Oozeki Annual Ranchu Show...1st January 2013

It was a beautiful day to start the journey with bright sunshine and a fresh breeze after yesterday torrential rain. Hong Lim Park is just a stone throw from my office and with recent developement of a top end hotel just across the road, I sincerely hope the nostalgic atmosphere and freshness of the park admist all those high rise buildings can remain and be preserved to be continously enjoyed by users from all walks of life.

With last year Oozeki competition images in mind, I was looking forward to see further developement of last year fishes and of course the much anticipated inputs of fresh fishes that the club members breed themselves and specimens from their group buy for their annual "grow-out" event. These fishes are mainly shown in the Tosai class and add much freshness and excitement to their members and to us spectators/hobbyists attending as guests to this great event.

There were only two classes on display...Tosai and Nisai classes totalling about 70 bowls. From last year Oozeki Competition, it was revealed that the club suffered some losses of their adult fishes which were kept at the Club's farm and subsequently, the Oya Class for this year competition was shelved. Nevertheless from
the vast entries in this year Nisai Class,next year Oya Class will be very interesting.

These are some of the winning fishes....

Tosai Class

Nisai Class

I thoroughly enjoyed the kindred atmosphere and met a few hobbyists that I finally can put a name to their faces. It was also a great learning experience talking ranchu with Alvin, the Club President and also to Wee Yap who did a few "live" demo on some fishes showing certain traits and faults that we as breeders have to look out for. Looking forward to next year Oozeki Annual Competition.