Duisburg 2009

And again:

The 13th International Show-Betta Competition of the EHBBC was a great Success!

Also this year the international show-betta competition of the EHBBC took place at the fair “Zierfische und Aquarium“ in Duisburg, Germany. Our shows at the biggest European aquarium fair became a very nice tradition for us over the years. Thanks a lot to the organization! The fair took place from the 1st to the 4th of October 2009 at the “Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord“ and was as always visited extremely well.

Again we showed about 200 beautiful fishes from Austria, the Netherlands, Germany and Thailand at our stand.

   

 

 

 

 

Friday morning all fish entered in the competition were judged by our main judge Rajiv Masillamoni together with Marion Schultheiss according to the IBC standard. Joep van Esch and Bernd Roque y Montoya participated as apprentice judges. In the afternoon the winners were chosen and finally could be presented to the many betta enthusiasts and to the interested public.

The plakat and crowntail classes were of especially high quality this year with a lot of entries, but also the halfmoon classes were really good! Thanks a lot to all the (apprentice) judges for their effort and congratulations to all winners!  

Another highlight on Friday was our auction led by Rajiv Masillamoni himself. The very well known long term breeder and IBC judge could as always inspire the whole audience. Friday evening our member Joep van Esch held his highly interesting lecture “Selective Breeding” for us. It was a wonderful speech! Thank you very much Joep! 

Sunday morning our award ceremony was filmed by Aquanet.tv and was included in a report about the fair. http://www.aquanet.tv/Video/213 We are very fond of this, thanks a lot to the team of Aquanet.tv!

 

This time the trophy for the Master of Exhibition has been received by one of our Dutch breeders:

Michel Stokkelaar!

Congratulations!

 

We were very happy to meet many old and new friends at the show as well as to discuss a lot about our beautiful hobby with so many fellow breeders and newly interested visitors. Also there was a lot to see and to buy at the huge fair “12th Zierfische und Aquarium” – really anything an aquarist could wish for! All in all it was a wonderful weekend that we will keep in good memory for a long time. Thanks a lot to all who made this show possible and congratulations to all the winners!

 

The EHBBC Team