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Friday, 18 March 2011
John Hansson, Chairman of the GCCF has released a statement today regarding the uproar over the new 'Olympian Class'
It is not clear if 'The Board' have instigated the 'idea', if this is for council to decide, or for a public feeling to be acted on.
The full statement can be read below and will be discussed on the Cat Planet Facebook page!
  
New Classes for Breed Shows

In order to resolve issues that have been raised concerning the possible loss of entries at Breed Shows and prevent too much migration to All Breed shows and the new Olympian Class Award which was approved by Council at the last meeting, the board have come up with a proposal which could be implemented with very minimal change for breed shows to put on, it could also be incorporated to give a new class heading for titled pets at all shows.

The suggestion was that this would be called a Purple Ribbon Class for the Pedigree Section and Green ribbon for the Pet Section to tie in with their current colours.

The criteria would be that the award would be an Imperial Certificate which would be called either Purple Ribbon Imperial Award or Green Ribbon Imperial Award dependent upon the category.

Purple Ribbon Category (Pedigree Section)
Eligibility full Imperial Title holder, Male & Female combined= Purple Ribbon Imperial Certificate & Reserve

One Class for Entires
One Class for Neuters

Green Ribbon Category (Pet Section, all shows)
Eligibility full Imperial Title holder to include both Pedigree Pets & Non-Pedigree (Male & Female) = Green Ribbon Imperial Certificate & Reserve.

One Class.

The award would not count towards any additional status, but all entries would still be considered for Best of Breed or Best of Group as applicable and the winner would be automatically considered for Best in Show as long as the Certificate was awarded.

This would then enable all highly titled cats to continue to be shown in an appropriate class without impacting on other classes whilst still allowing them to be shown in other appropriate classes in competition. This could with very minor adjustment be put into effect at the beginning of the show season.

It is appreciated that this could be difficult for some show mangers to implement quickly and if they wished they could continue with the new class status which comes into effect on the 1st June .

The rationale behind only having one class in each category is an attempt to ensure that these classes are competitive as far as is practicably possible.

It is important to be aware that this will be a prestigious class and the award of the certificates concerned should reflect this.

John Hansson
(Chairman GCCF)
March 2011

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George  - Olympian Class   |2011-04-21 13:24:45
The introduction of The Olympian Class we see the end of cat shows as we know and love.Many exibitors will just not enter.
Why did The GCCF not introduce a CROWN Class added on top of The Imperial class.As it stands you need three certificats for The Grand,Five certificates for The Imperial and if aCrown class was introduced Seven would be the right format
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molly   |2011-03-19 20:53:47
If there are to be higher awards they should apply to Peds and Hp`s equally, Cats are Cats just because some of us dont have `papers` doesnt make us any less important. We pay our money and expect equal treatment. IF this was a `race issue` in that one race was downgraded and not given the chance to compete equally there would be rebellion, its no different, its absolute discrimination and the GCCF need to start living in 2011 and not 1911. Lets be honest the HP`s were stuck in a dark dismal corner at the Supreme with some of the pens unfit for purpose. Some supports were unstable, would the pedigree mob put up with that I DOUBT IT, and neither should HP owners, get in the real world GCCF and stop the exclusivity, we deserve the same recognition.
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