Page 41 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 78

Koi Show Friendship Award, and together, we decided
upon a Ki Kokuryu demonstrating superb lustre and
IT WAS A very neat doitsu scaling beautifully picked out in black.

LOVELY This variety is also known in Japan as ‘Doitsu Kabuto’.
We were delighted to learn later that the Koi belonged
EVENING TO to Alan Nementzik and this Koi had also won Mature
Zipangu.
COMPLETE A The bus left the showground at 4.30 pm to take us
SUCCESSFUL back to the hotel and a short rest before an excellent
DAY show dinner with a very wide range of dishes on offer.
We were entertained early on by two opera singers,
one a very keen Koi keeper – something a bit different!
It was a lovely evening to complete a successful day.

Right:
Alan Nementzik receiving Exhibitors began loading Sunday saw a slightly later start since there was not
his award for the Mature their vehicles for the journey such a heavy schedule. The awards ceremony,
Zipangu. home – this one had a
traditional Koi design on a photography and then the close of the Show at
Below: futuristic looking truck. lunchtime. I enjoyed looking at all the champion Koi,
Having fun at the Show now in individual bins. When judging, of necessity,
dinner with ZNA judges
from across the globe. you do miss out on seeing a lot of the other Koi
exhibited. There is just not enough time to walk
around so many bins! All the judges were called to
the stage for the awards ceremony; we had the
IT’S ALWAYS job of handing out our friendship awards and
SAD TO SAY congratulating the winners. Alan was both surprised
and delighted to receive the Sydney Koi Show
GOODBYE TO award. All too soon, the Show drew to a close, and
exhibitors began packing their lorries. The group
OUR FRIENDS heading for Niigata, Alan, Piak, Rene, John, Shoji,
AFTER THE Ian, and I travelled back to Kusatsu by taxi, waiting
for the bus would have cut too fine our timing from
SHOW Kusatsu to Kyoto to catch the Shinkansen to Tokyo
on the first leg of our journey to Niigata. As always,
so sad to say our goodbyes to other friends, but
exciting too, beginning the next part of our
marathon trip!
To be continued in part 2.

39 41