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A TICA affiliated Cat Club based in the Midlands aimed at holding shows and promoting the Cat Fancy.

22/11/2024

*Exciting raffle news for our show on 14th and 15th December at NAEC Stoneleigh*

Besides some gorgeous goodies donated by our sponsors and kind vendors we also have two of these black pop up show pens available in our raffle - one for Saturday and one for Sunday!

Purrfect for anyone who doesn't yet have a show shelter and a nice addition if you already have show pens ;-)

If you haven't entered yet - why not? 14 rings- 12 AB and 2 SP and some great breed fun rings on the Saturday and of course there is one for our cuddly HHPs (all cats entered free of charge). Regular pricing is available until 5th December so don't miss out - head on over and enter now.

https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows

20/11/2024

Entries for our third show are climbing nicely and we are now finalising our fun rings!

The following classes still need rosette sponsorship so all the rings can be fully rosetted 🥰

Powder Puffs and Owls - Persian breed group (Persians, Himilayans and Exotics), American Shorthairs and Scottish Breed Group (Folds and Straight ears in LH/SH)

Ticked Cats - Abysinnians, Singapuras and Somalis

Best of British - British Shorthairs and Longhairs

The amazing Awardboard Wales Rosettes are producing gorgeous rosettes for us.

Full ring sponsorship - rosette tails printed with your cattery details/your details, a pdf advert in the catalogue and space for you to hang your cattery banner - £75

Rosette sponsorship only - rosette tails printed with your chosen details and a pdf advert in the catalogue - £50

Ring sponsorship only - your banner displayed in the ring across both days - £25

Why not club together with a friend/friends and use this opportunity to support the show AND gain some publicity for your breed/cattery.

Please email Kim Norton on [email protected] to discuss and book.

19/11/2024

Just 16 days until regular price entries close for our third show being hosted at NAEC Stoneleigh on 14th and 15th December!

The entry already looks great with many of you who have said you are joining us, not entered yet! We have 119 entries on Saturday and 117 on Sunday so this looks like it will be a busy show 😀

We have a fun mix of judges from Canada, USA and Europe with 12 AB and 2 SP rings. We have FREE fun classes for all breeds on the Saturday - we will automatically enter you for these and on Sunday we invite you to share in drinks and festive goodies to celebrate the life of Phillipa Holmes who was a longtime part of the Christmas Show held under the Spoticat banner.

After 5th December entry prices increase until we close promptly on 8thh December so head on over to TOES and get your entries in now to get the best value. Keep our Christmas Elf Kim Volckaerts busy 💙

https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows

16/11/2024

Our count is climbing but we still have lots of space so keep those entries coming in. Don't forget on Sunday we're doing a (human) Christmas jumper competition and YES, there is a prize for the best/worst jumper. We have some great stalls booked but still have room for more if anyone knows of any vendors who would be interested tell them to contact Diana Saunderson, show manager.

11/11/2024

Wooohooo we have hit 100 entries. You still have 4 weeks left to enter our Christmas show which is the only show in the European Regions that weekend.

We know there are lots of people who have said they are coming still to send in their entries so we are expecting this to be a big busy show with 12 AB and 2 SP rings and our special fun rings on the Saturday.

Your next deadline is the 5th December after which our pricing moves from the regular pricing to the slowpoke pricing - make sure you mark your calendars.

If you would like enter now but cannot pay until November pay day please drop us an email to [email protected].

Also don't forget the Early Bird for TiCats & Cakes show in January closes this weekend so head on over and snaffle a fantastic price for your entries.

07/11/2024

Entries are creeping up nicely although we still have LOTS of room for more cats - our hall can fit 250 - do we think we can break 200?

We have an amazing 14 rings (12 AB and 2 SP) with two judges who haven't judged in the UK for some time Aline Noel Garel and Kitti Ruttan as well as a variety of fun breed group classes on the Saturday.

It is shaping up to be a big finish to 2024 for the UK TICA show scene 🤩

If you aren't able to join us please consider sponsoring the show in some way. We have a range of options for different budgets:

Fun class sponsorship - we currently have 6 of these left for full sponsorship and the ring sponsorship element can be added to other classes already sponsored with the full package.

