1979 VERLAM AFRANIUS 13c1 – Male Adult
(Ch Boltwood Neru x Shimron Surica)
Owner & Breeder Mrs E Chalk
1980 BARTINA BOTHWELL 13c1 – Male Kitten
(Ch Chanson Dematin x Belfalas Zoe)
Owner Mrs E Middleton, Breeder Mrs P Ward
1981 CARMO ALBA AURELIA 13c2 – Female Adult
(Salwana Chee Boo x Sahra Tallulah)
Owners Mr & Mrs J Wren, Breeder Mrs M Carr
1982 CH BELLEVIEW FRANCESCA 13c1 – Female Adult
(Ch Chanson Dematin x Ch Belleview Adele)
Owner & Breeder Mr D Redtfeldt
1983 SAXONGOLD DRUSILLA 13c1 – Female Adult
(Ch Solomon von Assindia x Bellingham Carinia)
Owner Mrs M Osborne, Breeder Mrs K Freeman
1984 LAURANT SUGAR DANDY 13c2 – Male Kitten
(Dearing Boy Sioux x Laurant Athene)
Owner & Breeder Mrs C Flynn
1985 CH AIDA PATRIOONA 13c2 – Female Adult
(Ch Patrioona Faust x Sheba Lee Tan)
Owner Mrs Pat Blair, Breeder Mrs Hambidge
1986 CH MOCKORANGE BIG BOY 13c1 – Male Adult
(Ch Bartina Bothwell x Moonrae Maymist)
Owner Mrs S Moore, Breeder Mrs S Barker
1987 GR CH MOCKORANGE BIG BOY 13c1 – Male Adult
(Ch Bartina Bothwell x Moonrae Maymist)
Owner Mrs S Moore, Breeder Mrs S Barker
1988 CH & GR PR MELVAS ROMEO 13c1 – Male Neuter
(Snowqueen Blue Boisioux x Pr Belleview Natalie)
Owner & Breeder Mrs M Eccles
1989 GR CH ADIVELO ENCHANTRESS 13c2 – Female Adult
(Ch Laurant Coeur Delyon x Ethereal Enchantress)
Owner Mrs C Flynn, Breeder Mrs D Wedmore
1990 GR CH SERLAHJARI BERLAIN 13c1 – Male Adult
(Ch Bartina Bothwell x Snowflake Tiptoes)
Owners: Mr & Mrs D Taylor, Breeders Mr & Mrs C Keenan
1993 GR CH SERLAHJARI BERLAIN 13c1 – Male Adult
(Ch Bartina Bothwell x Snowflake Tiptoes)
Owners: Mr & Mrs D Taylor, Breeders Mr & Mrs C Keenan
1994 GR PR LAURANT SIR GALAHAD 13c2 – Male Neuter
(Gr Ch Laurant Sugar Dandy x Gr Ch Adivelo Enchantress)
Owner& Breeder Mrs C Flynn
1995 GR PR LAURANT SIR GALAHAD 13c2 – Male Neuter
(Gr Ch Laurant Sugar Dandy x Gr Ch Adivelo Enchantress)
Owner& Breeder Mrs C Flynn
1996 CH & GR PR DUBROVA KASSA 13c2 – Female Neuter
(Gr Ch Laurant Kubla Khan x Dubrova Bo Della)
Owner & Breeder Mrs P Collins
1997 LAURANT SUMMERTIME BLUE 13c2 – Male Kitten
(Sitah Burmah Boy x Laurant Tiffany)
Owner Mrs V Wenzel, Breeder Mrs C Flynn
1998 SHANDATAL MR WONDERFUL 13c1 – Male Kitten
(Ch Shandatal Blue Danube x UK Gr Ch & UK Gr Pr Shandatal Queenofhearts)
Owner Mrs J Moffat, Breeder Mrs S Talboys
1999 UK GR CH & GR PR KLASSYKLOGS KRAFTY KARESS 13c6 – Female Neuter
(Gr Ch Klassyklogs Furst Edition x Ch Panjandrum Klassy Koral)
Owner Mr B Tackley, Breeder Mrs J Tackley
2000 SUCETTE INDEPENDENCE DAY 13c3 – Male Kitten
(Sucette Havanna x Sucette Blue Heaven)
Owner & Breeder Miss E Whitby
2001 CH & GR PR LAURANT LORENZO 13c2 – Male Neuter
(Birmayne Finen Dandy x Laurant Serendipity)
Owner Mrs K Scarisbrick (now Frost), Breeder Mrs C Flynn
2002 VEYRIER CHATELAIN (FIFE CH) 13c2 – Male Adult
(Gr Ch Addeilo Veyrier Alphonso x Borobudur Daisy Mae)
Owner Mrs J V Green, Breeder Mr C & Mrs R Kirk
2003 GR CH & GR PR FIZZWIZZ NELL GWYNNE 13c12 – Female Neuter
