NEWSLETTER 1st Edition January 2020 May 2017 Edition In this Issue Welcome Page 2 Next Koi Auction Page 3 KSWA 2017 Grand Champion & ZNA 71cm Showa Sanshoku Allan Bennett Northern Branch Meetings Wanneroo Recreation Centre, Scenic Road, Wanneroo 7.30pm, second Tuesday of each month Next Meeting: 13th June Agenda: Chase the Ace is worth $1000. Show review Plus more..! Southern Branch Meetings Willetton Pavillion @ Willeton Reserve - Apsley Rd, Willetton 7.30pm, forth Wednesday of each month (except December) Next Meeting: 28th June Agenda: New Venue Annual Koi Show Summary Page 4 Koi Show Results Page 7 Store Sponsors Page 13 Advertising Page 14 Northern Branch Minutes Page 15 Southern Branch Minutes Page 17 Sales Table Page 19 Committee Page 20 Got a story for the newsletter? Send them in to us editor@koiclubwa.com Copyright 2017 The Koi Society of Western Australia Inc. All rights reserved. ABN 63963167058 Articles and advertisements are the opinions of the authors and companies concerned, therefore The Koi Society of WA Inc. and its individuals bear no responsibility for statements contained therein. 1
Welcome everyone to the May edition. Welcome & News The Annual show has been and gone for another year, but what a show it was! Thank you to all the members that exhibited all of their wonderful koi, it was a great day! You can see the show summary on page 4 as well as results from page 7. We had scheduled a family day lunch in the Swan Valley for the 11th June, however have had to postpone this until the 25th due to seating availability. We apologise for the late notice, but please RSVP for this new date to editor@koiclubwa.com. The details are the Henley Brook Tavern, 9810 West Swan Road. 25th June @ 12pm. $30 subsidy per membership to spend for lunch. We d love to see you and your family! Remember the Southern Branch will be at the new venue from June 28th at Willetton Pavilion - Willetton Reserve, Apsley Road, Willetton. The meetings will be in the white building. Last call for membership renewals, if you haven t already paid and need more info contact membership@koiclubwa.com If you haven t already, we would greatly appreciate if you took the time to complete this KHV survey, as the more of us that do it, the louder our voice will be. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/g25l529 Lastly, the next Auction is 30th July at Beaufort Park, Bedford. In the meantime, happy koi keeping everyone! KSWA Financial Report - April 2017 2017 Event Calendar Tuesday 13th June - Northern Branch Meeting, Wanneroo Sunday 25th June - Lunch in the Valley, Henley Brook Wednesday 28th June - Southern Branch Meeting, Willetton Tuesday 11th July - Northern Branch Meeting, Wanneroo Wednesday 26th July - Southern Branch Meeting, Willetton Sunday 30th July - Koi Auction, Bedford Tuesday 8th August - Northern Branch Meeting, Wanneroo Wednesday 23rd August- Southern Branch Meeting, Willetton 2
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Annual Koi Show Summary Another Show over for another year! I am always so grateful to work with such a great team of members in the months leading up to the Show. As I mentioned at the Presentation Dinner, the generosity of our members is 100% behind the success of the Show - from the Show committee, to every person on Executive committee taking on additional roles, to stewards, to the logistics team, to every member who helps with transporting judges or putting on lunches for them - you are the reason we can do this event each year and I thank you. Congratulations to the Bennett family on winning Grand Champion with their beautiful 71cm Showa, which has won GC once before in 2014. After the Show was over, head judge Tan Lee King, enquired why he had heard this fish being referred to