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We held our Photo Show over the weekend of 12th/13th
The Yorkshire Koi Society The members were then invited to pick a corresponding
May when we visited 15 members’ ponds. 75 Koi were
entered and judged Saturday and Sunday, 5 Koi per
person. These ponds were all around Yorkshire starting
number out of the hat, so that we had a truly random
allocation of the fish.
at Halifax-Leeds-Collingham-York and Wakefield on
Saturday, then Castleford-Barnsley-Sheffield-Rotherham
the summer of 2019, we will have a small closed show,
where a BKKS qualified judge will choose a winner
All the Koi were bowled, benched and judged by
and Upton on Sunday. We will now keep our fish for a year to grow on, and in
Anthony and Stephen Grey – Photos were taken of all
from 2 categories, heated and unheated ponds.
Koi for the judges to decide on the positions over the
Good luck to all the entrants.
next few weeks. Only Jim Shaw, our Chairman, is aware
of the winners which will be announced to the unaware
and hopefully happy entrants at our annual BBQ and
Presentation on Sunday 19th August (the event is
sponsored by Hikari foods).
We do call it our Photo Show but it is judged in the
This year we will be welcoming speakers from Kitsu Koi,
Trademark Aquatics, Aqua Source Koi Foods, Absolute
correct manner not just on photos they are just
Koi, and an away trip to Adam Buyer and the possibility
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of a Grow & Show competition. We have an exchange
reference for the judges. The Witham Valley Koi Society The Essex Koi Keepers Club
visit arranged with Northants Koi Club and we will finish
Below are four of the Koi entered. The Essex Koi Keepers Club had their 2018/2019 Grow
the year off with a Christmas Party.
and Show fish allocation meeting on Sunday 25th
South East Koi Club The variety for this competition is Doitsu Kohaku and
March, with fish supplied by Mark from Cuttlebrook Koi.
Our All England Young Koi Show is over and we will be Mark has supplied us with some excellent specimens.
discussing it in detail at our AGM at the end of April He also very kindly brought them to the Young Koi Show,
when we will also be joined by Bernice Brewster of
Aquatic Consultancy who will be our speaker later in the for our group. Many thanks to him for his help.
along with all his other fish for his stand at the show,
afternoon. The fish were taken back to our secretary Anne
which made collecting them from Detling so much easier
We will be holding our Auction on 20th May at
Chelsfield Community Centre, Windsor Drive, for the big share out.
Chelsfield, Orpington BR6 6HD
Badenoch’s house where they were kept for 48 hours to
Enquiries: Jason O’Brien Tel: 07712 820037 All the fish were given a thorough health check by
let them settle, and then on Sunday the Club gathered
Email: jason_obrien@ntlworld.com John Botha and George Badenoch, our resident Koi
health officers, photographed and given a number.
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