SPECIAL EDITION OCTOBER 2018 5TH NATIONAL FANCY

OPEN SHOW 6TH OCTOBER 2018

BEST ADULT FISH IN SHOW Firstly, we need to thank our three sponsors, and for generously donating a selection of their respective excellent goldfish foods that were used as prizes for all class winners and given to all the helpers (both those who helped The biggest Goldfish Show of the year behind the scenes before the day and on turned out to be an even greater success the day itself). All those that obtained than envisaged, when the new hall within samples of the fish foods are, again, the Wyken Community Centre was asked to report their observations and decided upon to hold the annual show at thoughts on the products to their the turn of the year. Record entries of respective societies, so that we can offer top-quality pedigree goldfish on show, informed feed back to the suppliers, as a representing all but one of the 20 thank you for supporting us at the show. currently recognised goldfish varieties illustrated in the

certainly bucks the trend for falling attendances for hobby shows over the last decade or two throughout the Chairman AMGK country – long may it continue. 2 CLASS 1 1st TONY ROBERTS 2nd TONY ROBERTS 3rd GRAHAM TURNER 4th GRAHAM TURNER Common Goldfish Bristol CLASS 3 Bristol Shubunkin Tony Roberts Rebecca Wilson 1st REBECCA WILSON 2nd PAT DAVIES 3rd PHIL RILEY 4th PHIL RILEY

CLASS 4 London Shubunkin 1st MICK SMITH 2nd TOMMY MCLEAN 3rd BRIAN BATES 4th TOMMY MCLEAN London Shubunkin Metallic CLASS 5 Metallic Fantail Mick Smith Mick Smith 1st MICK SMITH 2nd MICK SMITH 3rd MICK SMITH 4th MICK SMITH

CLASS 6 Nacreous Fantail 1st GARY MALPAS 2nd GARY MALPAS 3rd GARY MALPAS 4th JOHN MCGARVA

CLASS 7 Metallic Metallic Veiltail Nacreous Veiltail 1st ANDREW BARTON Andrew Barton Phil Riley 2nd GRAHAM TURNER 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 8 Nacreous Veiltail 1st PHIL RILEY 2nd TONY ROBERTS 3rd PHIL RILEY 4th ANDREW BARTON

CLASS 9 Metallic/Nacreous 1st ANDREW BARTON Metallic/Nacreous Oranda Moor 2nd GRAHAM TURNER Andrew Barton Tony Roberts 3rd JUNE KEMP 4th GRAHAM TURNER

CLASS 10 Moor 1st TONY ROBERTS 2nd TONY ROBERTS 3rd TONY ROBERTS 4th ANDREW BARTON

CLASS 11 1st SHERRIDAN MOORES 2nd ANDREW BARTON Lionhead 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY Sherridan Moores Elaine Edmunds 3 CLASS 12 Pearlscale 1st ELAINE EDMUNDS 2nd GRAIG CLINTON 3rd DEAN ROBERTS 4th DEAN ROBERTS Alex King CLASS 13 Celestial 1st TOMMY MCLEAN 2nd TOMMY MCLEAN 3rd GRAHAM TURNER 4th TOMMY MCLEAN

CLASS 14 Bubble-Eye 1st CRAIG CLINTON 2nd CRAIG CLINTON 3rd CRAIG CLINTON 4th NO ENTRY

Jikin CLASS 15 Ranchu Martyn Clare 1st ALEX KING 2nd ALEX KING 3rd ALEX KING 4th JOHN MCGARVA

CLASS 16 Jikin 1st MARTYN CLARE 2nd MARTYN CLARE 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 17 Wakin 1st HEATHER CARRIER Mike Kirkham Sherridan Moores 2nd ANDREW BARTON 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 18 Ryukin 1st MIKE KIRKHAM 2nd MIKE KIRKHAM 3rd GRAHAME DRAPER 4th GRAHAME DRAPER

CLASS 19 Wakin 1st SHERRIDAN MOORES AOV With Standards Celestial 2nd GRAHAM TURNER Graham Turner Tommy McLean 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 20 AOV With Standards 1st GRAHAM TURNER 2nd GRAHAM TURNER 3rd GRAHAM TURNER 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 21 New Varieties Non Standard 1st JACKIE PEDLEY New Varieties Non Standard 2nd JUNE KEMP 3rd JACKIE PEDLEY Jackie Pedley 4 4th MICHAEL MOSS CLASS 24 Bristol Shubunkin Bred 2018 1st PHIL RILEY 2nd TONY ROBERTS 3rd REBECCA WILSON 4th ANDREW BARTON

CLASS 25 London Shubunkin Bred Bristol Shubunkin Bred 2018 London Shubunkin Bred 2018 2018 Phil Riley Brian Parkin 1st BRIAN PARKIN 2nd BRIAN PARKIN 3rd BRIAN PARKIN 4th BRIAN PARKIN

