Introducing ‘Ryuichi
Birmans’
Breeding
Birmans? … Now that was something we
said we wouldn’t even contemplate (the main reason being that Julie
would struggle to part with the kittens!). Now here we are a few
years down the line with our own prefix.............
Why the prefix
Ryuichi? Well naturally it had to
be a choice which we both agreed on!
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As some of
you may be aware, Keith is a keen biker. Both of us are avid
supporters of motorcycle racing (so we don’t just travel
hundreds of miles to cat shows, we also travel hundred of
miles to bike events!). Keith is the proud owner of a Honda
Fireblade, so naturally we support
the Honda teams and are always pleased when they do well. |
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In the British
Superbike Honda team is a young Japanese
rider called Ryuichi Kiyonari. While we
were trying to decide on an unusual name for our breeding prefix,
his name came up! We weren’t entirely sure if a name could be used
as a prefix (not that Ryuichi would be
recognised as a name), so we did some investigating and found that
this didn’t appear to be a problem. So
it was game on – we applied to the GCCF for our prefix, which
thankfully was approved and so in March 2006 our prefix was
granted.
On Sunday 1st
October 2006, Keith and Julie are up at the crack of dawn (sorry,
much earlier than the crack of dawn!) to go to Brands Hatch to see
the last round of the British Superbike
Championships. We knew it was going to be a nail-biting day as any
one of three riders could have won the championship (one of which
was ’Kiyo’), so you can imagine our delight when Kiyo claimed the
title!
Hopefully ‘Ryuichi
Birmans’ will follow in our hero's
footsteps and be as successful as he has been!
Keith and Julie Welch
