Thanks to Jenny, Simon and the show management team for the invitation to judge, for their hospitality, and for the gift, already but a happy memory. Thanks also to Pina for her considerate and careful stewarding.

Open Classes

Siamese/Balinese Imperial Grand Champion, Female

IGCC Holdsworth's GR CH BILLSTES CINFULLY CINNAMON (32b7) 12 Feb 09
A very attractive elegant girl of very good type. Longish well balanced even wedge, well set large ears. Profile almost straight, firm if slightly shallow chin, bite scissored over, lacking most upper incisors. Eyes of very good shape and set and good depth of blue. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction for balance. Points a good warm cinnamon mingled everywhere with shades of red, though I should prefer more bright red in the mixture. Unshaded ivory body, coat close and of excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation. At the highest level, not an automatic decision to award the certificate, but I felt she just made the grade even if she has some improvement to come with full maturity.

Oriental Cream/Apricot Neuter

1+PC+BOB Atkinson's PR WESTGARTH STORMCAT (37n) MN 8 May 08
A handsome large lad of very good type. Long wedge with a minimal pinch, needing a fraction more width at the top, well set large ears. Profile almost straight, firm chin and level bite. Expressive eyes of very good shape and set, of a pale olive green. Long muscular body, long legs with large paws, balancing length of tail. Colour a warm sandy apricot showing clear brownish overtones, sound to the roots, the inevitable tabby pattern (spotted in his case) really quite faint. Close coat of slightly harsh texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Apricot Point Neuter

BOB Pearson's PR AMYDAY MERELY A MONARCH (32fn) 18 Jul 08
A handsome large lad of excellent type. Long wedge, just a little overlong in the muzzle, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set of a good depth of blue. Long weighty muscular body, long legs with large paws, tail needing an extra fraction. Points a very good browny-hued apricot, moderately shaded body but still good contrast, coat a fraction long of good texture. Excellent temperament though a little talkative today, excellent presentation

Miscellaneous Classes

AC Limit Adult

1 Shand's PALMIRA NADIA (24) F 3 Jan 10
A girl of good type, only just adult and of development commensurate with her age. Longish even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Small dip in profile and a very shallow depression above the brow, chin ebbs slightly, level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set and good depth of blue. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra inch. Points of a good warm seal but all rather brindled, lightly shaded body, coat short and of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Law's FIORDILISO QTAS CANBE (32b2) F 28 Oct 09
An attractive girl of good type, but at present rather too small. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set and a good depth of blue. Medium length firm body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Points a darkish blue mingled with shades of warm cream, while the impression was of a colour other than blue I did not feel given the quality of the light I could be sure about it. Close coat of good texture; excellent temperament and presentation.

AC Junior Adult

1 Cassar-Simmonds's FIORDILISO INDIAN PRINCE (48 40) M 15 Nov 09
A young lad of good type, showing good maturity for his age. Longish even wedge needing a little more width at the top, ears of adequate size well set. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set and good depth of blue. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points of dark seal, body heavily shaded. White in an inverted "V" to the mask, ear tip, an attractive moustache, to underside of neck, chest, and whole underbody and a little up the sides, most of the front legs and up over the shoulders, some to the rear legs, in all a little over the required third. Close coat of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Bauerfeind's TOGHAR LUCY LOCKET (32/1) F 16 Jul 09
A girl of good type. Long even wedge needing a little more width at the top, well set large ears. Profile almost straight, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set though she did open them rather wide, needing more depth of blue. Long slender yet muscular body, which would ideally carry more weight - but she seemed to have kittened recently. Long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Well marked in good seal, with good facial markings, and leg bars, adequate tail rings. Lightly shaded body, coat close and of excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
3 Denholm's FISEPO PIPISTRELLE PEARL (48 40bt) F 29 Jan 09

Visitors Adult

1 Tosun's CH SAITAN MISS TEASE (45b) F 28 Apr 08
An attractive mature girl of very good type. Long even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Expressive eyes of good shape, well set of a clear pale green. Long substantial body, long legs with neat paws, almost balancing length of tail. Pattern colour a dark warm chocolate, ground slightly cool in tone, two bands of mostly even ticking, though there was a tendency for the markings to clump in tiny spots low on the body, and the spine as usual was a little darker. Good facial markings, well ringed tail. Close coat of excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