as Bunny and Allan explained the pattern of the sumi looked like a rabbit - Tan Lee had to check the fish himself and sure enough was amazed to see the rabbit pattern emerge. Congratulations also to Sang Dong on Grand Champion 1st Runner Up with his 77cm Koromo (1 of many prizes!), and the Bennett family with their 79cm Kumonryu (a personal favourite variety of mine) taking out Grand Champion 2nd Runner Up. Thank you to Tan Lee King for making the journey from Singapore for his second visit to Perth, and putting my muscles to the test on the day before the Show! When I was putting the judges schedule together, I emailed Tan Lee and let him know he arrived one day before our other 2 judges and was there anything he would like to do in Perth that I could organise for him? He replied he would like to go on a hike over 10 kilometers - luckily I also like hiking so we drove up to John Forrest National Park on the Saturday and did a 16km walk - he maintains that I tortured him for the day and I maintain that it was all his fault that I could barely walk on Show day! Thank you to Wilhelm Geldenhuys from South Africa and Lee Nguyen from Sydney, both their first time judging for us, and a pleasure to have hosted over the 4 days they were here. It is one of the main privileges of the Show chair position that I get to spend a lot of time with people such as these and learn so much from them while we drive from one side of Perth to the other! Thank you to each and every Exhibitor - I believe everyone won at least one prize, even our 5 first time exhibitors, but going beyond that, the number of koi and quality on display at this year s Show was a huge success in showing the WA public what amazing pets we keep. I had a few chances to walk around the Show ring and the feedback from visitors was so positive. Apart from the fish and the Show ring (which looks better and better every year), the other thing that really made this year s Show was our vendors, an area we hope to grow in the future. From Dr Loh - The Fish Vet, to bonsai, orchids and Japanese flowering arranging. Thank you to them all for attending our Show and we hope to see you next year. Our numbers were at an impressive 298 fish when entries closed (this was revised to 278 when Alan Peck had to withdraw his/tim Leroy s entries after being admitted to hospital - we all missed you at the Show Alan and wish you a speedy recovery!) The number of Mature and Jumbo fish continues to grow each year, a testament to our members koi keeping abilities. We are always reviewing class sizes and groupings and will do so again shortly to see if we need to make any changes for next year. Thank you again to everyone, looking forward to next year s Show already. Shona Macskasy Show Chair 4
Aerial Shot of the show grounds Photo: Jun Hua Guo 5
6 The 2017 Koi Show from the sky on the grounds of Willow Pond Photo: Jun Hua Guo
Annual Koi Show Winners GRAND CHAMPION 1st RUNNER Up GRAND CHAMPION 2nd Runner Up GRAND CHAMPION Allan Bennett, 71cm Showa Sang Dong, 77cm Goshiki Todd Bennett, 79cm Kumonryu president & Show Chair Prize JUDGES AWARD SEKC Friendship Award Hiep Le, 70cm Mujimono SINGAPORE FRIENDSHIP AWARD Hansen Family, 25cm Utsurimono AKA Friendship award Barry Ambler, 66m Hikari Utsuri SOUTH AFRICAN FRIENDShip Award 7 Tony Cornwall, 54cm Sanke Barry Ambler, 65cm Hikari Mujimono Kylie Wall, 43cm Hikari Moyomono
Annual Koi Show - Variety Champions Kohaku TAISHO SANKE Showa Sanshoku Utsurimono Allan Bennett, 69cm Kohaku Paul Middleton, 47cm Sanke Dave Brown, 54cm Showa Sang Dong, 67cm Utsuri bekko Asagi Shusui Goshiki Julie Bennett, 60cm Bekko C & J Giorgio, 44cm Asagi Des Howlett, 44cm Shusui Sang Dong, 77cm Goshiki Koromo Kawarimono mujimono Hikari Mujimono Todd Bennett, 53cm Koromo 8 C & J Giorgio, 48cm Kumonryu C. & J. Giorgio, 76cm Chagoi Tim Nguyen, 38cm Ogon
