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Bengal Cat News

2008 - Another great year for Springmeadow Bengals who saw many new beautiful kittens go to

their new homes situated all over the UK

Springmeadow was again very prominent on the show scene especially at our own TICA BCCGB

Show in October where Springmeadow Golddust won 3 BEST CATS later to Supreme,

Springmeadow RebelRebel Supremed, Junglefire Hot Pursuit nearly did it gaining a 2nd BEST CAT

as QGC & our little marble girl Springmeadow Pixiebell was BEST KITTEN in 2 rings at her 1st show

The end of October brought very sad news as I lost my wonderful Dad Russell. Its due to him that I have

inherited a very special relationship with animals. I miss him dearly & am crying as I write this

"thank you" to a very special caring, loving kind gentleman sadly missed by us all. I love you dad xxx

Springmeadow Bengals Comes Up Trumps Again With TICA...

7-October 2006 - We are thrilled to announce that our snow marbled queen, Apple, received a TICA 'Award of Excellence' for being the second best seal marbled lynx (tabby) point Bengal of the year for 2006. We are so proud of Apple, she has done so well in the show ring in such a short time and now, she is the happy mother to 3-beautiful blue-eyed snow kittens.

Sisco has done us proud, again, as well. He was placed TICA's 14th Best Shorthaired Cat in the Region (he was up against all different breeds and hundreds of cats for this honour). He is also TICA's highest ranked of all the adult Bengal cats in the whole of the United Kingdom! What an amazing boy. Lynne is absolutely thrilled with Sisco's successes - consistently, year after year, this boy comes up trumps. Well done old chap!!

Sheer Bliss Enjoying Life in the Countryside

3-October 2006 - Poppy (Sheer Bliss) has now retired from her career as a queen here at Springmeadow. She has been rehomed and is enjoying life with Emma and her other cat in the countryside.

We were delighted to receive a video from Emma, of Poppy and her new best mate outside, playing together. Poppy looks really happy and seems to have settled well into country life with her new mummy and her cat companion. Thank you, Emma, for providing Poppy with such a lovely, peaceful home, where she can enjoy a long retirement.

Summary of the Recent Springmeadow News

3-May 2006 - Well, it's been a while since we last reported, so we thought it would be nice to bring everyone up to date on all the exciting, recent news and events here at Springmeadow Bengals. We've given overviews of most the news, because there is just so much to tell!!

Nov. & Dec. 2005 - Gojo was placed 2nd to Sisco at the GCCF's Supreme Cat show, then at the GCCF's National, Gojo beat Sisco, each winning 1st and 2nd places respectively. In addition, Gojo also won many side classes at the National. We are so proud of them both.

Feb 2006 - Sisco earned the TICA title of Grand Champion at the CatTica show in Derby.

March 2006 - at the BCCGB TICA show, Sisco was amazing! Truly on form on the day, voicing his 'opinions' and charming the judges; he was a real star.

Lynne reported that, "TICA judge Bill Lee was so impressed with Sisco, that he didn't just final him, he ranked him his 1st Cat Overall. The Maine Coon who was vying for this honour, was placed 2nd which surprised me as Bill is a Maine Coon Breeder, I beleive!! Sisco performed & talked to everyone as Bill was trying to announce in reverse order the positions and on many occasions, Bill went to Sisco and told him 'to be patient, his turn would come...' As usual, all the other cats sat quietly and patiently in their show pens, but not our Sisco-- he rolled over and over, shouted and talked to all who would listen. He was really on form on the day and really enjoyed himself. Sisco was placed 2nd in two finals and 8th in another large ring."

Lynne was also proud to share that, "On the day Sisco earned so many points that it took him from Grand Champion, through Double Grand to TRIPLE GRAND CHAMPION! I believe that he is the first Bengal to achieve the TGC title in the UK. Not bad for the oldest entire there!!!!"

March 2006 - (Also at the BCCGB TICA show) Springmeadow Kiwi debuted in her first show at only 4 months old. She also had a fine day out for such a young kitten. Kiwi was placed 3rd in the Bengal Congress out of 18 kittens and 6th in an "All Breeds" final in another ring. We were really pleased with how well she did on the day.

