EVERY YEAR THE GINRINSORAGOI ORGANIZES A ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL EVENT, TAKE A LOOK YEAR BELOW AT THE REPORT OF THE EVENTS STARTING FROM THE OLDEST ONE TO THE NEWEST ONE.



GINRINSORAGOI KOI MEETING 2008.







ON 25TH OF MAY 2008 WE HAD IN OUR SHOP THE GINRINSORAGOI KOI MEETING 2008. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITALY ALL THE KOI FAN AROUND THE COUNTRY MET THEMSELVES IN AN EXCLUSIVE KOI MEETING. APART FROM THE WEATHER, IT WAS RAINING ALL DAY LONG, THERE WERE 140 PEOPLE!



           


           



AT THE EVENT WE HAD AS SPECIAL GUEST THE FAMOUS KOI DOCTOR ROB HEIJMANS WHO KEPT A SEMINAR UPON THE KOI HEALTH AND SOME DEMOSTRATIONS OF FIRST AID. SOME GINRINSORAGOI CUSTOMERS ASKED ROB TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR KOI, A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, WE GOT SOME ECOGRAPHY, MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS AND VARIOUS TREATMENTS.



         


         


         


         


         

OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE EVENT WAS SERA ITALIA. ACCORDING TO SERA ITALIA WE MADE A CORNER IN THE GINRINSORAGOI TO SHOW ALL SERA PRODUCTS AND LET PEOPLE GET INFORMATION ABOUT IT. DURING THE DAY WE FREELY GAVE PEOPLE INFORMATION MAGAZINE AND DVD, AND FREE SAMPLE OF KOI FOOD. THE EVENT GAVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THE NEW PROFESSIONAL KOI FOOD MADE BY SERA, ALSO WITH A SPECIAL PRICE.

         


         

DURING THE DAY WE GOT A REFRESHMENT AND SOME GAMES WITH PRIZES.


        
         


          

GINRINSORAGOI KOI MEETING 2009.

ON 19TH OF JULY WE GOT IN OUR SHOP THE GINRINSORAGOI KOI MEETING 2009
THIS YEAR THE WEATHER WAS GOOD AND WE GOT A FULLY SUNNY DAY, ABOUT ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE ENJOYED THE EVENT FROM ALL THE ITALIAN COUNTRY AND ONE EVEN FROM SICILY, MR. SILVESTRO LONGO, WHO HAS HAD TO TAKE AN AIRPLANE IN ORDER TO CATH UP US. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO HONORED OUR ENGAGED SO THAT THIS PASSION BECOMES EVERY DAY GREATER.

         


         

OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE EVENT WAS SERA ITALIA.
WITH THE HELP OF OUR FRIEND MR. PIETRO FERRARIS, REPRESENTATIVE OF SERA IN OUR DISTRICT, WE BUILT A DEDICATED STAND FOR SERA WHERE PEOPLE GOT INFORMATION, COUNCILS, THE SERA KOI MAGAZINE AND FREE SAMPLE OF KOI FOOD.
THANKS TO SERA FOR THIS COPPERATION WHICH IS ALIVE FROM MORE YEARS.

         


         

SPECIAL GUEST OF THE EVENT WAS THE ZNA CERTIFIED LOCAL JUDGE PIET VAESSEN.
DUTCH, MEMBER OF THE BELGIAN KOI SOCIETY, KOI FAN TILL 1985, GRADUATED IN 2001 AFTER FISH DISEASES HIGH SCHOOL, DEDICATED TO THE JUDGING LEARNIG PROGRAM OBTAIN THE CERTFICICATION FROM THE FAMOUS ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI IN 2009.
EVERYONE OF US SAY THANKS TO HIM TO HAVE RENDERED SPECIAL THIS EVENT.

         


         

OFFICIAL REPORTER OF THE EVENT MR. PARICK VANDAEL.
BELGIAN, PHOTOGRAPHER, REPORTER, KOI EXPERT, DIRECTOR AND PROMOTER OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL FORUM WWW.AQUATECHNOBEL.BE AND PRODUCER OF ATB TV, THIS FRIEND OF US COME TO THE GINRINSORAGOI IN ORDER TO MAKE, WITH THE HELP OF HIS LADY, A REPORT OF OUR EVENT.
THANKS TO YOU TO HAVE RENDERED UNFORGETTABLE THIS DAY.

         

A BIG THANK TO LUCA, SARA, MAURIZIO, MORGANA AND ANDREA WHICH HAVE RENDERED THIS DAY PERFECT WITH THEIR EFFORTS.

