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THE EGYPTIAN MAU CLUB NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 2014
©Egyptian Mau Club - Issue 2
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Egyptian
Mau Club
The Egyptian Mau Club
Newsletter – August
2014
IN THIS ISSUE
Welcome to the August 2014
edition of the newsletter
Dates for your Diary
The Supreme
Saturday 22nd November 2014,
National Exhibition Centre,
Birmingham, B40 1NT
Egyptian Mau Club 4th
Championship Show
4th October 2014,
Greig Center Kinwarton Rd,
Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6AD
Whose this with Sam Craske?
Dancing with Diversity!
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We are looking for a Smoke and a
Silver Kitten or Cat to represent
the Club on Club Row.
As there is a lot of interest from
the public ideally they need to be
unstressed by the attention they
receive.
If anyone would like to volunteer
one of their wonderful Mau's
could they please contact Jo
Higgins at
[email protected].
The Schedule of the Egyptian
Mau Club 4th Championship
Show is now available and can be
downloaded from the website.
Closing date 1st Sep but this has
now been extended.
Hercules aka Mr Cool and my photo
shoot for Purina
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SPOT PRESS! THE EGYPTIAN MAU CLUB NEWSLETTER - AUGUST
2014 | Issue 2 - ©EGYPTIAN MAU CLUB
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The National Pet Show
20th & 21st September 2014,
National Exhibition Centre,
Birmingham, B40 1NT
Lizzie Edge is representing the
breed with the mauveoulous OG
IMP GR CH Consuelo Stargazor at
Tarjjika on Saturday 20th and
Amanda, Anthony and Connor
Lane will be there on Sunday 21st
Shooting Stars
Hercules aka Mr Cool and my
photo shoot for Purina
Hi my name is Hercules aka Mr
Cool
My personal assistant Yvonne,
had a telephone call from a lady
called Kay, she was looking for a
bronze Egyptian mau, that would
not be scared of lights or cameras
to do a photo shoot for Purina.
So she asked if I would be
interested, I said ok then.
Yvonne thinks I look like Benny
from the Cartoon Top cat but I
think I am more of a George
Clooney myself.
So on Wednesday the 16th of
April she packed the car and took
me to London. We arrived at the
hotel, I thought a quick wash and
brush up and out to see the bright
lights of London. Maybe see
Madge at buck house or the big
cats in Trafalgar square but
Yvonne said no, we had to have
an early night that's what she
thought. I talked to her all night.
In the morning we went to the
location of the shoot, there were
another two Maus Rambo and
Charlie,belonging to Michelle
Codd and Janet Williams,who are
also members of the Egyptian
Mau Club.We started at nine, did
some walking about for the
photographer, had lunch then
more photos. We finished at six
then my assistant Yvonne drove
home, while I slept stretched out
on the back seat after a very long
day. The photographer and client
were very happy with us three
fellows so it was a very productive
day
Kittens got talent
Not to be out done Deborah Reed
Taylors little Mau kitten is doing
his version of Thriller.
Its a Yes from me
I don’t know how
she does it
Dancing with Diversity
Becks Jeffries
In January, I entered a
competition via Sky to win the
chance to dance with Diversity.
My luck when it comes to
competitions is generally awful so
I didn't expect a thing to happen.
So naturally, when the email
dropped into my inbox that I had
won I didn't know what to say,
fantastic 23rd birthday present,
that's for sure!
After a ten hour bus journey, I
arrived at London Victoria. I had
to find the tube station which
wasn't far away and then work
out which way to go. Obviously,
because my Uncle Calum had
advised me which lines to take
and stops to get off at, the plans
had to be shattered. 'Planned
Engineering works'! Seven, yes
SEVEN different tubes later and I
had arrived at the 02. Around two
hours early but I needed the time
to get my nerves under control.
Finally 11:30 rolled around and we
were starting to filter into the sky
studios.
