Page 19 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 9

INTRODUCING THE

JAPANESE RON RANCE TROPHY

GUESTS VISIT Matthew Pearson becomes the First Winner
THE SHOW of this iconic Trophy with his Size 2 Sanke.

TO PROMOTE
KEEPING KOI
In honour of our dear departed member Ron we will be
introducing a perpetual award, awarded annually at our
All England Koi Show.
The criteria for this award is ‘the Sanke with the best
potential’ in the Show. It is only open to paid up South
From Left to Right: East members.
Masaki Aoki, Kaoru Miyazaki, David Brown, Tomoko Kobayashi,
Shunichi Yoshida and Toshio Koizumi. The Trophy has been donated by Ron’s wife, Jackie,
and it was originally presented to him by visiting judge
Hongman Leung as a Friendship Trophy from his
Guangdong Chapter of ZNA.
2018 The All England Koi Show – Breakdown of Entries
The Trophy features two carp in an ancient green glaze,
Show Class Size 1 Size 2 Size 3 Size 4 Size 5 Size 6 Size 7 Totals a process that was almost lost during the Chinese
cultural revolution, but rescued from oblivion by
Kohaku 10 15 12 17 18 11 6 89
Matthew Pearson receives Hongman.
Sanke 2 8 7 4 8 8 4 41 his Trophy from Jeff Humby
of Vitalis, our Main Sponsor. Each winner will have the pleasure of keeping the
Showa 1 7 10 11 8 3 40 Trophy for one year.
Utsurimono 9 5 8 4 5 2 1 34
Bekko 2 1 1 1 1 6

Asagi/Shusui 5 4 5 1 2 17
Koromo 3 1 5 1 10
Kawarimono 5 9 9 9 7 3 3 45
Hikari Muji 3 4 7 4 3 3 2 26
Hikari Moyo 3 6 6 6 2 1 24
Hikari Utsuri 1 2 3

Tancho 2 3 2 8 5 2 1 23
Kinginrin 1 2 6 3 2 2 16
Totals 41 69 71 77 61 38 17 374

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