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CROUCH VALLEY

KOI CLUB GARDEN

SHOW

Steve Rollins.

Those of you familiar with the Crouch will know that
two years ago, we switched from an annual pure
Photographic Competition to a ‘Garden Show’ –
A Closed Show, where members of the Club can enter
without the hassle of taking their Koi to a Showground.
For those not familiar with the format, it is as follows:
■ Each member can enter up to a maximum of 6 Koi

Steve Rollins. ■ For Best in Size, the competition is split into
Gosanke (which includes for this event, Tancho and
Kinginrin) and Non Gosanke with all sizes being
judged up to Size 7 (which would include Size 7+)
■ The Champions are chosen from the Best in Size
winners (with Grand Champion being excluded
MEMBERS OF from all other awards)
THE CLUB CAN ■ There are also awards for the Best in Variety across
ENTER WITHOUT all 13 of the BKKS Show Classes
THE HASSLE Over two weekends in October, our judge, Keith,
accompanied by the benchers, visited the 17 members
OF TAKING who entered this year, benching, measuring,

THEIR KOI TO A photographing and filming the 100 Koi taking part.
SHOWGROUND Note: The Koi are judged in the flesh on the day, as
they would be in a Koi Show and the photos and
videos are purely for his reference when checking his
notes back home and, importantly, for the presentation
night at our December meeting when the Koi are
critiqued and the results announced.

With members spread across Essex (and into Kent),
visiting all the ponds in short order is no easy task, as
is the subsequent collating of the Koi, judging and
preparation of the presentation.
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