I needn't have been nervous or at
all worried. They've seen it all
before - I danced when I was
younger so I still have a vague
idea about timing and counts. We
warmed up and then quickly got
into the routine. We spent around
an hour and a half all in learning
the routine, including splitting up
briefly to work with our mentors.
My group worked with Ike and
Warren who were great and really
encouraging. I have to say, they
put me so much at ease that
when it came to actually
performing to the few hundred
people who turned out to see the
boys, I wasn't nervous. It was
probably the best experience of
my life, dancing WITH diversity,
right there, honestly it is
something I never thought I
would ever have a chance to do.
Afterwards we had a brief chance
to get some photos. I got my
photo with Sam (who is my
favourite and who my stud boy is
named after haha!) but I do love
them all. He was so lovely to me
and everyone else, they all were.
It is incredible to have idols who
are so down to earth and treat
everyone so well. So yes, the
journey was epic, but for these
guys it was worth it, I have been a
fan since the beginning and
always will be, thank you
Diversity for an amazing day!
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The Privilege of owning a star, a
Stargazer that is! By Lizzie
Edge
Continued from last newsletter
I had to pinch myself numerous
times that he was my cat, I never
dreamed of such success after the
discussions about how nervous he
was. I think one of the most
exciting successes was wining
best in show at the Egyptian Mau
show in 2011. It was the first time
that Gazer was up again a good
number of Maus, 9 Silver adults in
fact and yet again he won best of
breed and then on to Best Adult
and Overall Best in Show, I was
bouncing with joy!
We have to watch Gazer's weight
as with any Mau he LOVES his
food! This has been commented
on especially in the first year of
showing him. I soon figured out
why my strict rationing was not
working. He had outsmarted the
dry food dispenser that was
programmed to give his 3 small
meals a day. He was merrily
sticking his paw up the chute and
helping himself! That was soon
remedied and he was put onto
light food to shift the weight, we
now have him on a raw diet that
seems to suit him best.
During his quest for the Imperial
title Gazer made a dream of mine
come true, he won overall best in
show at the Wessex Cat Club in
2012, there are moments with
showing that you never forget
and that is one of them, together
with the Kentish Show last year
when he repeated this feat.
Gazer is such a wonderful cat at
home too – its not all about
showing. He will walk on a lead,
so in the summer of 2012 we took
him on holiday, camping in
Ireland. We bought him a cat tent
and a long lead and he was such a
star, Walking around the historic
ruins as if he was a dog, in fact he
was better behaved than the dog!
Having gained the Imperial Title it
seemed only natural to give the
Olympian Classes a shot. After all
leaving Gazer at home would not
seem right, he so loves his day
out, charming the public, or his
public as I am sure he sees it! It
took him just under 6 months to
achieve Olympian Bronze, the
first Egyptian Mau to achieve this
prestigious title and at the time
he was the youngest cat to have
done so. I was so thrilled, I had
travelled significantly to give him
the opportunity to gain
certificates, going to Manchester
& Queensferry with overnight
stays for both of us, but it had
been worth it. It was lovely
though that he achieved this
award at the Mau show in 2012,
which seemed very fitting indeed.
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We thought that we would also
try Gazer at TICA as he had
relaxed so much so we made the
show year 2012/2013 the year to
campaign him. This truly paid off
and he gained many fans showing
off in the ring and gained the
TICA title of Supreme Grand
Champion, with his points for the
year he finished as 13th best short
hair cat in the Western Europe
Region also gaining him the title
of Regional Winner. This meant
that we did miss some GCCF
shows so it was exactly a year
before Gazer clocked up another
5 Olympian Certificates – again
the fifth at the Mau show. Making
him the only Egyptian Mau to be
a Silver Olympian to date.
the Supreme and then being
runner up to the Supreme Kitten.
It was particularly poinient after
his mum, the gorgeous Mauology
Dotty Diamond, died in an awful
accident when he and his litter
mates were only 2 weeks old. All
three of this litter are now on the
show bench thanks to their
wonderful owners and I feel
honoured that people would want
to show cats that we bred.
