business, it is the responsibility of clubs to contact their full members, not their associate members, and so an associate member would not have been contacted. If they were to be contacted through a club, then it would have been the club in which they were a full member. It has also been suggested that the Maine Coon Guild were unhappy about the rescheduling of the show, and were not notified of the details. This is untrue. The Chair of the Show Commission was asked by the Executive to contact the secretary of the MCG before anything about the Alcester show was announced publicly, so that they were fully informed of what had been decided by the Executive. When the MCG secretary was telephoned she said that "she had no objections as it was not in the same area as the MCG show so should not affect their entry". Ultimately this show was cancelled because not enough exhibitors were able to enter, and the FIFe Board were unable to grant a dispensation for such a low entry. The EC therefore had no option but to cancel the show. With the FIFe requirements for International Shows we would urge all exhibitors to enter shows well in advance - it is not very pleasant for anyone - exhibitors, organisers, visitors, service providers or stall holders - when a show is cancelled only a few days before the event, but FB clubs have traditionally kept entries open until the week before the show, as so many exhibitors enter at the last minute. The Executive have been unanimous in their approach to this show, and every effort was made to ensure that exhibitors were given an opportunity to attend a show during the height of summer. The Executive collectively picked up the organisation of the show at the last minute. Fran de Courcy Rolls agreed to be the named show manager in order for the show to proceed, since she was the most experienced person that could be in attendance on the day of the show, but due to work commitments could not undertake many activities prior to the show and ensured that the EC were aware of this. The EC did everything possible to ensure a show was offered to our exhibitors. We would also again like to thank those exhibitors who did support the show, and join them in their disappointment that the show didn't enjoy enough support to go ahead. Neil Gardner
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31st Jan, 2013
The slides from the November 2009 -October 2010 Points Awards are downloadable here.
2012
25th Jan, 2012
The booking form for the 2010/11 show year Points Awards Dinner on Saturday 25th February 2012 at Moulton College, Northampton is now available. Please return it to FB Show Commission, 15 Rush Close, Hartwell, Northants, NN7 2LD / email: showcommission@felisbritannica.org by Wednesday 15th February. Payment is due at the time of booking.
19th Jan, 2012
The AGA and Annual Points Awards Dinner are now booked for 25-26th February.
The AGA is on Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th February at Moulton College, Northampton. Further information will be going out to the Clubs from the General Secretary in due course.
The Awards Dinner is on Saturday 25th February at Moulton College at 7.30pm. Everyone who is a member of FB is invited to attend, booking forms will be available shortly. In addition, all those who have a cat in the top three rankings of each award category will receive a personal email invitation.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
7th Jan, 2012
We've a problem with the diary page on this site - the forms for upcoming shows are being uploaded to the new site (http://felisbritannica.org/show-date), please download them from there. We're trying to fix the problems with this site, so please bear with us! Thanks from the EC
2011
19th Dec, 2011
The Show Commission will be running a Steward Training seminar on Saturday 11th February. Further details, including venue and how to book a place to follow in the new year.
23rd Nov, 2011
The ‘joining instructions’ have now been emailed out to everyone we know is coming to the stewards training on Saturday (26th November) – if you’re planning on coming and haven’t had them, can you check your spam filter… and if they’re not there, email me (fbshowcommission@gmail.com) please.
21st Nov, 2011
We’ve some exciting category IV guest judges for the Aristocats Christmas show on 3-4 December at Lutterworth – so get your entries in so they have something to judge! Closing date is Wednesday 23rd November.
Closing date for adverts in the catelogue is Friday 26th November
Costs are as follows (all black and white):
£25 for a full page ad
£15 for a half page ad
£5 for a credit card box (send a Merry Christmas message to your cat friends)
There are still a couple of sideclasses that need sponsorship - £10 and you get your prefix on the tails.
Send ads to either Josie (josie.a.hughes@gmail.com) or to John Tipper (felisbritannicaPR@gmail.com) in either a word document, a PDF or a jpeg. If you need help pulling the ad together, please contact us by Wednesday of this week.
