Volume 63 December,2015 Edition Proudly affiliated with ATS...

Volume 63 December,2015 Edition Proudly affiliated with CATS NSW

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F E L I S

A GIANT THANK YOU TO OUR

PROUD SPONSORS FOR THE YEAR

Thank you to Jeanette for donating Oz-Pet Litter and Littertrays

as prizes.

Thank you for your contribution of your

popular tasty cat treats.

Thank you for providing packs of your

easy to digest lactose free milk for prizes.

Thank you to Lyn for providing quality

selection of surface disinfectant.

Thank you for your fabulous donation of

your Black Hawk Cat Food for prizes.

Thank you to Jenny for your generosity.

Thank you to Joan Derks for your fabulous

sponsorship of the Rescue Cats.

& Proudly sponsoring the Award for the ‘Best Pure One Breed Siamese’ exhibit in

addition to publication and postage costs of the FELIS magazine.

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COMMITTEE 2015

PRESIDENT Tony Hurry

VICE PRESIDENT John Ferguson

SECRETARY Sharryn Hilton

TREASURER Sharon Black

WEBMASTER Peter Gunczy

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Christine Gunczy Valda McDermott EDITOR Sharryn Hilton

SUB-EDITORS Peter Gunczy (photographer) Sharon Black

SHOW MANAGER Tony Hurry

SHOW SECRETARY Sharryn Hilton

FELIS Is your

magazine, You can make it better.

For article placement

Interesting anecdotes, poetry, short stories contact Sharryn Hilton on 0414 567 895

or email submission to [email protected]

If you want your kitten or cat to be a star in the Felis, send me a jpeg or a photo.

THIS EDITION...

Merry Xmas Pepe- Cover

Sponsor Thank You p2 Committee members p3

Letter from the Editor P3

Presidents report P4

AGM P5

Members Article P6

Special report P8-15

Siamese Article P17

SCS Trailer Article P19

Cats NSW Show results P20-22

Cat & Kitten of the Year Awards P23

Notice to Members P24

Back to the Country Show P25

CFA Show Calendar P26

Cats NWS Show Calendar P27

Breeders Page P28

Stud List P29

My first full year as your edi-

tor is coming to an end and I

must admit that I had no idea

just what I was taking on

when I agreed to become the

producer of our little magazine.

It is with heartfelt thanks that

I give my daughter Brooke

Hilton, for her expertise, in

putting this little mag into some

semblance of professionalism.

Thanks also must go to my

husband John Ferguson for

allowing me to use our

professional copier and at the

cost to our office, not our little

society, to get the production

done and dusted through

LJ HOOKER PICTON.

It has been a steep learning

curve, but at the same time a

very rewarding one, when I see

what has been produced. I can

only hope that you as the

reader is as happy with the

new look Felis and its content.

Once again though I am on the

call for anyone who would like

to contribute to our Magazine,

to please do so and to forward

any photos, stories, poems or

anecdotes you may seem fit.

Or you will only be hearing

from “moi” and I am really

quite boring, so please be

brave and send in something

that we can use.

So come on everyone, give me

something to put in the next

edition, so you won’t have to

only look at my cattery and

hear my stories!!!!

May I now take this

opportunity in wishing

everyone a VERY HAPPY

CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE AND

HEALTHY NEW YEAR.

Letter from the Editor

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Oh how quickly this year is rushing by!! It won’t be too long before 2015 is history and 2016 brings us ever closer to our 59th All Breeds Show on February 27th at the Picton Shire Hall. Our two All Breeds judges will be Lesley Freeman, President of GCCFV and Joan Henderson, a long time All Breeds judge also from GCCFV. They will be joined by the most recent Cats NSW judge Hazel Rossiter who many members will remember as a NSW CFA exhibitor and judge who in recent years has been with the ANCATS association.

Hazel will judge the special awards classes, Joyce Selby Memorial (Best “Pure” Siamese) and LJ Hooker Picton (Best “Pure” Siamese bred by Exhibitor as well as Supreme Companion and the Pet Rescue event.

The show season will have reached its conclusion in each registering body in NSW and for most around Australia by the time this issue is distributed. Our members continue to promote our breed and reach the heights of Cat of the Year success as well as showing off those wonderful attributes that we all know are possessed by the Siamese that we breed.

In very recent years a new disease PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy) has been identified in our Siamese breed which needs each and everyone of us to not only be aware but to manage out of our breeding lines.

Simple, effective DNA testing is available to identify this disease so there is no reason why we cannot work together to combat its intrusion. Please read my article in latter pages of this issue.

Our AGM date will be announced shortly & I encourage you if at all possible to attend and to also nominate yourself to be on our SCS Committee. It is true that many hands make light work & we could well do with some more hands.

Finally I must thank my fellow committee members for their work this year and for the support they have given me as your SCS President.

May each of you have a Very Very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year with family, friends and furries and I look forward to any and all things Siamese that come along in 2016.

