2007 Open Show Report

STAMPS First Open Show 2007
One of the first things our new club decided at its second meeting in February was to hold an open show. The lack of shows in the TTAA area prompted this decision as it was hoped that another show in the area would reawaken the interest in fishkeeping of a decade ago. There has been conscious effort this year from all TTAA societies to try and revive the TTAA Championship held at the TTAA open show. To this end, judges have nominated fish for TTAA Specials as well as FBAS Specials to encourage more exhibitors to enter what was, and is hoped to be in the future, a prestigious event.
Since the start of the show season in April, Bede Kerrigan, Ken Scott, John Douthwaite, & David Marshall of Ryedale club, have acted as ambassadors for the show advertising it at ever opportunity. Their work paid off as STAMPS had the most entries for a TTAA Open Show this year. Exhibitors and guests came from afar a field as Dumfries in the north to Portsmouth in the south.
Both FBAS Championship Classes were very well supported with Bede Kerrigan winning Class L with a Sewellia lineolata , and R & K Kirkup winning Class E with a Ctenopoma acutirostre . R & K Kirkup also won best in show with an unusual Limia yaguajali . Miss Amy Charters of STAMPS made a clean sweep of the Junior Class, winning all 4 awards. In all there were 6 FBAS Specials awarded and in total 16 fish became eligible for the TTAA Championship class next year.
John Cowan (FNAS), Tom Gray, Alan Race and Peter Wright, who coped with a difficult situation, undertook judging admirably. In many classes, a mere 4 points separated 1st to 4th place, and points in the high 80s were common.
Alec Morrison & Norman Banks, judged the timing of an over subscribed auction to perfection, finishing their auctioneering stint just before the 5 o’clock deadline. Bob Henson, Rose Jackson, Rob Jackson & Steve Horn kept a check of the lots and paid out the money.
STAMPS would like to thank all of our sponsors and the people who helped to make our first show such a success.

STAMPS Open Show Results 23rd September 2007
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Best fish in Show
1st R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Class S, Limia yaguajali
2nd John Douthwaite, STAMPS, Lamprologus daffodil
3rd Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Sewellia lineolata
Championship Class E
R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Ctenopoma acutirostre, 84pts
Championship Class L
Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Sewellia lineolata, 87pts
Junior Class
1st   Miss Amy Charters, STAMPS, Shubunkin, 73pts 
2nd  Miss Amy Charters, STAMPS, Microgeophagus altispinosa, 65pts
3rd  Miss Amy Charters, STAMPS, Danio albolineata, 62pts
4th   Miss Amy Charters, STAMPS, Xiphophorus helleri, 59pts
B - Barbs
1st   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Puntius conchonius, 82pts 
2nd  John Douthwaite, STAMPS, Puntius schuberti, 81pts
3rd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Barbus rhombocelatus, 80pts
4th   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Barbus rhombocelatus, 79pts
Ba - Barbs
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Barbus denisoni, 83pts 
2nd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Barbus aurilius, 82pts
3rd  B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Barbus denisoni, 81pts
4th   KPJ, Select AS, Barbus filamentosus, 79pts
Ca - Characins
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Hyphessobrycon pyrrhonotus80pts
2nd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Hyphessobrycon socoloffi, 79pts
3rd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS,  Hyphessobrycon pyrrhonotus78pts
4th   Amy Charters, STAMPS, Parachierodon innesi, 75pts
Cb - Pencilfish
1st   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Nannostomus beckfordi, 78pts
2nd  R. Flynn, Independent, Nannostomus beckfordi, 67pts
3rd  B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Nannostomus marginatus, 61pts
4th   B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Nannostomus marginatus, 55pts
C - Characins
1st   B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Abramites hypselonotus, 84pts (Special)
2nd  B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Phenogrammus interuptus, 80pts
3rd  KPJ, Select AS, Neolebias trilineatus, 79pts
4th   KPJ, Select AS, Rachoviscus crassiceps, 77pts
Da - Angelfish
1st   Steve Horn, WASP, Pterophylum scalare, 79pts
2nd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Pterophylum scalare, 78pts
3rd  R Flynn, Independent, Pterophylum scalare, 75pts
4th   R Flynn, Independent, Pterophylum scalare, 69pts
Db - Dwarf Cichlids
1st    KPJ, Select AS, Pseodocrenilabrus nicholsi, 86pts
2nd   KPJ, Select AS, Dicrossus puntutala, 81pts
3rd  R Flynn, Idependent, Microgeophagus altispinosa, 79pts
4th   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Microgeophagus altispinosa, 78pts
Dc - Rift Valley Cichlids
1st   John Douthwaite, STAMPS, Lamprologus daffodil, 88pts (Special) (2nd Best in Show)
2nd  B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Psedotropheus crabro, 87pts
3rd  KPJ, Select AS, Aulonacara stuartgranti, 86pts
4th   KPJ, Select AS, Neolamprologus buescheri, 86pts
D - Cichlids
1st   R Flynn, INDEPENDANT, Cichlasoma spilurum, 82pts
2nd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Vieja maculicauda, 73pts
Ea - Betta splendens
1st   Darren, Lamb, Independent, Betta splendens, 81pts
2nd R Flynn, Independent, Betta splendens, 79pts
3rd  Darren Lamb, Independent, Betta splendens, 78pts
4th   B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Betta splendens, 77pts
E - Labyrinth Fish
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Ctenopoma acutirostre, 84pts (Special)
2nd  Albert King, STAMPS, Colisa labiosa,  82pts 