4th Nov, 2011
The postcode for the Show Hall takes you to the main Moulton College site. The show hall is about 2 miles further on, outside the village of Moulton in the direction of Pittsford and it’s gate 4 - see the attached map. Once you go in Gate 4, follow the road round to the left until you get to the car park in front of the sports hall.
4th Nov, 2011
Felis Britannica is please to announce that the Viking Cat Club has at a special meeting elected a new Committee.
Chair: Robert Bryce, 30 Sywell Leys, Rugby CV22 5SD robbryce@gmail.com
Secretary: Elizabeth Ward, 48 Curzon Street, Huddersfield HD2 1XB 01484 428518 liz@huggibear.co.uk
Treasurer: Barney Wright bvwright@btopenworld.com
Membership Secretary: Vera Wright bvwright@btopenworld.com
Pedigree Checker and Title Validations Officer: Margaret Scott, 52 Bedford Road, Little Houghton, Northampton NN7 1AB delaret@btinternet.com
Show Manager: Denise Burn, 46 Menin Road, Billesley, Birmingham B13 0TU 07986 708071 sapphirensteelcats@hotmail.com
Assistant Show Manager: Beth Hopkins, 48 Arundel Road, Hollywood, Birmingham B14 8UD beth_hopkins@hotmail.com
Committee: Debbie Davis celexacornishrex@googlemail.com
13th Oct, 2011
The Show Commission is running a stewards training seminar on Saturday 26th November 2011 in Spalding, Lincoln. Everyone is welcome to attend, whether you’d like to try stewarding, have done it before and would like some hints and tips or have been doing it for years and are happy to share your experiences. The flyer and booking form are on the diary page.
10th Oct, 2011
As we have sponsorship for most of the side classes for the winners show, the Show Commission has decided as a one off for this show to reduce the price of entry to the side class to £5 per class, regardless of how many cats you're entering for that class. So, prefix pairs will cost £5 for two cats, litter will cost £5 for the whole litter, team will cost £5 for 5+ cats and progeny will cost £5 for 2 + cats, so get your entries in quick!
If you've already paid for your side class entry you will be refunded any difference on the day of the Show.
19th Aug, 2011
Winners Show – change of venue
Unfortunately the Show Commission is having to move the Winners Show on 6th November from the Greig Centre, which is being refurbished, to Moulton College in Northampton.
Obviously this has resulted in a delay in the invitations to the Show being sent out to those who are eligible – they will be sent out in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, anyone who knows their cat has already qualified can enter now, there’s no need to wait for an invitation.
Qualification:
· Adults – Best in Variety; Nomination for Best in Show; Achieving the title IC/IP or higher
· Juniors entered in class 11 – Best in Variety; Nomination for Best in Show or 3 x EX1 in class 11or 12 in the previous 12 months
· Kittens entered in class 12 – no qualification is required
· Domestic cats / New varieties / Unrecognised breeds – Best in Variety; Nomination for Best in Show
· Cats with the title GIC/GIP or higher are perpetually eligible for the Winners Show.
6th Aug, 2011
The address of the Registrar, Rose Kitching is:
Honeyborough, Amroth Road, Ludchurch, Pembrokeshire SA67 8JF
This address should be used on pedigree transfers for all pedigrees issued prior to June 2011
26th Jul, 2011
POINTS AWARDS DINNER
The EC and the Show Commission are pleased to announce that the Points Awards Dinner has now been re-scheduled for 13 August 2011 to be held at Moulton College in Northampton NN3 7RR. Cost for the dinner is £32.00 per person. For reservations please contact the Felis Britannica General Secretary at felisbritannicasecretary@gmail.com.
Can those winners from last year who took home Perpetual Trophies please contact the General Secretary as these trophies need to be returned to the Show Commission for this year. Thank you for your assistance and thank you all for your patience as we worked through these show results.
18th Jun, 2011
REGISTRATIONS
Following the transfer of the Registration Materials to Mrs. Kitching we are pleased to announce that with respect to all registration information received by Mrs Kitching from the pedigree checkers we are now all up to date with registrations.
POINTS AWARDS DINNER
Following a meeting of the Show Commission on 12 June 2011, the Points Awards Dinner is now to be re-scheduled for Saturday the 13th of August. Details to follow.
