Egyptian Mau Club AGM

The AGM will be held on Monday 9^th October 2020 at 7.00 – 8.00pm via Zoom. 

Contact: Suzanne Johnston
suzanne@rustie.uk

2020 GCCF ELECTIONS

GCCF 2020 Elections - Key Dates                         GCCF 2020 Elections - FAQs

The 2020 GCCF elections are being run by CIVICA, formerly known as Electoral Reform Services (ERS). CIVICA are the UK’s leading provider of election services, with over 100 years’ experience of administering elections, ballots and consultation processes.

Following the agreement of the resolution to enable a ‘virtual’ vote this year, the GCCF Board have liaised with CIVICA to plan the election, and we are pleased to be able to confirm the details.

The election process has been scheduled to take place between 30 September and 18 November 2020. Key stages of the process are outlined in the GCCF 2020 ELECTIONS – KEY DATES document. By starting on 30 September 2020, we can enable dispensation clubs (if approved) to fully participate including nominating (as agreed by the majority of the GCCF Board).

The Board and CIVICA have produced a frequently asked questions (FAQs) document GCCF 2020 ELECTIONS - FAQs which should cover any key questions you may have about the election process.

CIVICA will be in touch will all delegates on 30 September with details of how to nominate and vote. A link for self-nomination for Investigations and Disciplinary Committee elections will be published on the GCCF website on 30 September.

GCCF Board of Directors      18.09.2020

GCCF Yearbook update

Yearbook update;

We’ve come up with advertisement rates which appear reasonable, any profits received will be donated to the CWT. It is hoped you will all support the initiative to promote and congratulate our COTY winners. It is intended that once printed, these can be prepaid and will cover P&P. I will update on the proposed cover price once known.

Breeders/Club Full Page Colour - £100.00

Breeders/Club Half Page Colour -£60.00

Trade Full Page Colour - £200.00

Trade Half Page Colour - £120.00

To promote and congratulate our 2019 Supreme Winners, COTY winners, new Champions, Grands, Imperials & Olympians and of course 2019/20 cat show BOV & BIS winners for details of advertising please contact Sarndra Devereaux, at yearbook.advertising@gmai.com or for any editorial info Yearbook.editorial@yahoo.com

John Hansson
13th September 2020

International Cat Care

Advanced Feline Behaviour Course for Cat professionals - please click on the link for more information

GCCF Yearbook

There has been a change in the editorship for the Yearbook.  Georgina Anderson-Keeble has unfortunately resigned her position; our sincere thanks to Georgina for initially taking this on.  The new editors will be CHRIS STALKER and SARNDRA DEVEREUX.  Please can all COTY winners send a good quality photo, free of copyright, of their winning exhibit to one or both of them.  Sarndra Devereaux is the person to contact re. advertising, be this club or individual.  The email addresses are:

Sarndra Devereux     yearbook.advertising@gmail.com
Chris Stalker            yearbook.editorial@yahoo.com

John H Hansson   (current Chair pending elections)

Short Haired Cat Society & associated Breed Clubs shows

After considerable discussion and consultation with the small breed clubs that hold their shows in conjunction with the SHCS, it is with great regret that we have taken the decision to cancel the SHCS and Combined Breeds show that was due to take place on 16th January 2021.

This decision was not taken lightly nor without exploring many options to ensure issues such as the social distancing expectations required to keep everyone safe, age demography of many of our exhibitors, Judges and any other interested parties while we maintained the expected format of a GCCF show were covered.  It also had to be acknowledged that none of the clubs involved could sustain the large financial losses that would be incurred if we went ahead and then had to cancel at short notice.

It is clear that Covid 19 will still be with us for the foreseeable future, we accept that a lot can change between now and January 2021. Disappointing as it it is, by taking this decision we hope that it will ensure that the small breed clubs that join with us will survive and it allows us to plan carefully for the 2022  show.

Catherine Kaye

Resolution Results - 2020 Elections

Please click on the LINK for the letter from the GCCF Chairman

GCCF Yearbook 2020

With no Supreme Show this year, to keep everyone in the loop we’re going to produce a Yearbook, the ideal place to show off the beauty of your cats while we cannot physically hold shows, with all profits made going to the Cat Welfare Trust.

