Our Cats Awards ( see below for explanation of how it all works)
IMPERIAL GRAND CHAMPION
Imperial Grand Champion Kashyk Czar Dombrovski
5 Imperial Grand Challenge Certificates, 1 Reserve IMPGCC, 3 GCCs, 2 Reserve GCCs, 8 CCs, 3 BOBs (as adult) BOV Foreign Kitten and BIS foreign Variety, Nominated BOV Adult.
Winner of Sashova Temperament Class RBBA show 2010.
CHAMPION
Champion Koreshka Natasha Puschkova 1996 - 2005
3 CCs, .
Champion Troika Eliana Puskina
2 Grand Challenge Certificates, 2 Reserve GCCs, 10 CCs, 4 BOBs, BOV adult, including 1st CC open class RBBA show 2010
Champion Koreshka Roksana Rusina achieved 18.6.11
3 CCs inc 1 BOB (as adult).
In Kitten classes
Ist show November 2010 - 1st Open, Best of Breed, 1st all miscellaneous classes, Best of Foreign Variety Kitten and Best in Show Overall Foreign aged 18 weeks.
7 Kitten shows, 5 times 1st and Best of Breed, 2 times Best of Variety kitten, 1 times Best Overall Foriegn/Best in Show Foreign Exhibit. Royal Canin overall foreign exhibit winner for Feb 2011.
4 times winner of breeders kitten class and 2 red card days (1 with 5 classes and entries of 8 and 10 cats).
Adult shows
2 shows - 2 CCs, 1 BOB, 4 x 1st & 2 X 2nd in misc classes
Awards at championship shows explained.
Adults (9 months) enter open classes for their breed, e.g. Russian Blue Adult. If awarded 1st prize they can be awarded a challenge certificate (CC). the award of Champion status is acheived by getting 3 x CC (needs to be 3 different judges), so at least 3 times winner at 3 shows.
Grand Champion Classes - once a Champion, cats can enter the Grand class - this has breeds from the foreign section (includes Abyssinian, Cornish and Devon Rex, Korat, Ocicat, Bengal and a few others) If the cat comes first it can be awarded a Grand Challenge certificate (GCC), 3 x GCC makes the cat a Grand Champion, again 3 different judges are required. There is also a runner up award of reserve Grand Champion.
Imperial Classes - once a Grand Champion, cats can be entered in the Imperial class, if they come 1st they can be awarded an Imperial Grand Challenge Certificate (IGCC). To gain the staus of Imperial Grand Champion, 5 certificates are needed from different judges. Again there is a reserve award.
The higher the award the more difficult it is to attain, as the cat needs to be a good example of it's breed. See the Russian Standard of Points on the RBBA website to see what the judges are looking for.
All Russians entered in the above classes at a show will be considered together for the award of Best of Breed (BOB). The cats awarded BOB can be nominated by the judges to be considered for the best Adult, Kitten and Neuter in each section, e.g. Foriegn, these are called Best of Variety, the winning Adult, Kitten and Neuter are judged for Overall Best of variety, The Best of Variety winners from each section are judged for Best in Show. Not evry show has a best in show or it is opersted slightly differently.
Kitten classes - kittens have a separate open class and are awarded places but not certificates, they also have a best of breed.
Neutered cats - once 9 months old enter these classes, before 9 months enter the kitten classes with entire kittens.
The awards are similar to adults, but the status is Premier rather than Champion, so they get Premier certificates, then Grand Premier ,then Imperial Grand Premier.
From the first of June 2011 it will only be possible to enter 1 open class where as up until then, 2 can be entered if the correct status is held, eg a Champion can enter the Open and Grand class. There will also be a further status of Olympian, with levels of bronze, silver, gold 15 certificates wil be needed for the highest level.