Annual Koi Show - Variety Champions Hikari moyomono hikari utsurimono kinginrin a kinginrin b Kylic Wall, 43cm Kujaku Tony Cornwall, 49cm Gin Shiro John Tilbrook, 65cm Showa Dave Brown, 69cm Matsukawabake tancho young champion Mature Champion jumbo champion Tim Nguyen, 63cm Sanke Allan Bennett, 38cm GR Showa Tim Nguyen, 63cm Sanke Phong Ta, 80cm Utsurimono BEST IN SIZE 1 BEST IN SIZE 2 BEST IN SIZE 3 BEST IN SIZE 4 9 C & J Giorgio, Showa Dave Brown, Sanke Kylie Wall, Kujaku Dave Brown, Showa
Annual Koi Show - Results Class 6 - Jumbo 1st 2nd 3rd A Phong Ta Phong Ta Allan Bennett B Phong Ta Phong Ta Allan Bennett Class 5 - Mature 1st 2nd 3rd Kohaku Allan Bennett Todd Bennett Todd Bennett Taisho Sanke Phong Ta Showa Sanshoku Brett Howlett Barry Ambler Kylie Marie Wall Bekko Utsurimono Sang Dong Phong Ta Hiep Le Asagi/Shusui Dave Brown Julie Bennett Kawarimono/Mujimono Brett Howlett Hiep Le Koromo/Goshiki Sang Dong Hikari Mujimono/Ogon Barry Ambler Tony Herbert Des Howlett Hikari Moyomono Hikari Utsurimono Julie Bennett Barry Ambler Kinginrin A John Tilbrook Tony Herbert Kinginrin B Dave Brown Tancho Tim Nguyen Julie Bennett Class 4 1st 2nd 3rd Kohaku Todd Bennett Kylie Marie Wall Tony Herbert Taisho Sanke Tony Cornwall Kylie Marie Wall Paul Middleton Showa Sanshoku Dave Brown Paul Middleton Alex Lowe Bekko Julie Bennett Tim Nguyen Utsurimono Julie Bennett Allan Bennett Hiep Le Asagi/Shusui Des Howlett Jared Conti Des Howlett Kawarimono/Mujimono Tony Cornwall Paul Middleton Koromo/Goshiki Todd Bennett Phong Ta Dave Brown Hikari Mujimono/Ogon Graham Fameli Brett Thomas Hiep Le Hikari Moyomono Tim Nguyen Des Howlett Hikari Utsurimono Luke Bray Tony Cornwall Kinginrin A Tim Nguyen Barry Ambler Phong Ta Kinginrin B Kylie Marie Wall Tancho Tung Du Tim Nguyen Tony Herbert 10
Annual Koi Show - Results Class 3 1st 2nd 3rd Kohaku Hansen Family Dave Brown Tony Cornwall Taisho Sanke Paul Middleton Alex Lowe Hansen Family Showa Sanshoku Sang Dong Allan Bennett Todd Bennett Bekko Sang Dong Joel Bacich Utsurimono Brett Howlett Dave Brown Alex Lowe Asagi/Shusui Charlie & Josie Giorgio Allan Bennett Brett Thomas Kawarimono/Mujimono Charlie & Josie Giorgio Tony Cornwall Graham Fameli Koromo/Goshiki Kylie Marie Wall Julie Bennett Barry Ambler Hikari Mujimono/Ogon Sang Dong Sang Dong Tony Herbert Hikari Moyomono Kylie Marie Wall Kylie Marie Wall Tony Cornwall Hikari Utsurimono Tony Cornwall Tony Cornwall Kinginrin A Phong Ta Tim Nguyen Brett Thomas Kinginrin B Tony Herbert Tony Cornwall Paul Middleton Tancho Charlie & Josie Giorgio Class 2 1st 2nd 3rd Kohaku Tony Cornwall Tim Nguyen Brett Howlett Taisho Sanke Dave Brown Jared Conti Tony Cornwall Showa Sanshoku Tim Nguyen Des Howlett Jun Hua Guo Bekko Julie Bennett Utsurimono Tim Nguyen Joel Bacich Joel Bacich Asagi/Shusui Des Howlett Des Howlett Joel Bacich Kawarimono/Mujimono Koromo/Goshiki Charlie & Josie Giorgio Hikari Mujimono/Ogon Tim Nguyen Des Howlett Dave Brown Hikari Moyomono Alex Lowe Tony Cornwall Paul Middleton Hikari Utsurimono Kinginrin A Tony Cornwall Graham Fameli Dave Brown Kinginrin B Tancho Tony Cornwall 11
Annual Koi Show - Results Class 1 1st 2nd 3rd Kohaku Paul Middleton Sang Dong Alex Lowe Taisho Sanke Charlie & Josie Giorgio Showa Sanshoku Charlie & Josie Giorgio Hansen Family Sang Dong Bekko Brett Thomas Utsurimono Hansen Family Tim Nguyen Asagi/Shusui Tim Nguyen Tim Nguyen Kawarimono/Mujimono Koromo/Goshiki Joel Bacich Joel Bacich Alex Lowe Hikari Mujimono/Ogon Hikari Moyomono Tony Cornwall Tony Cornwall Sang Dong Hikari Utsurimono Kinginrin A Joel Bacich Tony Herbert Kinginrin B Tancho Full photo results can be found on the website: http://www.koiclubwa.com/admin/photoresults.toy?showyear=2017 A video of the Setup, Koi Show & Presentation Dinner is on our FB page. www.facebook.com/koisocietywa 12
