*** CONGRATULATIONS! ***

To Darren Turner for winning the 2008 Grow & Show Competition with his fabulous Kohaku.

First place was Koi No. 7 - a 53cm Kohaku owned by Daz.  This koi came 1st with all three judges and scored a total of 282 points out of a possible 300.  This was the seventh koi selected out of the 42 entries.

Runner-up was koi No. 34 - a 48cm Kohaku owned by Mushio.  This koi came a close second overall scoring a total of 246 points and was voted 2nd by two judges and 3rd by one.  This koi was the 34th selected out of 42 entries so an excellent choice by mushio given the late selection.

Daz was presented with a Richdon Koi voucher worth £500 at the December club meeting.  Not bad for a £35 outlay!

Judging was kindly done by Richard Jones (Richdon Koi), Mark Davis (Cuttlebrook Koi) and Christine Woolger (BKKS Judge), so the EMKC would like to add a special thanks to them for their efforts.

Only 13 of the original 42 entries were returned for judging, perhaps next year we will get a better return!

I think all those who entered though would agree, this has been a great bit of fun and it looks likely that we will continue to have a Grow and Show competition annually as long as you guys keep supporting it.

So thanks once again to all those that entered to make this competition possible.  And well done to Daz for selecting and bringing on the winning koi.

Mushio,
Chairman