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• I began breeding pedigreed cats in Townsville, North Queensland, approximately 30 years ago under the Kavadh prefix. At this stage I bred Persians in several colours and patterns but particularly specialised in "colour-bred" cream, blue and bluecream Persians with considerable success. A few years later, with my husband Terry, I began to breed British S/H under the Carinya prefix and was very successful on the show bench. From there, we embarked on a program to breed Exotic S/H's experimentally. We continued with British and Exotics particularly until we moved to Toowoomba in 1994 when I was planning to retire from breeding cats. This is where the love affair with Burmese began. We continue to breed Burmese under the Jovelles prefix with our daughter Carolynn.
• I became a Group 1 Judge in 1986 and an All-Breeds judge in 1992. I have judged throughout Australia on many occasions and have officiated at shows in New Zealand several times More recently, I was pleased to accept an invitation to judge in South Africa. This was a wonderful experience and one I hope to replicate in the future.
• I am a Tutor Judge with Council of Federated Cat Clubs of Queensland Inc. and am on the CCC of A Tutor Judge's panel. I am currently on the Management Committee of Council of Federated Cat Clubs of Queensland Inc. and am the Honorary Secretary. For the past few years, I have held the position of Vice President of the Exotic Cat Club of Queensland Inc. and I am member of the Curly Coats cat Club of Queensland Inc.
• More personally, I am married and have 3 grown children. Two are married and there are currently 8 grandchildren.
• I teach in a local primary school - Year 2 (6-7 year olds). Besides my family and cats, I love going to the movies, reading and gardening.
• We also operate a small boarding cattery on our 6 acre property in Toowoomba and in time, I will retire from teaching and spend more quality time with my cats and with the running of the boarding cattery.