President Colin welcomed members to this weeks meeting which was Table Show no 5. Colin started by mentioning some upcoming shows and auctions from down south with Flyers having been brought in by Ken. Colin also mentioned the bus trip and that the door money has gone up to £1 from this week due to increased costs.
As John had other commitments this week his executive assistant Jean Symington took the Table Show manger hot seat and showed everyone how its done our thanks to Jean for helping out.
While the judges began the judging process Colin asked members what they would like to discuss and a good chat was enjoyed covering a range of subjects including the upcoming shows and auctions, what people had been breeding and a very useful and interesting explanation of Endler guppies and what makes a pure strain as well as the wild caught fish that come from locations other than the fishes original locations. which came about due to a question from Brian about some Endlers he would be receiving soon thanks especially go to Gordon and Colin who had a wealth of information on the subject.
The meeting then took a break while the judges completed their work there was a good turnout at this show with over 40 entries with best fish being won by Colin Beavis with a stunning Danio Kyathit. The judges this week were Ken Young and Jill Dewar and we thank them for their efforts. The raffle was then drawn and the meeting drew to a close Next week is a talk by Allan James on Synodontis catfish of Africa.
