The season is finished.
Let the celebrations begin!
Congratulations to all the National Winners
in Championship, in Kittens and in Premiership!
You ran a good campaign, a successful campaign... and now you get to reap the rewards. Campaigners make preparations for the grand celebrations at the Annual. Every winner is busy writing their cat's biography for the Almanac or Trend articles. Breed Winners are organizing a photo for magazine covers. Electronic slide shows are being prepared, awards booklets, display ads... all the "spoils" that are the winners' just desserts.
Many of the national winners are old hands at enjoying all the festivities associated with earning an NW. They are the elite of the Cat Fancy, and include breeders and cats we all can take pride in and admire.
Each year there are a few newcomers who join the special "club" of National Winners. It is their first national win. Their accomplishment is indeed spectacular, as the first campaign is a learning experience, and if often the most difficult at which to be successful.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the National Winners!
And, let's also take a few moments to honor those who were a major part of the show scene of this season, but who didn't quite make their national goal.
I would like to extend congratulations
to the exhibitors and cats
who Almost made it.
Their cats are no less in quality then those in the top 25... for a national win is only partially a reflection of a cat's quality. Earning points is also affected by where you live, how much money you have to spend, your competition, your experience, your strategy, your profile and LUCK! So...
Kudos to the exhibitors who didn't quite make their NW,
but who had the courage to enter a competition
that few people decide to try for.
BRAVO!
and so PandEcats extends congratulations to:
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the cats and their owners who were in the top 25 for most of the season, only to drop out in the last month of the season.
- The cats and their owners who climbed towards that last national winner spot only to end up a few finals short.
And we'd also like to honor exhibitors and cats
who walk a different path:
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To everyone who lives far from the shows and had to travel at great effort, time and expense just to grand their cats.
- To everyone who brought a cat out after having to re-grow coat, or whose cat had to recover from an illness or injury to re-enter the show ring.
- To anyone who granded a cat over the age of 4 years.
- To people with minority breeds or minority colors who almost had to grand their cats one point at a time.
- To the "average" exhibitor who does their best, without fanfare or expectation.
- To everyone who reached out to help someone in the show hall or in their breeding program.
You are the grassroots and
the true heartbeat of the Cat Fancy.