         


         

THE DAY START WITH THE BENCHING OF THE KOI FOR OUR KOI SHOW: EVERY KOI WAS PREPARED BEFORE OF THE SHOW FOLLOWING PRECISE INSTUCTIONS AND AT THE BENCHING TIME WAS EXAMINATED FOR HEALTH CONDITION, BE MEASURED AND DEALT FOR STRESS. THESE COMPETITION, IF WELL PREPARED AND EXECUTED, AREN'T CAUSE OF KOI PROBLEMS, AS UNFORTUNATLY MANY BELIEVE, BUT THEY ARE OCCASION OF INCREASE AND COMPARISON FOR THEIR OWNERS, AT THE GINRINSORAGOI WE MANAGED THE KOI AT THE BEST OF OUR POSSIBILITY AND WITH OUR EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE EVERYTHING WENT PERFECTLY.

         


         


         


         


         


         


         

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BENCHING OF THE KOI FOR OUR KOI SHOW WE HAD AN INTERCATIVE SEMINAR, KEPT FROM THE ZNA CERTIFIED LOCAL JUDGE PIET VAESSEN, ABOUT THE KOI VALUTATION WHICH HAPPENING HAS COLLECTED A GREAT SUCCESS. WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED SOME VALUTATIVE CARDS THE SAME WHICH WERE USED IN INTERNAZTINAL KOI SHOW AND WE HAVE ASKED PEOPLE TO VALUE THREE VARIETY OF KOI, KOHAKU SANKE AND SHOWA, USING THREE KOI FROM OUR SHOP FOR EACH VARIETY. THE JUDGE MADE HIS VALUTATION AND KEPT IT SECRET, THEN PEOPLE DID THE SAME, AT LAST WE HAVE TOLD PEOPLE THE JUDGE VALUTATIONS AND WE HAD EXPLAINED THEM IN ORDER TO GIVE EVERYONE THE CRITERIA TO VALUE A KOI, THAT FEATURES OF A SUBJECT OF AN OWN POND OR OF A ONE TO BE ACQUIRED.

         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         

AFTER THE SEMINAR KEPT FROM THE JUDGE, IN THE STAND WE BUILT FOR SERA, WE HAVE KEPTED A SEMINAR ON THE MAINTENANCE OF A KOI POND, IN PARTICULAR ON THE WATER CARE REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE WONDERFUL FISH IN ORDER TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO REALIZE THE DREAM: OFTEN THE PONDS AREN'T GOOD FOR THE KOI AND OFTEN THE KOI LOOSES THEIR GOOD HEALTH CONDITION AND DIES, AT THE GINRINSORAGOI WE DOESN'T WANT THIS AND WE GARANTEE THE HEALTH OF OUR KOI IF THE CUSTOMER KEEPS THEM IN A GOOD KOI POND, PEOPLE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ANIMALS CAN LIVE FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS, THE HOPE OF EVERYONE IS TO SEE THE KOI GROW TILL THEIR MAXIMUM SIZE, THAT IN JAPAN IS AROUND ONE METER LONG AND QUITE 40KG OF WEIGHT, TO MAKE PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY THE INCREDIBLE FRIENDSHIP OF THE KOI.

         


         

FINALLY, WITH THE HAPPYNESS OF EVERYONE AND IN LATE RESPECT OUR EVENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO EAT: THUS ALL TO EAT PIZZA AND SANDWICHES!

         


         


         

THE DAY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND WITH OUR BIG PLEASURE IT WAS A PLEASURE AND INTERESTING DAY FOR EVERYONE: THERE WAS WHO MET FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR CHAMPIONS, TRULY ONLY ONES IN ITALY, AND LEAVES THEM GAVE KISSES TO HIS HANDS AND MAKE PHOTO TO THEM, THERE WAS WHO DECIDED TO ASK THE JUDGE TO SELECT A KOI TO BE ACQUIRED AND WHO TOOK THE OCCASION TO BUY EVERYTHING FOR HIS OWN POND, IT WAS REALLY A GOOD CHANCE!

         


         


         

WITH THE BELGIAN KOI SOCIETY, ALSO BELGIAN CHAPTER OF THE FAMUOS ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI, WE HAVE REALIZED A KOI SHOW WICH GAVE BIRTH AT THE FIRST ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP FOR KOI, WE HOPE WITH TIME TO SEE EVEN MORE KOI FAN PALYING IN THESE KIND OF COMPETITION WHICH ARE REASON OF ENCOUNTER AND COMPARISON BETWEEN THEM AND THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT KOI ARE NOT ONLY WONDERFUL ANIMALS BUT ARTS IN MOTION, EVERYONES AN ONLY ONES.

