Our JSC crew that attended the 2023 Euregio broke with convention and awarded the trophy to the owner of a vat, rather than an individual fish. Our crew was Kieron Burns & Gary Hillier.The owner of the vat was Filip Poppe a well-known Belgian exhibitor who has taken many awards at various European koi shows. The fish were all between 3 to 5 years old. This photo taken by the guys as a representative of the vat. It may be…
The BKKS awarded a Friendship Trophy at the Belgium Koi Show held on 22nd & 23rd April 2023 The Koi was choses by Allan Tait and the trophy was presented at the prize giving by Stefan Malm. The details of the Koi are :- Size 8 Hikarimiji – Yamabuki Ogon Hobbyist:- Partick Makkes The Koi is 9 years old & he bought it 2 years ago at Izumiya, the koi is now 96.5cm Photo is by Liam Bess
After 29 years of combined service Gary Pritchard stood down as the JSC Chairman at the 2022 AGM. His place is taken by Allan Tait who was elected unanimously at the same meeting. Gary joined the BKKS in 1979 and followed that by joining the MSB Section where he was a founder member and eventually Chairman 1990-96. Gary honed his koi show skills at their annual shows. He was also given honorary membership by the South Hants Sections for services…
The members of the JSC are as pleased as anyone with the news that the national lock down now has a timeline to an end and that life can start returning to a form of normality, including the ability to stage Koi shows. However, whilst we are, like everyone else, pleased to see the vaccine roll out continuing at great speed to provide some protection to the wider population, we are mindful that, simply because lock down is being lifted,…
Monday 15th April 2019 a sad day. At 15:00 CET our dear friend Louis Vanreusel passed away. He’d undergone heart surgery 11 days earlier and then suffered a stroke 3 days later. He leaves behind his wife Josee, two sons and grandchildren. Louis was a former customs officer in Antwerp and an author of the first Koi book in Flemish “Nishikigoi een waaier van kleuren” Louis was unique. He was the first overseas BKKS Judge and a pioneer of the…
Most people know that the Grand Champion of the 50th Anniversary Shinkokai Show 2019 was a the Kohaku called S Legend that was purchased for a Chinese customer at the Sakai auction for £1.4million. The agent that facilitated his purchase was a young lady called Ying Ying Chung MD of the Sing Chang koi farm in Taiwan. As well as having an eye for a good koi she’s also partial to BKKS judges as these photos will show
Due to the confusion and misunderstandings that arose at the 2018 BKKS National Show, both on the showground and via Social Media, the JSC offer this explanatory guide, to correct these misperceptions. It is pertinent to note that we have received nothing in writing from anybody about any matter. The Basic misperceptions to address are the following false comments. 1. “ The JSC basically present the National Show Committee with what they want to judge and how they want…
In 2017 the JSC judged 10 x BKKS shows via JSC Allocations plus the National Show and 0 x Non BKKS shows via JSC Allocations Judge’s averaged 2 shows each (this total includes the National Show) – 5 shows only had 1 judge Plymouth, Ireland, Scotland, Worthing, West Wales Trainees – Number of shows Anthony Grey = 2 show (plus 1 non BKKS show by invitation and the Scottish Show at his own expense) Photographic/Garden Shows In 2017 the…
In 2016 the JSC judged 9 x BKKS shows via JSC Allocations plus the National Show and 0 x Non BKKS shows via JSC Allocations Judge’s averaged 2 shows each (this total includes the National Show) – 5 shows only had 1 judge Plymouth, Ireland, Scotland, Worthing, West Wales Trainees – Number of shows Gary Hazel = 4 shows (plus 1 non BKKS show by invitation) Anthony Grey = 1 show (plus 1 non BKKS show by invitation) Photographic/Garden…