About us
The Maine Coon Cat Club was founded in 1985. The inaugural meeting was held in the car park of a cat show in the South East of England. At that time there were only a handful on Maine Coons in the UK, now the breed is one of the most popular in the country. The aim of the club was to gain recognition of the breed with the GCCF (Governing Council of the Cat Fancy). A Standard of Points was drawn up and the breed was granted Preliminary Recognition in 1988. The first Maine Coons were entered in competition at the Maidstone & Medway Show on 16th July 1988.
The club has gone from strength to strength since those early days. We now organise our own annual show and offer our members reduced entry fees for cats being entered at the club show.
We produce a newsletter three times a year to go out to all members and hold our Annual General Meeting in March each year. We also offer rosettes to members' cats when they gain a GCCF title.
We run an annual points trophy competition for members, both for Maine Coons and Household Pets being shown in GCCF, with beautiful rosettes and trophies for the winners.