Still available are:

'Naked and Slinky Cats' - Aline Noel Garel
'Powder Puffs and Owls' - Jean Marc Lagarde
'Curly Cats' - Kitti Ruttan
'Ticked Cats' - Jean Marc Lagarde
'Best of British' - Andreas Kredtchmer-Kraicek
'All the Cuddles' - HHP special - Agata akruszona-Zawadzka

Full package - banner, rosette tails printed and advert in catalogue - £75

Ring sponsorship - banner - £25

We also have general ring sponsorship available at £25 a ring or £125 for all 7 rings

And last but not least our wonderful handpainted hearts at £10 a ring or £60 for all 7 rings. The hearts are yours to keep if ypu wish after the show 🥰

Please email [email protected] to confirm sponsorship.

Huge thank yous in advance for your support - sponsorship really helps us with all the special touches you so enjoy and is a good way of highlighting your cattery or business to visitors and fellow exhibitors.

04/11/2024

Show manager Sarah has been getting creative again 🥰

Each of the "Best" winners at our show on the 14th & 15th December will be receiving a festive charm to decorate their sturdi. These ones are the winter wonderland design 😁

You have to be in it to win it - regular priced entries are accepted until 5th December - all entries after that date are at the Slowpoke pricing so don't delay too long ;-) and keep our Christmas Elf Kim Volckaerts busy 💙

Entries on TOES https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows - for help with entering please email Kim on [email protected]

04/11/2024

We are in the last few weeks of the preparation for our third show and getting really excited! This is a shout out now for anyone looking to get involved with sponsoring the show.

We have a number of different options to suit all budgets:

Fun class sponsorship - we currently have 5 of these left for full sponsorship and the ring sponsorship element can be added to other classes already sponsored with the full package.

Still available are:

'Naked and Slinky Cats' - Aline Noel Garel
'Curly Cats' - Kitti Ruttan
'Ticked Cats' - Jean Marc Lagarde
'Best of British' - Andreas Kredtchmer-Kraicek
'All the Cuddles' - HHP special - Agata akruszona-Zawadzka

Full package - banner, rosette tails printed and advert in catalogue - £75
Ring sponsorship - banner - £25

We also have general ring sponsorship available at £25 a ring or £125 for all 7 rings

And last but not least our wonderful handpainted hearts at £10 a ring or £60 for all 7 rings. The hearts are yours to keep if ypu wish after the show 🥰

Please email [email protected] to confirm sponsorship.

Huge thank yous in advance for your support - sponsorship really helps us with all the special touches you so enjoy and is a good way of highlighting your cattery or business to visitors and fellow exhibitors.

02/11/2024

We are looking for sponsors for our fun classes and rings for our December show.
2 fun classes have already been sponsored but we have still more to fill.

Ring sponsorship - £15 per ring/£60 for all six rings
(Rings have an unlimited amount of sponsors.)

There are several "levels" of sponsoring for the fun classes.
Fun rings still available for sponsoring are :

‘Naked and Slinky Cats’ judged by Aline Noel Garel (Saturday) –
Balinese, Oriental Longhair, Oriental Shorthair, Siamese, Sphynx, Donskoy and Peterbald.

‘The Maine Event’ judged by Kitti Ruttan (Saturday)
– Maine C**n and Maine C**n Polydactyls

‘Curly Cats’ judged by Kitti Ruttan (Saturday) – Selkirk Rex, Selkirk Straight, Devon Rex, Cornish Rex and La Perms‘

‘Powder Puffs and Owls’
judged by Jean Marc Lagarde (Saturday)
– Exotic Shorthair, Persians, American Shorthair, Scottish Folds and Scottish Straights

‘Ticked Cats’ judged by Jean Marc Lagarde (Saturday) – Abysinnian, Somali and Singapuras

‘Best of British’ judged by Andreas Krestchmer-Kraicek (Saturday) – British Shorthair and British Longhairs

‘All the Cuddles’ judged by Agata Kruszona-Zawadzka judge (Saturday) –
all household pet kittens and neuters

30/10/2024

We are honoured to announce that there will be a trophy awarded to the highest scoring Maine C**n at our show in Stoneleigh on 14th & 15th December.
This trophy is in loving memory of Phillipa Holmes and generously donated by Orrono Maine C**ns.