31st May, 2011
Aristocats Cat Club - Deeping Show
Change of Venue
Due to the Venue for the forthcoming Aristocat Clubs show on June 11th & 12th being double booked, the Club have had to find a new venue.The show will not now be held at the Deeping Leisure Centre
The show will now be held at Bourne Leisure Centre, Queens Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9DX
Entries are still being accepted for the show and should be emailed to John Cunningham at pr.n.kmt@btopenworld.com .
Confirmation of Entry
If any exhibitor has not received confirmation of their entry by Thursday 2nd of June, could they please email John at the address above as there have also been some entries which have gone astray in the post.
23rd May, 2011
REGISTRATIONS UPDATE
Dear Members,
There has continued to be a delay in the processing of pedigrees for which FB would like to apologise. We are aware that this has caused some breeders difficulty with registering kittens. We are working hard to resolve this situation and would ask that people are patient during this time. If there are particular questions or concerns please contact the General Secretary.
Kind Regards on Behalf of the Executive Committee of Felis Britannica
Dr. Cecilia MacLeod
General Secretary
27th Apr, 2011
The Executive Committee are pleased to announce that on the 24th of April, Mrs. Sarah Johnson successfully became a Category II judge after passing her exam at the Mundikats Show in Arnhem.
We would like to offer Sarah our congratulations and wish her well.
For and on behalf of Felisbritannica
Dr. Cecilia MacLeod
Acting General Secretary
18th Apr, 2011
Following the AGA in March and the subsequent request for volunteers for co-option into positions the Executive Committee is now quorate. We thank our members for coming forward. The newly co-opted members are:
Mr. Frank Mandix - Acting Vice President
Mrs. Josie Hughes - Acting Deputy General Secretary
We were also successful in co-option of a new Registrar and Deputy or Registrar in Training.
Mrs. Rose Kitching has agreed to take on the role of Registrar and assisting her will be Mrs. Wendy Chapman.
We wish to thank Mrs. Melanie Gardner for all of the effort she has put into this role and hope that she will remain active in Felisbritannica.
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President
For, and on behalf of, the Executive Committee
23rd Jul, 2009
With great regret the Alcester show, due to be held on the 25th of July, has been cancelled, this is due to the lack of support in regards of entries and failure in being granted dispensation from FIFe to hold an international show.
The Executive Committee would like to thank all those who did support the show.
22nd Jun, 2009
The updated Felis Britannica Disciplinary Process (Version 1.4) is now available for download under the library tab
22nd Jun, 2009
The schedule for the Felis Britannica show that is being held on the 25th of July in Alcester, is now available for download. Closing date is the 17th of July 2009.
12th Jun, 2009
- news regarding the show scheduled for July 5th -
Having lost their Manchester venue and having been unable to book a similar hall at a similar price, the VCC regret that they have had to cancel their planned July show.
The date was offered to all the FB clubs but no one was able to take this on at short notice. In view of this, and not wanting our exhibitors to lose out on a show, the EC have decided FB will host the July event.
It has not been possible to find a suitable venue for the previous date, and coupled with the time constraints this has meant that the show will be held on the 25th July instead.
Due to holidays (not ours!) we cannot confirm absolutely the venue but it seems likely that it will be in the Worcs or West Midlands area. This will be confirmed definitely on Wednesday of next week.
A flyer will be available shortly on the FB website once judges have been confirmed but in the meantime perhaps you would all like to pencil us in for this later date. We hope that most of the exhibitors who had planned to show in Manchester will not find this too much of an inconvenience although we appreciate it is a bit further south than we had planned. FB needs your continued support to grow - and don't forget this is YOUR organisation and we depend on you for its success.
As this is not a club effort, we would appreciate any offers of assistance in all areas - we need you!
Finally, we apologise for the lack of communication, but until we had heard from all parties concerned we did not feel it fair to pre-empt the situation.
18th Jan, 2009
Offical Invitation to the Felis Britannica Annual Points Awards dinner, that will be held on the evening of the 14th of March. RSVP is required by the 1st of March.
13th Jan, 2009
The offical Invite, for nominations and proposals to the Felis Britannica AGA 2009.
