The All England Koi Show is over for another year and a big thank you to everyone who contributed to making it a success. Congratulations to Raad Hassan who has won the Grand Champion Award for the third year in succession with his Size 7 Sanke. Not to be outdone, Andy Baker won the Best Non Gosanke Award for the third year in succession too with his Size 7 Shiro Utsuri, a ‘hat trick’ for both exhibitors and never been achieved before in the history of the Show.

Our Baby Champion must get a special mention, the winner was an Ikarashi Kazuto Showa supplied by Walcot Koi and exhibited by Jack Bunker, a long term member of the South East Koi Club.

This year, there were 389 koi entered in the show, displayed in 52 show vats. The International Judging Team led by Senior Judge Carol McCall split into three teams to carry out the judging.

The standard of the koi exhibited was again extremely high and so many high class koi went home without winning an award, no reflection of the quality of these koi.

There were so many kohaku entered, 29 Size 4 and 27 Size 5, it took 45 minutes to judge Size 5 and Carol McCall said there was not a bad kohaku among them.

David Brown Chairman

Judges: Carol McCall – Head Judge (BKKS UK); Toën Feyen (ZNA South Africa); Mark Kleijkers (ZNA Holland); Gary Hazely (BKKS UK); Stefan Malm (BKKS Sweden); Niko Bellens (BKS Belgium).

Guest Judge: Masato Hoshino (Japan).

Trainee: Miki Ames (ZNA Germany); Anthony Grey (BKKS UK).

Grand Champion

Raad Hassan

Sanke

Size 7

Superior Champion

Kevin Paul

Kohaku

Size 7

Mature Champion

Scott Jenkins

Sanke

Size 6

Adult Champion

David Pope

Kinginrin

Size 5

Young Champion

Paul Williams

Sanke

Size 4

Baby Champion

Jack Bunker

Showa

Size 2

Size 1

First

Neil Hornshaw

Sanke

Second

Kevin Green

Kohaku

Third

Neil Hornshaw

Kinginrin

Size 2

First

Jack Bunker

Showa

Second

Lee Newton

Kohaku

Third

Jason Smith

Sanke

Size 3

First

Matthew Pearson

Showa

Second

Paul Williams

Kohaku

Third

Lee Cresswell

Sanke

Size 4

First

Paul Williams

Sanke

Second

Mick Trew

Kohaku

Third

Gary Butterfield

Showa

Size 5

First

David Pope

Kinginrin

Second

Karen Tovey

Kohaku

Third

Andy Baker

Kohaku

Size 6

First

Scott Jenkins

Sanke

Second

James Fermor

Kohaku

Third

Kevin Green

Tancho

Size 7

First

Kevin Paul

Kohaku

Second

Raad Hassan

Showa

Third

Andy Baker

Utsurimono

All Philippine Koi Society

Alan Reeves

Kawarimono

Size 5

Banana Bar Koi Society

Ron Rance

Kawarimono

Size 5

BKS (Belgian ZNA Chapter)

Matthew Pearson

Kawarimono

Size 2

Koi Society of Western Australia

Gregg Harris

Bekko

Size 5

North East Koi Club

Emma David

Utsurimono

Size 3

NVN (Dutch ZNA Chapter)

Andrew & Penny Moorby

Kawarimono

Size 3

SAKKS (South African ZNA)

Lewis Pearce

Sanke

Size 5

Best Kin Showa

First

Jack Bunker

Hikari Utsuri

Size 2

Best Kin Showa

Second

Gregg Harris

Hikari Utsuri

Size 5

Best Kin Showa

Third

Robert Robson

Hikari Utsuri

Size 3

Best non Gosanke

Andy Baker

Utsurimono

Size 7

Jumbo Award

Kevin Paul

Sanke

Size 7

Best Doitsu

Adam Richardson

Sanke

Size 4