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When judging any category (class/size) at a Show, a It should be borne in mind that the judges that make up
judge has to study every Koi in that category, but the Adjudicating Panel have no such time or conferring
depending on the Show rules, may only need to choose constraints. In addition they may have been involved in
two or three winners. In some Shows they are allowed to the prior selection of the Koi for the seminar.
omit a prize if a Koi does not reach a certain standard.
But at the seminars they have to rank every Koi in order,
according to each different criteria.
Anybody with knowledge of military training might be Remember: The participant has 7 minutes to
familiar with the phrase ‘Train hard – fight easy’. The assess the 5 Koi and make notes. At the end of
same principle is at work here, but it is – ‘Train hard – that 7 minutes they must hand in the 1st paper.
work easy’ – our work being the judging of Koi in a real- Afterwards they are taken to a quiet room where
time environment at the Airinkai’s Shows. they can tidy up their notes before handing in the
tidy copy of the second paper. For this they are
The Format allowed 10 minutes. After which they have to wait
for the final part of the seminar where the
The attendees are given 3 pieces of paper; one to write
down their results on and the other to record their notes. Adjudicating Panel will reveal their answers.
The results paper is very small with just 5 boxes (1st Often this is the next day.
through to 5th) onto which you write the identity (A to E)
of the Koi in the order you rank them overall.
They receive two copies of the second paper which is To conclude this series of articles we are going to stage
more elaborate. An example of which was shown in the a virtual exam. On pages 46-47 you will find 5 Koi
last article. It has an individual photograph of each Koi graphics. If you want to participate you need to
and underneath each is a column with fields for Body, examine them and make a note of your scores, or fill in
Skin, Pattern, Finish, plus a further field for Variety the judging paper which you can access as a pdf file
Characteristic. Into the first four fields you should note and print from (see page 45 for details). Our judging
the points you award each Koi for each criterion.
panel will be revealed further on in this issue (page 82)
Each criterion has a finite number of points: along with their model answers and explanations.
40 for Body When Comparing your Results Against the Panel
30 for Skin
Do not get too obsessed about the points you allocate.
20 for Pattern
For instance you might consider the body on Koi A to
10 for Finish be superior to that of Koi D by 5 points and allocate 27
and 22 points accordingly. If the Panel judges are more
NB: The points for skin are to be shared out equally
generous or more stingier than you it doesn’t matter.
between the relevant colours. So for example, a Sanke,
The salient point is the points difference. If the Panel
it is 10 for Shiroji, 10 for Beni and 10 for Sumi.
has also stated that Koi A is superior to Koi D by 5
If a Koi achieves perfection in any category it can be points you’ve done well.
given maximum points. Otherwise points have to be
In addition to revealing their points the Panel will give
deducted for any imperfections noticed. The participants
an explanation as they do so.
can be as brutal or as forgiving as they like. When the
Panel reveal their points they can compare and consider
their assessments with the model answers i.e. those
supplied by the Panel.
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