Bye for Now

Tony Hurry

President, Siamese Cat Society of NSW Inc.

Email : [email protected] .au

Ph: 0418 290 164

Siamese Cat Society of NSW Inc.

PRESIDENTS REPORT

Congratulations to the following :

Astraxalotte Cattery (Lee and Cheryl Gallagher) with multiple placings

Garthowen Cattery (Chris Wiseman)

Trilian Cattery (Grant & Penny Richardson)

Christernee Cattery (Peter & Christine Gunczy)

Kalinya Cattery (Tony & Bev Hurry)

Lookatmese Cattery (Jay & Amie Hobbs)

Lealjo Cattery (Joan Wright)

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If you have any photos of your Pure Siamese Cats that you would

like to share with other like minded people,

Please email our Facebook Administrator : Sharon Black

E: [email protected]

SIAMESE CAT SOCIETY OF NSW — FACEBOOK PAGE

http://www.siamesecatsociety.com/facebook.html

On the same day there is going to be a WORKING BEE to sort out the SCS tables, cages and equipment for future use.

The WORKING BEE will commence at 9.30am at the same address. Any volunteers gratefully received!

As a reward, we are going to have an Australia Day BBQ at noon, bring a plate and SCS will supply meat, rolls and non alcoholic drinks.

BRING YOUR AUSTRALIA DAY FLAG!!!

Notice is hereby given that the NEXT AGM for the SCS

is going to be held on:

A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING shall precede the AGM to vote on the motions to changes to the constitution.

ALSO VOTING SLIPS FOR YOUR VOTE. Make your vote count!! Come and join our team!!

Your CURRENT 2015 Committee Members are:

* TONY HURRY: President * JOHN FERGUSON: Vice president

* SHARRYN HILTON: Secretary / Editor * SHARON BLACK: Treasurer

* PETER GUNCZY: Web Master * CHRISTINE GUNCZY: Kitten Register

* VALDA MCDERMOTT ** Committee meeting immediately following

Date: Saturday 30th January , 2016 Time: 1.00pm

Venue: ‘FullCircle Farm’ Lot 423 (No 6 if googled) Roundhill Road, Wilton

N OT I C E O F

A N N UA L G E N E R A L M E E T I N G

S I A M E S E C AT S O C I E T Y O F N S W

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Pepe is an adorable Chocolate Point purebred

Siamese now aged one year. He and I got together

when he was a baby in August 2014 at ‘Fullcircle

Siamese’ cattery. I was first captured by his sweet

face and lovely eyes, but soon his loving, playful per-

sonality came to the fore as the weeks of “kitten-

hood” went by before I could take him home. Over

the next few months we shared lots of fun, cuddles

and ‘school’ times as he learnt house rules (you know

how well cats follow these!). Not sure which of us

was the pupil! But he learnt to lead within six days

and before long I was able to take him on short walks

along bush tracks near my home

which he seemed to enjoy, as long

as no dogs were around. He is

strong-willed, super healthy and

absolutely devoted to his human

Mum. Needs to know where I am

at all times of the day, and I score

extra points if I’m ready to drop

everything and play! But it’s really

Pepe’s story, so I’ll let him contin-

ue.... “it’s fun retrieving my favour-

ite soft toy Mum made me – I keep

her busy by bringing it back to her

to throw for me again. Then

there’s always the game of ‘lose my favourite toy’ so

Mum has to go look for it under the bed, cabinet,

fridge, lounge, laundry etc. Of course I help and fol-

low her around while she crawls around with lots of

suggestion. Boy I get a plenty of fun mileage out of

that one! Speaking of the laundry, I love hiding a pipe

cleaner in the washing machine – jumping in to find it

is such fun, and so far I’ve managed to get it before

Mum turns the machine on! Then there’s finding and

claiming the highest points in the house – one of my

favourite games. Especially good if I keep really quiet

while Mum is calling me and looking all over the

house, and I’ve fooled her by hiding in my latest new

perch on top of the bookcase! Love her reaction

when she eventually finds me grinning down at her!

If only I could speak English, I’d say ‘sucked in’! Water

running out of taps has always fascinated me – tastes

good and twinkles as it runs! Then there’s the bath –

have had great times racing around it playing golf

with a ping pong ball – the idea is to score goals in

the plug hole. It can be a bit of a pain when she’s

working on the computer and I need attention, so

some tricks I’ve learned are to walk in front of the

keyboard and stand right in front of the screen look-

ing innocent and beautiful, but if that doesn’t work, I

bring my favourite toy in and try to push it down the

hole behind the screen where all the power cords go

– this invariably causes the desired

reaction, especially if I play with the

modem! When I do get her atten-

tion, she often takes me bushwalk-

ing, which is pretty good. I get to

go for a short drive, then walk

along bush tracks where I can climb

on logs and take in all the smells of

dogs and cats along the way. It’s

fun watching birds, although Mum

would never get me get near them.

