European Cat Judging - What does "CAC" Mean!

[Larry Cooper]

I was in Long Beach this weekend, showing at the TICA show. They had three
European judges doing exhibitions of European-style judging, where they do
a write-up of each cat they judge. When I picked up my evaluation on my
Ragdoll, there was a "CAC" at the bottom of the sheet.

Does anyone know what the CAC stands for? If so, do you also know what
ECEL or ECE1 stands for? The girl set-up beside me had that on the evaluation
of her two Ragdoll kittens.

Thanks.

[Andrea Lynn Bloomgarden]

CAC=Certified Addictions Counselor in my field. (Sorry, this is probably
no help).

[Gunnar Asplund]

We are fairly new catowners (got a one year old Birman) so we are not to
familiar with all the rules in catjudging but here comes a short description:

All cats in the show are devided i different classes (about 17) depending on previous
results, age, ofsprings, ...(Each breed is compiting with the same breed). Each class is devided in groups depending on color of the cat. Then finaly the males and females are devided in separate subgroups.

The winner (most prefered by the judge) in each subgroup gets a certificate, wich is
needed to advance to higher classes.

When a new cat enters the catshow it starts in the lowest class. The winner in that
class gets a certificate, CAC, and the runner up gets Ex1 (Exelent No 1). Then the
following cats get Ex2, Ex3, ... (all this if the cat is judged to be representative
for the breed, i. e. it gets 93 points of max 100). To advance to the next class the cat must get three CAC and are then called "Champion".

In higher classes the certificates have other names as CACIB, CAGCIB, CACE, ... The number of certificates needed to advance and the number of points needed to get the certificates in higher classes gets higher.

The highest "title" is called "Grand International Champion" and requiers showresults
from at least two countries. (I am happy to announce that Baloo (that's our cat) got his first CAC at his first show)

Hope you find this information helpfull

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[EVCrockett]

In article <1994Aug1.2...@nntpserver.chevron.com>,
tl...@chevron.com (Larry Cooper) writes:

CAC is the European challenge certificate. This means that the cat has
scored 95 out of 100 points when compared to the standard. Three of these
awards are needed to become a Champion. The next level is CACIB, and 3 are
needed to be an International champion.