17.1.2026 JAAKKOLAN KOULU, KERAVA, FINLAND
3 RING SHOW: 2 x ALLBREED RINGS + 1 x LH/SH SPECIALTY RING – MAX 100 CATS
JUDGES
Dennis Ganoe, USA – allbreed (AB)
Wendy Heidt, USA – allbreed (AB)
Marika Lahti, FI – longhair specialty (LH SP)
Pia Nyman, FI (FIFe) – shorthair specialty (SH SP)
Shared rings: Allbreed judges will start judging in the morning. After they have completed their assignments, the specialty judges will take over the rings. (CFA Local small show experimental format)
SHOW HALL
Jaakkolan koulu, Jaakkolantie 8, 04250 KERAVA, FINLAND | Google maps
Show hall is located about 15-20 minutes drive from Helsinki-Vantaa airport area.
SHOW HOURS
Check in: 8.30-9.00. | Judging and open for public: 9.30-17.00.
Setup on Friday starting at 20.00. Exhibitors may set up their own cages once the setup is finished. Tear-down on Saturday immediately after the show.
ENTRY
Entry closing date is Monday 12.1.2026 at 23.59 (Finnish time) or as soon as 100 cats are entered. All entries must be submitted through CFA official entry portal. Paper, fax or email entries are not accepted.
Club is not responsible for misdirected or lost entries. It is the exhibitor’s responsibility to ensure receipt of entry by the Entry Clerk prior to the closing of the show. Please, enter your cat in time to avoid any problems. According the CFA Show Rules, every entered cat must be paid within 10 days of receipt or before the show, whichever is sooner. It is not possible to cancel your cat if entry clerk has processed the entry. It is possible to change or update cats information till entry closing date
ENTRY FEES
First entry: 48,00€
Second entry from same owner: 48,00€
Additional entries from same owner: 35,00€
Temporary registration number (TRN): 25,00€
Double cage space for one cat or grooming space (65cm x 65cm): 15,00€
Printed catalog: 5,00€
Payment at the door: +10,00EUR to regular entry fees
Due the hall space limitation no exhibition only or miscellaneous cats allowed. The show will use an electronic catalog, which will be emailed to every exhibitor according the CFA rules. Exhibitors can print out their needed pages out by themselves. Exhibitors who want a printed catalog must order it separately when submitting their entry.
Entries through CFA eCat online service (recommended): CFA eCat
or using CFA’s public entry form: Public entry
ENTRY CLERK
Kaisa Ylinenpää | kaisa.ylinenpaa@manx.fi
SANITARY REQUIREMENTS
This is a non-vetted show, but vaccinations will be checked at check in. Bring your vaccination records with you. No kittens under 4 months of age will be allowed in the show hall. It is strongly advised that all cats or kittens entered or present in the show hall are inoculated before entry by a licensed veterinarian against feline panleukopenia, feline rhinotracheitis, calici viruses and rabies. It is recommended cats and kittens be tested and found negative for FeLV. All claws of all entries must be clipped prior to benching.
Under current CFA show rules, show management reserves the right to have any cat showing signs of illness, disease or parasites removed from the show hall, in order to protect other cats in the show. De-clawed cats are not eligible for entry. All household pet entries over 8 months of age must be spayed or neutered. Finnish animal protection law requires cat must have litter box and water bowl all the time in cage.
If travelling from abroad to Finland, please, check current importing regulations from Finnish Food Authority Ruokavirasto
The show is going to follow fules from the CFA and the National rules from the Regional Administration Office, the Department of Healt and Welfare and the Ministry of Education of Culture.
HOTELS AND TRANSPORTATION
There are no specific show hotel. You may book your hotel directly from the hotel’s own homepages or use different kind of booking servises. There may be Bed & Breakfast and Airbnb options available as well.
Hotels close to show hall:
Hotel Kerava – Unfortunately, pets are not allowed in the hotel.
Hotel Krapi, Rantatie 2, TUUSULA link to hotel homepage
Hotel Krapi is closest pet friendly hotel to the show hall. Hotel is located less than 10 minutes drive from show hall and about 20 minutes drive from Helsinki-Vantaa airport. Extra fee about pets.
Hotelli Gustavelund – Unfortunately, only dogs are considered pets at this pet friendly hotel. Cats are not allowed.
There are several pet friendly hotels at Helsinki-Vantaa airport area. Extra fee about pets. It takes about 20 minutes drive to the airport. Most of the airport hotels also offer free shutle between airport and hotel. listed down are some pet friendly hotels at airport area:
Scandic Helsinki Aviapolis – link to hotel homepage
Scandic Helsinki Avia Congress – link to hotel homepage
Holiday Inn Helsinki-Vantaa lentokenttä – link to hotel homepage
Skyline Airport Hotel – link to hotel homepage
Pilot Airport Hotel – link to hotel homepage
Transportation:
For public transportation check hsl.fi routemap, the nearest bus stops are Veräjäkuja and Jurvalanraitti. Kerava railway station is located about 5 minutes drive from show hall.
Taxi service contacts:
Kajon | https://www.kajon.fi/
Vantaan taksi | https://www.vantaantaksi.fi/
Kovanen | https://www.kovanen.com/
Lähitaksi | https://www.lahitaksi.fi/fi
Taksi Helsinki | https://taksihelsinki.fi
BENCHING REQUEST
Benching requests will be limited to one per exhibitor and will be honered when possible. Please, no negative benching requests.
CAGES
Club is only offereing a table space and you bring your own cage. Your cage must fit 65cm x 65cm space, otherwise you need to book double cage space. No more than one cat or two kittens may be benched in a single cage. Benching will be in rows.
CAT LITTER
There is litter available at the show hall but if you take the litter at show hall, you need to take it with you to home. It is not allowed to put cat litter in trash bins. We would recommend that you bring your own litter and take the litter back home and reuse it. This way we all support enviroment.
PARKING
Free parking.
FOOD
Small self service cafeterian. Lunch available. Own food allowed.
CLERKS AND ASSISTANTS
Contact show manager Kaisa Ylinenpää: kaisa.ylinenpaa@manx.fi
SCORING
All entries in Championship (except Novice), Premiership (except Novice), registered Kittens, recorded Household Pets, and registered cats competing as Household Pets with an Household Pet color class prefix will be scored for CFA awards. .
FURTHER INFORMATION
Entry Clerk: Kaisa Ylinenpää | kaisa.ylinenpaa@manx.fi
Show manager: Tuija Aaltonen | tuija.aaltonen@manx.fi
Show secretary: Pauli Huhtaniemi | pauli.huhtaniemi@cfasuomi.org
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