Night times are five star really, as I

get to sleep under the bedclothes

right against her tummy – never

need a hot water bottle! I get all I need to eat, but

sometimes I like to get a taste of what Mum has for

dinner and I find by being on my most polite behav-

iour, sitting patiently until she’s had her fill, I usually

get a titbit or two at the end (see, I can be good

when I need to). My next trick will be to work on her

until I get more! All in all I’m pretty lucky really, but

sometimes I wish I had a companion when Mum has

to go out, Maybe that will happen one day...

“And yes Pepe, it will”. I am soon to bring home a

little blue-point girl named Marli, so I really hope you

two can become great friends. I’ll certainly be in for

some fun and games when you two get wound up,

won’t I?! And readers, don’t take all of what Pepe

says as gospel – I’m really the boss (I think...)!

Members Article

Pepe’s Story (appearing front cover)

By Marion Anstis (New Member)

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FUN FUN FUN YOU’RE SURROUNDED!

MESSING AROUND PLAY FIGHTING

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING STATELY WALK

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SPECIAL REPORT By Tony Hurry, President, Siamese Cat Society of N.S.W. Inc.

Our most recent challenge as breeders of Siamese is now with us in the form of a retinal disease known as Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA). Thankfully, due to some sharing of information and results, along with a desire to breed it out with the use of DNA testing this challenge has a good chance of success…at least for those who choose not to remain ignorant of it.

Personally speaking, we at Kalinya Siamese had not thought to be involved with this disease when it first became a discussion point around two years ago and remained oblivious to characteristics of the disease and its genetic invasion in to our Siamese. Thankfully a recent approach to purchase a kitten for stud from us by a registered Australian breeder has identified to us that PRA is in our lines. The kitten in ques-tion following DNA testing was found to be AFFECTED/POSITIVE – 2 Copies. Subsequently, the deci-sion was agreed not to proceed with sale as stud. He is now living with our friends who are already owned by our Kalinya Siamese so that we can watch and learn of any effects of him being Affected.

We then took the decision to DNA test each of our five breeding cats and one former breeding cat for PRA. The following results amazed and obviously alerted us to each cats PRA status and therefore as to how we could go about managing our breeding programme.

J’Magz OUTBACK of Myrlyn (imp USA) (M) Carrier/Heterozygous – one copy detected

Christernee MILLA (F) Normal/Clear

Kalinya OD DELLINA (F) Carrier/Heterozygous – one copy detected (Outback daughter)

Elizabethcat South YUMI-of-Kalinya (imp Japan) (M) Affected/Positive – two copies

Kalinya OM JAZZI (F) Normal/Clear (Outback daughter)

These results, in consideration of not reducing our gene pool, will find us not desexing our carriers or even Yumi who is Affected/Positive BUT we will selectively breed, therefore not mating carrier to affected and only allowing normal/clear females to be mated with him.

As you will read in documents that I have included with this article, it is quite early days in establishing proper sample data to support to what extent PRA carriers & PRA affected kittens and cats show signs or evidence of blindness. In our decades of breeding Siamese we have only found one cat with blindness. In fact he was our daughters, a Kalinya seal point neuter who at eight years of age lost sight. He lived until 12-1/2 years of age with this condition and with a sighted litter brother, healthy and happy. Was this due to PRA or was it a coincidence with loss of sight due to another cause? We will never know as he passed away prior to us having any awareness of PRA & that DNA testing was available. Other breed-ers with whom I have spoken also indicate the rarity of blindness however it is a disease and we are each encouraged to be aware and to manage it accordingly.

After all, as breeders we are bound by each of our Associations Objects and our Code of Ethics which primarily is to breed to improve.

DO NOT PANIC!!! This is manageable and even more so if we can all work together!!

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SPECIAL REPORT cont.

DNA Testing for PRA Importantly there is now a DNA test for the rdAc mutation which is thought to be the most com-mon cause of PRA. The presence of both sets of the recessive gene, indicate the cat will suffer from progressive retinal atrophy and ultimately blindness.

Is PRA in Siamese Cats Something New?

No PRA is not something new, what is new is an increased awareness and availability of DNA testing. People will probably think Siamese and Oriental cats never went blind in the past so what has changed?

Well maybe this is true or perhaps the cats that were PRA positive gradually did go blind. Due the gradual nature of the progression of the disease perhaps these cats adapted relying more so on their other senses.

It seems possible that PRA has not been diagnosed because the cats have not shown symptoms until they are older. Vets may have dismissed it as age related deterioration.

Could it be that blindness has been noticed and not reported to breeders? Or worse it has been reported and ignored?

I could offer a variety of other theories; but that is exactly what they would be – theories.

The responsible thing to do at this stage is to start to collate some real data. To gather this data we must start by DNA testing our cats. Gathering data on the PRA status of cats and also data on how many cats are actually going blind (or indeed not going blind) are both essential to enable informed choices regarding potential registration policy changes.