KSWA Store Sponsors The KSWA has arrange a special discount for our members to receive when they purchase from their store. All you need to do is show your membership card at point of sale. You can either show it from your device or print it out and keep it with you. We thank the following stores that are currently offering this discount. 26 Woodvale Drive, Woodvale Phone: 9409 9248 Open 9am-5pm Monday to Saturday Open 11am to 3pm Sunday 4 / 176-178 Bannister Road, Canning Vale Phone: 9455 1411 Tuesday Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pm Saturday Sunday: 9:30am to 5pm Cnr Carrington & Forsyth Streets, O'Connor Phone: 9314 7630 Monday to Friday: 9.00am - 5.30pm Saturday: 9.30am - 5.00pm Sunday & Public Holidays: 11.00am - 4.00pm (Most Public Holidays) 8/1500 Albany Hwy Cannington WA 6107 Phone: 9458 1970 Unit 1 /10 Discovery Dr Bibra Lake WA 6163 Phone: 9418 6619 Monday - Wednesday, Friday 8:30am till 6pm Thursday 8:30am till 9pm Saturday 8:30am till 5pm Sunday & P/Hol 9am till 5pm CLOSED Jan 1, Australia Day, Good Friday & Christmas Day 2316 Albany Hwy, Gosnells Phone: 9490 2510 Monday, Wednesday - Friday: 9.00am - 5.30pm Saturday: 9.00am - 5.00pm Sunday: 10.00am - 5.00pm Closed Tuesday & Public Holidays 4/1904 Beach Road, Malaga Phone: 9249 3799 Monday - Friday: 8am - 6pm Saturday & Sunday: 8am - 5pm 13
Advertising The club is offering some advertising space on the trailer which we take to each fish related event several times a year. It would be seen on the freeway and roads by many others on the way to and from these events as well. This is great way to help the club fund raise and to advertise your business. We have 1 spot left on a 3 year term for just $300. You will be able to put your advertising on both sides of the trailer to ensure it is always seen. You will need to provide the advert in adhesive sticker form at a size equivelant to A2 Poster paper, which is roughly 60x40cm in landscape format. We can help put you in touch with someone able to produce this for you. Any club member is free to advertise any business they like, it doesn t have to be koi or pond related, subject to committee approval. If you are interested please contact the committee info@koiclubwa.com to secure your spot. For All Your Koi Veterinary Needs Aquatic Veterinarians: Perth Melbourne Sydney Aquatic Animal Specialists: Townsville Pet Fish Public Aquaria Aquaculture Medicines Diagnostics Research On-site Veterinary Services Lab Services The Fish Vet Dr Richmond Loh BSc, BVMS, MPhil, MANZCVS, CertAqV thefishvet.com.au thefishvet@gmail.com 0421 822 383 The Fish Vet 14 @thefishvet thefishvet.com youtube.com/ thefishvetdrloh tinyurl.com/ TheFishDoctor facebook.com/ thefishvetdrloh
KSWA Northern Branch May Meeting Date: May 9, 2017 Attendance: 21 Apologies: Meeting Opened 7.40pm Northern Branch Financials: $5,210.92 Barry Ambler missed the meeting and I think this would be the first time in my memory. Barry crook with the flu (get the jab Barry!) I called him and he sounded awful but making a recovery. Good to see Tim, Martin and Phong returning to the meeting after absences due to work commitments, good to have you back guys. All were reminded of the Outing to Henley Brook Tavern SUNDAY 25TH JUNE AT 12 NOON. All KSWA Members are invited but emphasis is on wives and children so we want to see as many families as possible. Time we gave back a little, so each Membership will receive $30 from the Northern Branch as a subsidy. See you all there. I am sure everyone is busy getting ready for the Annual Show and we had a brief discussion on this during the Meeting. Very satisfying that we have a number of first