29 & 30 April 2006 - Sisco was superb at the Bletchley TICA, 2-day show event, he got to the finals in 4-rings over the weekend and acquired the points to earn the title of Quadruple Grand Champion. Congratulations, Sisco!!!

Lynne recalls these happy details from the show: "On Saturday, 20-April, because Sisco was spraying (there were so many girls in season!), Vickie Shields, the American judge, asked whether it was possible to hold him in the audience. Sisco had just been awarded BOB Bengal in Kurt Vlach's ring after which, he went into Vickie's ring-- she was judging the Adult Congress on the first day. When Vickie called him up, Sisco played and purred and was again selected as BOB Bengal. Kurt placed him 4th in his final and Vickie placed him 6th, announcing to all that, 'this guy (Sisco) thought the show was for him & he was the happiest guy in the hall.'"

"On Sunday, 30-April, when we returned to Vickie's ring, she announced that Sisco was her BOB from yesterday and commented on what a character he was. She started playing with him, while talking to the audience about her 'Cat Activity' program, which she introduced in the USA, explaining how successful it was. Sisco was a major performer-- he was after everything and anything attention wise! There was so much laughter, that the 2 rings next to us actually stopped to find out what was going on! At that point, Vickie asked if Sisco could go on the floor and she started to put little jumps up, trying to get Sisco to go over them. Sisco's latest show performance gives new meaning to the expression 'show stopper' -- it was just so funny."

"When it came to the finals, Kurt placed Sisco 2nd (I said to Kurt that if he had placed him 1st, Sisco would have had his 'Best Cat', which is required for a QGC to go progress to Supreme Grand Champion.) Kurt 'apologised' jokingly with me, knowing that I was only kidding and was delighted for Sisco be placed 2nd. Kurt then announced that it had taken him 12 shows to achieve the Supreme title for one of his cats, because he needed to get that 'Best Cat' award. I thought 'Wow this is going to be difficult!' Now, back to Vickie's ring..."

"Vickie's ring, as the placings were being counted down... I wasn't nervous, actually, it was like the GCCF National in 2004 - I didn't think it possible to win; after all, Vickie had placed Sisco 6th the previous day. They got down to the last two cats, when Kurt tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Congratulations." He had seen Vickie place a 2nd on the other cat and she was coming towards Sisco and me with the 1st place rosette. I was over the moon-- Sisco had done it again, all on his merits and personality. Vickie just loved him. She couldn't believe that he was a working boy of 3-1/2 years old, still behaving like a kitten!!!"

"I am so proud of Sisco -- he does so much to promote the Bengal breed, especially after the unfounded bad press and the challenges with misinformed GCCF judges."

"Our new snow girl, Junglefire Whiteshadows, also managed to acheive the title of 'Champion' at Bletchley. We are very delighted with her accomplishment."
Congratulations to Lynne on her excellent days at the shows!!

In the latest four Springmeadow litters, there have been some truly remarkable kitties. In particular, the 4 marbled kittens: 2-boys and 2-girls. Lynne commented, "It is difficult to decide which one is the best, but there is definitely a little 'GoJo' or 'Sisco Jr.' among these kitties!!!"

Lynne is pleased to say that all the kittens from the last two Springmeadow litters have settled so well into their new homes. Lynne has had some lovely e-mails and telephone calls from happy owners about their progress. Thank you to everyone who has provided Lynne with updates on their Springmeadow kittens.

Sisco Becomes Champion in His First Ever TICA Show

Adtresh Golden Dreamer (a.k.a. Sisco) was successful, again, last weekend at his very first TICA show in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. We are delighted to announce that Sisco was awarded the title of TICA Champion (CH.) in his last ring of the day. There were three earlier rings where Sisco was voted Best of Colour (B.O.C.), Best of Division in ring 4 (B.O.D.) and Best of Breed ring 4 (B.O.B.). Then, later in his final, Sisco was placed 2^nd Best Cat Overall in ring 4.