CLASS 26 Metallic Fantail Bred 2018 1st ANDREW BARTON 2nd NO ENTRY 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 27 Nacreous Fantail Bred 2018 Metallic Fantail Bred 2018 Nacreous Fantail Bred 2018 1st JOHN MCGARVA Andrew Barton John McGarva 2nd BRIAN PARKIN 3rd BRIAN PARKIN 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 28 Metallic Veiltail Bred 2018 1st ANDREW BARTON 2nd Tony roberts 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 29 Nacreous Veiltail Bred 2018 1st MARTYN CLARE Metallic Veiltail Bred 2018 Nacreous Veiltail Bred 2018 2nd MARTYN CLARE Andrew Barton Martyn Clare 3rd CRAIG CLINTON 4th CRAIG CLINTON

CLASS 30 Nacreous/Metallic Oranda Bred 2018 1st GRAHAM TURNER 2nd GRAHAM TURNER 3rd GRAHAM TURNER 4th GRAHAM TURNER

CLASS 31 Moor Bred 2018 1st ANDREW BARTON Nacreous/Metallic Oranda Moor Bred 2018 2nd ANDREW BARTON Bred 2018 - Graham Turner Andrew Barton 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 34 Celestial Bred 2018 1st GRAHAM TURNER 2nd NO ENTRY 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 35 Bubble-Eye Bred 2018 1st CRAIG CLINTON 2nd CRAIG CLINTON Celestial Bred 2018 Bubble-Eye Bred 2018 3rd CRAIG CLINTON Graham Turner Craig Clinton 4th CRAIG CLINTON 5 CLASS 36 Ranchul Bred 2018 1st ALEX KING 2nd ALEX KING 3rd ALEX KING 4th ALEX KING

CLASS 38 Tosakin Bred 2018 1st HEATHER CARRIER 2nd ANDREW BARTON 3rd NO ENTRY Ranchu Bred 2018 Tosakin Bred 2018 4th NO ENTRY Alex King Heather Carrier CLASS 39 Ryukin Bred 2018 1st GRAHAME DRAPER 2nd GRAHAME DRAPER 3rd GRAHAME DRAPER 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 40 Wakin Bred 2018 1st GRAHAM TURNER 2nd GRAHAM TURNER 3rd GRAHAM TURNER Ryukin Bred 2018 Wakin Bred 2018 4th GRAHAM TURNER Grahame Draper Graham Turner CLASS 41 AOV With Standards Bred 2018 1st GRAHAM TURNER 2nd ANDREW BARTON 3rd GRAHAM TURNER 4th ANDREW BARTON

CLASS 42 New Varieties Non Standard Bred 2018 1st MARTYN CLARE 2nd JACKIE PEDLEY AOV With Standards New Varieties Non Standard 3rd MARTYN CLARE Bred 2018 - Graham Turner Bred 2018 - Martyn Clare 4th MARTYN CLARE

CLASS 45 Bristol Bred 2018 1st TONY ROBERTS 2nd TONY ROBERTS 3rd PHIL RILEY Bristol Shubunkins Bred 2018 4th BRIAN BATES Tony Roberts CLASS 46 London Shubunkins Bred 2018 1st ANDREW BARTON 2nd TOMMY MCLEAN 3rd MICK SMITH 4th MICK SMITH

CLASS 47 Metallic Fantails Bred 2018 1st ANDREW BARTON 2nd NO ENTRY 3rd NO ENTRY London Shubunkins Bred 2018 Metallic Fantails Bred 2018 4th NO ENTRY Andrew Barton Andrew Barton 6 CLASS 48 Nacreous Fantails Bred 2018 1st JOHN MCGARVA 2nd NO ENTRY Metallic Veiltails Bred 2018 Metallic/Nacreous 3rd NO ENTRY Andrew Barton Bred 2018 - Graham Turner 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 49 Metallic Veiltails Bred 2018 1st ANDREW BARTON 2nd NO ENTRY 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 51 Metallic/Nacreous Orandas Bred 2018 1st GRAHAM TURNER 2nd GRAHAM TURNER Bubble-Eyes Bred 2018 Bred 2018 3rd NO ENTRY Craig Clinton Alex King 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 55 Celestials Bred 2018 1st GRAHAM TURNER 2nd GRAHAM TURNER 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 56 Bubble-Eyes Bred 2018 1st CRAIG CLINTON 2nd NO ENTRY 3rd NO ENTRY Bred 2018 Wakins Bred 2018 4th NO ENTRY Grahame Draper Graham Turner CLASS 57 Ranchus Bred 2018 1st ALEX KING 2nd MARTYN CLARE 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 60 Ryukins Bred 2018 1st GRAHAME DRAPER 2nd NO ENTRY 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY AOV With Standard Bred 2018 - Andrew Barton CLASS 61 Wakins Bred 2018 1st GRAHAM TURNER 2nd GRAHAM TURNER 3rd NO ENTRY 4th NO ENTRY

