Page 23 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 83

Above:
After judging I was joined
by Spencer Tan and
Jerome Ng to pose for
a photo.

Right:
Ian enjoying a chat with
Jerome Ng at the show site.

It was a much easier task After each class, we also selected Best in Size – this is Later that afternoon, all the judges together selected the
judging the Koi in the bags, always worthwhile, the winning Koi in each variety are best baby, adult Koi, etc., then the variety champions
it was so much quicker!
all in your mind, with notes on the paperwork, therefore were selected from the paperwork, a very simple job.
selecting the best is relatively simple at this time. We finished around four pm and were taken back to our
Judging 30 & 50 bu in bags took no time at all, so hotel for a break before the show dinner that evening at
simple compared to the larger sizes! I cannot another restaurant outside our hotel. The wind that night
emphasise enough what a difference it makes to be was pretty brutal, I can tell you, so cold! However, it was
able to move the Koi in their bags adjacent to each a lovely dinner with excellent company, as always. Beer
other, to more easily compare them. and whiskey were flowing freely – an entire case of
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