On a personal note I must admit I am not totally convinced that we have a massive problem at this stage. What I am sure about though is without more research we will never know if we have a problem. As things stand today I am not in favour of any registration policy changes – we do not have enough evidence one way or the other!

There have been cats diagnosed with PRA in this country. The cats in question tested positive for two sets of the rdAc mutated gene which is the gene thought to cause progressive retinal atrophy.

Below is a screen shot of the results for various gene tests performed at Langford which include the Sia-mese and Oriental cats tested for PRA and their results. Although the results are interesting, at this stage it would be very unwise to make any conclusions based on this data. There is simply not enough information to make any decisions with one exception. We need to test more cats!

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From Manuella Ferut


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I must thank the following Siamese breeders and business for allowing and encouraging me to pub-lish the articles which follow.

Ross Davies, GCCF Judge and Siamese & Oriental cat breeder , Author and Originally published - http://www.siamese-cat-breeder.co.uk/pra-in-siamese-cats/

Virginia Wheeldon, Thaifong Siamese and CFA USA Breed Council Secretary

Manuella Ferut, Diamond Life & Love Deluxe Cattery, LOOF, France

Orivet Genetics, Melbourne, Victoria.

PLEASE READ AND ENJOY THEIR ARTICLES AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LET’S TALK ABOUT THEM.

Ross Davies, GCCF Judge and Siamese & Oriental cat breeder

Originally published -

http://www.siamese-cat-breeder.co.uk/pra-in-siamese-cats/

PRA in Siamese cats is a topic I have written about briefly before. After publishing the first article I was contacted by people in the UK who have Siamese cats affected by PRA. For this reason I decid-ed to write another article with further information and also some suggested guidelines on responsi-ble breeding. Please read on to see how breeding cats that are PRA positive can easily be avoided by DNA testing and selective breeding. For clarity – PRA is equally an issue for Siamese, Orientals, Balinese and Oriental Longhairs.

What is PRA Progressive Retinal Atrophy or PRA as it usually referred to is a disease of the retina which ultimately causes blindness. The disease is known to be present in Abyssinians, Somali and has been widely reported to be present in Siamese and Oriental cats. The retina contains cells called photoreceptors which absorb the light focused on them by the eye lenses and converts them into electric signals which are passed through the optic nerve to the brain. The brain interprets these signals where they are perceived as vision. When a cat has PRA the photoreceptors degenerate over time and ultimately cause blindness. Typi-cally the sight in affected cats gradually gets worse with total blindness around 4 to 5 years, though there are reports of total blindness not being diagnosed until much later.

Ophthalmoscopic Testing for PRA Testing a cat suffering from progressive retinal atrophy can be conducted by your vet where eye drops are administered to make the pupils dilate to enable observations and diagnosis of the disease.



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Possible Recommendations It would seem more than sensible to utilise the available DNA test for PRA.

Testing our cats will help us understand the extent of the spread of the gene.

It will also help prove or disprove the theory that all PRA positive cats will eventually be totally blind.

By knowing the PRA status of our cats we can selectively breed away from this gene and prevent any chance of cats being born PRA positive.

Testing is available here –

Langford Veterinary Services

UC Davis Veterinary Medicine

Members of clubs registered with Langford can get a discount on DNA tests by obtaining voucher codes through their club.

Responsible Breeding and PRA The rdAc mutation is a recessive gene that is thought to cause total blindness in cats when present twice in a cats DNA (homozygous for the rdAc mutation). Cat breeders work with recessive genes every day and when you can test for the gene it really is simple to avoid breeding cats that are homo-zygous for the rdAc mutation.

The problem is if you try to breed the gene out completely too quickly you will severely limit the gene pool dependant on how wide spread the rdAc mutation is.

Suggested Guidelines As the gene has to be present twice and because of the available DNA test we can selectively breed cats that have zero chance of being homozygous for the rdAc mutation.

This would mean that any cats bred following these suggested guidelines below would have zero chance of becoming blind through progressive retinal atrophy caused by the rdAc mutation.

1. Only cats with known rdAc status should be used for breeding.

2. Carriers should only be mated to negative cats.

3. Positive cats (with both rdAc genes defective) should only be used for breeding with cats that are negative status

It could be argued that positive cats should not be used for breeding at all. A positive cat is always go-ing to pass on one of the mutated rdAc genes. However a positive cat mated to a negative cat will re-sult in all kittens being carrier status only. Until we know more about how widespread the gene is we do not know if the gene pool is capable of excluding all positive cats from breeding problems.

The Way Forward We need to start testing our cats and collating the results on how wide spread the mutated gene is. We need to have far more data on how many PRA positive cats are actually going blind. Until we have this data then we cannot make an informed decision. At this stage it would seem to be the only re-sponsible course of action to start testing cats and not breeding PRA positive cats.