(Gr Pr Fizzwizz Thereal Mccoy x Ch Fizzwizz Sheer Delight)
Owners Miss M & Mr T Oslavio, Breeders Mr J & Mrs E Culf
2004 GR CH & GR PR APPLAUSE MYLILA 13c6 – Female Neuter
(Applause Red Ace x Milldener Lotuslee)
Owner Mrs J Carter, Breeder Mrs D Uebele
2005 GR PR LINGCOMB ENDYMION 13c1 – Male Neuter
(Ch Adhirlo Cosi Fantutte x Lingcomb Candace)
Owner & Breeder Miss J Osborn
2006 GR CH NORVIN FARRARI DINO 13c4 – Male Adult
(Gr Ch Kuredu Wild Silk x Norvin Vanity Fayre)
Owner Mrs A Methven, Breeder Miss J Francis
2007 GR CH DANLEIGH STARBURST 13c6 – Female Adult
(Gr Ch Croganii Romeo x Danleigh Strawberry Fayre)
Owner & Breeder Mrs J Wormald
2008 CH LADYPAWS MARSHMALLOW 13c10 – Female Adult
(Imp Gr Ch Norvin Farrari Dino x Ealbhar Onyx Fire)
Owner & Breeder Mrs A Methven
2009 MUCHADO ATHOS 13c11 – Male Kitten
(Gr Ch Gayemaudi Supurr Troupurr x Gillyfloss Shakira)
Owner & Breeder Mrs L Jackson
2010 MLYWARD XCALIBER 13c1 – Male Kitten
(Gr Ch Mlyward Xacuti x Gr Ch Mlyward Ayataba)
Owners & Breeders Messrs R Mlynek & D Hayward
2011 UK & IMP GR CH & IMP GR PR MLYWARD SASSAFRAS 13c7
Female Neuter
(UK Gr Ch Mlyward Chilli Pepper x Ch Mlyward Titian Princess)
Owners & Breeders Messrs R Mlynek & D Hayward
2012 IMP GR CH KITTAH ARTEMIS 13c6 Female Adult
(Norvin Laliquepapilon x Gr Ch Esaya Kittah Cassandra)
Owners & Breeders Mr N & Mrs S Ensor
2013 IMP GR CH SARMOYAH PRINCESS AURORA 13c6 – Female Adult
(Gr Ch Sarmoyah Sun God x Gr Ch Sarmoyah Chiquita)
Owner & Breeder Mrs J Pool
2014 SARMOYAH YASMIN SBI f 21 – Female Kitten
(Esaya Lord-of-the-Rings x Imp Gr Ch Sarmoyah Princess Aurora)
Owner & Breeder Mrs J Pool
2015 GR CH SARMOYAH COCO CHANEL SBI h 21 – Female Adult
(Esaya Lord-of-the-Rings x Imp Gr Ch Sarmoyah Princess Aurora)
Owner Mrs A Orvis, Breeder Mrs J Pool
2016 PENDLESTAR TARKUSHA MAIA (SBI a) – Female Kitten
(Gr Ch Snowqueen Charles Lafitte x I Gr Ch Pendlestar Kashnmir Kreme)
Owners Mr G & Mrs C Tarr; Breeder Mrs J Ward
2017 MLYWARD XANDRA (SBI F) – Female Kitten
(Gr Ch Sarmoyah Red Crusader x I Gr Ch Mlyward Heiteki)
Owners & Breeders Mr R Mlynek & Mr D Hayward
2018 CH & Imp GR PR SUCETTE WISHY WASHY (SBI g) – Female Neuter
(Sucette Risky Business x Sucette Sugar Sprinklles)
Owner & Breeder Miss E Whitby
2019 CH & Imp GR PR SUCETTE WISHY WASHY (SBI g) – Female Neuter
2020 – no show due to COVID
2021 UK Imp GR PR BROFIELD BUBBLE N SQUEAK – Male Neuter
Sire – (Gr Ch Pendlestar Atakad Palido x Brofield Bombay Sapphire)
Breeder/Owner – Mrs D Coupland & Mrs M Brown
2022 IMP GR CH MLYWARD HEITEKI
(GR CH Mlyward Cavity x GR CH Mlyward Pretty Polly)
Owners & Breeders Mr R Mlynek & Mr D Hayward
2023 IMP GR CH ASHANNAS CELTIC TIGER
(Ashannas Oasis of Love x Atakad Ashannas Isla)
Owned and bred by Anne-Marie Slevin
2024 MYLWARD MADAM COCO
Owned by Mrs J Watkins and bred by Mr R Mlyneck & Mr D Hayward
2025 OBIGP DALTEEMA BLACK PURRL (SBI n)
Owned by Ann Baxter and bred by Dawn & Alan Brown
Our Top Show Cats
The first Birman and the first female of any breed to achieve Olympian Gold.
