CLUB NEWS
Essex Section enjoys a great day out O
n Sunday June 6 the Essex Section visited Alan and Janet Coogan’s house. Rain was forecast for that day but, thankfully, the Gods were with us all day and no rain came down until we left to go home.
When we organised the trip we found that we needed more people to make the coach numbers up. Quite often section trips run at a loss because there hasn’t quite been enough uptake by the members. To avoid this though we decided to ask the Crouch Valley Koi Club to join us. I have to say that the arrangement worked out really well and we’ve decided to run joint trips in the future.
When we arrived at Alan’s he had already fed his horses and mucked them out. We all went round the back of the house and sat outside in the warm whilst Alan told us about the history of koi, the breeders, what makes a good koi, and why a three-step pattern is the best. By the time he had explained all this to us it was lunch time. While the rest of the section sat eating their lunch, myself and Roy Wenman had the pleasure of netting all Alan’s koi (with his help) out of the winter pond, which is inside a green house. We netted over 50 koi and placed them in a vat outside.
Each and every fish was then socked from the vat to a measuring bowl where they were measured before being transferred
At one point we joked that one Kohaku would look much better in one of our ponds. Alan’s response was to say that he had one even better for the Essex Section’s raffle or auction – whatever we felt was best. Of course we thought he was joking as he sometimes does, but no – true to his word he gave us a Shinto Kohaku! We were over the moon to say the least!
I can announce that this Shinto Kohaku will be raffled off between both the Essex and Crouch Valley Sections. The draw will take place at the Essex Show in July. We are pleased that Alan will be thre to draw the winning ticket at the end of the day. Unfortunately the day came to an end and we had to leave. It was such a shame as there was so much more to learn from Alan. Thank you to both Alan and Janet for your very kind hospitality. John Botha Essex Section
F
ormerly the South East Section of the BKKS, the South East Koi Club was founded in 1981 by a break away group from the London Section. It obtained Section status from the BKKS in 1982 and was expelled in 2009. It serves the counties of Kent, East Sussex, Surrey and Berkshire and the southern boroughs of London. Its neighbouring koi clubs are the South Kent to the south, Essex to the north, Worthing to the west and Middlesex & Surrey Borders to the northwest.
The South East has a pretty stable membership, generally numbering about 85 families. Almost since its founding the South East has participated in information exchange with overseas koi clubs and continues to do so today.
Our ‘open’ show is both an attraction to the UK koi scene as well as koi keepers from abroad. Every year the show attracts an increasing number of overseas visitors and through them a number of useful connections have been made which enhances our appreciation and understanding of the hobby. This year’s show will be held on August 29 and 30 at Parkwood Hall School, Beachenlea Lane, Swanley, Kent. Details can be found on our website at www.
koi-clubs.com/SouthEast. The South East Koi Club meets on every fourth Sunday of the month with the exception of December. Our meetings start at 2pm and we endeavour to have a speaker for two out of every three meetings. Speakers generally cover koi related subjects but occasionally we have one that diversifies a little, for example Bonsai.
So if you’re looking to join a koi club, look no further than the South East – a warm and friendly welcome is assured.
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into the main pond. These were all very impressive fish – all of them top quality koi from Japan and none of them measuring less than 50cm.
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