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Latest information on Tarkusha cats and their offspring - restarted January 2005 -

updated 10 Oct 2008

*2006 Show year awards*
Tarkusha Harlequin Tarkusha Kaleko Gr Ch Tarkusha Columbine Tarkusha Amadeus Ch Tarkusha Tamarind "TARKUSHA"	Best Blue Point male Kitten S&SWBCC Best Red Point Female Neuter S&SWBCC Best Tortie Point Adult S&SWBCC Best Tabby Point Male Kitten S&SWBCC Best Tabby Point Kitten S&SWBCC Best Seal Point Kitten S&SWBCC Best Seal Point Female Kitten S&SWBCC Top prefix for show year 2006 Seal & Blue Club

Jan 2005    Southern Counties show. Our seal girl   Tarkusha Helenoftroy receives her first Challenge Certificate
Feb 2005    Croydon Cat Club show. Tarkusha Helenoftroy receives her second Certificate

April 2005 Helenoftroy is the Birman Cat Clubs Top Seal Point Kitten and Top Female kitten , the Long Haired & Semi Long Haired Cat Clubs Overall Top Kitten and is also the Overall Best Kitten for the Seal & Blue Birman cat Club for the 2004 show year
May 2005   Champion Tarkusha Helenoftroy receives her third certificate and title at the Suffolk & Norfolk show
Jan 2006 Helenoftroy receives a further CC & Bob at Southern Counties show.
Feb 2006 Helenoftroy receives a further CC and Reserve Grand at the Croydon show. She has now taken time out to have a litter of kittens but will hopefully be back on the show bench in 2007 !
Nov 2007   Helenoftroy gains her first Grand certificate at The Supreme show.
Dec 2007   Helenoftroy receives her second Grand certificate at the Maidstone & Medway show
Jan 2008   Helenoftroy starts the New Year off with a further 1st CC at The Capital LH show - but then takes some time of for maternal duties..

Mar 2005 Wessex Cat Club show. Our blue tortie girl Tarkusha Allure receives her second CC & BOB
Mar 2005 Surrey & Sussex show. Champion Tarkusha Allure receives her third CC, BOB and her Champion title. She has since taken time off to have a litter of kittens - but will be back on the show bench soon!!

2007 - unfortunately Allure liked having babies so much in 2005 that she has put her show career on hold again and had a further four kittens in February 2007

April 2005 UK Grand. Champion. & UK Grand Premier Tarkusha Zinfandel is The Birman Cat Clubs Top Female Blue Neuter for 2004 and also the Seal & Blue Birman cat Clubs Runner-up Best Overall Birman

Nov 2005 Zinfandel wins her second Uk Grand Premier certificate at The Supreme Show. This makes her only the first Blue point Birman to be awarded a double Uk Grand Title.

July 2006 Zinfandel receives a reserve Imperial, Grand & Bob at the East Sussex Show

Sept 2006 Zinfandel wins her first Imperial certificate, the grand and Best of Breed and has a 'red card day'

Oct 2006 Zinfandel received her second Imperial certificate at The LH&SLH show

Nov 2006 Zinfandel gets her third Imperial certificate and Reserve Grand at The Birman show

Dec 2006 Zinfandel gets a further Grand certificate at the Maidstone & Medway show

Jan 2007 At Southern Counties she gets a Reserve Grand and another Imperial Certificate

Mar 2007 Zinfandel receives a further grand certificate and 'Best of Breed' at the Wessex show.

Mar 2007 Zinfandel receives her final Imperial certificate and Imperial title at the Cam Cat show She is now a UK Gr Champion & UK & Imperial Grand Premier - this makes her the most successful blue point in the country

	April 2005 Grand Premier Pridnjoy Galahad - owned and bred by Bob & Morwenna Semos - and who is a Princeofthieves son - gains his title at The Essex show Nov 2006 Galahad receives his first UK Grand certificate at the 2006 Supreme show
	August 2006 Tarkusha Armani - owned by Martin & Ros Wood receives his Tica title - Tica Double Grand Champion Alter Dec 2006 Congratulations to Tarkusha Armanie on gaining his Tica title Quadruple Grand Champion Alter Sept 2007 Tarkusha Armani gains his title of SUPREME GRAND CHAMPION ALTER. Congratulations to owners Martin & Ros Wood
	April 2005 Grand Ch Tarkusha Tamanthi is the Birman Cat Clubs Top Overall Tabby for the 2004 show year. Nov 2005 Tamanthi is awarded her third Grand Certificate and title at The Supreme show - . on the same day that her mother - Zinfandel - gets her double Uk Grand title. August 2006 Tamanth receives a Tica title - Champion Alter Oct 2006 and receives her Premier title at the Cambria show and is now a GCCF Grand Champion & Premier. and Tica Champion Alter
	May 2005 Grand Champion & Premier Tarkusha Ladyofavalon - owned by June & Helen Godley - wins her third premier certificate and Premier title at The Suffolk & Norfolk show. July 2005 "Zoe" wins her first grand class at The East Sussex show! She was then awarded three Reserve Grands at her next three shows ! Nov 2005 "Zoe" received her 2nd Grand Certificate at The Birman show
	July 2005 Grand Champion & Premier Brivale Tarkusha Flame - our red girl who has been retired for four years wins a PC at The East Sussex show - her first show as a neuter and then a second PC at The Herts & Middlx show in Luton. Oct 2005 She gets her third PC and additional title at the Kentish show in Ashford making her up to Grand Champion & Premier

