I’ve been waiting for the points from the Westchester cat show to show up on TICA‘s TDS Online system so that I could apply for Jacoby’s Grand Champion Alter Title. If you recall, he had enough finals to Grand, but enough points to Double Grand after the second day of the show.
Or so I thought. He earned his Champion Alter Title at his first TICA show, the Salty Cats show in Providence in March, 2012.
However, according to TICA, Jake earned his Grand Champion Alter title on Saturday at Westchester.
And on Sunday, he DID earn his Double Grand! I must have miscalculated somewhere (not hard to do: it involves math), or misread the rules or something, but I’m just happy that he did earn his Double Grand. I have to admit, it was a little discouraging to go to a two-day, 14 ring show last year and not make one. Single. Final. ALL weekend…I’m pretty psyched about this, to say the least.
That’s the one interesting thing about TICA as compared to CFA: once a cat becomes a Grand Champion (or Grand Champion Alter), he can continue collecting points to become a Double, Triple, or Quadruple Grand Champion, and from there, the highest title of Supreme Grand Champion (Alter). You can see where I got confused:
Champion Requirements for Titles:
CH/CHA: 150 points from 2 different judges, plus one final
GRC/GCA: 500 points with 3 finals, 1 in Top 5 Specialty or Top 10 Allbreed
DGC/DGCA: 1000 points plus 1 final in Top 5 Specialty or Top 10 Allbreed
TGC/TGCA: 1500 points plus 1 final in Top 5 Specialty or Top 10 Allbreed
QGC/QGCA: 2000 points plus 1 final in Top 5 Specialty or Top 10 Allbreed
SGC/SGCA: 3000 points plus 1 Best Cat as a QGC/QGCA/QGM
The points and the finals are cumulative, so the 3 finals and the 500 points include the 150 points and the final you earned to get the Championship. I think that may be where I messed up my math in tracking Jake’s points and finals. In any event, I trust TICA’s computer, so if they say he’s a Double Grand, who am I to disagree?
Congratulations to Jake though…Grand Premier, Double Grand Champion Alter, and Therapy Cat!
The Daily Abyssinian...and Singapura 
Congratulations to Jake! Will he be hosting rounds of catnip?
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Congrats I never had a doubt. He is just so awesome. Everybody loves Jake.
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WOW! Congrats to both of you..You take such great care of him..he has such an interesting life and gets to experience so many things! It is your time to shine Jake!
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Jacoby totally deserves it, and so do you for your hard work! Ahh, there used to be a TICA cat show in Anchorage… Folks got double points for showing here cuz’ it was a remote location. But alas.
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A HUGE congratulations to Jake! He is very accomplished… once you do the math. 😉
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Wow congratulations Jake! The Pellburn Abys are very proud of you!
I got to show Jake’s dad Scar in one TICA show. He earned his Championship and had many points towards Granding but we never got to another TICA show. He did however earn his Grand Championship in CFA and ACFA 🙂
Brother Dillin has earned Quadruple Grand Championship (the highest level) in ACFA along with Legacy of Achievement for 3 Regional Wins in ACFA. He almost has enough points in CCA (Canadian Cat Association) to Grand. But I’ve only gotten Dillin to one CFA show where he got some Winners ribbons but not Championed yet and no TICA shows. Maybe someday.
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