3rd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Ctenopoma kingsleyae, 80pts
4th   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Ctenopoma kingsleyae, 79pts
F - Killifish
1st   R Flynn, Independent, Aphyosemion gardneri, 84pts
2nd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Pseudoepiplatys annulatus, 76pts
3rd  R Flynn, Independent, Aphyosemion striatum, 75pts
4th   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Aphyosemion bitaeniatum, 73pts
G - Catfish
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Pseudoacanthicus spinosus, 84pts
2nd  KPJ Select AS, Hara hara, 83pts
3rd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Pecoltia platrhynchus, 82pts
4th   C Arnold, Portsmouth AS, Scobiancistrus pariolispos, 81pts
H - Corydoras & Related Species
1st   KPJ, Select AS, Brochis multiradiatus, 86pts (Special)
2nd  C Arnold, Portsmouth AS, Corydoras geryi, 85pts
3rd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Corydoras geryi, 83pts
4th   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Corydoras robustus, 82pts
J - Rasboras & Related Species
1st   KPJ, Select AS, C margaritatus, 86pts
2nd  R Flynn, Independent, Rasbora galaxy, 85pts
3rd  KPJ, Select AS, C margaritatus,84pts
4th   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Rasbora galaxy, 83pts
K - Danios & Related Species
1st   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Danio dangila, 85pts
2nd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Danio chopra, 84pts
3rd  KPJ Select AS, Danio chopra, 83pts
4th   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Danio freigardei, 82pts
L - Loaches
1st   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Sewellia lineolata, 87pts (Special) (3rd Best in Show)
2nd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Sewellia lineolata, 86pts
3rd  KPJ Select AS, Homaloptera sp. 85pts
4th   KPJ Select AS, Schistura baleata, 83pts
Ma - Labeos & Related Species
1st   R Flynn, Independent, Labeo bicolor, 70pts
Mc - Rainbowfish
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Pseudomugil furcata, 82pts
2nd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Melanotaenia boesmani, 80pts
3rd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Bedotia gaeyi, 78pts
M - AOS Egglayers
1st   KPJ, Select AS, Schismata marmoratus, 76pts
2nd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Channa bleheri, 65pts
3rd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Tateurndina ocellicauda, 59pts
4th   J Heatherington, Workington AS, Tateurndina ocellicauda, 56pts
Nb-m - Breeders Pairs, Egglayers
1st   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Corydoras pantanalensis, 80pts
2nd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Pseudomugil furcata, 79pts 
3rd  R Flynn, Independent, Rivulus tenius, 78pts 
4th   B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Colisa sota, 77pts 
No-t - Breeders Pairs, Livebearers
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS,  Gambusia heterochir, 76pts
2nd  R Flynn, Independent, Xiphophorus variatus, 72pts 
3rd  Darren Lamb, Independent, Poecilia reticulata, 71pts 
Oa - Male Guppies
1st   KPJ, Select AS, Poecilia reticulata, 83pts
2nd  Darren Lamb, Independent, Poecilia reticulata, 81pts
3rd  B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Poecilia reticulata, 80pts
4th   KPJ, Select AS, Poecilia reticulata, 79pts
Ob - Female Guppies
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Poecilia reticulata, 79pts
2nd  R Flynn, Independent, Poecilia reticulata, 76pts 
3rd  R Flynn, Independent, Poecilia reticulata, 75pts 
4th   Darren Lamb, Independent, Poecilia reticulata, 70pts 
P - Cultivated Livebearers
1st   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Xiphophorus guntheri, 82pts
2nd  John Douthwaite, STAMPS, Xiphophorus variatus, 81pts
3rd  R Flynn, Independent, Xiphophorus helleri, 80pts
4th  John Douthwaite, STAMPS, Xiphophorus maculatus, 78pts
Q - Xiphphorus (Swordtails)
1st   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Xiphophorus cortezi, 80pts
2nd  KPJ, Select AS, Xiphophorus alverezi, 79pts
R - Xiphphorus (Platies)
1st   KPJ, Select AS, Xiphophorus xiphidium, 80pts
2nd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS,Xiphophorus xiphidium, 74pts
3rd  KPJ, Select AS, Xiphophorus xiphidium, 73pts
S - Limia & Related Species
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Limia yaguajali, 87pts (Special) (Best in Show)
2nd  Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Poecilia caymanensis, 83pts
3rd  KPJ, Select AS, Poecilia chica, 80pts
4th   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Poecilia crossidens,79pts
T - AOS Livebearers
1st   Bede Kerrigan, STAMPS, Skiffia francesae, 83pts
2nd  KPJ, Select AS, Poeciliopsis gracilis, 80pts
3rd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Gambusia heterochir, 79pts
4th   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Alfaro cultratus, 77pts
U - Single-tatil Goldfish
1st   KPJ Select AS, Carassius auratus, 73pts
2nd  B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Carassius auratus, 67pts
3rd  R Flynn, Independent, Carassius auratus, 64pts
V - Twin-tail Goldfish
1st   R Flynn, Independent, Redcap Oranda, 70pts
W- AOS Coldwater
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Sanke Gin, 76pts
2nd  KPJ, Select AS, Rhinogobius wui, 75pts
3rd  R Flynn, Independent, Ghost Koi, 74pts
Xb-m - Breeders Teams, Egglayers
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Synodontis petricola, 78pts
2nd  J Hetherington, Workington AS, Aspidoras Gold, 77pts
3rd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Pseudomugil gertrudae, 76pts
4th   B & S Chrich & I Wright, Sutton AS, Julidichromis gombi,74pts
Xo-t - Breeders Teams, Livebearers
1st   R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Limia nigrofasciata, 77pts
2nd  R & K Kirkup, STAMPS, Limia melanogaster, 76pts