Our Editor in Chief is Georgina Anderson-Keeble who produced last year’s very successful Supreme Catalogue/Yearbook.  If you have any articles you would like considered for publication or have ideas of what you’d like to see articles on, do drop Georgina a line whilst our currant Chair, John Hansson, will be concentrating on highlighting this year’s winners of the Cat Of The Year competition, we have many other well known cat fancy contributors too.

Myself and Chris Stalker will be working hard to organise the advertising for individuals, clubs and traders. As advertising space will be limited please register your interest with us as soon as possible, once we have size and price information we will email back to you.

Please do not send expressions to my personal email address, I don’t want any lost in the myriad of emails I receive daily.  The email address for expressing interest is:

yearbook.advertising@gmail.com 

We’re looking forward to producing a yearbook that every member of the cat fancy will want to have and will be very readable to all cat lovers whilst showcasing what we do, how we do it and the benefits of being involved with the GCCF.

Sarndra Devereux
GCCF Board Member.
29th July 2020

GCCF Year Book

As there is no GCCF Supreme Cat Show this year GCCF is planning a yearbook. It is planned to include some articles of interest including some veterinary, some breed related  and also some on resumption of shows and what this may entail from the perspective of those affected, so  if you have any ideas please let me know, this will also include coverage of our COTY winners to ensure they are given some acknowledgement for their achievement  for the last show season 

 

We are at present still in the early stages of planning and are looking for ideas to make it as informative and interesting as possible. This is intended as a commercial venture and there will be a cover price for would be purchasers. If a club or individual is interested in advertising,  it is  an ideal opportunity to promote your club or prefix though a price has still to be agreed for this,  please contact Sarndra Deveraux with expressions of interest and once agreed she will contact you with details. The more advertising sold potentially the cheaper the cover price, 

 

Can COTY winners please send a good quality CAT ONLY  photograph which is copyright free of their Winning exhibit to Georgina Anderson-Keeble who will be collating the information.  I may well come back to ask for some background  on your winning Cat/kitten or Neuter, this may well depend upon available space.  Please see below once again the list of winning exhibits.   Should anyone require Contact details for Georgina or Sarndra please contact me at hansson808@btinternet.com   In order to comply with GDPR requirements this information can only be given out with the consent of those concerned.  

 

Section 1

Adult 

OLYB IMP GR CH PESILISUS  RYO ISHIDO   

Joint Kitten  

OWLETTS APOLLO  

SUGARTUMP GENTLE GIANT 

Neuter

OLYG IMP GR CH and SUP UK OLYS IMP GR PR RIASCATZ DANDY LION (Section Leader)

 

Section 2

Adult   

IMP GR CH MUSRAFY YURI GAGARIN  

Kitten 

LORDSTONES MIA FIORA 

Neuter

GR PR MUSRAFY KAZIMIR (Section Leader )

 

Section 3

Adult  

OLYG IMP GR CH FERGAN CHIVAS REGAL (Joint Section Leader)

 Kitten Joint 

FERGAN ALEXANDER MCQUEEN 

LALLYBROCH HARLEYLICIOUS 

 Neuter

IMP GR PR NOONTIDE FOXGLOVE JINGLEDUST  (Joint Section Leader)

 

 Section 4

Adult 

SUP UK OLYG IMP GR CH MELKELTER GALIYA GERTRUDA 

 Kittens Joint 

CH CATTLEYA CALLYPSO 

PR MERRYPURR STRIPEY-FORTY-FOUR 

KORESKA NEVA NEVSKA. 

ONATUREL SPECIAL DELIVERY 

Neuter 

UK OLYB IMP GR PR TYPHAST KIMI OF ZIGGIAN (Section leader)

 

Section 5

Adult 

IMP GR CH FANDANGO BERYL THE PERIL 

Kitten 

RAWEKE RUSSIAN DOLL 

Neuter 

OLYB IMP GR CH and OLYB IMP GR PR CATMARIAN EVITA (Section Leader) 

 

 Section 6

Adult  

IMP GR CH MARILLJOS BOSS IN MOTION

Kitten 

GR CH SISAR MANHATTAN

Neuter  

UK OLYG IMP GR PR PIPPASTRO I HAVE CINNED 

 

NP

DAZ. 

