Page 32 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 78

THE GRAND

CHAMPION WAS
A 93cm SAKAI
KOHAKU, WITH

A PERFECT
BODY AND
GLOWING SKIN

Above:
The Show site tents and
winning Koi bins ready for
action.
Right:
The judges hard at work.
Left to right, Mike Frady,
Kate McGill-Andrews and
Yamazaki san.
Below:
The proud winners of the
Grand Champion Kohaku.

at the museum, we headed for the actual Show site, a
few minutes away and began our first task, selecting
Grand Champion (GC). As always hoped for, we had a
‘stand-out’ Koi, a 93cm Sakai Kohaku. She had a
perfect figure and glowing skin. It was not quite a
unanimous positive vote for her, 29 votes to 10 for the
other contender. All the judges then split into their
teams to judge first, second, third and generally up to
three ‘consolations’. Some of these places are used if
Koi are moved up to, for example, Best in Size.

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