Any data collated by the Siamese Cat Breeder website will be used to help build a database and will remain confidential.

http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/cat/pra.php

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From ORIVET


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PRA TESTING HERE

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My husband, James and I just came home from our little walk with FIVE cats in tow. Yes, you heard correctly they walk with us and always at night to avoid dogs. We have lived in our current house for twelve years and moved in with two Siamese kittens, Koko and Yum Yum (by no means our first Siamese cats but maybe I will get a chance to write about the others at a later time).

Let me introduce you to our current horde of cats. Let’s start with the oldest, Calvin who is the only not Siamese but since he grew up with them he behaves just like one. He talks a lot. I hold whole conversations with him as I do with all our Siamese.

The next one in the line is Choey who was born in our house and owns every-thing. He is loved to death by Hannah our youngest. He is so good-

natured that she can do absolutely anything with and to him. Now in March 2013 we lost Choey’s brother Chucky and maybe because we treat our cats like people we see ourselves in them. Anyway Choey was really lost. He missed his brother terribly. This is where we started to think of adopting a Siamese that was in need of a home for life. And as always the universe provides when everything is right.

Rosie a seven year old seal-point came into all our lives in November 2013. After about three weeks in our bed room and more less kept apart from Calvin and Choey so she could get used to the two legged family members first we started to let Choey in and as he is such a lovely cat and never knew anything else but love he was happy to share us with Rosie. She also helped him immensely to get his spirits up. I know it sounds as if we talk about our cat as human but that’s exactly what they are for us and they just know when one of us needs a cuddle. When she first came we were told that she was a

complete indoor cat and in one of our first in depth conversations she and I had, I told her that if she settled right in she’d be able to go anywhere (outside) she liked. All our cats are in and outdoor cats with a cat door that was particularly installed in a glass pane when we moved in twelve years ago.

Fast forward to November 2014. I left my name with the Siamese Cat Society NSW, to indicate my willing-ness to adopt another cat if it needs a good home. An email landed in my inbox from Tony Hurry that two blue-point brothers, Ziggy and Sonny Dee (we renamed him from Honey Bee) are in dire need of a new home.

After a short consultation with all the family members I

rung straight away to let him know that they are most

welcome at our place. The excitement before their

arrival was incredible. Just to demonstrate that a lot of

things move in circles: Exactly twelve years to the

month prior to their arrival we rescued another pair of

this time seal-point Siamese, Rajah and Mikey (very

sadly they went to the big kitty litter in the sky a while

ago). This synchronicity left us all a bit speechless.

Once again we did not anticipate any difficulty in

integrating the ‘Blues Brothers’ as we affectionately

call them and there was none. I would have liked to call

them Jake and Elwood but this was to different from

their original names so we think of Ziggy Stardust and

Sonny Bill Williams.

What a

enriched life we

all had because

of all our cats

presence I

cannot

emphasise

enough and

while I am

typing here over the head of our much loved Choey I

can only conclude that a house is not a home without a

Siamese and an honorary Siamese (Calvin) cat.

Siamese Article

The Toohey Family’s Life with Siamese Cats (Furry People) by Margarite Toohey

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Life and Trials of the

Siamese Cat Society

Trailer.

By Sharryn Hilton

Built especially for the Society way

back in 1982 with extra care to ensure

it was not susceptible to rust. It has

been a loyal assistant.

It has been housed with various

members of the committee over the

years, to try to keep it in good order

and safe from vandalism. It’s been

under cover and out in the open and

everywhere in between. It’s resided

in lots of different places by the

kindness of a few committee

members, in the past.

Registration and tyres were the usual

repair bills over the years, so it was

understandable when upon its trip to

its latest safe haven, things seemed

apparent that would now need to be

done. Unfortunately, not just the

tyres and registration this time.

A list of problems were noted which

stopped the trusty trailer from being

registered and permission was

sought through the committee to

have these repairs done. Such things

like bushes, shackle bolts, brackets,

brakes, lights, 4 new tyres, and the

list went on. The only things that

couldn’t get done, were the drums

for the brakes, they are not available

as a market purchase but the

mechanic is still on the hunt for them

and hopefully we will be able to get

them in the future, as needed.

It was unanimous that we wanted to

retain the trailer and therefore take

on the repairs as necessary.

The vote was cast and all said yes.

Fingers were crossed that it wasn’t

going to exceed a limit which we set.

The trailer spent many weeks at the

mechanics because certain parts for

the trailer were unobtainable in

today’s market and things had to

actually be made to fit to suit the

uniqueness of our little trailer. The

builder of the Trailer was no longer

in business.

The committee members were

getting nervous when each of the

things were spoken about and the

dollar signs sounded loudly in our

heads.

As time went on and the trailer was

still not repaired the bill was

imagined to be a huge one.