July 2005 Champion Tarkusha Columbine our seal tortie girl - wins a further CC, BOB and Reserve Grand at the East Sussex show.

Oct 2005 At the LH&SLH show she gets another Reserve Grand plus a 1st in her open class. At The Kentish show she gets her first Grand Champion certificate plus a 1st & BOB.

She has now taken time off for maternity leave.

Oct 2006 having taken time off to have a litter of kittens Columbine return to the LH&SLH show and receives another reserve grand certificate, CC & BOB.

Nov 2006 Columbine receives her second Grand certificate at The Supreme show at the NEC.

Dec 2006 Grand Champion Tarkusha Columbine receives an early Christmas present at the Maidstone & Medway show - her grand title.

Sept 2008 Columbine is back on the show scene at her first show as a neuter. She wins her first Premier certificate (PC) and then gains her second two weeks later at The Bobcat show.

Oct 2008 Columbine wins her third PC and title of Grand Champion & Premier at the LH&SLH show.

Sept 2005 Our blue point kitten Tarkusha Zachariah wins 1st & Bob at The Bobcat - his debut show - at the age of 14 weeks and one day.

Oct 2005 He receives a further 1st & BOB at the LH&SLH show and then another at The Kentish show..

Nov 2005 "Zach" gains another 1st in the 'open class' at The Birman show

Mar 2006 "Zach" is now living in Germany and attends his first continental show where he is awarded Best in Show and Best of the Best

April 2006 Zach is the Birman Cat Clubs top male Blue Kitten for 2005 and also Top male Blue Kitten for the Seal & Blue Club

April 2006 Zach receives the last of his five Intl certificates and his Intl Champion title

Sept 2006 Zach receives his final certificates and is now a Grand International Champion

May 2007 Zach receives his final certificate and is now a Europa Champion.

Jan 2008 Zach receives his final two certificates and is now a Great Europe Champion

April 2008 He continues to gain titles and is now a Grossa Europa Champion.

Sept 2005 Grand Champion Pridnjoy Arabesque (a Prince daughter) gets her first Imperial certificate at The Bobcat show. This is reported to be the first Imperial certificate to an "entire" female Birman

Nov 2006 Uk Grand Champion Pridnjoy Arabesque - gains her UK Grand title at The Supreme show 2006 Congratulations to owner/breeders Bob & Morwenna Semos.

	April 2006 The latest 'Prince' baby to appear on the show bench - Ch Patwick Princeofblues receives his Champion title in three straight shows - well done to breeder Pat Sandford..
	July 2006 Tarkusha Kaleko - our red girl - gets her first PC at the East Sussex show. June 2007 she gets her second PC at the London show July 2007 Premier Tarkusha Kaleko gets her final PC & Premier title at the KKN show.

Dec 2006 Tarkusha Tamarind receives her first CC at The Maidstone & Medway show - congratulations to owner Jenny Bush

Jan 2007 and a further CC at Southern Counties

Mar 2007 Tamarind gains her third CC & Champion title at the Wessex show - Congratulations to her - and owner Jenny Bush -

Jan 2007 Tarkusha Saffiya is placed second at The Southern Counties show, second again at The Croydon and in her first adult class - she gets second again.

March 2007 Saffy gets her first CC & BOB at the Surrey & Sussex show. Well done to owner Jenny Bush !

April 2007 Saffy receives her second CC at the SLHCA show in Stratford

July 2007 Champion Tarkusha Saffiya receives her third CC, BOB & Title at the Wiltshire show

Sept 2007 Saffiya receives a further CC, BOB and Reserve Grand at the Bobcat show

Nov 2007 Saffiya gains her first Grand certificate at The Supreme show.

Sep 2008 Having taken time off for maternity leave Saffiya returns to the show bench at the Bobcat show - and gains her second grand certificate.

Oct 2008 Saffiya gains her third Grand certificate and title of Grand Champion at the LH&SLH show. She is also Best In show SLH Adult. Well done to owner Jenny Bush

Saffy with her Best in Show trophies and rosettes.