This is Chianti, now living in Switzerland with Silvio and Hilda Conchon. He looks very 'Turk', very composed and very much ruling his empire..
Winner of her her Fifth Imperial Grand Challenge Certificate and made up to
IMPERIAL GRAND CHAMPION KLASSYKLOGS KEHLEBEK
plus BEST IN SHOW SEMI-LONGHAIR at the West of England & South Wales Cat Society Show 2007
KELLY (13d)
Another beautiful auburn and amber-eyed female Turkish Van who won five Imperial Grand Certificates
in 2007
is IGr Ch Akdamar Semaviruya who is owned and bred by
club member Joyce Johnson.
Tansdale Tammuz (13w od) is owned by Marianne Upham.
He was one of the first white kittens to be registered as a Turkish
Vankedisi
Autumn 2009 and Tammuz now a mature adult, shares his life with
Gr Ch
Yenicizgi
Zurvan (13d)
Marianne says they are inseparable
Tansdale Indigo Moon (13w bl) was bred by Suzann Lloyd and has stayed with her.
He too has achieved Merits at all the shows he has entered.
Indi was the first Vankedisi to obtain Four Merits.
TVCC AGM Photo Competition - Results
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
| Turkish Delight |
Stella Stocker |
Jill Greenway |
Stella Stocker |
| Chocolate Box |
Alex Wake |
Vanessa Holt |
Ania Ake |
| Kit Kat |
Stella Stocker |
Gilly Begley |
Stella Stocker |
| Maids of Honour |
Janneke Tanrioven |
Steve Lloyd |
Jill Greenway |
| Flapjacks |
Alex Wake |
Stella Stocker |
Ania Ake |
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Winner of Class 1- Turkish Delight
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The Chocolate Box Winner of Class 2
was this delightful photo of 3 kittens which also won at the TVCC Photo Show. It was taken by Alex Wake of her first litter of Turkish Van x Turkish Vankedisi.
From the left, 13d7 od, 13w bl and 13d.
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the Kit Kat Competition - Class 3.
Another delightful photo by Stella Stocker
This is of a litter of four playful Plumetails kittens.
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Class 4 Maids of Honour had an overseas winner with Janneke Tanrioven's lovely White Odd-eyed girl from the Netherlands. Ozgur's Hurrem Sultane is the first white Van Kedisi to win a Best in Show for the World Cat Federation.
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Class 5 Flapjacks was won
by Alex Wake with a great picture of her kittens climbing the
Christmas tree.
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And finally, another picture which raised a few laughs.
Ania Ake from the USA sent many delightful photos and this was one of the most popular though it was not placed. It shows one of her sons, Adam, being helped by a Turkish friend.
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Photo Comp compiled by Melva Eccles
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