Croydon 2012 went ahead as planned – despite the worries of some exhibitors.   The day was very cold but I am pleased to report that very few of our Exhibitors failed to attend.

Vetting in went well – the Vets are great.   They work swiftly and kindly dealing with the cats and their owners skilfully and pleasantly and the queue soon dispersed and the cats were in their respective pens and judging commenced.

Our Judges were, as usual, absolutely superb and, aably assisted by their Stewards, worked their way through the classes and results came in quite quickly.   The admin table workers, led by Vanessa Marriott, worked solidly and before we knew it rosettes were being put on pens and we were well away.   Glenna Gillman, her grandson John and their helpers did a great job sorting and distributing the rosettes – thank you to all who helped with that job.

The queries and corrections were dealt with by Sue Deane, the Club Secretary, Brenda Barrowman and our new Section Manager, Lynnette Cannell - thank you ladies.   Malcolm Barrowman was Show Treasurer and dealt with expenses, etc – thank you Malcolm.

All went smoothly and then Brian Gregory came up trumps with the numbers of the cats to be considered for Best of Variety and in no time at all we were ready for Best in Show.   Thank you Brian.

Yvonne Kleijn judged the Best in Show, our President, Ruth James, and Bob Towner of R & L awarded the Best in Show prize, Purrsonal Touch gave well stocked goody bags to the nine Best of Variety Winners and Crystal Clear gave cat litter (always useful)!

A special thank you to Bob Towner of R & L who for the past several years has been very generous with cash prizes for the winners of Best of Variety and Best in Show.

So with the balloons, fizz and moneys distributed we had to close the show!

Nothing left to say except thank you to all the people who helped, including Mike Buckeridge, Star and Andy who worked their socks off, and M F Penning who were ab fab and helped us way beyond their responsibility to our Show.

Most of all many thanks to the Exhibitors and their lovely cats without whom the show would not be possible.   Thank you all for giving me a red letter day – see you all at Croydon 2013 – Pat x