ITFS September Meeting

at next months meeting the club is holding a table show [thanks to derek and co for judging]Anybody can bring fish along to show,there will be prizes on the night [we will inform yous of the prizes nearer the night].Anybody who wants to show a fish please contact me on 087 6573871 or by pm and i can arrange a suitable tank for showing.
Also while judging is happening were going to have a small table quiz put together by john h .dont worry weve asked for it not to be too difficult and there should also be a prize or two
So why not come along for a great night talking fish
oh and theres always the raffle
john

Wow sounds like it's gonna be a super evening.
Enjoy guys and dont forget a little write up on how the evening went.
(for your distant cousins)
ATB
C

Good man John Ill be there Johney

sounds great,i will drop out!

Next meeting is the 2nd Tuesday in September, that's the 14th @ 8.30 PM upstairs in Rosie O'Grady's Harolds Cross.

Prizes have been very kindly sponsored by Fins, Fur & Feathers - thanks Gavin.

So get you thinking caps on and dusty off your favourite fish and bring it on an outing.



Daragh

just a little reminder for anybody bringing fish to try bring an extra bit of tank water and anybody else for tanks just let us know
thanks
john

sound great would love to be there ,

I will have to wait for next months though as I cant make tuesday 14

Looking forward to tonight, gotta remember to bring some extra tank water for my entries, once I catch them of course

Who is doing the Magnus/Bamber tonight? I'll bring along a load of pens for the quiz entries.

Thanks Gavin & Fins, Fur & Feathers for donating the prizes - any chance you could come along for the awards ceremony ?

Andrew

rumour just in ..............

JohnH is coming up to the big smoke tonight for the table show and quiz, now is your chance to meet the legend...

Legend? - Are you sure???
The only legendary thing about him is how old he is!!!

Andrew wrote:

Legend? - Are you sure???
The only legendary thing about him is how old he is!!!

are you hoping age has screwed up his vision lol


edit: i just noticed it was edited by John himself

so lads how did it go? i really am gonna try make the next one, although i'm in the game 5ish years i know very little and i'd really enjoy learning, just hope you's don't mind me sitting back and taking in the info without adding much if any at all as i'm sure i would not have much to offer. but i hope you's all had a great time.

i know some might be shy but a few photos of the meeting would go down a treat and put names to faces for people who cant make it, might be an ice breaker and encourage a few more to participate. just a thought

In essence - A great night, plenty of show entries, judges comments were very informative, an entertaining quiz, the all important raffle and another great attendance from forum members, non forum members, club members, new club members and non club members (hopefully they will join in the future).

Apologies for not taking photos, it was in the plan, but we forgot and only remembered when it was time to pack up and debench which was quite late. Overall the table show had 13 entries from 6 different fish keepers (Andrew, Daragh Owens, Goldy, John Gannon, Petemax & Platty252) and covered most classes you would find at a full show; tetras, coldwater, gouramis, catfish, cichlids and killifish (egg laying tooth carps). The quality of fish was outstanding and whilst the quiz was happening the judges got on with the job at hand in looking at how to score points for deportment, finnage etc. Once the results were compiled the senior judge Derek Doyle went through each entry and commented on each fish, this was a great help in understanding why some fish score well and why others fail to perform so well (nervous fish that lose their colour, gravid females, fish partial to having their fins nipped etc). So the podium finishers were (maybe they have photos of their own that can be uploaded to this post !! ):

Daragh Owens - Hypancistrus sp L333 www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=1024
Platty252 - Panaque sp L169 www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=158
John Gannon - Red Empress Cichlid - Protomelas Taeniolatus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protomelas_taeniolatus
Platty 252 - Nothobranchius Palmqvisti www.killi.co.uk/SpeciesDetails.php?ID=473

A special thanks to the judges for attending and making the time for the show: Darren Dalton, Derek Doyle, Adrian Dragos, Phil Kearney, Daragh Owens & Dave Walters.

The quiz was one by Acara (Dave Walters) with an impressive 25 out of 26. If you want me to post some samples of the questions let me know.

The main raffle prize (an internal eheim filter) was won by Brendan Keenan.

Special thanks for John Gannon for bringing lots of show tanks with him and to Gavin & Fins, Fur & Feathers for donating the prizes for the night. Thanks to JohnH for compiling the quiz (unfortunately the rumour did not ring true, maybe next month John !!)

I enjoyed it last night.Always good to see others fish,and having them at meetings is a bonus.

Thanks to Gavin at FFF for donating the quiz prize,I'll be up to see you for it!

And thanks to Johnh for writing the quiz,and the wee email received yesterday regarding it:laugh:

Yes it was a good turn out by fish and fish keepers last night.

Thanks to Johnh for the quiz, I didn't have to show my ignorance as I was busy judging

Thanks to Gavin in Fins Fur & Feathers for sponsoring the Quiz and table show prizes and I John Gannon will fill in the details of the sponsor of the Eheim filter prize for the raffle.

Unfortunately our usual room was under decoration (by a painter with dubious skills) so we were a bit cramped in the outer room and could have done with a bit more light, but that aside it was a great night. Great to see some new faces again this month, unfortunately I didn't get to talk to them for very long... next time.

I brought the camera and found it when packing up to go home!

I don't have a recent photo of the L333, here is one from over 3 years ago, not even sure it is the same fish as I have a few:




Daragh

it was a good turnout for the table show and the l333 was a worthy winner. the following night darren(platy) and myself also attended the lfks annual freshwater table show to assist with judging, this was won by kens's mighty tropheops. what struck me was the overall high standard of the fish at both venues and the care taken to present the exhibits.