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Lee Nguyen, ZNA Judge classes were larger than in the past plus we had two
with Trainee ZNA Judge, ZNA trainee judges this year, our own Mark Robinson
Spencer Tan from the
Singapore Koi Club. and Spencer Tan from the Singapore Koi Club,
currently working in Perth. It is important to involve
Below: trainees in the judging process as much as possible,
Allan Bennett, over from but naturally, proceedings are a little slower. All judging
Perth enjoys a joke with was completed by 3pm; unfortunately we did not
one of the stewards.
manage Ian’s hoped for lunchtime deadline! The results
team, headed by Lee Fameli and ably assisted by
Leanne Zammit and Eddy Visser worked overtime
Leanne Zammit and Eddy throughout the day to make sure all results were
Visser worked overtime
throughout the day to make posted, luckily, after a very shaky start in the morning
sure results were in on time. when Ian could not obtain a Wi-Fi connection to the
1 printer, all the computer equipment decided to
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cooperate for the rest of the day.
I thoroughly enjoyed judging the Show, lovely to see
some very special and very high quality Koi, for
example Kim & Dung Tu’s Variety Champion Showa (1)
– definitely a future GC contender in years to come if it
achieves more growth and retains its quality. John
Rhodes’s young Shiro Utsuri (2) is likely to knock our
lady from GC B in coming years as well, what a superb
Koi! John also took out the Most Unique Koi award with
his very rare Gin Rin Kage Shiro Utsuri (3) – much
improved from 2019 when I first saw this Koi. Ros and
Lars Lindberg’s Variety Champion and ZNA award
winning Kohaku (4) was also a very special Koi, her skin
like silk and beautifully patterned. Now two and half
years old, Ros, Lars, Ian and myself have watched this
Koi develop with great interest. Last but not least, it
2 4 was so good to realise Graham & Lee Fameli had won
GC A! I was told afterwards Graham had a tear in his
eye as he moved the Koi to the reserved bin, he has
worked so hard with the support of Lee, for so many
years, carefully breeding and selecting his Koi, this win
is very well-deserved.
After all the results were posted, joint Show Chairmen
Paul Miglionico and Richard Power declared the Show
officially closed and requested exhibitors begin to
collect their Koi. We also had the task of beginning to
remove all the huge amount of equipment in the centre
ring. Goodness knows how many times I tottered up
the steps with everything I could carry out to my car.

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