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KOI DEALERS’ NEWS selected by us specifically for this competition
weekend. All Koi will be photographed and measured
with a copy photo taken away by the purchaser to be
brought back when collecting their fish. We would like
all fish to be collected before the 1st of May 2023. This
SATURDAY 1st & SUNDAY 2nd OCTOBER 2022 year the Koi will be priced from £35 to £85 and have
GROWING ON COMPETITION AND SPECIAL been selected from the following breeders: Aoki, Hiroi,
SALE WEEKEND.
Matsunosuke, Marusaka, Miyatora, Marusei, Shinoda,
Sakuma, Takahashi, Oofuchi and Yamazaki.
Over this weekend we will be running our ever popular
Growing On competition. Whilst the format remains the KOI SALE
same, each year we endeavor to make improvements. Subject to being unsold the following Koi will be on sale
at special discounted prices on the 1st & 2nd October
As the event appears to get more popular each year we
weekend only.
have found ourselves selling out of the normal 250
number of special Koi on the Saturday of the event,
often leaving regular customers who can only make
Sundays with little choice or no fish to purchase. With KOI SALE
this in mind this year we will have 200 special Koi on
QUANTITY VARIETY SIZE BREEDER NORMAL PRICE SALE PRICE
view and available for purchase on Saturday and a
further 200 that will only be made available on Sunday. 250 Mixed Varieties 12-15cm Yamazaki £17.50 £12.50
This will prevent much overcrowding and also provide 300 Mixed Varieties 14-15cm Marusei £20.00 £15.00
DISCOUNTS a fairer choice for all. We will still have the prize of
AND SPECIAL purchase price of fish refunded and £100 of quality food 200 Mixed Varieties 15-18cm Marusei £25.00 £20.00
for the Koi with the largest increase in size. We will also 100 Long Fin Mix 12-15cm Yamazaki £25.00 £15.00
OFFERS have the most improvement in quality prize of the same 200 Jumbo Chagoi 15-18cm Marusei £25.00 £20.00
value purchase prize refunded and £100 of quality Koi
WEEKEND food but will have a prize for each of the two days. 150 Mixed Varieties 16-20cm Marusei £35.00 £25.00

Giving both Saturday & Sunday an even chance or 100 Mixed Varieties 18-20cm Oofuchi/Marusei £40.00 £30.00
double the chance if you attend both days.
100 Mixed Varieties 20-25cm Various £65.00 £50.00
The fish will be grown on in our specialised growing on
100 Goshiki / Gin Rin 18-20cm Hiroi £65.00 £55.00
polytunnel and kept at 24ºC until being cooled and
made ready for collection during the Easter 2023 75 Mixed Varieties 20-30cm Various £145.00 £110.00
weekend. During this period they will be fed by 75 Go Sanke 25-35cm Matsunosuke £150.00 £125.00
automatic feeders supplimented by hand feeding to
50 Go Sanke 30-40cm Matsunosuke £245.00 £200.00
maximise their growth potential. Last year’s winning fish
for growth was an Ochiba Shigure bred by Oofuchi 50 Mixed Varieties 35-40cm Various £245.00 £225.00
which increased by 13cm with the average growth over 75 Mixed Varieties 35-40cm Various £345.00 £300.00
the whole batch of fish being 9cm.
10 Hi Utsuri 45-50cm Shinoda £495.00 £450.00
The most improved quality fish was a Shiro Utsuri bred 20 Doitsu Go Sanke 35-40cm Takahashi £675.00 £575.00
by Matsunosuke. As before none of the fish will have
been previously displayed in our retail area and were 10 Orange Matsuba 35-40cm Tomezo £695.00 £650.00

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