The objective of this award is to recognise BKKS Members who are good koi keepers with a badge when they show their koi at any BKKS Open Show and demonstrate through the progress of their koi, sound koi keeping skills. The information on two completed benching certificates from different years for the same koi and the same owner at the same Section Show will be the measure of koi keeping skill.

Criteria for being eligible for a ‘Master Koi Keepers Award’

To qualify for this award the koi under consideration must be in a class of four or more in both years.

Koi Keepers who wish to be considered for the award should present to the Show Manager during the show a previous year benching certificate from the same BKKS section show corresponding to the current results together with proof of BKKS membership. The benching certificate to qualify the koi keeper for the award should show that the koi has met one of the following criteria.

• Growth with quality maintained: - The koi has progressed from its original size as shown by the benching certificate from an earlier show to a larger size in the current show whilst maintaining or improving its grade (e.g. maintaining first, second or third).
• Quality improvement: - The koi has progressed within its original size as shown on the benching certificate from an earlier show to a higher grade on the current show benching certificate (e.g. now first compared to second, third or unplaced previously).
• Maintaining quality: - Where the benching certificates demonstrate the koi has achieved the same size and grade (first second or third) as before.

Each koi keeper will only be awarded one badge at each show.

If the koi keeper has not cared for the koi between benching certificates or has employed a regular routine professional help he will not qualify for the award.

Any koi keeper who has a koi excluded at benching (except for travel damage see rule 4 BKKS Show Rules & Guidelines) will not be considered for the award.

Information for Show Secretary’s for claiming a Master Koi Keeper’s Award

Show Secretary confirms to the BKKS (Sue Ravenhill, secretary@bkks.org.uk) that the koi keeper has fulfilled the criteria above and that they are eligible for the Master Koi Keeper’s Award. This can be in the form of a letter or email, but must have details of the previous and current years results for this koi / koi keeper and BKKS Membership number. Please ensure that you advise Sue of the koi keeper’s full name and address so that she can send out the badge.

Note: The BKKS will keep a register of all winners of the BKKS ‘Master Koi Keepers Award’