CLASS 62 AOV With Standard Bred CLASS 63 New Varieties Non 2018 Standard Bred 2018 1st ANDREW BARTON 1st JACKIE PEDLEY 2nd GRAHAM TURNER 2nd JACKIE PEDLEY 3rd NO ENTRY 3rd JACKIE PEDLEY 4th NO ENTRY 4th JACKIE PEDLEY

7 BENCHING

JUDGING

AUCTIONING 8 SPONSORS

9 Hello and welcome to my show review, the show was held at the Wyken community Centre, Coventry for the first time. Not knowing the layout we learnt as we went along setting up the tables. The entries were high this year, which can only be a good thing as we want to build year on year. ● There were 266 entries. ● The adult class had 21 varieties out of the 22 classes - only the class being empty. The amount of fish in this section was 144, the biggest class being the Bristol Shubunkin class of 18 entries closely followed by the London Shubunkins of 15 fish and what a wonderful display to see. ● The single entry bred fish had 113 fish in the 21 classes, the largest class again being the Bristol Shubunkins with 25 fish. Only four classes were empty in this section. ● The teams of four fish was again well supported with 14 of the classes having fish entered in them. 108 fishes in all this section. ● 365 fishes swimming in total.

was a Nacreous Fantail. was with a Bristol Shubunkin. and went to with Bristol Shubunkins.

Also a big thanks to all who mucked in and got the show up, fed and watered and took it down again.

Thanks everyone,

Show Secretary 10 This year the Nationwide Goldfish Societies of the United Kingdom staged their 5th National Fancy Goldfish open Show, which was judged to the

The show was held at the Wyken Community Centre in Coventry, which was a new venue for this year. A change in venue was a bit of a step into the unknown but any fears we may have had soon disappeared. Staff at the Community Centre were extremely helpful to all our needs to stage the show, providing tables, chairs, mops and help with moving it all into the main show hall.

Friday night, prior to the show, was set-up time and with the help of Graham Turner, Bill Buxhill, Mike Boot, Gary & Linda Malpas, Grahame Draper and Joshua Hearne-Wilkins (apologies if I have missed anyone out) and myself. all was set for the morning of the show.

What a show it was going to be! With 266 entries it was definitely our biggest yet, with seasoned and new exhibitors from all over -

was set up and run by Gary Malpas, Pat Davies, Mick Smith, with help from Heather Carrier and Linda Malpas. All did a sterling job considering that the auction was the biggest we have had since we started the National Fancy Goldfish Open Show. Very beautiful fish for sale at reasonable prices.

11 was organised and run by Jackie Pedley and Pat Davies. There were light refreshments available throughout the day and we were treated to bacon and sausage baps in the morning. Jackie also provided the twelve or so judges with lunch.

was full of outstanding fish, all in first class condition, which made the judges job very difficult indeed. The single baby Bristol Shubunkins had no less than 24 entries - what a class to judge! Glad I didn’t get to judge it but the judge who did, Alex King, did a fantastic job. Well done Alex.

Also well done to all who entered fish, you made the show very special with the quality of your fish. Congratulations to who won and with a team of Bristol Shubunkins, who won with a and who won with a Fantail.

I am going to take this opportunity to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who helped to make this show a success. It was a massive effort which produced a GREAT SHOW.

Thanks also goes to our sponsors, namely , who provided fish food products for the winners, exhibitors and helpers. Their generous sponsorship of fish food went down very well with the recipients.

As it was the first time at this new venue, we didn’t get everything right but we hope to improve on what we did for next year but I truly hope that those who did attend the show had an enjoyable day out, whether they were showing, judging, helping or just visiting, because the National Fancy Goldfish Open Show has now become a major event in the goldfish calendar.

Principal Show Manager

12 BEST TEAM OF FOUR BEST EXHIBIT

With a Team of Bristol Shubunkins

BEST SINGLE ENTRY Bred 2018

With a Bristol Shubunkin

BEST ADULT FISH

With a Calico Fantail

13 1. for finding and securing such a good venue to host the show for this year. This follows a democratic vote from all the four societies in their search for a suitable location to minimise travel time for exhibitors and visitors from all parts of the UK. This is the largest hall venue on the UK show circuit and will prove invaluable for the hobby, as a promise of an even bigger show next year looks likely, (so long as we can get enough support from all the contributing societies).

