Australian Mist

The Australian Mist Cat Society is a club catering for everyone who is interested in Australian Mists, whether as a breeder, exhibitor, pet owner, or indeed anyone who would like to learn more about this wonderful breed.

The 2012 AMCS AGM will be held as follows:
Date: Sunday 20th May 2012
Venue: The Crown, Newbury Road, Kingsclere, Hampshire RG20 5QU
(http://www.thecrown-kingsclere.co.uk )
Time: Lunch to be served at 12pm.
The Meeting will commence at 1.30pm

We currently have 5 vacancies for Committee, as we have lost a couple of members since last year. Sarah was co-opted last year and will have to stand down, but is eligible to come on as a full committee member if she wishes to apply (pleeeeese). Therefore, anyone wishing to become a committee member needs to fill out a nomination form, which can be found on in the Members section. These need to be received by me no later than 15th April 2012.

If you have any items for the Agenda, please send them to me (hon. secretary), again no later than 15th April 2012.

I do hope we have a good turn out this year, I appreciate we all lead busy lives, but sometimes it's nice just to take time out to chat, eat and enjoy ourselves

We are a group of people passionate about the Australian Mist cat. The origins and history of this lovely breed can be found on our 'Mists' page but briefly, it is a cat that was developed over about thirty five years by Dr. Truda Straede in Australia. She has used Burmese, Abyssinian and Australian domestic tabby cats to perfect a breed that is known for its superb temperament and one that is happy to be an indoor cat!! It comes in six beautiful misted colours - warm brown, chocolate, lilac, peach, gold and blue - and in two patterns, spotted and marbled.
The first Mists where brought into the UK from Australia in March 2007 and in September 2009 we achieved Name Recognition by the GCCF which enabled us to put the breed on exhibition at GCCF shows. We are now working towards Preliminary Breed Status which will allow us to enter cats in competition and work towards gaining Merits, the first rung on the GCCF ladder.
Australian Mists

There are two other registries for cats (unlike dogs that can only be registered with the Kennel Club) - The International Cat Alliance (TICA) and Felis Britannica (FB)
We currently compete with other unrecognised breeds at FB shows, and we can put Mists on exhibition at TICA shows. We are applying to TICA so we can compete for Merits at TICA shows as well. We try to attend as many shows as we can to allow as many people as possible to meet out lovely cats.

If you want to find out if any Mists will be attending a show you are visiting, please contact one of the committee and they may be able to tell you.

We want to make this club as friendly and informative as possible, so please feel free to contact us. We welcome new members (an application form can be found on our Members page) and if you would be interested in helping out in any way, please contact us. We would welcome help with fund raising, manning our Society tables at cat shows, providing items for raffles, contributing to our Newsletter and other literature, and generally raising the profile of our lovely Australian Mist Cats