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A Trophy with a Mystery

As we all know, Sarah Cudbill has rats as well as mice, and is equally successful with them. On 15 December she won Best in Show at the NFRS Annual Cup show at Meldreth with a Hooded., beating a very good entry of 84 varieties, 8 Provisional and 77 pets. Heading her...

Trophy of the Month – The Jubilee Cup

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Trophy of the Month – The Woodiwiss Bowl

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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...

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A Trophy with a Mystery

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

Trophy of the Month – The Woodiwiss Bowl

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