13th Jan, 2009
The Points Awards 2008, will be awarded to the winners at an awards dinner ,which will be held on the evening of the 14th of March 2009, at Holiday Inn Milton Keynes, 500 Saxon Gate West, Milton Keynes,MK9 2HQ. An offical invite will be circulated to FB members shortly.
2008
12th Dec, 2008
The Felis Britannica AGA 2009 will be held on the 14th & 15th of March, at the Holiday Inn Milton Keynes
500 Saxon Gate West, Milton Keynes, MK9 2HQ.
15th Sep, 2008
Invite to FELIS BRITANNICA open meeting on October 12th, 2008
16th Aug, 2008
The latest Felis Britannica newsletter Vol 2 Issue 2, is now
available for download
20th Jun, 2008
Minutes of the 2008 Felis Britannica AGA.
31st Mar, 2008
The 2007 Overall Points Awards Winners were:
Overall Winner and Adult of the Year 2007 - Taurus Goloubchik (Siberian) owned by Lynne Geary
Kitten of the Year 2007 - Mycoon Anacoon Skywalker (Maine Coon) owned by Julie Beatson
Junior of the Year 2007 - Tiganlea Tsarina Odile (Norwegian Forest) owned by Corinne Boyle
Neuter of the Year 2007 - Tangaloor Zuki Firetip (Maine Coon) owned by Caro Hewitt
Breeder of the Year 2007 - John & Caroline Tipper of Tiganlea Norwegian Forest Cats
Best Household Pet 2007 - Willow owned by Jordan Hackles
9th Mar, 2008
The form that all current members of Felis Britannica are required to complete and return to their club secretaries by the 30th of March, with regard to FIFe article 2.6 as explained in the latest FB newletter (Vol 2 Issue 1), is available for download.
27th Feb, 2008
The latest Felis Britannica newsletter Vol 2 Issue 1, is now available for download
20th Feb, 2008
As an outcome of the FB AGA last weekend, the points awards will now be calculated from the Winners Show 07 to the Maine Coon Guild show on the 5th of October 08.
This will enable the Winners of the Points Award competiton to be presented their trophies in a ceremony at the Winners Show 08.
18th Feb, 2008
As a result of the AGA 08, FB have new commission chairs. Melanie Gardner has now been ratified as the Show Commission Chair and Sarah Johnson has been elected the Chair of the Breeding, Health and Welfare Commission.
18th Feb, 2008
As of the 08 AGA, the Executive Committee has been increased to include all commission chairs.
7th Feb, 2008
The paperwork for the Felis Britannica AGA 2008 is now available for downlod.
2nd Jan, 2008
The FB AGA 2008 will be held at Totworth Hall, Gloucestershire on February 16/17th, 2007. A Gala dinner, open to all members and at which the 2007 Points Award winners will be presented with their trophies, will be held on the Saturday evening.
2007
1st Jun, 2007
Points Award standings updated & breeder added.
26th Apr, 2007
Approved minutes from the FB AGA, held on February 17/18th, 2007.
22nd Apr, 2007
FIFe GA 2007
The details, and invite to, the FIFe General Assembly 2007 in Albufeira, Portugal are now on the FIFe website.
The English agenda is available for downloaded.
English agenda (ZIP)
25th Mar, 2007
Points Award results for 2006 posted on the website.
PA 2006
25th Mar, 2007
Updated show calendar posted, with extended programme information for the next 5 years.
6th Feb, 2007
The paperwork for the Felis Britannica AGA 2007 is now available for download.
FB AGA 2007 paper link
2006
11th Dec, 2006
The FB AGA 2007 will be held at Great Barr Hotel, Birmingham on February 17/18th, 2007. A Gala dinner, open to all members and at which the 2006 Points Award winners will be presented with their trophies, will be held on the Saturday evening.
11th Dec, 2006
Executive Committee December '06 newsletter now available.
30th Jul, 2006
Felis Britannica response to the DEFRA Consultation on the implementation of EU Regulation 1/2005 (Welfare of animals during transport) is available for download.
20th Mar, 2006
The details, and invite to, the FIFe General Assembly 2006 in Rome are now on the FIFe website.
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