Show Pix, 2007 ZNA SoCal . . .

[KoiCop]

These were taken on Friday.

A beautiful day but a few problems were encountered; benching started late and continued on until 9 at night.

Had fun, met lots of old and new friends. Am headed back up as soon as I get these posted.

Hope to see you there!


Found our tank -- now to unpack.
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Louie Hernandex and Loc Bui -- benchers looking for fish to play with.
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Russell Peters (of PSKoi) and Carolyn Swanson -- both from NorCal.
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Andy Moo (of Andrew's International Koi) setting up his vendor's tent.
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Grant Fujita, Nancy Morales and some guy from NorCal looking to borrow a suit for tomorrow.
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Water Quality Patrol
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Any Moo & Joseph (of Joseph & Gabby) in background.
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Nancy Morales and Ken Tran (of Eastern Nishikigoi) setting up the Command Center.
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Bruno Kudrecki, friend and exhibitor
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Jane Morrison, Al and Ken from EnKoi, Frank Morales
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[Bob Winkler]

Looking forward to more pix... Thnx Mike! Seeing lots of old friends there....

[karipeters]

who's that cute guy sitting next to Carolyn Swansen...he's hot!

[KoiCop]

Da Gangsta ZNA NorCal Shadowy Judge . . .

Here he is in all his dapper glory!

Ladies & Gentlemen, the one . . . the only . . . Tony 'Aquitori'

[KoiCop]

Early Morning Brain Teaser . . .

When the shipment came into Eastern last month, I picked out 2 size 1 kohaku; one from Sakuma and one from Ogawa.

Well, I also took lots of pix and one other size 1 kohaku kept catching my eye, so after 10 days I went back and bought it, too. Total of three at this point; 2 Ogawa and 1 Sakuma.

So the babies went into QT, then Ken brought them to the show on Friday.

The bad news was one of the three he brought wasn't mine. The good news was it looked like it was better! Since it didn't have an owner, and since I felt sorry for Ken having to take it back to the store, I bought it, too. Then on Saturday morning he brought the missing baby. Total of four size 1 kohaku; 2 from Sakuma & 2 from Ogawa.

Here they are and one of them won Size 1 Kohaku First Place!

Here's the challenge: Which one?

For extra credit: Which 2 are Sakuma and which 2 are Ogawa???

[KoiCop]

The Big Board:

Grand C: Showa, size 7, Lucy Co
Runner Up C: Showa, size 7, Frank and Nancy Morales
Mature C: Sanke, size 6, Frank and Nancy Morales
Young C: Kohaku, size 4, Harry Suhendra
Baby C: Showa, size 2, Andy & Jamilla Tran
Best Baby: Kohaku, size 2, Steven Co
Jumbo C: Kawarimono, size 7, Lucy Co

Best in Size:

1 Kohaku, Jane Morrison
2 Kohaku, Laura McElwee
3 Kohaku, Don Chandler
4 Showa, Dinh Nguyen
5 Sanke, Perry Nguyen
6 Kohaku, Alan Stein
7 Kohaku, Perry Nguyen

Congrats to All in order. I think there were 59 tanks and just under 400 koi entered. A wonderful, wonderful show.

[Sangreaal]

Gonna place my bet on that maruten in the bowl, Don. And I'm gonna guess that in the last pic the bottom fish and the maruten are from one breeder and the other two are from the other. I wouldn't know the difference between Sakuma and Ogawa bred fish......so here's a 50/50 guess--the pair just mentioned are Sakuma and the others two, Ogawa.

How wrong am I this time?

Marie

[KoiCop]

These are the koi we took to the Show:


Size 4 Kohaku, Sakuma, 14 1/2 "
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Size 5 Showa, Ogata, 21"
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and

Size 3 Kohaku, Sakuma, 11 1/2"
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Size 5 Hikari Utsuri Mono, Unknown, 22"
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Size 2 Kohaku, Sakuma, 10"
(Peanut: Last year's Baby Champion)
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Tank shot showing the kohaku playing follow the leader (with Peanut bringing up the rear).

[mitten]

The roundest maruten and best odome as size 1, though I like the biggest patterned fish the best. The other two fish are Ogawa.

Before I scrolled down a bit, you did get me to say "Tonio's got on SHINY shoes," then I saw you were thinking the same thing.

[dinh]

Quote: Originally Posted by KoiCop Da Gangsta ZNA NorCal Shadowy Judge . . . Here he is in all his dapper glory! Ladies & Gentlemen, the one . . . the only . . . Tony 'Aquitori'

Looking real cool..... Toni.... Nice jacket indeed....

Knowing Toni for many years and this is the first time ever seeing Toni has the shoes on.... Very glad to know Toni was part of the judging team... He got the eyes and knows "koi" real well....

The background man is keokoi. Joe is another true koi kichi in the Bay Area.

--Dinh