Newsletter: September 2016

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Show Results

- Denise Grace of Jaymlynkatz

Congratulations to the Jaymlynkatz Norwegian Forest Cats and their breeder Denise Grace for their successes at the tail end of the show season both here and in Australia.

- - Kapiti
At Kapiti-Horowhenua Cat Club Show on September 4th, Ch Jaymlynkatz Renaissance made his first appearance on the show bench this year and took out Supreme Best Cat in Show!

His young half-brother, Jaymlynkatz White Christmas, aka Kristoff, was awarded Supreme Best Kitten in Show!

- - Australia
Also that weekend, Kristoff's older sister, Jaymlynkatz Skadi, owned by Sandra Dukes of Norskatt Norwegian Forest Cats in Australia, had a great day and finished the day as Reserve Supreme All Breeds Cat at the NSWCFA fund-raiser show in New South Wales, Australia.

- - CatzInc
The following weekend Kristoff attended the Catz Inc Spring Fever show in Palmerston North which was a 7 ring show (4 Longhair rings and 3 All Breeds rings) and finished the day with a clean sweep of 7 Best in Show awards.

Jaymlynkatz White Christmas (Kristoff)
Photo: Emma Kimberley @ CatzInc Show

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'All Breeds' News

Taking an interest in what's happening in breeds other than our own.

In this part of the country we're lucky that we have been able to see examples of the new russet colour in Burmese.  First appearing in 2007 the 'russet' cats are - in simple terms - born looking like ticked tabbies but mature into reds.  (If you haven't seen them and get a chance to see this new colour on a Burmese or Mandalay it's worth taking the time to do so.)  Shown first as companions, then AOC Burmese, the russets began showing alongside the range of Burmese and Mandalay colours in the 2014 show season.

The news for those following the progress of this new colour mutation is that a DNA test has been developed for russet and is available from VGL at UC Davis:

www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/cat/BurmeseRusset.php

Congratulations to all those involved in the hard work of getting this mutation identified and the colour established.
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Palmerston North Cat Club Remits to the NZCF AGM

The NZCF AGM is still a long, long way away (mid-May 2017) but it's worth starting to think about the club's remits now.  Anybody who has a suggestion for a remit from the club should contact the club secretary with details so that these can be prepared well in advance of the pre-show 'busy season' for our committee.

Contact: Emma Kimberley secretary@pncatclub.co.nz
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Committee Meeting – 15th September 2016

by Denise Grace

- 2017 Show
Further discussion about judges for the 2017 show.

- 2016 National Show
Figures to hand for the National Show:
- Judges' Travel
- - - Total expense: $11,105.00
- - - Income from Clubs who shared judges: $3,612.50

- NZCF Benching Fees: $2,295.00
- Door take: $5,076.50
- Over-all profit: $6,266.77
  
- Judges' Training
Palmerston North Cat Club committee have been asked to assist with the NZCF judges' exams for longhair and shorthair student judges to be held on November 26th at the Community Leisure Centre. A schedule will be sent out early October and we hope that Club members will support our aspiring judges with entries.

- Next Meeting: Thursday, 13 October 2016
-- Time: 7.30pm
-- Location: To Be Advised
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Cat News

Last week the New Zealand Companion Animal Council held its 26th Companion Animal Conference in Wellington and much of the focus of the speakers was on cat management.  The speakers ranged from representatives of private (non-SPCA) rescue groups to a Wellington City Council Urban Ecologist.  There were some eye-opening statistics and concepts bandied about but of on-going interest to cat owners in New Zealand is the release of the draft National Cat Management Strategy Group (NCMSG) report and the background and summary can be read at the following links:

http://bit.ly/NCMSGbackground

http://bit.ly/NCMSGsummary

Comment on the draft report is invited from organisations rather than individuals, leading on to a point which was made by Myfanwy Emeny (Wellington City Council Urban Ecology team leader) that 'lobby groups' are more effective in consultation than individual voices.  Perhaps this is the difference between one clear message from a group and hundreds of variations from each individual, but it's something to bear in mind in any future local (or national) consultations.

One thing I found particularly surprising in my (very) quick read of the 160+ page NCMSG background document was that Palmerston North City Council (and many other councils throughout the country) already have a cap on the number of cats 'on premises' in the city:

Part 4: 8. CATS ON PREMISES

8.1 No person may keep more than three cats on any private land with an area less than 2,000m2 in the urban area without a permit issued under this Bylaw.

8.2 No cats kept for breeding purposes shall be housed within 1.8 metres of the boundary of any adjoining property in the urban area unless the housing is within a dwelling house.

8.3 The restrictions of clauses 8.1 and 8.2 shall not apply to kittens below the age of three months.

Not that I have any immediate plans to boost the cat numbers in my household, but I would be interested in hearing from anybody who has applied for the permit about how easy the process was.

Contact: Jane Webster talmijane@gmail.com
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History Notes – 1953

Part of page 4 from the NZGCCF July 1957 Newsletter which mentions Palmerston North Cat Club's first show.  The report includes which cats won challenge certificates and the trophies which were presented.

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