2013 was the year where we
would have some stunning
kittens, and what I find wonderful
is how Gazer's temperament as
well as type is passed to his
offspring. We have had some
amazing comments back from
judges over these kittens as well
as super show results, including
four Best of Variety Kitten wins.
Rosemary Fisher commented “I
was really spoilt for choice with
these three lovely Mau kittens, all
sired by the same stud from three
different queens, congratulations
to their breeder on such great
consistency.”
With everything that Gazer has
achieved I am eternally grateful
to Constance for entrusting him
to us. His influence on our
breeding plan, and my life, is
immense. I believe that he has
also considerably raised the
profile of the breed as a whole in
the UK.
I couldn't sleep after reading this
on her judges report, I was on
cloud 9! Its one thing having a
wonderful boy, but replicating it
is a whole other story. However,
his son, Tarjjika Athos gave me I
think my proudest moment since
I started breeding by winning
Best of Variety Foreign Kitten at
Gazer's show journey is by no
means over, he currently needs
one more certificate to obtain the
title of Olympian Gold Imperial
Grand Champion, and what a day
that will be when he eventually
gets it.
All I can say is THANK YOU
GAZER!
Since this article was written
Gazer has attained Olympian
Gold Status
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Around the Shows
There has being quite a lot of
activity out on the show bench
Here is a quick round up of some
of the Members Success.
Tarjjika Wholly Smoke
can be seen to the right basking
in glory.
At her first show she got Best of
Breed and placed in all her side
classes.
Many congratulations to her
breeder Lizzie Edge
Tarjjika Gazing at Bastet
can be seen to the right at the
Three Counties Cat Show. She
had a red card day, Best of Breed
and went on to be Best of variety
Kitten. Well done to Barry and
Pam Peterson and many
congratulations to Breeder Lizzie
Edge
Tarjjika Aramis
Not to be outdone Pam and
Barry’s boy Tarjjika Aramis
attained his Grand Premiere on
the same day. Once again many
congratulations to all
Obviously a
chip off the old
Tarjjika Block!
Around the Shows
Best of Breed at the Chester Cat
Club
Many congratulations to Jean
Whitehouse and Breeder Henk
Feenstra for Ziggy Obsidiaan on
attaining his first CC and Best of
Breed at the Chester Cat Club
Show.
Starshadow Silken Smoke
Although we have no photograph
we would like to say, many
congratulations to Breeder
Michelle Codd and the Owner of
kitten Starshadow Silken Smoke
for attaining at the Kensington
Show 1st and Best of Breed in the
open class and Best Foreign
Kitten. Obviously a star in the
making.
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CONGRATULATIONS CORNER
Kitten Corner – Recent Births
There has been quite a glut of
kittens so congratulations to
Many Congratulations to former
member Kerry MaCrae on her
impending nuptials to Mr John
Denman
in March of next year. Kerry has now
retired from breeding but I know
many of us are grateful to Kerry for
Bringing Emau’s Chance of
Meskhenet into the country.
Deborah Taylor Reed
On the birth of 5 lovely Kittens
Mum is Tiggermau Rumpleteezer
(Saphie)
Dad is UK GR CH Adfursh Sohbek
Also 2 lovely Smoke Kittens
Mum is CH Tarjjika Gazing at
Sunrise
Also to Becks Jeffries
Many congratulations to Becks
Jeffries on acquiring her dream job of
becoming a Veterinary Care
Assistant. Becks certainly scrubs up
Dad is CH Tarjjika Athos
Here they are. Two little stunners!
Photograph taken by Captured
Photography
Lizzie Edge
well in her new uniform as can be
seen
on the Birth of 4 lovely Kittens, (3
more than expected with Misty’s
past track record!)