UK Imperial Grand Champion & UK Olympian Gold Imperial Grand Premier
Mlyward Sassafras (SBI e)
(UK Gr Ch Rhunacraig Chilli Pepper x Ch Mlyward Titian Princess)
Owners & breeders Ron Mlynek & Dennis Hayward
Olympian Bronze title at the Birman Cat Club show on 5 November 2011, where she was Overall Best in Show. Two weeks later at the Supreme Show she gained her UK Grand Premier title, making her the first Birman to achieve Double UK and Imperial Grand titles.
She gained her Olympian Silver title at the Preston & Blackpool show on 24 March 2012 and Olympian Gold title at the Humberside and Lincolnshire joint shows on 14 July 2012, at 13 years old.
Imperial Grand Champion & Olympian Gold Imperial Grand Premier
DANLEIGH STARBURST (SBI f)
(UK Gr Ch Croganii Romeo x Danleigh Strawberry Fayre)
Owner & breeder Jean Wormald
Olympian Bronze title at the Southern & South Western Birman show on 10 September 2011, where she was Overall Best in Show.
Olympian Silver at the Wiltshire & District show on 7 July 2012, where she was Best in Show Semi Longhair.
Olympian Gold at the Bedford & District show on 27 April 2013, where she was Best in Show Semi Longhair – at 9 years old.
Grand Champion & UK Olympian Gold Imperial Grand Premier
TARKUSHA HELENOFTROY (SBI n)
25 February 2004 – 27 June 2018
(I Gr Ch & Gr Pr Lingcomb Snowwitch Trojan x Tarkusha Pashmina)
Owners & breeders Geoffrey & Carol Tarr
Olympian Bronze title at the Wessex show on 4 July 2015.
Olympian Silver title at the Bedford & District show on 23 April 2016.
Olympian Gold at the London and Surrey & Sussex joint show on 18 March 2017, where she was the Surrey & Sussex Best in Show Semi Longhair – at just over 13 years old.
Helenoftroy was the Birman Cat Club’s Overall Top Birman for two consecutive years.
UK & Olympian Silver Imperial Grand Champion
KITTAH ARTEMIS “Tess” (SBI f)
(Norvin Laliquepapillon x UK Gr Ch Esaya Kittah Cassandra)
Owners & breeders Nick and Simone Ensor
Artemis gained her Bronze Olympian title at the joint Wessex and Wiltshire shows in July 2016 and her Silver Olympian title at the Maidstone & Medway Show in December 2017 at 9 years old and her Silver title at the Maidstone & Medway Cat Club Show in December 2017.
Olympian Bronze Imperial Grand Champion
MLYWARD XANTI (SBI a)
(I Gr Ch Snowwitch Atakad Ashadow x Mlyward Gypsyqueen)
Owners & breeders Ron Mlynek & Dennis Hayward
Xanti gained his Bronze Olympian title at the Gwynedd show on 4 February 2017, at 2 years old. In the same year he was Best of Variety Adult at the GCCF Supreme Show, Best in Show Adult at the Birman Cat Club show and was the club’s Overall Top Exhibit for the 2017 show year.
Birman Pedigree Pet Olympians
Olympian Gold Imperial Grand Master Cat AMBER (Twinkletoes Amber Ice)
28 October 2002 – 10 May 2018
Red point female owned by Dawn and Alan Brown and Bred by Joan and Peter Hobson
Amber was the Birman Cat Club’s Top Birman Pedigree Pet for the 2013 show year, having achieved Bronze Olympian, the first Birman Pedigree Pet to do this. She gained her Gold title on 20 June 2015 at the Lakeland & District Cat Club show.
