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Above: Above: Kumonryu really stood out to take Reserve plus
The Judges all lined up The opening of the Show Jumbo practically selected itself. A 92cm Matsuba
for a group photograph was heralded by the very
just before judging began. skilful Taiko drummers. Ogon is pretty hard to beat, particularly when it had
such a superb conformation and lustre. Allan and Lee
Right: AKA Patron, Professor selected Grand Champion B, as Ian and I had a
The Consul-General of Simon Chapman made a possible contender in this group, in fact our Shiro
Japan, Mr. Masahiko Kiya short speech before
officially opens The introducing the Consul- Utsuri went on to win the award. I think everyone was
Sydney Koi Show. General of Japan to the delighted over the numbers of large Koi (Sizes 5 & 6)
Show. exhibited this year, more than ever seen in the past. It
really made judging Size 6 classes far more of a
challenge than in previous years. The quality of all the
Koi presented was excellent, a real tribute to our
hobbyists’ keeping skills.

After awarding the major prizes, we halted for the
opening of the Show, heralded by the very skilful
Taiko drummers. AKA’s Patron, Professor Simon
Chapman, made a very complimentary short speech
before introducing the Consul-General of Japan
(Mr. Masahiko Kiya) who officially opened the 2021
Sydney Koi Show.
We then set out to complete the in size and variety
judging, no mean task given the number of entries. In
addition to the long distances to walk between bins,
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