Mum is Starrsailor Mauvelous
Misty
Dad is OG IMP GR CH Consuelo
Stargazer of Tarjikka
Christine Forbes
on the Birth of 4 lovely Silver
Kittens
Mum is Weesams Zephara
Dad is Mintander Ceaser
and one lovely Silver who is
emailing a friend
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Mum is UK IMP GR CH
Oitamonsoon Taliah
Dad is UK GR CH Adfursh Sohbek
Not forgetting , Pictured directly
below , in the Maternity Ward
One of the four
Mum CH Mauology Amirah
Dad UK GR IMP GR Whitecrest
Izizi
And Singleton Princess Khaleesi
Jo Higgins and Lauren Kennedy
on the Birth of 6 lovely Kittens
And 2 more. The 4th must have
gone walk about!
Becks Jeffries and Isabelle Minto
on the Birth of 3 lovely kittens
Mum is Meskhenet Scampi
Albandita
Dad is CH Starrsailor Bomani
Sasobek
Tali and her 4 silver babies just
hours old
Mum is Mintander Sagira
Dad is Weesams Samuel
And last but not least
Andy and Leesa Knight
2 Lovely Smokes
on the Birth of 4 lovely Silver
Kittens
Princess Khaleesi at 4 weeks ,
what a sweetie!
If you have any kittens you would like
including in kitten corner in the next
News Letter please contact Jo Higgins
[email protected]
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The Egyptian Mau Club
Annual General Meeting
The Egyptian Mau Club AGM was
held at Great Ponton Village Hall
on the 8th June 2014
It was an excellent day with
members old and new present.
There were interesting and lively
debates, food, raffle and the
distribution of Trophies for
Annual Points and Trophies from
the Clubs show the previous year.
Lesley Turners Husband John
receiving the Panton Harold
Trophy for Best of Breed Bronze
Kitten at the 2013 Show
Just a quick reminder for
members that all decisions from
the AGM will be ratified at our
Special General Meeting which
will be held at our 4th
Championship Show on the 4th
October at the Greig Leisure
Centre in Alcester.
Below are Photographs of the day
and Members receiving their
Trophies
Here is Meer with his Trophy
Janet Williams receiving the
Annual Points Trophy for her
beautiful boy Starshadow Golden
Promise for Bronze Neuter.
Golden Promise was bred by
Michele Codd
And here he is with his trophy.
Golden Promise was also at the
Purina photo shoot with Mr Cool!
Annual Points Alert
Jean Lamb, receiving a special
rosette from Patrick
LeCoustumer in recognition of
achieving Bronze Olympian
Status with OB IMP GR CH
Nantango’s Ghaniya of
Geniemau.
Lizzie Edge receiving a special
rosette in recognition of
achieving Gold Olympian Status.
Her stunning boy OG IMP GR CH
Consuelo Stargazer at Tarjjika is
the first and only entire Male to
hold this title
Club Member Steve Murton
suggested that the Trophy
Secretary should total Annual
Points their selves. Steve was
very disappointed as he had sent
his points by post but I had not
received them. At first I dismissed
this out of hand. But on reflection
decided it was a very good idea.
The points will now be totalled
every month and displayed so
people can keep check. If we have
missed any points can you please
flag it up.
When the show season is
complete, before the AGM.
Members will be emailed to
advise them they have won a
Trophy
Janet Williams has totalled the
points for June and is just
completing July’s
I want to thank Janet for doing
this as she is a lot more focused
than I.
Well done and thank you to every
one who is out their profiling the
Breed
For point amendments please
contact
Janet Williams
[email protected]
Jo Higgins
[email protected]
Motorbiking Mad Old
Cat Lady
Hello. If you’ve met me, you
wouldn’t expect me to be a ‘biker
chick’. I’m not, really, but on
occasion I ride pillion on my
husband’s Triumph motorbike.
My husband Rodney is a born
again motor biking fanatic
(provided the bike is a Triumph).
Since 2007 he has resurrected the
hobby of his youth and has been
doing his best to make this a joint
interest.
To some extent he has been
successful! I have bought all the
requisite kit (and there’s lots of it)
and have hopped (or heaved
myself) onto the pillion seat a
number of times.
