14^th ANNUAL TEXAS KOI & FANCY

 GOLDFISH SOCIETY SHOW RECAP

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!  THANK YOU!!!!

 Our 14^th annual club show was a fantastic success. It was one of our best shows ever. 

Kudo’s to Burt & Sally and the entire staff at Water Garden Gems for all HARD WORK and show enhancements this year. Special thanks to all TKFGS members that helped with the show set up, staffing and tear down. I especially want to thank Eddie, Bill, Jeanie, Diane & Ralph, Gary & Sandra, J.R. & Sue, Kathii & Barry, Tommy, Joan, Raymond, Mac, Jennifer & Tom, Bob, Debby, Ben & Sandi, Martha and Ray, and Carsten. All put in mucho hard work and helped make our show a tremendous success. Also special thanks to my show committee – made up of Eddie Elizondo, J.R. Hensley, and Joan Berryman. 

We are very grateful for our judges, Terry Cusick, John Barcellona, Pam Spindola, Galen Hansen, Bob Brudd, and Dave Young.  Also for Debby Young who traveled from Tucson to run the computer program to track the judging results. And trained Ben Soedjono from the Dallas Koi Kichi Group who will be handling the computer tracking for future shows. 

Special thank you to everyone that brought their beautiful fish to the show for all to enjoy. We especially want to thank Dan Charnes, Gene Smith, Ray Litman, Bill & Diana Toohey Michael Kimberling, and Melanie Nau all showed fish at our show for the first time. All won awards. Special welcome to all the new club members that joined our group during the show. We hope to see you at one of our regular monthly meetings, field trips, or parties.  

Special thanks to the following vendors that supported our event: Aquacoats, Waterscape Design, Austin Pond Society, Bretts Koi, Cal Pumps, Danco, Jungle Labs, Mermaid WaterScapes/DragonKote, Mid America Sales & Distribution, Ornamental Pond Fish, Out in the Woods Koi Farm, Performance Pumps, Pond Wise, Tank Hollow Farms, Texas Koi & Fancy Goldfish Society,  and Water Garden Gems.

We had a fantastic raffle thanks to the efforts of Kathi and Barry Tackett. Special thanks to the following donators: Ani-Mate,  Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Aquatic Eco-Systems, BioCat Solutions Company, Brett Rowley,  Bill Toohey, Brookstone Ranch, Conteck, E. C. Danner Company, Ecological Labs, Hai Feng, Hikari, Jungle, Koi Kennel, Koi USA, Kordon, M&M Artistic Medo, Design,Martin Laamens, Mazuri, Novalek, Oase, Ocean Rick Aquatic Supply, Dan & Gene, Ornamental Pond Fish, Pattigrafix, Ray & Martha Jordan, Sequence Pumps, Shade Sails, Tetra Pond, Texas Koi & Fancy Goldfish Soc., Tank Hollow Farms, and Water Garden Gems,

Congratulations on all the raffle winners. There were just  too many $1 raffle winners to list separately.

The special $5 winners are:

2006 SEMINARS: Special thanks to all the  Speakers and presenters at this years seminars. This year’s seminar line up included presentations on: Water Gardening, Pond Construction, Fish Diseases, Biological Filtration, Aquatic Plants, Koi & Goldfish Care, Koi & Goldfish Standards.

FISH AUCTION: We had an auction of show and pond quality fish Sunday afternoon. We are very grateful to all the vendors and club members that donated fish for this event. Thank You Brett Rowley, Vance Schultze, Ornamental Pond Fish, Out of the Woods Koi, and TKFGS members. As a special bonus about 100 top grade baby koi of many varieties were donated by Vance Schultze. These baby koi were auctioned in pre-bagged lots of 6-10 koi.  Total auction sales were $1,155 with 50% donated to AKCA – Project KHV.

Special thanks to the following trophy sponsors:

Austin Pond Society, Aqua Coats, Mermaid WaterScapes, WaterScape Design, Tank Hollow Farms, Infiltration, Cindy Goodgoin, Park Plaza Salon, Montana Salon, Mystic Koi, Water Garden Gems, DragonKote, Mac McGreevy, Brett Rowley, and the  Lone Star Koi Club.

 AWARDS FOR GOLDFISH (43 entered)

Ray & Martha Jordan’s - Grand Champion Ryukin

Ray & Martha were most happy that this goldfish was still alive. They have owned it for about four years and it won Grand Champion at the 2003 show three years ago.

Long Fin Koi Awards ( 9 entered)

Koi Photos taken by Bob Brudd – Thanks Bob

Goldfish Photos taken by Ed Elizondo – Thanks Eddie

Carsten Pedersen’s  3 yr old Grand Champion Long Fin

Bred by Vance Schultze

KOI AWARDS (136 entered)

BEST IN SIZE

Special Awards

BEST IN VARIETY

Grand Champion  Koi - Size 8 (30 in.) Kohaku - six years old

owned  4 years by Dan Charnes & Gene Smith

Bred by Yagenji

Reserve Champion Koi - Size 8 (28 in.) 5 years old

Owned By Michael Kimberling for 3 years

Bred by Toshio Sakai

Grand Champion B Koi - Size 8 (30 in.) six years old

Owned by Dan Charnes and Gene Smith for 4 years

Bred by Marusei

  Reserve Champion Goldfish

Red Capped Oranda

Owned by JR & Sue Hensley  

                                                      Show judges and show committee

Front Row: Joan Berryman, John Barcellona, Terry Cusick, Pam Spindola, Galen Hansen, Dave Young, Bob Brudd.                                                                                                                                        Back Row: Ralph Bates, Ed Elizondo, Mac McGreevy, Bill Toohey, Carsten Pedersen, and Ray Jordan 

For additional Show Photos CLICK HERE

OK! It is time to start planning for next year’s show. We hope to see everybody return for our 15^th annual event October 13-14, 2007.  At our October club meeting we will discuss things we need for our future show sand suggestions for changes and improvements for next year’s show. Please try to attend if possible.