The highest scoring Maine C**n can be a kitten, cat or alter.
So bring out your lovely Maine C**ns in Phillipa´s memory and enter them for our show to have a shot at winning this lovely award.

In addition to this, we would like to remind you that we also have special fun classes on Saturday:
"Naked and Slinky Cats"
"The Maine Event"
"Curly Cats"
"Powder Puffs and Owls"
"Ticked Cats"
"Spots n Stripes"
"Best of British"
"Blue Eyed Cats & Semi Longhair Cats"
"All the Cuddles"

https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows

28/10/2024

Don´t forget to enter your cats for our show in Stoneleigh on 14th & 15th December.
This will be a 14 ring show which means 6 AB and 1 SP rings each day.
We will also have lots of vendors and of course our amazing raffle.
There will be several fun rings too and some of those are still looking for sponsoring.

This is the only show in any of the European regions that weekend and we are hoping many of you will join us.
If you need help with entering or have any other questions, feel free to contact our entryclerk at [email protected]

All show information and more can be found on TOES:
https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows

19/10/2024

Final reminder of our early bird pricing which finishes tonight at midnight for all entries and payments received today 😁😁

Full information on TOES here

15/10/2024

Our Early Bird will be flying away on the 19th October so if you want to take advantage of the discounted pricing head on over to TOES to pop your entries in 😁

We have a great line up of judges with 12 AB rings and 2 SP and lots of fun planned 🥰

We are the only show in the three European regions that weekend so don't miss out on your last chance to get some points in 2025!

Any questions please email our entry clerk Kim Volckaerts on [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming you to the show 😁

14/10/2024

Only 4 days left on our Early Bird offer for our show in Stoneleigh on 14 & 15 December.
Enter and pay the latest on 19th October before our rates change into the regular pricing.

We have 12 AB rings and 2 SP rings over the weekend so plenty of points to collect. In addition, we will also have plenty of fun classes so why not come and join in on the fun?

If you need any help entering or if ypu have any questions, just ask our entryclerk and she will gladly assist you.

https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows

11/10/2024

Only one week left on our Early Bird pricing for our December show in Stoneleigh.
Early bird ends on 19th October and will go up after that.
Any entries/placeholders not paid by then wil be changed to normal pricing aswel.
So if you would like to save some money, why not enter already or put in a placeholder?
We have 7 (!) rings for you each day and lots of fun rings.

https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows

06/10/2024

The countdown continues and we now have 13 days to go before the Mad About The Curl Early Bird pricing finishes for our third show on December 14th and 15th 😁

Our first Christmas show is a special Winter Festicurl with 12 AB and 2 SP rings together with breed special fun rings on each day.

For all information and entering please head on over to TOES https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows

We are the only European show that weekend so dont miss out on the chance to celebrate Christmas with friends and grab some last points for 2024. We do have a show price and block for the hotel on site - info on TOES - please email Sarah on [email protected] to reserve a room.

Keep those entries coming and keep Kim Volckaerts busy 😁

28/09/2024

Just under three weeks to go before the Mad About The Curl Early Bird closes for our third show on December 14th and 15th 😁

You don't want to miss out on our special Winter Festicurl with 12 AB and 2 SP rings rogether with breed special fun rings on each day.

For all information and entering please head on over to TOES https://shows.tica.org/en/component/toes/shows

We are the only European show that weekend. We do have a show price and block for the hotel on site - info on TOES - please email Sarah on [email protected] to reserve a room.

Keep those entries coming and keep Kim Volckaerts busy 😁

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What a day we had at The Cat Show Live event at the NEC. Great interest in our cats and lots of people saying they are going to come to our Christmas show.

All set up and ready for the #catshowlive tomorrow at the NEC! Come and say hi and meet our wonderful curly Selkirk Rex and their pals Miu Miu the British Longhair and Totty the Abyssinian. We will also be selling handmade sturdi and handbag charms with 10% of the proceeds going to local charity Coventry Cat Group. Also don't forget to pick up your visitor discount flyer for our show on 14th & 15th December 2024 at Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth giving you 20% off visitor entry prices. #selkirkrexofinstagram #tica #selkirkrexcat #catshowlive #madaboutthecurlcc #coventrycatgroup #theinternationalcatassociation #catshow