More Details of some of the 1997 Winners
 | The Best Persian Adult was Grand Champion Starspangle Gunsnroses, a Chinchilla Male owned and bred by Mrs L Sleigh |
| The Best of Variety Semi-Longhair Adult was
Champion Galadrial Esmeralda Flair, a Green-Eyed White Norwegian Forest Cat bred and owned by Mrs V H Hoar She has continued her winning ways, but now plans to retire from the show bench for a while to have a litter. |  |
| photo by Studio Foto-Ann | |
| photos by Alan Robinson | |
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 | Vervain Ered Luin, a Blue Asian Shaded Male bred by Naomi Johnson and owned by Mrs S S M Williams-Ellis was judged Best of Variety Foreign Adult. As the Burmillas, Asian Smokes and Asian Tabbies only had Championship status since June 1997, it was a great achievement for them to win all three Foreign Best of Varieties. |
| photo by Alan Robinson |
| Grand Champion Chelanca Pentlandite, owned and bred by Barbara Fellows is a Caramel Tortie Silver Oriental Shaded. The Oriental Shadeds were only promoted to Championship status in June 1997, but "Jemima" made it in straight wins - first Shaded Champion, first Shaded Grand Champion, followed by Best of Variety Oriental Adult. |  photo by Marc Henrie | |
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 | In her career to date she has won 9 Intermediate Certificates, 9 Challenge Certificates, 5 Grand Challenge Certificates, 25 Best of Breeds and 4 Best in Show. She has now retired for maternity duties.
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 photo by Marc Henrie |
The Best of Variety Siamese Adult & Supreme Adult was Supreme UK Grand Champion Tabbra Bon Chance, a Chocolate Tabby Point Siamese Male owned by Liz Myles "Sam" is the fifth Tabby Point Siamese Supreme Adult, three of whom have been Chocolate Tabby Points. Quite an achievement for the breed. |
| "Sam the Man"was from the last litter that Foxtwist Fern and Gr Ch Tabbra Oneinamillion (Michael) produced - both were neutered afterwards. Liz had never wanted a cat at stud: Michael had just happened, and after the experience of trying to keep a cat outside when he only wanted to live in the house - and usually succeeded - Liz thought there was no way she was going to have another entire male. | |
| Being no fool, Liz knew that Sam was special but, like other special kittens before him, if a good home came along he was going. Following an enquiry, Sam was as good as sold, but Liz's husband Melvin persuaded her to keep him, at his expense: he has paid all Sam's vet and show fees, built him a new stud house and taken them both to shows whenever work permitted. Sam has achieved more than even Liz thought possible and she feels privileged to own and have bred such a beauty. A lot of his show success is due not only to his good looks and balance, but his wonderful temperament: he is just an old softie, the perfect showman, loving all the fuss and attention. At his very first show he came straight out for the steward, asking for a cuddle, and has been the same ever since. |  photos by Alan Robinson |
 | Showing Sam has not been easy; he is a typical mischievous, inquisitive Siamese, poking his nose into everything that does not concern him. He is very accident prone: days before a show he always managed to acquire an injury of some kind. Once it was a bee sting, another time it was stud tail - the list is endless and it is a wonder he ever made it to most shows. Vetting in became a nightmare in case he had acquired some injury on the way, or developed a lump on his neck after a booster vaccination. |
| However, he did manage to attend all the shows where he was entered and had a super show career: after making Champion he achieved Grand in three consecutive shows and has been Best in Show 6 times, including 2 overall BIS as well as Supreme Adult. Liz is very proud of him and says he has certainly made all the hard work, heartbreak, tears and expense of 17 years' breeding worthwhile. | |
 | Rosjoy Riffraff, a Blue-Cream Colourpoint Female owned by Mrs J E Hobson and bred by Mrs J R Pickford, was Best of Variety Persian Kitten |
| photo by Marc Henrie |
| Coomakista Roisin Dubh
a Tortie Asian Ticked Tabby Female was the second of the Asian trio of Best of Variety winners. She is owned and bred by Maura O'Rourke from Cork in Eire.
Maura had a double win - her Brown Burmese, Grand Champion Artro Brown Brandon, was Best of Variety Burmese Adult. |  photo by Marc Henrie |
 photo by Marc Henrie | 
The Best of Variety Oriental Kitten, Supreme Kitten & Supreme Exhibit was Meshuga Firestarter, an Oriental Red, owned and bred by David Cooke and Caroline Hamilton (who is hiding behind him in the above snap) "Keith" is the second kitten to become Supreme Exhibit. |
 | Keith followed his Supreme win with a successful adult show career and is now pursuing further show success as a happy neuter. Here he is relaxing at home in his hammock. |
| The Best of Variety Siamese Kitten was Minishka Limited Edition a Blue Point Siamese Male who was bred by Judith Coveney and is owned by Philip Clark & Philippa Browning. Philip and Philippa won Best of Variety Siamese Kitten in 1995 as well, with their own bred Red Point, Pippastro Purrspicacity, who has now made up to UK Grand Champion. |  |
 | Our 1997 Supreme Neuter, Supreme UK Grand Premier Bobadeli Snushee Moondust a Cream Colourpoint Male Neuter owned by Audrey Robinson, has been Best in Show countless times. "Dusty" was judged Best of Variety Persian Neuter at both the 1995 and 1996 Supreme Shows. This year was definitely third time lucky. |
| photo by Marc Henrie |
| At the 1997 Supreme, Bazi was Best of Variety Semi-Longhair Neuter for the third year running. |  |
| photo by Paddy Cutts |
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| Premier Bundook Bally Reena, Brown Silver Shaded Burmilla, owned and bred by Gavin Tasker. "Daisy" was awarded 7 Merit Certificates while Burmillas had Preliminary status and went on to become Best of Provisional Breeds Adult at the 1994 Supreme Show - the first year that Burmillas, Asian Smokes and Asian Tabbies had Provisional status. She won a total of 12 Intermediate Certificates between attempts at breeding, which resulted in one successful litter, followed by spaying. Her Provisional status show career finished on the high spot of overall Best in Show at the Asian Group Cat Society Show in May 1997. She was then judged 1997 Best of Variety Foreign Neuter - at the first Supreme Show where Asians had Championship status! |  |
| photo by Alan Robinson |
 | The Best of Provisional Breeds Adult and Supreme Provisional Breed Exhibit was Adwelsh Aisling, a Tortie Silver Somali bred and owned by Mr.& Mrs.Stables This was the only time a Tortie Silver competed at the Supreme with Provisional status: in 1996 they were in Assessment classes and in 1998 they join the other silver colours in an AC Silver Somali class with Championship status. |
| photo by Marc Henrie |
| Ineluki Amethyst Dawn, a Blue Asian Self Female owned by Mrs.A.Duffy, was the Best of Provisional Breeds Kitten. This was another first for the Asians, because the selfs (including Bombays) were only granted Provisional status from June 1997. |  |
| photo by Alan Robinson |
 | The Best Non-Pedigree Shorthair & Supreme Non-Pedigree Exhibit was Oliver, a substantial Tabby and White gentleman owned by Mrs J Clark |
| photo by Marc Henrie |
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- The 2005 Best of Variety Winners and more about them
- The 2006 Best of Variety Winners
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