Breeding & showing persians at Skybank has caused many sleepless nights, yet given more joy to me than anything else.

In 1954, I purchased my first pedigreed blue persian for five pounds. I had this kitten desexed as I had no thought of breeding & there were no Cat Clubs in Tasmania at that time.

It was in August 1967 that the Launceston All Breeds Cat Club was formed & had it's first show the same year. Two persian exhibits at that first show were the parents of my next blue kitten, namely G.P.N. Waycroft Kingsbury Wonder, pictured here, who was born on January 20th, 1968. This kitten cost me $35. I showed him, but he did not have a long life, as he didn't survive a bladder operation. From there on, I purchased other persians, including a chinchilla, showing them with great success, in the desexed classes, plus during this period learning what a good example of the breed should look like.

In 1974, I thought it would be nice to get several females for breeding. It was not long & Skybank was producing lots of lovely kittens. When choosing another kitten, I would usually import from UK. or USA & in the very early days from New Zealand.

Since those beginnings -- many years ago, I have imported a total of 28 cats. These were persian, exotics & one bengal. In addition to these, I have acquired 8 other imports, which when the owners decided to give up breeding. They gave me first offer (three of these were Chinchilla from Europe). My greatest import has been Lynges One Way Ticket from Denmark, & I shall be forever grateful to Pia Jensen for entrusting me with this exotic brown tabby stud, who is continiously producing me such magnificient kittens.

It was in 1989 that I started breeding exotics. I believed I had the quality in my persians to assist the exotic type & I more than satisfied my ambitions - nevertheless, I still strive to improve the breed, as we all know there is no perfect cat.

Over the past 38 plus years, Skybank has achieved many prestigious awards too numerous to list here, however, please sign my Guest Book, so that you too, can be a part of Skybank's History.