time showers this year. Well done guys and well done to the Members who have been helping these Members get their fish into the Show for the first time. Jun had a presentation on nitrate and other methods for reducing you nitrate level which included anoxic filtration. Allan led a discussion on nitrate levels in pond and how he struggles with high nitrates. It was Shona s initiative to do a, This month in your pond. Shona manned the whiteboard and all present contributed to the ideas and points that we should all be doing to keep our koi in top condition. It is always a problem for your committee to keep things interesting and this appears to be a hit with most members contributing their ideas. Whilst we largely centred around getting ready for the show, some of the other ideas included; Reduce feeding or switch to low protein feed like wheat germ check ph, GH or KH and buffer accordingly Table Show was again well supported by the members. Thanks guys and well done to all who make the effort. Des and Martin did the un envious task of judging. Gosanke 1ST Showa - Dave Brown 2nd Sanke - Tim Nguyen 3rd Showa - Dave Brown GinRin 1st gin rin Goshiki Dave Brown 2nd gin rin Showa - Tim Nguyen 3rd gin rin Goshiki Dave Brown Non Gosanke 1st Koromo Alex 2nd Ogon Tom Morris 3rd Koromo David Brown Doitsu 1st doitsu Kohaku Tom Morris 2nd doitsu Ki Kukiruyu Tom Morris Well done to Tom, Tim, Alex and David some good fish shown and be interesting to see their development. 15
KSWA Northern Branch May Meeting Allan tried to get away with no one noticing it was his birthday... he didn t. Raffle winners were; Tom, Sang & Tony C. Chase the ace didn t go off after Dave and Denzil had a chance. $1000 is on the line next month. Meeting closed at 9.45pm. Some made it home at 1.30am the rumor is Brett lost $20 and they were looking for it (well he is 50% Scottish!! ) 16
KSWA Southern Branch May Meeting Date: May 24, 2017 Attendance: 12 Apologies: Alan, Tim, Charlie and Josie. Fred welcomed everyone at 7.40pm for the last meeting in South Perth. It was assumed others were busy preparing for the koi show. Financial Report: $2579.70 In the process of cleaning out storage cupboards, there were a number of archive documents dating back some 25 years ago. Bill made comment that the first KSWA meeting at the South Perth Rotary Hall took place back in 1992. It was also pointed out that meetings back then faced the other way. Jun asked members, if they have photos, or know of anyone that would have photos dating back, to send them to him (president@koiclubwa.com). Bill said we probably won t get many photos as camera technology was significantly different from today. There will be a memorabilia presentation at the next Southern Branch Meeting if there are enough photos. NEW MEETING VENUE: Willetton Pavilion Wednesday 28th of June Southern Branch Meeting The consultation period received no feedback and it was assumed everyone is happy to move to Willetton Pavilion. There are two buildings! We are in the white building and not the brown. All the walls are brick, no plaster walls. The branch agreed to spend $100 on a second hand projector screen for the venue. Also there is no storage at the new venue and everyone was asked to help. Miki took the mugs and blue bins and Fred to store other items for the time being. Fred stated, KSWA Membership ($50) and ZNA Memberships ($140) are now due. Shona then gave a quick update on the koi show/ presentation dinner including numbers and advised members to get in contact with Des, if they can volunteer with show setup on Saturday. Most of the work is done at 9am 11am with the weather looking good! There are 26 exhibitors with five first time showers and around 270 fish. Jun then did a workshop to get members taking