Olympian Gold Imperial Grand Master Cat BLUEBELLE (Pridnjoy Bluebelle)
owned by Bob and Morwenna Semos
Bluebelle’s Gold year was 2016, achieving this top title at the East Sussex Cat Club show in June. That year she had several Best in Show wins, including the Birman Show where she was Best in Show Pedigree Pet. She was also the Club’s Top Birman Pedigree Pet for consecutive show years 2014 and 2015 and won a UK Grand certificate at the 2016 Supreme Show.
Olympian Silver Imperial Grand Master Cat WILLOW
owned by Miss Yvonne Glen
Willow lives and is shown in Scotland where she is in frequent competition with a Non-Pedigree Pet named Willow! She became Bronze Olympian at the Scottish Cat Club show in January 2017, and then gained her silver title at the Edinburgh & East of Scotland Cat Club show in October 2018.
Olympian Bronze Imperial Grand Master Cat BILL
Seal point male owned by Mrs Jane Izzard
Bill achieved his Bronze Olympian in style in 2017, with two certificates at the joint Capital Longhair and Eastern Counties Longhair & Semi Longhair Shows in January 2017, with the fifth certificate he needed gained by his Overall Best in Show Household Pet win in the Capital show. He subsequently gained Silver Olympians and two Best in Show wins at later shows in 2017.
Very sadly, his devoted owner had to say farewell to Bill in mid-January 2019 at the age of 12 years when he was found to have a growth in his bladder and, regretfully, she has no good photo of him to provide for this page.
Olympian Bronze Imperial Grand Master Cat THEO
owned by Mrs Julia Robinson
Theo had a very notable early success when he was Best in Show Pedigree Pet at the 2014 Birman Cat Club Show, as a Kitten. He won his first UK Grand certificate at the 2017 Supreme and was the Birman Cat Club’s Top Birman Pedigree Pet for the 2017 show year. His Bronze Olympian came in 2018, at the Suffolk & Norfolk Cat Club show in May and he crowned his year with a fourth silver certificate and the People’s Choice award at the Birman Cat Club show in November.
UK Grand Title Winners
The UK Grand is the oldest of the titles above Grand Champion/Premier/Master Cat level. It can only be competed for at the GCCF’s annual Supreme Show and was introduced for the 1988 show, when only Seal and Blue point Birmans had Championship status and the Household Pet section was only for Non-Pedigrees (who did not gain titles until around 2008). A cat has to win two certificates to attain the UK Grand title, which of course means returning to try for the second one the following year and subsequent years if unlucky.
The very first Birmans to gain the coveted UK titles did so in the first year possible – 1989 – having gained their first certificates in 1988: they were Seal male UK Gr Ch Mockorange Big Boy, a very famous stud in many pedigrees owned by Mrs Sandra Moore and bred by Mrs Sundra Barker, and Blue female neuter Ch & UK Gr Pr Laurant Penny Lane bred and owned by Mrs Carole Flynn. The next winners were Seal male neuter Ch & UK Gr Pr Melvas Romeo bred and owned by Mrs Melva Eccles in 1990, and Blue female UK Gr Ch Laurant Mood Indigo, again bred and owned by Mrs Carole Flynn, in 1991.
The then “new” colours – Chocolate & Lilac, Red/Cream/Tortie and all the Tabbies – gained Championship status in 1994 and the first UK Grand classes for them came in at the 1995 Supreme. The first AOC Birman was Seal Tortie female UK Gr Ch Klassyklogs Krafty Karess bred and owned by Mrs Jane Tackley, who gained her title in 1996, followed in 1997 by Seal Tabby point male UK Gr Ch Keitum Krackerjack, bred and owned by Mrs Julie Keith. Krackerjack was Best of Variety Adult at the 1996 Supreme.
Another notable Tabby point male was the first Birman cat to win a Supreme title: Ch & Supreme UK Gr Pr Kalemyo Klawsforapplause (bred and owned by Mrs Vivienne Lee), who was Supreme Neuter in 2001 and gained his UK Grand title at the 2003 show.
Of the many Birmans of all colours who have gained UK Grand titles, several have attained the distinction of becoming Double UK Grands, gaining the title as both Adult and Neuter (with several of them achieving Double Imperial Grand also), as listed below.
UK Grand Champion & UK Imperial & Grand Premier
KLASSYKLOGS KRAFTY KARESS (1996 & 2000)
Seal Tortie point Female bred & owned by Mrs Jane Tackley.
