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CROUCH VALLEY KOI


                                                                                                                 CLUB PHOTOGRAPHIC

                                                                                                                 COMPETITION


                                                                                                                 Steve Rollins.




                                                                                                                 A regular annual event of the Crouch Valley calendar is
                                                                                                                 the Photographic Competition. In recent years, the
                                                                                                                 format has been run along the following lines:
                                                                                                                 Members pair up during the summer months to take
                                                                                           THERE WAS A           their own photographs and measurements.

                                                                                           TOTAL OF 65 KOI       Up to 6 Koi are entered per member.
                                                                                           ENTERED IN THE        To create healthy competition, Koi are judged in 4 Size
                                                                                                                 categories:
                                                                                           PHOTOGRAPHIC
                                                                                                                 ■  Size 1 and 2 is combined
                                                                                           COMPETITION
                                                                                                                 ■  Size 3 and 4 is combined
                                                                                                                 ■  Size 5 remains as Size 5
                                                                                                                 ■  Sizes 6, 7 and 8 are combined

                                                                                                                 We have a best in each size for:
                                                                                                                 Gosanke and Non Gosanke
                                                                                                                 We then have major prizes for:
                                                                                                                 ■ Grand Champion

                                                                                                                 ■  Best Non Gosanke
                                                                                                                 ■ Mature Champion
                                                                                                                 ■ Adult Champion
                                                                                                                 ■ Young Champion
                                                                                                                 ■ Baby Champion

                                                                                                                 Being fortunate to have Keith Bertie, a senior BKKS
                                                                                                                 judge as a member and once all the photos have been
                                                                                                                 benched and anonymised, they are sent to Keith to
                                                                                                                 judge. At one of our winter meetings, Keith then



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