Steven Goss

Cup Secretary’s Report – October 2024

by Steven Goss | Cup Secretary News | 0 comments

nother show year has ended with the Annual Cup Show at Sowood where there were four splendid trophies to be won. Many congratulations to the winners, who were…Woodiwiss Bowl – Best in show – Ruth Hollis.Coronation Cup – Best Opposite Age in...

Steven’s Top Ten Mouse-Keeping Rules

by Steven Goss | Husbandry | 2 comments

I realise there are many fanciers better placed than me to offer guidance but, for what it’s worth, here are my ten rules for achieving some success as an exhibitor of fancy mice. There are, of course, successful fanciers who don’t follow all of these rules, so make...

Trophy of the Month – The Jubilee Cup

by Steven Goss | Trophies | 0 comments

This impressive silver trophy is further inscribed “For Best Mouse in Show, Presented by the Members of the Na- tional Mouse Club, 1935”. That was the year that King George V and Queen Mary celebrated the silver jubilee of their reign, and the cup bears a raised...

Trophy of the Month – The Jack Wormald Memorial Shield

by Steven Goss | Trophies | 0 comments

This impressively large wooden shield, in memory of a popular Yorkshire fancier, is inscribed CVMC on the central plaque for Calder Valley Mouse Club, along with the dates 1931 – 1987. It stands 12 inches (30cm) high and is awarded for best champagne at the Spring Cup...

Trophy of the Month – The mendel Gold Cup

by Steven Goss | Trophies | 0 comments

This is arguably the most important of all our NMC cups, and the most valuable. It stands just under 6 inches (15 cm) high on its wooden plinth and is solid 9 carat gold. Inscribed to one side “The Mendel Cup presented by C M Stoney 1933”, and to the other side “To be...

Trophy of the Month – The Withington Cup

by Steven Goss | Trophies | 0 comments

This three-handled silver cup was donated by Mrs Withington and is awarded at the London Championship Show for best Self Black. It stands approxi mately 5¼ inches (13cm) high on its plinth, and is hallmarked for Sheffield 1906 with the mak er’s mark of James Dixon and...

Cup Secretary’s Report – October 2023

by Steven Goss | Cup Secretary News | 0 comments

By the time you read this the NMC will have a new cup secretary. It has been a privilege to have fulfilled the role for the last sixteen months or so, having taken over unexpectedly and at short notice last year, and I am very grateful to Ruth for the help and...

A Look Back to 1981

by Steven Goss | Featured Articles, Showing and Judging | 0 comments

After my mother’s death last year, I found an old copy of NMC News among her papers. It is an early edition (number 9) and dates from November 1981. The mouse fancy was originally served by Fur & Feather magazine, but when it stopped including mice, we needed to...

Trophy of the Month – The Woodiwiss Bowl

by Steven Goss | Trophies | 0 comments

The inscription on the front of this silver trophy reads: “The Mouse Club Challenge Cup presented by Sam Woodiwiss”. Today it is simply known as the Woodiwiss Bowl and is an impressively large and important item with little decoration apart from a gadrooned rim and...

Trophy of the Month – The Crystal Cup

by Steven Goss | Trophies | 0 comments

This attractive modern cup is different from other NMC trophies because it features a cut crystal bowl and is on a marble plinth, making it surprisingly heavy. It was originally presented to the Dutch Mouse Club by Denton (Manchester) Canary Club, and is awarded for...

Cup Secretary’s Report – October 2024

Steven’s Top Ten Mouse-Keeping Rules

Trophy of the Month – The Jubilee Cup

Trophy of the Month – The Jack Wormald Memorial Shield

Trophy of the Month – The mendel Gold Cup

Trophy of the Month – The Withington Cup

Cup Secretary’s Report – October 2023

A Look Back to 1981

Trophy of the Month – The Woodiwiss Bowl

Trophy of the Month – The Crystal Cup

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