AC Oriental Tortie, Ticked Tabby, Red or Cream Adult

1 Holdsworth's GR CH BILLSTES TIFFANY (37m) 9 Jul 07
A mature girl of very good type. Longish well balanced even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set of a palish green. Long substantial body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Colour an attractive mixture of warm if slightly dark cinnamon mingled everywhere with shades of bright red, sound to the roots. Coat a fraction long but close-lying, of excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Tosun's CH SAITAN MISS TEASE (45b) F
CNH Gibbon's EIREACHDAIL MADELEINE (48 45e) F 3 Jan 10
I'm sorry not to have been able to handle this very attractive-looking girl, but she made it quite clear, by deeds as well as words, that she did not wish to be disturbed.

AC Tabby or Tortie Point Adult

1 Holdsworth's CH BILLSTES CINFULLY CINNAMON (32b7) F
2 Bauerfeind's CH PALMIRA MARCUS (32/3) 19 Jun 09
A large lad of good type, looking rather puppyish as yet. Long almost even wedge, quite prominent jowls, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile almost straight but for a bump on the nose, firm but slightly shallow chin, level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set needing a little more depth of blue. Long muscular body, long legs with strong paws, tail needing an extra inch or two and rather blunt at the tip. Marked in a good warm chocolate, good facial markings, fair leg bars, tail half ringed. Lightly shaded body, coat short but harsh in texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Non-Breeders Kitten

1 Webb's LITTLEFEAT TEXAS TWISTER (32a) M 5 Mar 10
A well developed lad of very good type. Very good head, long even wedge with good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set and good depth of blue. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Points of a good bright red, minimally shaded body. Coat a fraction long but of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Bohana's JOMESE JAMBALAYA (24) F 9 Apr 10
A very friendly girl of good type, perhaps just a little small for her age. Longish wedge with a small pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Tiny dip in profile, firm deep chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape though slightly full, well set, needing a little more depth of blue. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, long tail to balance. Points a dense darkish seal, all a little brindled, lightly shaded warm toned body. Close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
CNH Graham's SILKYSU PERSEUS-ORIGINENZO (24) M 6 Feb 10
A well grown and handsome lad, though he could do with deeper blue eye colour, but he was determined not to be handled.

Debutante Kitten

1 Geddes's FLUTTERBY TROOP THE COLOUR (32fn) M 13 May 10
A promising and attractive lad of very good type. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm very deep chin, level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set and good depth of blue. Proportionate body, long legs with large paws, balancing length of tail. Points colour difficult to assess for warmth in the hall lighting, but seemed appropriately dingy-toned. Unshaded body, close coat of excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Holdsworth's BILLSTES OTHELLO (32a) M 20 Apr 10
A handsome lad of good type. Long even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, needing a little more depth of blue. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Points developing in a shade of red which would ideally be a little brighter, unshaded body, coat slightly long and harsh in texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
3 Samphiers EIREACHDAIL AUTUMNRHAPSODY (41h) F 29 Jun 10
A very attractive girl of good type and well developed for her age. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, chin ebbs slightly, bite level. Eyes of very good shape though on the full side, of a muddy green. Firm body, proportionate legs with neat paws, long tail. Pattern colour a darkish warm chocolate mingled with shades of bright red. The mingling does make the pattern harder to discern, but even allowing for that it left something to be desired - the facial markings good, good leg bars and tail rings, but the butterfly hardly present and oysters incomplete at the bottom and with some agouti invasion. Coat close and of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Havana, Oriental Lilac or Cinnamon Kitten

1 Sinclair's TRELGANDORF TRADITIONAL (29) MN 17 Feb 10
A large handsome lad of good type. Long even wedge needing a little more width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set of a good green. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needing an extra inch. Colour a darkish chestnut, sound to the roots, sparse but regrowing under the body following an operation, elsewhere close and of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Evans's BILLSTES VIENNA (29) F 6 Jun 10
An attractive girl of very good type. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape if a little full, well set, of a good green. Long slender body, long legs with neat paws, long tail unfortunately with a small deviation at the tip which determined her placing. Colour a good warm chestnut, sound to the roots, showing a faint ghost spotted pattern to the sides, one or two.