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Committee

Patron

Lorna Wallace

Presidents	Vice- Presidents
Christine Powell & Allen Wells	John Cann, Nicola Hillman & Helen Sallows

Chairman

Vice-Chairman

Honorary Secretary

Honorary Treasurer

Matthew Griffiths

Heather Sabine

Zoe Matthews

I live in the countryside of Cheshire with my partner and an ever increasing number of four legged friends. Animals have always been a big part of my life and with horses, chickens, dogs and cats and a full time job as a paramedic there never seem to be a dull moment in our house!

The ragdoll became part of a love affair back in 2003 when we bought our first fluffy kitten and it has grown on from there. We have been breeding under the prefix Ragtasia now for around 5 years and are very passionate about the breed. Breeding to maintain the Type, Health and Temperament of the Ragdoll in all Patterns and Colours, with special interest in preserving the 100% pure English lines, the Traditional Ragdoll and the Red Series. 2009 takes us into an exciting new opportunity where we are helping with the re-introduction of the Chocolate and Lilac colour back into the Ragdoll following the Strict out cross programme of the UK.

It is an absolute honour to be Chairman of this fantastic forward thinking breed club and I know this club will be able to support its members and take the Ragdoll strong into the future. Please feel free to come and introduce yourself and have a Raggie chat if you see me at the many shows we go to showing our cats .

I live in the pretty village of Heage, Derbyshire. I am married to Steve and have a son and two daughters, three lovely grandchildren, three dogs, chickens, sheep, and a big family of beautifull cats.

My prefix is Silkiestar. I love being involved in the promotion and future of the breeds of pedigree cats I am involved with, hence my being on committee of this club as Vice Chair.

I hope my wealth of experience over the years will benefit others. I love the Ragdoll, and care greatly about its future, especially with regard to health screening and carefull breeding of healthy kittens.

I live in a small village in South Wales called Ynysddu with my husband and children. I have been breeding under the Galldora prefix for 3 years. I work part time at my local veterinary surgery. I love the show scene and a great deal of my weekends are spent travelling to various cat shows around the country.

I am very passionate about breeding healthy kittens with the amazing ragdoll temperament that made me fall in love with the breed.The clubs health policies are very close to my heart and something that I take very seriously.

Setting up a new breed club was a dream of mine as I felt there was a place for a new club that would guide and support it's members and not judge them, a club that can step outside of the box and look at each situation individually and most importantly a club that would put health first to protect the breed and take it forward into the future.

	Ordinary	Members
Gail Looker	Liz Hipkiss	Michelanne Cann	Clare Hancock
My name is Gail Williams, my cat & dog friends know me as Gail Looker. I am based in Halesowen, West Midlands with my husband, Stuart and our family of 'furries'. I have owned, bred & shown my beloved Rhodesian Ridgebacks under my Umshumbwe affix since the mid 80's, having owned CC' & Best of Breed winners in RR's & my second breed German Spit-Mittel. I became involved in the cat world 5 years ago, as I could no longer exhibit my dogs due to mobility problems. Flo, my first pedigree Maine Coon, came home and introduced me to the world of cat showing. It was at one of my first shows that I saw The Ragdoll, I was in love! So for my wedding present and 40th birthday, Stuart bought me my first Ragdolls, from a lovely person and fabulous font of Ragdoll knowledge, Chris Powell & her partner Allan Wells of the Cheham Cattery. I breed and show my cats under the GCCF prefix, BrynPurr. To watch my babies grow into loving and well loved family pets, is a lovely gift to give. I hope to offer our club members as kitten list and Welfare helpline member, the opportunities I was given by my peers in these fabulous breeds.	I�m Liz and I breed under the prefix of Ragsnkisses, rags for the gorgeous ragdoll and kisses, a part of my surname. I live in the West Midlands with my husband Martin, sons James and Callum and daughter Laura and of course our beautiful raggies. We have an older son and two grandchildren who we also enjoy spending time with. I am committed to breeding healthy, happy ragdolls who adhere to the ragdoll type and am passionate about the health and welfare of the ragdoll breed as a whole. I joined the committee because I am passionate about the breed and wanted to work with like minded people to ensure the health of the ragdoll is at the forefront of breeding programmes.	Michelanne joined the committee in June 2009 to take on the role of Advertising & Publicity having previously had this position with other Ragdoll and Siberian cat clubs. She will also be a contact for kitten enquiries. Michelanne has been brought up her whole life with cats and dogs, having had her first cat for her 2^nd birthday and has had a passion for them ever since. She has previously bred Persians, Siberians and of course our beloved Ragdoll with her husband John under the prefix of �Jomanei�. John and Michelanne can often be found promoting the Ragdoll at cat shows in the South of the country. Some of Michelanne�s pastimes include, gardening, reading walking and making greetings cards.	I live in Rugby, Warwickshire with my partner Simon and our family of cats. I have been breeding under the 'Merlinpaws' prefix for 3 years now. My first ragdoll 'Blue' arrived back in 2005 and he was my reason and inspiration for wanting to start breeding these wonderful cats. It wasn't too much longer before more kittesn started to join our family. I thought joining this committee was a perfect opportunity for me to join other dedicated breeders who felt as passionate as i do about producing cats with the type and temperament that ragdolls are famous for.

Co-	opted
Harriet Gledstone	Heather McConaghie
I live in Swansea, South Wales, with my partner Ian and our Son, Charlie. I am owned by 11 raggies, and wouldn't have it any other way! I breed under the Swansearagz prefix. Although I have not been breeding these beautiful cats very long, I feel extremely passionate about them, and I am totally dedicated to them. I wanted to join the committee of this club as I wanted to put all my passion and dedication into ensuring the breed is kept to a high standard, and kept the way a ragdoll should be; large, healthy, with plenty of type, and a temperament to die for. I feel it is so important that the ragdoll is bred to the criteria set out by the UKRBS, so that we can ensure a future for this beautiful and original breed. After all this cat is like no other.	Hello everyone. Welcome to the UKRBS website. My name is Heather McConaghie and I live in N. Ireland with my husband Steven, our four children and my mum. They all support me in my love of ragdolls and allow me to abandon them and travel to England for meetings and shows etc. For that I am very grateful. I saw my first ragdoll on Blue Peter in the 1980s, shortly after they arrived in the UK and decided that one day I would have one. However it was not until more than 20 years later, when I gave up work to look after my mum, that I was able to get my first one. Now little over a year later I have 5. Although I am very new to breeding, what I lack in experience I make up for in enthusiasm. My prefix RIADARAGS is named after the kingdom of Dal Riada which stretched from the west coast of Scotland to Co.Antrim in N. Ireland during the 6th century. As far as I aware I am the only breeder of ragdolls in N. Ireland, the only other one having recently retired. My aim is to raise healthy, happy kittens with that typical laid back temperament we all know and love. I also hope to promote the ragdoll breed in N. Ireland where, compared to the mainland it is relatively unknown. Besides my family and my cats my other interests, time permitting are gardening, reading and cross-stitch.