Page 17 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 70

As always there was a very
high standard of Koi entered
in the Show.

I walked around the Show ring admiring the Koi, as
always there was a very high standard of Koi entered,
but they weren’t all big, some of the smaller sizes were
excellent examples of the variety and it would be easy
to miss some of them in Show vats with much larger Koi
in with them.

Above: TWO NEW The Grand Champion was an 88cm Kohaku owned by
Adam and Amanda Byer Carmen & Ian Jenkins, bred by Sakai Fish Farm and
supported The National AWARDS WERE supplied by Yume Koi Japan. This Kohaku was different,
Show again this year.
INTRODUCED not the style you usually see at a Show, the beautiful
Right: white skin contrasted with an unusual Beni pattern
All around the Showground THIS YEAR TO which flowed along the length of the Koi in a kind of
there were plenty of Koi for Inazuma style – this is a Koi we will all remember!
sale, from various dealers, RECOGNISE
to suit all pockets. Two new awards were introduced this year, the Show
SIZE 6 KOI Chairman’s Miyabi Award and the Society Chairman’s
Sakura Award as the committee wanted to acknowledge
the fantastic Size 6 Koi entered which often don’t get
the recognition they deserve.

Following the success of last year, along one side of the
Show ring was the ‘Dealers’ Show’ where Koi dealers
could enter Koi up to Size 5 (65cm) which would give
more dealers the opportunity to take part. Each dealer
could only enter one Koi in each of the five sizes. The
winner was chosen by hobbyists, Chip Kawalsingh,
Carmen Jenkins and David Pope. The dealers taking
part were Coastal Koi, Perfect Aquatics, Shirley
Aquatics, Koi Water Barn, Queni Koi, Reefer Aquatics
and My Boy’s Koi.
Another great National Show is over, we chatted about it
on the way home – let’s see what next year brings.
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