about retrofitting a poorly designed pond. After giving a brief about the UWA Japanese Garden and a budget of $5,000, Jun got groups of 3-4 to discuss what improvements they would make. Groups then reported back. Every group had a different take on the project which was great to see. The idea was to get new and experience members discussing old/new methods/ technologies of koi keeping. Table Show Table Show B: 1st Platinum Ogon (Miki Mo) Table Show Doitsu: Leather Ogon (Miki Mo) Under 35cm Competition Non Gosanke: 1st Yamabuki Ogon, 2nd Platinum Ogon & 3rd Leather Ogon (Miki Mo) Thank you to Miki for bringing fish to the meeting and Fred for judging. Congratulations to our raffle winners: Jason/Vineseen, Bill and Tony. 17
KSWA Southern Branch May Meeting After the break Jun talked about the National Carp Survey. Jun gave an update on the number of completions and encouraged everyone to do it. After going through the questions, it was noted by Allan that we should be doing the survey to support the guys in East. 6months ago, the release of KHV was 100% but after all the hard work, industry and international involvement the possibility has decrease. So please support the clubs and complete the survey. For more information www.carp.gov.au. 25th of June Koi Club family day Henley Brook Tavern West Swan Road (Family day bring wife and kids). See newsletter for more details. Bill and Laura sent their apologies for some of the upcoming events. The club wished them a lovely and well deserved holiday! Meeting closed 9.30pm. End of an era and the start of a new one. Don t forget the next meeting will be at Willetton Pavilion. Willetton Reserve Pavilion Willetton Reserve, Apsley Road, Willetton 18
KSWA Sales Table The sales table is an initiative of the KSWA to help members source quality pond and koi products at better than retail prices, a benefit of being a member of the club. All proceedes from the sales table are used as a fund raiser for the clubs needs. The Sales table is available at each branch meeting and some other club events. Please support your club by purchasing items through the sales table. New stock of Koi & Fry food has been ordered. Available at KSWA meetings. Contact Jun on 0423 410 681 if you would like bulk food. Portable DC Air Pump - 40L/min, 80L/min & 120L/min Water Conditioners/Dechlorinator - 0.5L, 2.5L & 5L Bacteria Clarifier - 85g Koi Food (Ocra Quick Grow, Ocra What Germ & SEKERIN) available in small and medium sizes + fry food - 1kg & 10kg bags Koi Treatments Koi Anti Parasite, Anti Ulcer, Anti Bacteria, Fungus Control etc Miscellaneous Koi 66 Variety poster & Illustrated Bible on Koi Keeping. API Freshwater Test Kits - As Below 19
KOI SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Patron: Mr Michael Cave Executive Committee of 2016-2018 President Jun Hua Guo 0423 410 681 president@koiclubwa.com Vice President Des Howlett 0410 155 996 Secretary Shona Macskasy 0428 746 620 secretary@koiclubwa.com Treasurer Jocelle Co treasurer@koiclubwa.com Membership Officer Ryan Witney 0403 596 742 membership@koiclubwa.com Sales Table Jun Hua Guo Committee Member 1 Committee Member 2 Brett Thomas Committee Member 3 Joel Bacich Committee Member 4 Fred Sharp Committee Member 5 Rodney Hansen Non-committee positions Newsletter Editor Ryan Witney editor@koiclubwa.com Auction Master Brett Thomas 0418 430 019 Logistics Officer Brett Howlett Show Chairperson Shona Macskasy Webmaster Ryan Witney Northern Branch Committee Southern Branch Committee Chairman Secretary Treasurer Membership Tea & Coffee Allan Bennett Brett Thomas Ryan Witney Ryan Witney Shona Macskasy Chairman Secretary Treasurer Membership Tea & Coffee Fred Sharp Jun Hua Guo Alan Peck Miki Mo Miki Mo www.koiclubwa.com facebook.com/koisocietywa 20