         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         


         

IN THE EVENING WE HAVE HAD SOME PLAY WITH PRIZES.
SERA HAD OFFERED FOR THESE PLAY THREE BIG VALUE PRIZES: ONE 5LT BULK OF SERA KOI PROTECT, ONE SERA AQUA TEST BOX FOR POND, ONE 5LT BULK OF SERA TOXIVEC.
THE GINRINSORAGOI DID THE SAME OFFERING FOUR BIG VALUE PRIZES: ONE KOI OF 1500€ VALUE, ONE STUR 60CM LONG, A COUPLE OF STERLETT AND A BABY KOI.

         


         


         

AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE HAD THE PRIZING TIME OF OUR KOI SHOW.
SERA HAD OFFERED EVERY CHAMPION OF VARIETY 1KG BAG OF SERA KOI PROFESSIONAL KOI FOOD, AND ALSO HAD OFFERED THE SUPREME CHAMPION AND THE GRAND CHAMPION 2,2KG BAG OF SERA KOI PROFESSIONAL KOI FOOD.
THE GINRINSORAGOI HAD GIVEN TO EVERYONE PRIZED A CERTFICATE WITH THE SIGN OF THE ZNA CERTFIED LOCAL JUDGE PIET VAESSEN, WITH THE TITLE WICH THE KOI HAD WON AND THE NAME OF THE OWNER, THE SAME IT HAPPENS IN INTERNATIONAL KOI SHOW.
THESE WAS THE RESULT:

KOHAKU BEST IN VARIETY - FEDERICO SEGANFREDDO - KOHAKU SIZE 5
***INAZUMA KOHAKU - 53,5CM - 3 YEARS - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2008
SANKE BEST IN VARIETY - FEDERICO SEGANFREDDO - SANKE SIZE 4
***MARUTEN SANKE - 47CM - 3 YEARS - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2008
SHOWA BEST IN VARIETY - ALESSANDRO FERRARI - SHOWA SIZE 5
***HI SHOWA - 57,5CM - 4 YEARS - IMPORTED BY KOI GARDEN IN 2006
UTSURIMONO BEST IN VARIETY - FEDERICO SEGANFREDDO - UTSURIMONO SIZE 3
***SHIRO UTSURI - 35CM - 2 YEARS - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2008
ASAGI/SHUSUI BEST IN VARIETY - ALESSANDRO FERRARI - SHUSUI SIZE 5
***SHUSUI - 57CM - 4 YEARS - IMPORTED BY KOI GARDEN IN 2006
DOITSU A BEST IN VARIETY - CLAUDIO PIATTI - DOITSU A SIZE 5
***DOITSU SANKE - 57CM - 4 YEARS - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2007
DOITSU B BEST IN VARIETY - LUCA MAURI - DOITSU B SIZE 4
***BENI KUMUNRYU - 42CM - 2 YEARS - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2008
GINRIN B BEST IN VARIETY - ALESSANDRO FERRARI - GINRIN B SIZE 5
***GINRIN CHAGOI - 57,5CM - 4 YEARS - IMPORTED BY KOI GARDEN IN 2006
SUPREME CHAMPION - CLAUDIO PIATTI - SHOWA SIZE 6
***SHOWA - 65CM - 6 YEARS - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2006
GRAND CHAMPION - CLAUDIO PIATTI - UTSURIMONO SIZE 6
***SHIRO UTSURI - 66CM - 5 YEARS - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2006

THE BELGIAN KOI SOCIETY, IN THE MAN OF THE ZNA CERTIFIED LOCAL JUDGE PIET VAESSEN, AS IT'S USED WHEN A FOREIGN JUDGE COME IN ANOTHER COUNTRY FOR JUDGING A KOI SHOW, HAD GIVEN TWO FRIENDSHIP AWARDS, ONE AS USUAL TO THE GRAND CHAMPION, AND THE OTHER TO A TATEGOI:

BELGIAN KOI SOCIETY FRIENDSHIP AWARDS - LUCA MAURI - KOHAKU SIZE 3
***KOHAKU - 36CM - 1 YEAR - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2009
BELGIAN KOI SOCIETY FRIENDSHIP AWARDS - CLAUDIO PIATTI - GRAND CHAMPION
***SHIRO UTSURI - 66CM - 5 YEARS - IMPORTED BY THE GINRINSORAGOI IN 2006

FOR LASTING, FOR THE PASSION IN HIS JOB, THE FAMUOS ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI HAD PRIZED THE GINRINSORAGOI WITH THE ZNA FRIENDSHIP AWARDS

WE SAY HELLO AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WAITING THE NEXT GINRINSORAGOI KOI MEETING.