PP 

OLYB IMP GR MC TALULA TRUFFLE   (Section Leader)

 

 

Overall Adult Joint 

OLYG IMP GR CH FERGAN CHIVAS REGAL 

SUP UK OLYG IMP GR CH  MELKELTER GALIYA GERTRUDA 

 

Overall Kitten 

RAWEKE RUSSIAN DOLL 

 

Overall Neuter 

OLYG IMP GR CH and SUP UK OLYS. IMP GR PR RIASCATZ DANDY LION 

 

Overall COTY winner 

OLYG IMP GR CH and SUP UK OLYS IMP GR PR RIASCATZ DANDY LION  

 

John Hansson
20th July 2020

Office Update

Our current staffing is very limited being two down and one whose employment commenced just 3 weeks before lockdown, as such still undergoing her training period. The situation has obviously been further compounded by staff having to work from home for a long period of time.

Dennis has now returned to the office observing social distancing and is gradually catching up with registration cards etc. these are currently being posted out in the order received, apologies to all concerned who have not yet received theirs, they are being processed as quickly as possible.  The info box has received lots of queries and these are also being responded to as quickly as possible.   

My thanks to Denise and her team, Rebecca, Leanne, Dennis, Rhian and Abigail for their efforts to keep things running, thank you also to our customers for their patience and tolerance, during what has been a very stressful period of uncertainty for everyone concerned.  

I wish you all well and look forward to seeing you all once again, as soon as some form of normality returns, though this may well be very different to our previous normal.  

Please take care and stay safe and well, take precautions when you can and avoid situations which may conflict with your own level of acceptance.    

John H Hansson

28th June 2020

Maidstone & Medway Cat Club Show - 19th December 2020

With the Covid 19 pandemic still ongoing and the likelihood of not being able to hold a large all breed show without considerable restrictions, as well as the sad loss of one of our valued workers, we as show managers have decided that we could not hold a viable and fun filled show. We have therefore taken the decision to cancel this years show, but hope to be back next year.

Ketill Game, Shelagh Heavens, Di Taylor
Show Managers
15^th June 2020

Royal Canin Discount Vouchers

Don't forget that you can still redeem your gift certificates won at shows sponsored by Royal Canin by contacting their Area Business Manager. To find out who the Business Manager is for your area, click here:https://bit.ly/3b6yjOr ”

12th June 2020

Oriental Bi-Colour SOP & Oriental SH SOP

This is to confirm officially that the amended Oriental Bicolour SOP  was approved  at the Board meeting held by video-conference on 22^nd May 2020.  Link to document

It was noted that GEMS code had been given where necessary to replace the old numbering system and that there had been complete revision in the description of the white markings for cats who were 01, 02 & 03.      

As it is not possible to know when the next actual meeting of Council will take place it was agreed the amended SOP will be accessible via the GCCF website and notification will be given to delegates that they can submit any concern to the GCCF Office. If there are no queries or objections in the four weeks following publication it will be considered approved. 

SIBERIAN REGISTRATION POLICY

This is to confirm officially that the amended Siberian Registration Policy was approved unanimously at the Board meeting held by video-conference on 22^nd May 2020.

Link to document. 

The changes made were clarifications relating to imports and the move to the supplementary register for cats who had been successful in exhibition with critique classes. There had also been some slight restructuring.         

As it is not possible to know when the next actual meeting of Council will take place it was agreed the amended policy will be accessible via the GCCF website and notification will be given to delegates that they can submit any concern to the GCCF Office. If there are no queries or objections in the four weeks following publication it will be considered approved.

AGRIA KITTEN COVER NOTES

⭐️ BREEDERS ⭐️

👀 You can still activate Agria's 5Wfree cover without needing the cover booklets (which are not currently being posted out). 

