All Japan Ranchu Show 2004 Revisited - Part II
 

The second part of my presentation will be on the goings on in the background of the AJRS 2004 from the judges point of views. The area for the judging and some of the procedures during the judging.

The first picture is the area behind the fence prepared for the judges to do their judging of all the ranchu.

The second picture is the queue where the participant go to register their fish for the Show.

The third picture is of the Classification Judge who is checking each ranchu registered with their pictures to make sure that they are the same fish.

The fourth picture is Mr.Kashino registering his ranchu for the Show with the help of Mr.Jatupon or A (Chonburi).

The last picture is the names of all the Judges for the AJRS 2004.

AJRS 2004 Revisited Part II
 

The first picture is of the holding pond for the ranchu before being presented to the judges. Since there are so many fish at the Show, it is important for the Selection Judges to choose these fish carefully. Many of the inferior fish will be culled directly from such an early stage. You can see the panel of judges in the background observing the side of the fish and voting on them.

The second picture is of the Judges being presented with the fish. The Fish Judge will show the sideview of the fish (for about 5 seconds) to the panel of six judges for their considerations. The Judges will then have about 20 - 30 seconds to consider the fish as it swims in the bowl before they have to render their decision by giving points (1 to 5) to separate the classes of the fish in each classification. This is the most important time for each of the ranchu. If the fish do not swim well in this time, it will not do well in the Show.

The third picture is of the panel of Judges giving points to separated the classes of the ranchu. Class A = 24 - 30 points, Class B = 21 - 23 points, Class C = 19 - 20 points, Class D = 18 points, Class E = 16 - 17 points, Class F = 12 - 15 points, and Class G = 11 points and under.

The fourth picture is of the ranchu after they have been sorted by class. What you see in this picture is Class B and C.

The last picture is of the Class A pond for the Nisai Class. You may recognize Mr.Mita's Nisai in the pond. But please kindly look at each of these masterpieces.

AJRS 2004 Revisited Part II
 

This is the last set for my presentation on this AJRS Revisited Threads. I hope that this look behind the scene will give you some better idea of what goes on in the All Japan Ranchu Show every year. Early November 2005, I plan to be participating in this wonderful ranchu spectacle once again, and from just reposting these pictures again, I cannot stop myself from getting excited about the prospect. I have a better camera this time, and cannot wait to take some lovely pictures such as those that Geert has shown to us. Back to the Show, this last set will be the last part of the judging for the Show.

The first picture is of the judges in the final step of ranking the fish in each classes.

The second picture is of the holding ponds of the Show fish in each classifications awaiting the final ranking from all the panels of judges and finally the presentation to the public.

The third picture is once again the picture of the public mobbing each of the winners as they are presented. Quite a stir!

The fourth picture is once again of the fish that did not make the grade to the Show. But please look at the size of all of them. If only I could just take just some of them home with me. :p

The last picture is the group picture of all the participants for publication and future prosperity.

Hope that you like the pictures and hope that it will help many people to understand the dedications and efforts that many people go through for this lovely ranchu hobby. Sawasdee krap and keep up the good work every one. See you at the Show at the end of the year. Work hard and you shall be delivered. Peace. :)

Hi Pat,

Thks for the pictures and commentaries. I really appreciate it. Thks. :)

Regards,
Bill

Hi AbsoluteRanchu, can you elaborate on the points (1 to 5) and the points for classes A to G pls? Are points 1 to 5 only for swimming and are there swimming points in classes A to G? How do the swimming points affect the Ranchu for the rest of the show pls? For classes A to G, is there fixed no of points for different categories, eg for body, tail, scale etc? Thanks.

The points award is the opinion of how good the fish is overall. Swimming is one aspect of the fish. For fish that are equally perfect (such as most of the fish that entered the AJRS Competition), swimming action on that day will decide who is more majestic and win. The point is the result of the consideration from the combination of all the standards, sideview consideration, and swimming. Then the points from all six judges will be combined. Such as if all the judges did not take any point off at all, you will have six judges giving 5 points each, for the total of 30 points for the fish, which represent a perfect score.

The 20 - 30 seconds provided (after the sidview of the fish has been presented by the Fish Judge) is the time for the judges to consider the fish, guage the quality and render their decision on how much points to award the fish.

The many fish that enter the AJRS competition get judged at many steps of the competition. In order for the fish to be presented to the Panel of Judges for each classification already means that it is already a strong fish. The expertise of the Panel of Judges can be highlighted by just looking at the amount of time each Panel of Judges has a chance to consider the fish. Most of the fish will spend no more than 1 - 2 minutes in front of the Panel of judges, and in that short a time, the quality will be precisely guaged and translated to points.

Thanks AbsoluteRanchu for the info :)