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THE ALL ENGLAND

KOI SHOW

Presented by The South East Koi Club

The All England Koi Show was held over the weekend
of Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th September, this
was our 36th Open Show. The South East Koi Club
have put on many Koi Shows and are used to the
routine, but ten days before the Show was to open we
were informed that the Department of Transport were
carrying out major building works over the Show
BY THE END weekend on the roundabout at the M20 end of the
OF THE DAY A249 (the only road to access the Showground) and all
traffic to the Show would have to approach from the
295 KOI other M2 direction!

HAD BEEN There was nothing we could do about the roadworks,
so work began on Wednesday prior to the Show, as
BENCHED usual, and as always, there were lots of South East Koi

Club members there, ready to set up the Show.
Having purchased a number of fibreglass vats over the
years it makes it a lot easier to set up the Show, so by
the end of the day, we were filling the vats which
continued overnight. By Thursday lunchtime the major
part of the work was completed and it was just a case
of sorting out a few items. Later on Thursday some of
the Koi dealers arrived.
Friday was a very busy day as exhibitors were bringing
in their Koi for benching. By the end of the day 295 Koi
Grand Champion had been benched and everything was ready to go.
Size 7 Kohaku owned
by Luke Warren. Also on Friday more Koi dealers arrived – all our
regulars that we all know, Darren from A4 Koi, Amir, the
Group photographs of new manager of Koi Water Barn set up his display, Neil
all the winners and the returned from Dock Koi and Roger, as always, was
winning Koi photographs
courtesy of Liam Bess of there from Isle of Ely Koi. Chris of Koi Carp UK set up
World of Nishikigoi. in his usual position as you enter the hall.

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