But…Our sincere thanks as a group,

must go to SCS Vice President John

Ferguson, who was able to pull a few

favours from a mechanic friend to get

some of these major repairs done to

enable us to retain our trailer for

years to come.

When the bill finally came in, it was

with a huge sigh of relief that it was

nothing in cost that was anticipated.

The mechanic had not charged for so

many things it was almost

embarrassing, but said he was happy

to help out our little band of

volunteers…. So thanks must also go

to Lou Amato, who owns AUTOPLUS

PICTON. Without his kindness and

John’s sweet talking it would have

been a much larger bill for our trailer.

The bill including 4 new tyres was a

grand total of $890.00. (A minor sum

considering it is the first maintenance

done in 33 years!)

It was then able to pass registration

and resume the task of serving the

SCS. A total win for us all, now

hopefully it will do us all for a few

more years to come!!

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CATS NSW SHOW

The Hawaiian Cat Show

17th October, 2015

RING ONE JUDGE: Kerry Fowler (GCCFC)

BEST EXHIBIT: Murmurellius Elisey (Imp JPN) Aaron & Helena Sugar

GROUP TWO — KITTENS

. Catalogue Exhibit Exhibitor

1st 38 Nevabay This is The Beginning Aaron & Helena Sugar

2nd 35 Azov Jaffa Cathy Murdoch

3rd 40 Azov Bollinger Cathy Murdoch

4th 42 Calian Auburn Light Carolyn Harrison

5th 32 Azov Moet N Chandon Ice Cathy Murdoch

GROUP TWO — ENTIRE CATS

Catalogue Exhibit Exhibitor

1st 53 Murmurellius Elisey (Imp JPN) Aaron & Helena Sugar

2nd 56 Azov Pink Seaview Cathy Murdoch

3rd 51 CCCA CH & BZ DB GD CH Templeton Pepper Pots Shara McKay

4th 54 Kalinya OM Jazzi Tony & Bev Hurry

5th 58 ACF AoE SL BD GD CH Puresweet Pacific Wulfenite

(Imp JPN)

Grant & Penny Richardson

GROUP TWO — DESEXED CATS


1st 59 Sayuri Nishiky Karen Carter

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CATS NSW SHOW

The Highlands Tulip Time Festival

19th September, 2015

RING ONE — JUDGE: Joanne Miller (NZCF)

BEST EXHIBIT: Nevabay This is The Beginning Aaron & Helena Sugar


. Catalogue Exhibit Exhibitor


2nd 31 Nevabay Katerina Ballerina Aaron & Helena Sugar



1st 35 Puresweet Pacific Wulfenite (Imp JPN) Grant & Penny Richardson

RING TWO — JUDGE: Liz Andresen (CANT)




2nd 31 Nevabay Katerina Ballerina Aaron & Helena Sugar



1st 35 Puresweet Pacific Wulfenite (Imp JPN) Grant & Penny Richardson

BEST EXHIBIT: Nevabay This is The Beginning Aaron & Helena Sugar

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CATS NSW SHOW

Cat of The Year—Christmas Function

15th November, 2015 RING TWO JUDGE: Jenny Weekes (CATS NSW INC.)

BEST EXHIBIT: Azov Pink Seaview Cathy Murdoch


. Points Exhibit Exhibitor

1st 88 Nevabay I am The Russian Queen O/B: Aaron & Helena Sugar

2nd 33 Kalinya OM Jazzi O/B: Tony & Bev Hurry

3rd 33 Nevabay This is The Beginning O/B: Aaron & Helena Sugar

4th 29 Nevabay Katarina Ballerina O/B: Aaron & Helena Sugar

5th 11 Kalinya OM Cerami O/B: Tony & Bev Hurry


Points Exhibit Exhibitor

1st 106 Murmurellius Elisey (Imp JPN)

Aaron & Helena Sugar

B: N.Gladkova

2nd 52 ACF AoE SILVER DB GD CH

Puresweet Pacific Wulfenite

Grant & Penny Richardson

3rd 16 Trilian PW Alaska Grant & Penny Richardson

4th 16 Gillenbah Shades of Lilac

Deborah Nugent

B: D. Mullhall

5th 8 Christernee True Love Peter & Christine Gunczy

GROUP TWO — DESEXED CATS

Points Exhibit Exhibitor

1st 10 Kalinya OM Jemma Tony & Bev Hurry

1st 10 Kalinya Leo Tony & Bev Hurry

GROUP 2—HIGHEST POINT SCORE

106 Murmurellius Elisey (Imp JPN) Aaron & Helena Sugar

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CATS NSW inc.

CAT AND KITTEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2015

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NOTICE TO MEMBERS

At its 2015 February General Meeting discussion was held regarding

the current fee structure. As a review of costs had not taken place

with a subsequent increase for some years, and due to rising costs of providing

FELIS, increased postage rates and managing and maintaining our

SCS website service, it was agreed that fees needed to be increased.

A motion to that effect was proposed and seconded and carried unanimously.