The first female Double UK Grand of any breed and Best of Variety Neuter 1998 Supreme.
UK Grand Champion & UK Grand Premier
SHWECHINTHE ZUNETRA (1990 & 2003)
Chocolate point Female bred and owned by Mrs Elizabeth Brigliadori & Dr Kathryn Robson.
The first Chocolate/Lilac point UK Grand.
UK Grand Champion & UK Grand Premier
SHANDATAL QUEENOFHEARTS (2000 & 2004)
(also TICA Supreme Grand Champion Alter)
Seal point female bred and owned by Mrs Shirley Talboys.
Supreme Kitten 1996 & Best of Variety Neuter 2002 Supreme.
UK Grand Champion & UK Imperial Grand Premier
TARKUSHA ZINFANDEL (1999 & 2005)
Blue point female bred and owned by Mr Geoffrey & Mrs Carol Tarr.
Best of Variety Adult 1996 Supreme.
UK Imperial Grand Champion & UK Olympian Gold Imperial Grand Premier
MLYWARD SASSAFRAS (2003 & 2011)
Cream point female bred and owned by Messrs Ron Mlynek & Dennis Hayward.
Best of Variety Neuter 2011 Supreme.
UK Imperial Grand Champion & UK Imperial Grand Premier
KLASSYKLOGS KALEMYOKOKO (2008 & 2012)
Seal point female owned by Mrs Vivienne Lee.
UK Imperial Grand Champion & UK Imperial Grand Premier
SHWECHINTHE SHWENAT (2009 & 2013)
Chocolate point male bred and owned by Mrs Elizabeth Brigliadori & Dr Kathryn Robson.
The first male Double UK & Double Imperial Grand.
UK Grand Champion & UK Imperial Grand Premier
AREZZA MY FAIRLADY (2011 & 2016)
Lilac Tabby point female bred and owned by Mrs Tracy Adams.
UK Grand Champion & UK Grand Premier
JANDOUGLEN SEILEACH (2015 & 2018)
Chocolate Tabby point female bred and owned by Mrs Ann Mott.
The 2009 Supreme Show introduced the new Household Pet section with classes for Non-Pedigree and Pedigree Pets and in 2001 a Blue point Birman had an outstanding success: Supreme UK Grand Master Cat TWIZZLE, owned by Mrs Elizabeth Scott, was Supreme Pedigree Pet and gained his UK Grand title also. Two years later at the 2013 show, a Seal point Birman Pedigree Pet became a UK Grand: UK Imperial Grand Master Cat BOUNCER, owned by Mrs Jennifer Plant.
Imperial Title Winners
In June 2005 the race began for the first Birmans to win the new Imperial title introduced by the GCCF to be competed for by Grand Champion and Grand Premiers only, and to be awarded to cats “of exceptional quality”. It took nine months for the first Birman to win the five certificates required to achieve an Imperial title.
The first male and female Adults and Neuters to become Imperial Grand Champions and Premiers were:
UK GRAND CHAMPION SUCETTE ICECOLD INALEX
6-year-old Lilac male adult
The first ever Birman and first male to win the new Imperial Title. Achieved at the Lancashire Cat Club Show Saturday 11th March 2006
GRAND CHAMPION KLASSYKLOGS KORALLINA
3-year-old Seal Tortie female adult
Owner/breeder Mrs Jane Tackley
The first female Birman to win the Imperial Title. Achieved at the Bedford Cat Club Show 29th April 2006
UK GRAND PREMIER LINGCOMB ENDYMION
5-year-old Seal male neuter
Owner/breeder Miss Janet Osborn
The first male neuter Birman to attain the Imperial Title. Achieved at the Lakeland Show June 18th 2006
IMPERIAL GRAND PREMIER ESAYA BRONTE
Owner Miss Heather Collings
Breeder Lady Saye
The first female neuter Birman to attain the Imperial Title. Achieved at the Lakeland Show June 18th 2006
Since March 2006 many Birmans, in all colours, have achieved the title.
The first Birman to achieve the Double Imperial Grand title
UK Imperial GRAND CHAMPION & IMPERIAL GRAND PREMIER MLYWARD SASSAFRAS 13c7
Cream Point female
Owners/breeders Ron Mlynek & Dennis Hayward
Imperial Grand Champion at the Coventry & Leicester Show 24.2.07
Imperial Grand Premier at the Lakeland Show 21.6.08 – 3 days before her 8th birthday