Schedule of points for TICA titles

David Thomas david@micro.ti.com

Champ/Alter	HHP	Points required for Title
CH/CHA	Master	300 points from 4 different judges, plus one final
GC/GCA	GM	1000 points plus 6 finals from 4 different judges (3 finals must be in Top 5 SP or Top 10 AB)
DGC/DGA	DGM	2000 points plus 1 final in Top 5 SP or Top 10 AB as a GC or GM
TGC/TGA	TGM	3000 points plus 1 final in Top 5 SP or Top 10 AB as a DGC or DGM
QGC/QGA	QGM	4000 points plus 1 final in Top 5 SP or Top 10 AB as a TGC or TGM
SGC/SGA	SGM	6000 points plus 1 Best Cat as a QGC or QGM

Points required for titles are cumulative. For example, the 2000 points required for DGC includes the 1000 points already earned for GC.

Regional and International Awards are computed by the Executive Office based on Finals points plus one point for each cat defeated in Finals (color and division points are not counted).

Points are accrued as follows:

Best of Division (Specialty or Allbreed)

BOD	25
2nd BOD	20
3rd BOD	15

Best of Color (Specialty or Allbreed)

BOC	25
2nd BOC	20
3rd BOC	15
4th BOC	10
5th BOC	5

No additional points for breed wins.

Allbreed Finals		Specialty Finals
Best	200	Best	150
2nd Best	190	2nd Best	140
3rd Best	180	3rd Best	130
4th Best	170	4th Best	120
5th Best	160	5th Best	110
6th Best	150	6th Best	100
7th Best	140	7th Best	90
8th Best	130	8th Best	80
9th Best	120	9th Best	70
10th Best	110	10th Best	60

Prior to the '93 show season, any ring that had less than 25 cats present and competing could only award finals for Top 5 (only the top 5 finals would count, even if the judge handed out all the rosettes). Now, the finals format is determined as follows:

Cats Competing	Format
25 or more	Top 10
24	Top 9
23	Top 8
22	Top 7
21	Top 6
20 or less	Top 5

This avoids penalizing the other cats if the 25th cat should happen to be absent.