





3 Intermediate Certificates Awarded (GCCF) 16 Merits Certificates Awarded (GCCF) 3455 Points accumulated (TICA) December 2007 Awarded TICA Award of Excellence for 2ns Best Selkirk Rex of the Year Plus Best Blue Selkirk Rex of the Year Chester & North Wales Show 11th August 2007 1st Selkirk Entire to win 3 Intermdiate Certificates CaTICA Show 3rd & 4th February 2007 1st UK Selkirk Entire to be awarded Supreme Grand Champion with TICA CoonTICA Show 5th & 6th August 2007 Awarded Triple Grand Champion Rex Cat Association 2nd April 2005 Best in Show Selkirk Rex Rex Cat Club Show 2004 Best in Show Assesment Cat 1st Selkirk Entire to win 4 Merit Certificates |




| Daring on Exhibition at the Shropshire Cat Show in February 2005, in his usual relaxed & curious pose. |



| aka Daring 79s 16 Selkirk Rex Short-Haired Blue Self Born 12th June 2003 Sire: Trueblu Anns Owinglyndwr (79s 17) Dam: Positively Don (15) Breeder: Mrs Lisa Peterson |
| And can it be That in a World so full and busy the loss of one creature makes a void in any heart so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up! Author Unkown |



| Daring at the Supreme Cat Show November 2007 |
| TICA Supreme GRCH Trueblu DaringPositively |

| January 2009 Update |


| Steelaway Snowfire 17.03.2005 - 18.03.2009 Black Tipped British Shorthair Breeder - Mrs Jackie Steele Sire: Britard Coer Deleon Dam: Cushitekatz Hera Snowfire arrived from sunny Wales mid 2005 with great thanks to her breeder Jackie Steele. We wanted her in particular for my new Selkirk breeding programme as I knew she would work wonderfully with Jetranger who I acquired the same year. We finally had a beautiful litter of kittens 12 months later which included a my stud boy Amazolou Polar Bear and a lovely girl Amazolou Sweetpea who went to live with a friend of mine Liz Blagdon. Snowfire had such an endearing temperament that she would flop on her back at the first sign of attention, she was a head rubber and leg winder and we will miss her so much. Snowfire has taken from us very suddenly. After an emergency C-Section for a displaced kitten placenta and eventual speying, Snowfire never really recovered from the anesthetic and died the following morning. We are only comforted knowing we still have her lovely son and her legacy will go on in him. I will see her every day in Polar Bears beautiful big green eyes. Photo on left: A baby Polar Bear |

| TICA Supreme GRCH Trueblu DaringPositively 12-06-2003 - 14-02-2008 |

| PR Chloedipuss Rich Tapestry aka Tigerlilly 13.07.1998 - 23.04.2009 Tiger was a lovely girl and very matey with our only moggy cat Timon. She had the rare chance to have the roam of the back garden and would love to sun bath on our decking. Tiger died on Thursday evening, having gone to have a sleep under one of her favorite trees and just passed away there in the evening sunshine. She was still warm when we went to bring her in for the evening. She is greatly missed by Timon and we miss her face in the kitchen every morning begging for her usual double helpings..... |

