Annual General Meeting

The first meeting of the year will be the AGM. Please come along to make sure you have your say as to how you want the club to run. We will kick off the meeting with reports from the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. We will then have a short review of the previous year before electing the new committee and discussing the events ahead for the new year. We will also be voting on holding our first Koi Show, and this will follow a presentation on the proposal of the show, venue and show format. So it's important that you all attend.

CEFAS - Talk By Fish Health Inspector Jason Mewitt

This months meeting will be a talk given by Jason Mewitt, a Fish Health Inspector from CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science). Jason will be giving a talk on the work carried out by CEFAS, and more specifically the Fish Health Inspectors. This will include import and export movements of fish, fish disease control, the latest on testing for KHV (Koi Herpes Virus) plus much more. This should be a very interesting and informative talk and we would like to offer CEFAS a warm welcome on their first visit to the EMKC.

Showing Koi - Paul Williams, Martin (Mushio) Barnett and Dave Pope...

This months meeting has a seasonal twist. With the first koi shows looming on the horizon in 2009. --- Many of us are wondering about showing koi, and how you go about it. So this months meeting is all about ‘showing koi’ !!! Firstly Paul Williams will take us through preparation for the shows. Next is Mushio, describing how to box, transport, and put your koi into the vats at the venue. Also what equipment you need. Dave Pope then takes over to describe the benching and judging process. Then finally back to Mushio to do de-benching and getting the koi back home. All the talks will contain plenty of koi pictures. So, a very interesting, and entertaining night is in store.

Water Biology and Koi Nutrition 'The Basics' - A Presentation by Jasper Kuijper from Evolution Aqua

This months talk is a presentation by Jasper Kuijper from Evolution Aqua, on water biology. Titled 'Waters Wheel of Life' Jasper will talk us through all aspects of water quality, replicating water used in breeding ponds, biological classification of organisms in water and oxygen, ammonia and bacteria levels. He will also go through the basics of koi nutrition. Anyone who has had the privilege of listening to Jasper talk will know this will be a very informative talk but with some unique humor thrown in too,

Birmingham and West Midlands Koi Club - Visit to the EMKC

We have a busy month lined up, starting with a visit in from the Birmingham and West Midlands Koi Club. This is being billed as 'When East meets West' with the two koi clubs together that were voted by Koi mag, the 'Best koi clubs in the UK' . We will be visiting 5 ponds and also popping along to Richdon followed by some nosh and a pint at 'The Sump' . If anyone wants to tag along and see some great ponds and some fantastic koi, feel free to do so. There are 50 of there members coming along plus around a dozen of ours so will be a great day out. The first two ponds are around the Shardlow area, then we move to Burton for the rest.

2009 EMKC Grow and Show Competition Selection Day

After the huge success of last years competition (which is to be judged this autumn) we decided to hold another Grow & Show Competition. This year's competition is Sanke from the Richdon Exclusive Breeder. Picking will start from 10:30am but come at least 30mins before your allocated time slot in case we get ahead with the picking. Don't forget to bring your entry fee with you and if you want any more entries once you have seen the koi then they can be purchased but you will go to the bottom of the list for them. Richard will be growing the koi on for us until August in a 2k pond set aside just for this competition, thanks for the generous offer Rich.

Open Pond Night - Tim & Emma Salt's

The meeting for this month will be at Tim and Emma Salt's house, in Chellaston. We have changed the date from the normal Wednesday evening as it clashed with the Champions League Final, and we like to accommodate our members as best we can. The meeting at Tim and Emma's will be an informal social gathering, and a great chance for members to sit around Tim's pond admiring his koi and having a general good natter. With a bite to eat and a few drinks these open pond nights have proven very popular and also give us plenty of time to talk about club related things during these hectic few months.

Open Pond Night - Mike and Julie Byrne's

The meeting for this month will be at Mike and Julie Byrne's house, in Stapenhill. The meeting at Mike and Julie's will be an informal social gathering, and a great chance for members to sit around Mike's pond admiring his koi and having a general good natter. With a bite to eat and a few drinks these open pond nights have proven very popular and also give us plenty of time to talk about club related things during these hectic few months.