———————————————————————————————————

Our Fees for 2016 are therefore as follow :

Full Member: $21.00 Advertisement - Full Page $33.00

Joint Member: $35.00 Advertisement - Half Page $18.00

Associate. Member: $14.00 Advertisement - Quarter Page $12.00

Website Kitten Listing $15.00 Siamese Cats at Stud List - Free

FELIS - Free to members FELIS, Back Copy - $5.00

or Free via electronic Copy

——————————————————————————————————-

At our 31st October 2015 Committee meeting it was agreed unanimously

to introduce a new category of member being :

Introductory Member: 50% of Full Member /Joint Member Fee

for initial year’s membership.

ONLY for those Siamese owners introduced by a current financial member.

This is to further encourage breeders when selling their kittens to entice the

new owners in to becoming members. There are some of our breeders who are

paying this fee being inclusive in their selling price.

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SIAMESE CAT SOCIETY OF NSW Inc

INVITE YOU TO THE

COME ONE COME ALL,

ENJOY LOTS OF DIFFERENT

BREEDS OF CATS AND KITTENS!

SATURDAY 27th FEBRUARY, 2016

2 Ring All Breeds & Companion

Open Entry Style, Championship Show

PICTON SHIRE HALL

Menangle Street, Picton

JUDGING will commence at 9.00 am

The Show will open to the

General Public from 9.00am

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NSW Cat Fanciers Association Inc. 2016 Calendar

DATE CLUB CONTACT TYPE

31 January Federal Kitten Show 02 6654 2000 All Breed

6 February NSW CFA COTY Awards 02 9834 6577 Group Awards

27/28 February Royal Canberra Show (1) 02 6254 9533 All Breed

13 March Burmese Cat Society 02 4920 7961 Shorthair + Companion

19 March NSW CFA New Faces 02 9834 6577 All Breed

2 April MIA Cat Club 02 6962 6151 All Breed

9/10 April Royal Bathurst Show 02 9153 6870 All Breed

16 April Maclean Show Society 02 6645 1532 All Breed

23/24 April Coffs Harbour Show Society 02 6563 1294 All Breed

30 April NSW CFA State Show 02 9834 6577 All Breed

7 May Armidale & New England Cat Club 02 6775 2050 All Breed

22 May Central Coast Cat Club 02 4936 6515 All Breed

21/22 May ACT Abyssinian & Birman Show (1) All Breed

28 May Kempsey Kat Klub 02 6563 1294 All Breed

4 June Branxton Wine Country Cat Club All Breed

4/5 June CCCA Meeting

11/12 June ACF National Show – Brisbane (2) 07 5525 2104 All Breed

19 June Federal Cat Club 02 6654 2000 All Breed

26 June ACT Longhair Show (1) 02 6254 9533 All Breed

2 July Oriental Cat Club 02 4334 4955 Shorthair

3 July Birman Cat Club 0402 050 520 Group 1

10 July St George & District Cat Club 02 9398 4998 All Breed

16/17 July CCCA National Show – Adelaide (2) 0413 482 240 / 0401 354 052 All Breed

23 July Western Districts Cat Society 02 4574 2214 All Breed

30 July Tamworth & District Cat Club 02 6760 3639 All Breed

6 August Ku–Ring–Gai/Longhair/Himalayan Cat Clubs 4621 2552 /4883 7184 / 9607 6674 Group 1

6 August Abyssinian Cat Club 02 6581 1713 Shorthair & Companion

13/14 August CCCA Judges Seminar

20 August Newcastle & Hunter Valley Cat Club 02 4933 3375 All Breed

28 August Capital Cats/ACT Breeders Show (1) 02 6254 9533 All Breed

3 September NSW CFA Fundraiser Show 02 9834 6577 All Breed

11 September Illawarra Pedigree Cat Fancy 02 4284 7438 All Breed

17 September North Coast All Breeds Cat Club 02 6563 1294 All Breed

24 September Temora Show Society 02 6973 1702 All Breed

1 October Blue Point Siamese Society 02 9677 0627 All Breed

8 October Riverina Cat Club – Wagga0 02 6947 9403 All Breed

22 October North Coast Show Society – Lismore 02 6563 1294 All Breed

6 November All Breeds Desexed Cat Club 0408 654 619 All Breed Desexed

Note (1) ACT shows are not included in NSW CFA Note (2) CCCA & ACF National Shows not included in NSW CFA COTY

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CATS NSW inc.

