More Details of some of the 2005 Winners

He is being judged here by Keith Scruton, one of the Supreme panel of Judges

Sue keeps looking at him and thinking 'our Sam, Supreme Kitten.' He is a special boy to her and to Angie and Rocco Barletta. He has turned the difficult start in life into a dream come true

He will shortly be continuing his show career as a neuter - Sue, Angie and all their friends hope that this, too, proves a success.

(Unfortunately she took exception to having her photograph taken at the show!)

In between her show bench appearances she has produced three litters of kittens, one of this year's Blue-Creams having gone to Colorado, USA.

Jill invited a friend round to photograph Izzy for this page, but she is wary of strangers and kept running away, so did not pose well even at home!

She is a Blue Tortie Silver Shaded Tiffanie Female, owned by Sue Moss and bred by Donna Golby.

Oriental Caramels have Provisional status, so he has no title, despite his wins

Iggy won his Open and BOB five times prior to the Supreme, plus Best Persian Kitten in Show at the East Sussex and Kentish and best overall exhibit at the Tabby Cat Club Show.

Althaea is a total lap cat who loves lots of cuddles. She has a cheeky streak which she has inherited from her mum Polly (Champion Kolinga Chianti). This makes her all the more endearing. The Supreme was only her second show, her first being the British Shorthair Cat Club where she also won 1st Open but was beaten by Kolinga Adonis who went on to be Best Kitten in Show. For one so young Colleen & Andrew felt she took being at the Supreme and its unique atmosphere in her stride

Known as Alf to his friends, he lives in the Meon Valley in Hampshire with his prospective wives Champion Molynmeux Incaheuxts, Champion Molynmeux Florentina and Molynmeux Sweetpea, alongside two dogs - Rory the Scottie and Meg the Lurcher; they are often to be found asleep together.

Alf has the habit of trying to climb up the chimney and shortly after the show looked more like a Bombay than a Burmese. Luckily he was not being shown that week.

To date Jack has been unbeaten in 8 shows as a kitten and has been Best in Show kitten 3 times and overall Best in Show once, plus his Best of Variety win.

Pepi is a quiet chap who lets the world do its thing around him whilst he looks on. Luckily he doesn't mind all the show preparation and has done well on the show bench as kitten, adult and neuter. He has the haughty look of a superior cat, which he frequently uses on the opposition! Pepi has been Overall Best in Show twice on his way to becoming a Grand Premier this year, adding to his show wins over the years. He is a softy and a total Daddy's boy, living the life of luxury.

Looking back to the page Chris kept from her website at the time, her comment when he was two weeks old was 'I think we'll see this little boy on the show bench'.

Chris has been showing Ocicats since they were at the merit stage and was so proud that Troika was competing for Supreme Neuter, representing Ocicats in the UK, as the first Ocicat to reach these starry heights.

But at the end of the day, Troika is still the same Troika, the fun loving lad who loves to leap on to shoulders to perch like a parrot, or chase after toys that are thrown for him to retrieve, or sleep on a lap. He has been known to lead the others astray, and get up to mischief such as deciding that the packaging on a pack of flour was fun to play with, so took it out of the cupboard, to shred it on the kitchen floor - we'll leave it to the imagination what happened to the flour! A typical Ocicat really!

"Freddie Mercury" aka "Big Fred" was born on the 19th January 2000. Jane instantly recognised his potential and phoned Angela to say that 'her' cat had arrived. Angela had waited two years for this moment, but at that instant little did she realise how lucky she was to be. Freddie settled into his new family with his Birman feline friends and Magnus the large retriever whom he adored. As a very self possessed kitten he often took a ride on Magnus' back. He loved everyone and everyone loved him and so it is today almost six years later. Freddie's one fault is his passion for food and he knows all too well what dieting means!

Monty has a long string of Best in Show wins under his belt and made up to Imperial Grand Premier at the Siamese Cat Club Show, two weeks before the Supreme.

Charlie was Supreme Non-Pedigree Exhibit in 2002, appeared on Exhibition in 2003 and took a year off in 2004, returning to repeat his win in 2005!

Linda adopted Susanna from Ely and District Cats Protection when she was a kitten who had been rescued from a house with domestic violence. One of her much-loved tabby cats had recently died and she initially chose Susanna's sister, Lucia. However, she has a real soft spot for torties and as she could not choose between the two, decided to adopt both. She named Susanna from Mozart's opera, The Marriage of Figaro.

Susanna started to attend Cat Shows at the age of 4 months, winning Best in Show at her first show. She had a really successful first year, winning Best Shorthair Non Pedigree at the Supreme in 2003, aged only 8 months. At home, Susanna is a typical naughty tortie - she opens boxes of food and helps herself to the contents and looks upon the cat-proof fencing as a challenge to be overcome. However, at shows, she leaves her naughty streak behind and shows only her friendly, cuddly and affectionate side.

Linda says that, for her, one of the really good things about the Supreme Show is that, unlike Crufts for the dogs, there are classes for non pedigree pets. This allows rescued cats, like her little Susanna, to take their place amongst the best cats in Britain.