NTWCC ONLINE CAVY SHOW OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020 In these weird times when the world as we knew it has been totally transformed by Covid-19, we are currently unable to meet to show our cavies and so alternatives need to be found. Online shows, while not having the positives of physical ones, are one such way of keeping the Fancy active, and also a way of keeping our breed in the eyes and minds of fanciers! We therefore decided to hold an online NTWCC show, and were very fortunate that Julie Gallagher offered to run this one for us. Our judge is the well known Australian cavy fancier Odette Williams, so demonstrating one immediate advantage of online over physical shows: the cavies and the judge can be anywhere in the world! Judging online is obviously very different from judging cavies in the flesh. Not being able to handle the cavies means that the judge cannot feel their body condition and coat qualities, or find faults which are only detected by palpation or which can be disguised by careful presentation. However, marked breeds such as the Tort & White have one advantage over the coated breeds, in that the features on which they are largely judged, their markings and colour, are very clear to see in photographs. As well as the usual classes, this show contains some rather unusual ones which wouldn’t be possible at physical shows. The “Over the Rainbow” class is for cavies which are no longer with us, so allowing some of the best known top quality Tort & Whites to shine once more, and to be admired by fanciers who never had the privilege of seeing them on the show bench. Another class is for showable babies which are too young to take to a physical show, but won’t be at all stressed by having a few pictures taken of them! We hope to see these at ‘proper’ shows some time in the future! I hope you will enjoy seeing the results of this show which saw a large number of quality Tort & Whites coming together, resulting in such a treat for fanciers, whether you keep Tort & Whites or not! Penny Joint Secretary, NTWCC
Online Show results
2019 Stock & Area Show Winners
2019 Points competition results
Optimist Stud 155 Mandy Satchell 85 K & J Phillips 69 Adam Collier 58 Roy Wearmouth 45 Saywell Cavies 41 Margaret Hooper 28 Chris Green 21 M G Atkinson 20 Cavendish Stud 20 Amethyst Stud 18 Sarah Bennett 17 Beach House Cavies 16 4 others: 7 or below. Junior fanciers - Harley Evans 25.