His enthusiasm for biking has also
rubbed off on a number of our
neighbours. When we moved to
the village in 2005 there was not a
bike to be seen, but now we are
surrounded by middle aged and
pensionable age men donning
biking gear. Our nearest
neighbour has 5 bikes (that’s
crazy, we have a mere duo of
bikes). Some of our trips have
been very sociable with our
neighbours joining in and we have
made a number of good friends
on biking holidays.
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The bribe (a day trip to
Grantham to view bronze Mau
kittens). This was a case of
unashamed bribery &
manipulation in an effort to
persuade Rodney that we really
must have another kitten and to
make the trip up North to see the
litter. “We’ll go on the bike” I say
enthusiastically.
Do I enjoy it? Well, YES, I do love
the feeling of being part of a
journey rather than simply
getting from A to B in a box on
four wheels. HOWEVER, with this
comes the realisation of your own
vulnerability when you are
putting your life solely in the
hands of another person, two
wheels & an engine.
So where have we been?
Our trips vary from
The modest (a trip to a
nearby pub for lunch or tea room)
The sociable (weekends
away with neighbours & friends).
This year we had a brilliant
weekend in May on the Isle of
Wight with glorious sunny
weather thrown in
Visiting a tea plantation in Kerala
The wet (a week in the
Loire Valley when it rained
constantly. Lovely countryside,
but biking in the wet is dismal)
The terrifying (two weeks
in Kerala in South West India on
an Indian built Royal Enfield bike
touring the tea plantations and
hillsides. This was incredibly
exhilarating, stimulating and
terrifying all at the same time)
The two of us towards the end of
our holiday in India.
By Janet Williams
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Members Maus
Here are a few photo’s of
members Mau’s
Here are two Bronze lovelies who
belong to members John and
Lesley Turner
Here are Crystal and Simba
snuggling together
Meers and Morse watching Flies
They belong to Andy and
Deborah Woodward
Here is Jasmine who belongs to
Christopher Mclean
She obviously likes a drop of the
hard stuff
Phoenix aka CH Whitecrest
Khafra
This lovely boy is owned by
Rebecca Turner
Where will it all end. Mau’s with
mobiles. Merlin and Arthur while
away their time taking selfies,
The Highland Cat
Company
Becks Jeffries and her Partner
Danny Mack are Managing
Directors of the above. This is an
innovative partnership that
design and build products for
cats. They can customise to
individual needs,
To the right is a range of products
they have brought their expertise
to. They have many satisfied
customers.
Becks is also a talented artist and
has turned her attention to Hand
Made Cards
These can be found on Facebook
under the name of Catnip
Cattery,
On the site is an array of
possibilities with no two being the
same as they are hand drawn.
The cards cost £4.00 with £1.00 of
this going to The Sunny Harbour
Cat Rescue who do a fantastic
job.
These cards are great for TICA
and FIFE Shows but are also great
for kitten packs.
Here are a small selection of what
is available but don’t forget Becks
can customise to your needs,
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Definitely my favourite.
So if you want customised Cat
Furniture it’s the Highland Cat
Company
Or customised cards its Catnip
Cattery. Both can be accessed
via Facebook.
And when Becks isn’t involved
in these. She can be found at
her day job. Glamorous as ever.
Finally
We hope you enjoy the news
letter. What would really be great
is if you could send in stories,
show brags, births [human as well
as cats] Marriages, engagements
virtually anything in time for the
next news letter.
Remember its all
about you!!
Please send items to Jo Higgins
[email protected] or by
post to
14
36,Highfield Mount
West Yorks
Dewsbury
WF12 0QU
STOP SPOT PRESS
The Autari team we will be representing the
Egyptian Mau Club at the first National Pet
Show to be held at the Birmingham NEC on
Sunday 21st September 2014. We will be
taking two of a beautiful mau's for the public
to meet, if you are visiting please come
along and say hello. Also our son Connor will
be promoting the GCCF YES! Scheme with a few other YES Scheme Candidates.
Annual Points 2014/2015
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