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BKKS Scottish Section Closed Show

The Scottish section closed show was held over the weekend of Saturday the 8th & Sunday the 9th August 2009. It was an early start on Saturday as I was on the 7.00 am flight from Gatwick to Edinburgh to Judge the Show.

Grand ChampionI was met by Kate at the airport and we drove about ½ hour to the Klondyke Garden Centre just outside Falkirk, this is a new venue for the Show, and absolutely ideal.  It’s a large outside circular area with a very high purpose built “Big Top” style canopy, so no direct sunlight or rain but still out in the open.

When I arrived there was all the normal busy, busy, busy of a Koi Show and Koi would be arriving till 10 am for benching.  Not a problem as I sat chatting and drinking coffee waiting for Allan Tait (trainee Judge) to arrive as he was driving up – only 2 hours for him.  During this time John Anderson (also a trainee Judge) was benching all the Koi as they arrived, and Andrew Frew was busy taking and printing the photos’ and collating all the paperwork.

We all had an early lunch in the Garden Centre Restaurant which was very nice, now let’s start Judging.

As this was a Closed Show the sizes and prizes were slightly different.

 Size 1  - 15-30 cms
Best Size 1 = Baby Champion
 Size 2 – 30-40 cmsBest Size 2 = Juvenile Champion
 Size 3 – 40-50 cmsBest Size 3 = Young Adult Champion
 Size 4  - 50-60 cmsBest Size 4 = Adult Champion
 Size 5 – 60 + cmsBest Size 5 = Mature Champion
 Grand Champion
 Best Non GoSanke

First was to choose the Grand Champion as in most Koi Shows the Koi that takes this Award is not eligible for any other prize.  This came down to a choice of 2 Sankes. And after a few minutes the final decision was made – Sanke in Vat 4.

Now to the rest of the Judging, there were 14 Vats and 62 Koi at the show, and all of the Koi were of a good standard, but as expected at a small show there are no large Koi.  There was a good mixture of varieties in all sizes, and in some classes some good competition and challenging Judging.

The Admin team were well organised and as we finished Judging each Size the results were being put up for the visitors to see.

At the end the day we all went out for a Show Dinner and everyone could relax and chat about the day.

The Scottish Club have a very enthusiastic band of helpers headed up by Show Chairman Willie Morland, and my thanks goes to all of them for making my job of Judging an easy one with no paperwork or benching problems.

I know the Show was a success for them, as on Saturday I believe they had already taken subscriptions from about 15 new members and more gate money than last year, and they still had Sunday to go.

The Final Results

Baby Champion
Yvonne Kerr
Kohaku
Juvenile ChampionDonald Stewart Showa
Young Adult ChampionDonald Stewart Showa
Adult  ChampionAndrew Frew Sanke
Mature ChampionWillie Morland Asagi
Grand ChampionJohn Anderson Sanke
Best No Go SankeWillie Morland Asagi

Christine Woolger

B.K.K.S. Judge & Trainee Liaison Officer