Sisco's son, TICA CH. Springmeadow Welshdreamer (a.k.a. Harvey) owned by Joanne Sheldon-Evans, was 7th in the all breed final and 10th in short hair cat final, but he won two B.O.D.'s, three B.O.C.'s. Harvey also participated in one additional final. Harvey achieved the title of Grand Champion (GCH) on the day and just needs to win one more final to achieve the title of 'Double Grand Champion' DGC.

Between Sisco and Harvey, the two managed to win 3 of the 4 B.O.D.'s, so it really was a great day out for Springmeadow Bengals.

Sisco Does it Again!

We are proud to announce that Sisco was awarded Best Foreign Adult for the second year running at the Southern Counties Cat Show. He also won the single, first prize in the 'Klaus Dessauer Memorial Class' judged by Mrs. Dessauer who wrote a lovely card to Sisco and presented him with a prize gift. This was a very large class of lovely A.V. Foreign Adults, so this was quite a compliment to Sisco.

West Country Cat Club Show Results

Congratulations, once again, to Sisco (Adtresh Golden Dreamer) on his superb day at his first show in 2005. Sisco was voted 'Best in Show Foreign' as well as being the overall best in show runner up at the West Country Cat Club Show on Jan 15th.

It was also our new, future Queen, Bambino Sweetizzie's first show. Izzy had a great day, as well, winning her Open & Best Of Breed Brown Spotted Bengal Kitten, against much older opposition.

In addition, both Sisco and Izzy were awarded many first places in their side classes. What a great start to 2005 for Springmeadow.

National Cat Club - Exciting Show News!

4 December 2004 This year's National Cat Club Show yielded a wonderful reward for Adtresh Golden Dreamer a.k.a. Sisco, Springmeadow's home-bred brown marbled Bengal stud boy. For the first time ever at the National Cat Club Show, a marbled Bengal, Sisco, won the honour of Overall Best in Show! This was a great victory for the Bengal breed as a whole and understandably, Lynne could not be more ecstatic.

Lynne said: "Many congratulations to my beautiful marbled boy for his fantastic achievement. He is the first Bengal to win either the National or Supreme cat shows. Sisco has such a fantastic personality and temperament, which was there to be appreciated in front of hundreds of spectators and fellow breeders. What an "uproar" there was when the Judge, Mrs. Dugdale, pointed to him and announced that he had won. Tears were shed not only by myself but by the other Bengal Breeders present. Sisco proved to be a very popular and worthy winner and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my fellow breeders for all their support and kind words. I will never forget this day & feel so fortunate to own such a TRULY WONDERFUL BENGAL BOY!!!!"

Sisco has had a very impressive show career from the time he was a kitten. Below are listed some of Sisco's prior show awards and accomplishments:

Sisco's First Show
B.C.C.G.B. 2003	Best Male Kitten in Show

As an Adult	Awarded 12 I.C.'s to date
	Best Foreign in Show at Bristol & District 2004
	Best Foreign Adult at Southern Counties Show 2004
	Awarded Best of Variety twice during 2004
B.C.C.G.B. 2004	Neocats Trophy - Judges' vote for Most Exciting Coat Pattern in Show
Nominated for best in Show	Akerrs Cup - Visitors Choice
	Alannah Cup - Best Marbled Male Adult
	King Louis Cup - Best of Breed
Ocicat & Bengal Cat Club 2004	Echodlaena Cup - Best Marbled Male Adult

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Congratulations to Springmeadow Welshdreamer

28 August 2004 Springmeadow Welshdreamer (aka Harvey) won his Open class and Best of Breed at the West of England & South Wales Cat Society GCCF Championship show. His proud breeder, Lynne, commented that, "Harvey beat a lot of well-bred kittens who have been winning in shows over the last few months!!! Not only is his Dad, Sisco, doing well in the show ring, but he is also siring winners. Harvey is one of the kittens from Sisco's first litter with Jade and we are really excited to see their next litter, due mid-September."

Jo, Harvey's owner, was absolutely thrilled with his outstanding show results.