QUALIFYING HEATS may take place at any approved show except the show at which the FINALS take place.

The Finals may take place at a Governing Council Show or at any show nominated by the Governing Council.

The entry fee for the Qualifying Heats is to be four dollars; three dollars of which is to go to the Governing Council.

There will be no entry fee for the FINALS, but cats concerned must enter a Challenge or Award of Merit class.

If there are up to nine (9) entries in a Qualifying class, the judge may award two Qualifiers and a Reserve. If there are ten to fourteen entries, the judge may award three Qualifiers and a Reserve. If there are fifteen to nineteen entries, there may be four Qualifiers and a Reserve. For each additional five entries, there may be one additional Qualifier.

There will be no minimum entries required for the class to be held.

Qualifiers are eligible to enter the Finals but may not enter any more Qualifying Heats during the current Golden Award Year. Reserves are eligible to enter the Finals if any of the Qualifiers from their Heat are not benched. Reserves may attempt to Qualify in their own right at other shows in the same Golden Award Year, and if successful, are then Qualifiers.

Judges may withhold any placings if they do not consider that there are entries of sufficient merit. Exhibits who Qualify after the closing of entries for the Finals carry over into the Finals of the next Golden Award Year.

Any club wishing to hold a Qualifying Heat must publish the essential rules of the GOLDEN AWARD in the Show Schedule and the Show Catalogue. 

As soon as possible after each Qualifying Heat, the Show Manager must supply to the Governing Council, a list of successful Qualifiers and Reserves, their owners’ names and addresses, together with three-quarters of the Golden Award entry fees. Council will provide a form for this purpose.

Governing Council will make available to shows holding Qualifying Heats, a suitable prize card. For the Finals, Council will provide a prize card, a sash or rosette, and the following prize monies:-

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