Well good evening KOIKeepers

First a huge thanks to Ian Franklin for being my taxi driver for the weekend, cheers fella a gentleman you are.

Well what can I say I guess simply by saying probably one of the best Koi shows I have ever been to in UK, a well run show by a dedicated and commited Section, I think what the East Midlands have accomplished on their first show is remarkable and our hats should go off to this club for their efforts.

Not only that but they have now raised the bar and have set a standard that I think many shows will find hard to match, great stuff EMKC

Well what a day ! an early start at 05:45 from a chilly and frosty Essex, and the after clearing the M25 we had hardly been onto the M1 for 15 minutes before hitting 2-3 inches of snow

After a quick pit stop and McDonalds breakfast it was onto the venue.

We all meet up outside there was 3 packed out cars of us, and a great turn out of KOIKeepers, we knew then we was going to have a great day full of laughs

Great to see a few familiar faces, bumped into Lynn & Maurice, Glen & Annette, Kevin Ellis, Mike Snadden, The Nippon gang and many others. Always great to catch up with everyone at these events seems a long way away last year.

Anyway, you all know my capabilities of photography so dont expect much just some good old point and shoot pics, but i'll leave the other photography guru's to post later.

To all again thanks for the great day !

Thanks to Glen & Jackie and to Greg and also Bazkoi on taking and showing your Koi, much appeciated.

To the East Midlands Koi Club and especially to Mushio ! Awesome show roll on 2011 and see you all soon at the BKKS National.

Regards
Graham - KoiAddict

Always a pleasure G

Have to agree Graham (btw, good to meet up at last lol), Having travelled up and down the country visiting koi shows over the years I have to say that I left the EMKC show this afternoon having experienced one of the very best I've ever visited, even the wife left saying how much she enjoyed herself!

Vat after vat of top quality koi looking their very best, exactly what a koi show should be about.

The winning fish

Well what aday liketo thank MR F for been a great taxi driver

absolutely brilliant day brilliant fish and brilliant company

Well done to all involved in the EMKS! Got to agree it was a fantastic Show! Had a really good weekend
Some stunning koi and fantastic company on both days.

that was a trip well worth the wait for, a big thank you to ian our driver, glad we was in a 4/4 or don't think we would have got there, snow ploughs on M1 plus a car in a ditch a dick in a bettle comeing side ways towards us over taking into the middle lane full of snow, what do us koi lovers do to attend these shows, you could say this was truely a winter koi show.

Good to catch up with you guys at Richdon koi.

Apologies for my Zippy impression...

Totally agree with Iain, the show was very impressive and raises the bar. With Mushio in charge of this years' BKKS National, lets hope that the show curcuit improves this year. All of us from the Cambridge koi club had a very enjoyable day. Great venue and also nice to pop over to Richdon to buy some goodies too.

Well done to all those that won the prizes. The Grand Champion was a real stunner and stood head and shoulders above the rest imo. Love them or not, you could not be very impressed with that Oomo showa. A real contender for the National???

All the best guys, and sorry Graham, I forgot to get one of the Koikeepers polo shirts from you. DOH !!!!

Geoff (aka Bungle)

I enjoyed the show and well done to all involved great stuff

Always good to meet up with all the guys and girls at these events

Great show great koi great company what more could you ask for. Well it would be nice to get some sun but that's asking to much.