Except Barb, just to play devil's advocate and as one who showed in many associations (cff, acfa, cfa, tica) in Tica, you do not earn the title of Champion without both an accumulation of points but one final as well. I've always prefered that method to be honest to CFA's.Originally Posted by tailsoluv
<snip>BTW, to those of you in the United States and outside of the U.S., in this country the title of Champion really doesn't denote "show quality" particularly. In most associations, one makes a Championship by winning between 4 and 6 winners ribbons. This is accomplished by competing only against cats of your cat's own status (Novice or Open), breed, sex and color. Therefore, if a cat was the only, for instance, red point female Siamese in a show and was the only Novice and there were no other Red Point Siamese female Novices, if the cat had no actual disqualifying faults (such as a kinked tail, malocclusions, incorrect paw pad coloring, etc.), it would automatically win its Winners Ribbon in each ring having defeated no other cats to win the title of Champion. A Grand Championship or higher in our associations is what denotes show quality. After all, the cat fancy is not the dog fancy.
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Barb Amalfi