SHOW CALENDAR 2016

(Calendar subject to change)

For more details, see http://www.CatsNSW.com.au

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PREFIX CONTACT EMAIL PHONE ADDRESS

ASTRAXALOTTE C. & L. GALLAGHER [email protected] 02) 6572 4550 SINGLETON, NSW

CHRISTERNEE C. & P. GUNCZY [email protected] 02) 4567 2471 BILPIN, NSW

ECUMENE C. WATSON & J. MADDOX

[email protected] 02) 4889 8869 COLO VALE, NSW

FULLCIRCLE S. HILTON & J. FERGUSON [email protected] 0414 567 895 WILTON, NSW

GARTHOWEN C. WISEMAN [email protected] 02) 6769 5512 ATTUNGA, NSW

JINGILI V. MCDERMOTT [email protected] 02) 9838 7170 BAULKHAM HILLS , NSW

KALINYA B & T. HURRY

[email protected] 02) 4272 7764 UNANDERRA, NSW

KNOCKFIN H. HAINES [email protected] 02) 4930 6212 LUSKINTYRE, NSW

LEALJO J. WRIGHT

[email protected] 07) 4966 4303 SEAFORTH, QLD

LEXTRIS D. BUNDESEN [email protected] 07) 4939 6921 EMU PARK, QLD

LOOKATMESE J & A. HOBBS [email protected] 08) 7480 1534 SMITHFIELD PLAINS, SA

MONTRESOR C. CHAUTARD-JENSEN [email protected] 07) 4055 2225 FRESHWATER, QLD

NAKHON SAWAN R. KEYS [email protected] 08) 9390 1765 SEVILLE GROVE, WA

PASSERELLA K. HEDGECOCK [email protected] 02) 4474 2668 MARUYA, NSW

REIKO J. CONWAY [email protected] 02) 6628 1243 ALSTONVILLE, NSW

TARGARYEN J. HANCOCK [email protected] 08) 9844 8696 BAYONET POINT, WA

TAMJANA S. BLACK [email protected] 0402 035 965 LALOR PARK, NSW

TRILIAN P. & G. RICHARDSON [email protected] 02) 4579 7180 FREEMANS REACH, NSW

VARANASI J. STEWART [email protected] 02) 4784 2863 KATOOMBA, NSW

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STUD List

SEAL POINT

Jingili Major Tom Valda McDermott

Jingili

(02) 9838 7170

Baulkham Hills NSW

Kalinya Outback Nugget

CH Astraxalotte Onesimo

CCCA DGC & DIA DGC

Awesome Gem (Imp USA)

Lee & Cheryl Gallagher

Astraxalotte

0407 042 900

Singleton NSW

CCCA GD CH & GLDBGDCH

Kalinya Outback Jackman

Chris Wiseman

Garthowen

(02) 6769 5512

Attunga NSW

Elizabethcat South Yumi

of Kalinya (Imp Jpn)

Tony & Bev Hurry

Kalinya Cattery

(02) 4272 7764

Unanderra NSW

Arunika Jing

Ross Keys

Nakhon Sawan

(08) 9390 1765

0401 667 840

Seville Grove WA

CHOCOLATE POINT

Garthowen Mooki Penny & Grant Richardson

Trilian Cattery

(02) 4579 7180

Freemans Reach NSW

Garthowen Kosambi Joan Wright

Lealjo Siamese

(07) 4966 4303

Seaforth QLD

BLUE POINT

Braeside Koh Samui Chris Wiseman

Garthowen

(02) 6769 5512

Attunga NSW

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CLASSIFIED Adverts

GARTHOWEN SIAMESE

Reg. NSWCFA 58150

Studs (Seal Point)

♥ CCCA GD CH & GL DB GD CH ♥ KALINYA OUTBACK JACKMAN

Chris Wiseman ‘Garthowen’ ATTUNGA, NSW Ph: (02) 6769 5512 email: [email protected] Website: www.garthowensiamese.net

♥ Seal Point, Blue Point & Chocolate Point, Lilac

♥ House reared & House trained kittens

♥ Wormed, Vaccinated & Micro chipped

Seal Point

Chocolate Point

Blue Point

Lilac Point

House reared & litter trained

Wormed, Vaccinated & Micro chipped

Joan Wright T: (07) 4966 4303 Seaforth, MacKay M: 0407 299 450 Queensland E: [email protected]

Lealjo Siamese Cattery

Breeder of Pure Siamese

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CLASSIFIED Adverts

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Fullcircle Siamese Reg. Cats NSW CN013

Quality one breed Siamese

Breeder’s of quality ‘One Breed’ Siamese

in the only original 4 colours:

* Seal * Chocolate * Blue * Lilac

Fullcircle Siamese is a small but extremely proud

Cattery for the producing of good, old-fashioned

type Siamese.

All our kittens have been well placed in show and

pet homes and are lovingly reared as part of our

family. Our cats are renowned for their character

and great “puss-onality”.

We are also proud owners of our much prized USA

Import Lilac Point Stud, a complement to our

Seal, Blue, Lilac and Chocolate Point queens.

** Personal

inspections

welcome **

Contact: Sharryn Hilton

‘Fullcircle’ ~ Lot 423 Round Hill Rd, Wilton

M: 0414 567 895

E: [email protected]

W: www.fullcirclesiamese.com

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