2. also have to go to Graham Turner, for securing such generous support from our three sponsors, not easy in these days of cut backs and business uncertainties. Graham’s time and effort in organising certificates, awards, trophies and dealing with and printing programme schedules and travelling to the venue the previous afternoon to help put up all the tanks and marking up the classes etc., so that all those entering fish had an easy time to find their respective tanks in time for a welcome bacon bap! Is very much appreciated by all concerned.

3. the show saw a flurry of activity by AMGK members in setting out the stands and tanks and filling with in readiness for the onslaught of exhibitors at 8.00am on the show day. Thanks have to go to Josh Hearne-Wilkins, Mike Boot, Grahame Draper, Graham Turner, Bill Buxhill, Gary and Linda Malpas and Andy Barton for spending so much of their own time and effort.

4. who helped with the staging and running of the show and dismantling at the close of the day. Special mention of Jackie Pedley and Grahame Draper for their excellent work in the canteen, producing bacon and sausage baps at a rate of knots for most of the morning (once we from the north had been released from a complete 30 minute road block on the M6 due to a serious accident). As the auction started it was time for Jackie to get her hands on her dumplings to finish off the excellent stew and pizza made especially for the judge’s lunches!

14 5. comprising Gary Malpas, Mick Smith, Heather Carrier, Pat Davies, Tina Smith and Eamon Broderick also did a fine job in auctioning 83 lots of mostly high quality fish, from this year’s bred youngsters to mature stock fish and breeding pairs. This brought in much needed money for the vendors and went a long way in augmenting the cost of staging such a show (incidentally, the show made a profit again this year, that will go towards staging the next in 2019). Due to the great numbers of fish and aquatic plants entered into the auction at the last minute, the auction had to be paused half way through for the first thirty or so tanks to be emptied, cleaned, refilled and water treated to house the remaining lots. After a short tea break, the auction was restarted with all but two lots all sold. A note for next year for all those that want to sell surplus stock please inform their society Nationwide delegates/show managers so that enough tanks can be made available on the day.

6. , a number of whom had travelled a very long way down from Scotland to be there. Judging must have been particularly taxing for those that had to deal with the bigger classes with such fine fish of excellent quality performing well when their time was up for pointing. The adult class for Bristol Shubunkins, in particular, comprised so many fish that were right on the standard, with the winning fish exhibited by Rebecca Wilson (a first time breeder and new member of the AMGK), being outstanding in its presentation on the day.

7. were truly appreciated for all the work behind the scenes, especially those that managed to ram so many tanks in their cars to bring to the venue the night before the show and additional ones early morning on the day.

8. of any show these days is the raffle, which was organised and run by Linda Malpas, with very welcome help from Grahame Draper, who needed to get out of the hot kitchen! Again, the raffle made essential money to contribute to the cost of putting on this fantastic show.

9. for posterity was, once again, undertaken by Laurence Tessler. Quality filming accompanied by Laurence’s own musical compositions is regarded as a great asset and vital record of the state of the breeding hobby at any given time. Laurence’s many recordings of the fish exhibited at both the National Show over the last few years together with an almost complete moving record of various meetings and shows that constitute the AMGK’s yearly diary of events provide a wealth of information for the more experienced fish fancier and beginner alike. We look forward to the edited video, that will eventually be added to the growing library of films on the Internet.

10. are owed a big vote of thanks as without them there would be no show! Over the years some varieties are improving so much with careful breeding that many of the classes exhibited almost all the fish right on the standard – almost as if this show had become the Crufts of the Goldfish World. Exhibitors are reminded that for future shows we will have many more tanks available so that greater numbers of top quality fish can be accommodated within the show and auction. Entry numbers need not, therefore, be limited as we have had to do in previous years.

Chairman AMGK 15 standards protocol is satisfied. This will take some 5 years of breeding and recording/reporting, before the Nationwide Committee could consider this variety for possible inclusion in the Standards publication. However, if anyone else, other than the three All society members will know that the breeders already engaged in the AMGK is currently gathering evidence breeding experiment want to take part from interested breeders of the in the breeding programme, please imported Butterfly variety of goldfish. contact Andy Barton, Principle Show Concerted breeding has already Manager of the National Show and started by three known breeders within President of the AMGK. Thanks to the Nationwide fraternity with a view (if Jackie Pedley, Martyn Clare and June there is enough interest and are Kemp for providing evidence of their enough breeders) to form a new UK breeding of this variety for discussion Standard if all aspects of the new at the show.

be obtained from any of the four goldfish societies represented at the show. These were first presented in the late 1970’s early 1980’s by representatives of all the then current goldfish Societies in the UK and were finally printed and published, after minor corrections to the copy and a A copy of the current standards for the few of the illustrations, in their current 20 recognised varieties of Goldfish can form in 2016.

Magazine prepared and published by June Pons Andy Barton Pat Davies, Graham Turner & Andy Barton

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