'Bilbo' Where do I start? How can I start to tell you about Bilbo and award him the credit he deserves considering he's been such a huge part of our lives for nearly 13 years? I visited the Supreme Cat Show in 1996 as I did so many years previous to admire the cats on show. We walked past the British section and saw the most stunning example of a British Blue, Kalpador Silvester. He was a huge cat with a massive head and amazing teddy bear qualities to him. Just the sort of cat I wanted to buy myself for when I bought my first home later that year. I managed to find the owner, Mrs Margaret Hudson and exchange some details. Margaret said that Silvester had just sired a little of three and we could come up and see then at her home in Todmorden, Lancashire in a few weeks. We did so and fell in love with the litter. |
| Billy under went several procedures with the vets to return him to health. It did look at one time that he would have to have his pelvis re broken to fix the badly healed break, plus have his left front leg amputated as his dislocated shoulder joint had re-fused on the outside of the joint not allowing any movement in his upper limb. We were very happy when the vet decided that he was coping so well with his previous injuries that both operations were deemed unnecessary as he was coping really well. Bilbo went from strength to strength with his only obvious visual effects from his injuries being his limp from his shoulder and pelvis injury and a mark on his left iris, his jaw healed straight and his fur grew back to normal. Three months later in the Summer of 2000 I received a phone call from a neighbour only a few doors away, she was very upset saying she had accidentally locked my cat in her garage whilst she was away on holiday and that the poor cat had been with out water and food over two weeks! I couldn't think who it could be as we had given up hoping for Figaro's return months before!! To my surprise she told me that it was Figaro!! I collected her straight away, she was very under weight and dehydrated from living wild for 9 months!! Fortunately she still had her collar on her which the neighbour had been able to read as she was too weak to run away. We brought her back to the house and placed her with Bilbo who even with his own injuries literally licked her back to health, both seemed to draw strength from each other and were so pleased to see each other again. Bilbo has became more affectionate in his nature since his ordeal and flatly refused to leave the house again preferring to stay on the sofa with us or curled up with his favorite girl, Figaro. Figaro has been traumatised by her ordeal and is now a very shy girl, but still loves Bilbo and will go any where he goes, even if that is in the open on the sofa. Two years later in 2003 I saw advertised in Cat World magazine a competition for Britain's Bravest Cat sponsored by Pet Plan. I wrote in explaining Billy's accident and his recovery and his devotion to Figaro. I was so chuffed a few months later to learn that Billy had beaten over 2000 other entries to become Pet Plans Britain's Bravest Cat!! He won a years Petplan cover, which was ironic as they wouldn't cover him for many of his aliments due to his previous accident, plus a bottle of champagne and an article in the local paper. In 2004 I thought it would be nice to see how Bilbo would do on the show bench. His injuries had healed externally and as long as the judges didn't ask him to walk (which they don't) due to his limp, he looked puuurrrfect!! He went on to win his Premier title in three consecutive shows beating many other 'healthier' cats and then went on to win his Grand Premier title a few months later. He was even been awarded an Imperial Certificate!! Bilbo was retired at the tender age of 10 from the show scene, at this stage he was starting to limp from his injuries and suffering from arthritis in his joints but was still a wonderful teddy bear who loved his hugs. He was always, even to the end side by side with Figaro. Bilbo started to go down hill at the start of Spring 2009. He was examined by the vets and put on a course of pain killers for his arthritis. He never regained his vigor and started to decline physically very quickly. On the afternoon of Tuesday 15th September we came home to find him already passed. Figaro still sat by his side and still warm. Figaro is now bereft with out him, she's totally deaf now and has been calling for him. We hope that she bonds with one of our other cats for her final years, but honestly......we are like minded in believing that Bilbo is un replaceable in our heart and hers. God Bless you Bilbo and all the love you gave us in return.. |



| TICA Double GRC ALTER GCCF GR PR Witchwoods Jonty 15.11.1996 - 15.09.2009 'Bilbo' |
| TICA Double GRC ALTER GCCF GR PR Witchwoods Jonty 15.11.1996 - 15.09.2009 'Bilbo' |
| Sire Kalpador Silvester Dam CH Miletree The Morrighan |




| with us in the February of 1997. The photo to the left was taken on their first morning with us, Bilbo at the front and Baloo at the back. Both were adventurous and sort attention. Bilbo was always the quieter of the two and would rather cuddle up on the sofa with you whilst Baloo attempted all the daring adventures. We'd added two Siamese in the April of that year and Bilbo had an immediate bond with Figaro our Seal Point girl, both loved to lounge the days through on the window sills or on the sofas creating their own little detent's in them. I moved house in 1998 with Norman to Banbury and the furry tribe followed us. Baloo, always the wanderer was knocked by a car within the first month of us living in the village and although surviving this first encounter he lost his tail as a permanent reminder. It didn't stop his wandering and at the premature age of 7 decided to cross the same stretch of road again, for the last time. We had decided after just 18 months that we didn't enjoy village life so decided to move back to Birmingham where my job was and family. In November 1999 Billy disappeared from our home on Bonfire Night as well as our rather shy Siamese, Figaro. Both cats should have been safely tucked up in the house but were let out by accident by some visiting relatives. We searched for many months hoping to see them again. To our surprise 6 months later in May 2000 Billy turned up in our garden looking very worse for wear. After a trip to the vets it was diagnosed that Billy had been hit by a car several months previous resulting in a fractured pelvis, dislocated shoulder, broken jaw and damage to his left eye socket, plus he was covered in ticks and fleas from living feral. He was a very depressed cat who must have survived on the good wishes of strangers as he had obviously been fed but received any veterinary care. |


| Bilbo at front of photo at 12 weeks. |


| A beautiful girl with the most amazing blue eyes & those eyes were only ever for Bilbo. Out lived him by just two weeks. Died of a broken heart 28th October 2009. Can't say any more as we miss her terribly. |




| One year on... Still missing you Dad..... Graham Amarilli Died 13th May 2009 Sudden heart attack |