Just click the link below to activate the usual free cover for your kittens and their new owners 😻

https://www.agriapet.co.uk/gccf/free-cover/?fbclid=IwAR0kawry00tJD7RFqo_-qnxtDCQxfaDzHAqa6IgwGIUky6yuPEzymNL1Pgw

CAT OF THE YEAR AWARDS - Final Results

Please see the attached results (link).  Updated based on information of Best of Variety wins from the website.   This has nothing whatsoever to do with the GCCF office please do not try to  contact them as there is currently no cover to answer phone calls, but even if that were not the case, they  would be unable to assist, I have amended scores based on information received as requested on the GCCF website.  These are now the FINAL result and are no longer subject to further changes to the winners, unless to correct a typo.

John H. Hansson

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM AGRIA INSURANCE

How Agria will help you protect pets right now?

With coronavirus restrictions sometimes making it more challenging for breeders and owners to  access a vet practices with their litters and pets, some puppies and kittens are being left unprotected. So, Agria Pet Insurance has devised some unique solutions specifically to safeguard pets through these unprecedented times.

Relaxed rules

Crucially, to continue supporting pets and owners through this period, we have relaxed our usual rules around vaccinations. Pets that haven’t received primary vaccinations due to the coronavirus outbreak and develop an issue that would have been prevented by a vaccination they were unable to access, will now have that condition covered under their Agria policy.

So this applies to the 5WF product and full policy holders:

Primary vaccinations

If your puppy/ kitten has had none, or if they have had the first but not the second vaccination

They must stay inside. Puppies can be allowed into the garden providing no unvaccinated dogs have been there. Kittens cannot due to the risk from other cats.

Be careful if you have been out of the house not to stroke other dogs and change your clothing and footwear when you come home as a precaution.

If you have other cats or dogs at home that are vaccinated, there is no problem with them mixing with the puppies or kittens. However, we advise keeping dogs on a lead during a walk in case they come into contact with an unvaccinated dog and carry infection home to the puppies.

Providing you have followed the precautions above, there is only an extremely low risk that your puppy or kitten will become infected. There are no long-term or adverse effects from delaying primary vaccinations or repeating the first if the gap between them has become too long.

Booster vaccinations

If your cat or dog’s annual booster is delayed

Seek advice from your practice if it looks like your booster will be overdue.

The longer an animal goes past it's due booster date there is a progressively increased risk of picking up a potentially serious condition as immunity gradually wanes.

If your cat or dog has missed their booster date, consult your vet for advice. We advise that cats must stay inside, and dogs must stay within the house and garden only – providing no unvaccinated dogs have access to the garden.

Providing you have followed the precautions above, there are no long-term or adverse effects from restarting their vaccination course.

During the coronavirus outbreak, cats and dogs insured with an Agria Pet Insurance policy will be covered for any illnesses caused by problems with access to vaccinations – providing the above guidelines have been followed.

Our Senior Veterinary Advisor, and practice owner, Robin Hargreaves, has worked closely with us to devise this solution for you and highlights his views below:

“Times are pretty tough in practice right now, and operating on a restricted basis isn’t ideal for us or the pets registered with us. 

“One thing that would make life even harder would be if the percentage of uninsured pets was to rise. In just the past week, my practice has needed to refer four cases for specialist treatment, further evidencing how vital insurance can be.

It’s great news that Agria has relaxed their restrictions around cover for unvaccinated pets, so any that have missed primary vaccinations or gone past their booster date due to current restrictions will still be insured.”

The cancellation of the Electoral Meeting in June has presented GCCF with some difficulties. Our Byelaws give very precise instructions on when and where it should be held (in London in June) and how the elections for all the Officers and Committees should take place. We can change our Byelaws at a meeting, but no meeting is possible in the foreseeable future. As it seemed a Catch 22 situation I asked our Company Solicitor, Ms Sara Coate for advice.

SARA COATE'S LETTER

PLEASE NOTE

Announcements, tributes, judge reports etc are still being accepted to the the normal email addresses for publication on the website.