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Some additional attractions for visitors to the show
Progamme of events in the lecture tent
 Saturday 25th
10.00 - 12.00: Ask The Panel
Mark Davis
Mark Gardner
Syd Mitchell
Nicholas Stinton
A two hour session where a panel whose knowledge in their particular field is well recognised will answer any questions you may have about koi keeping including breeding, health, photography, water testing, filtration equipment, pond design and so much more. The extended session will allow those on the panel to expand their answers and talk about areas of the hobby that are related to those questions.
13.00 - 14.00: Mike Snaden
Mike and a team of Japanese breeders will talk about koi breeding and answer any questions related to koi appreciation.
Sunday 26th
10.00 - 12.00: Ask The Panel
Mark Davis
Mark Gardner
Syd Mitchell
Nicholas Stinton
A two hour session where a panel whose knowledge in their particular field is well recognised will answer any questions you may have about koi keeping including breeding, health, photography, water testing, filtration equipment, pond design and so much more. The extended session will allow those on the panel to expand their answers and talk about areas of the hobby that are related to those questions.
Biographies of those taking part:
Mark Davis
Mark studied fish farming, water chemistry, geology, fish health, and disease diagnosis at Sparsholt College from 1983 to 1985. During that time he also worked on several fish farms in the UK and on carp farms in France and Hungary. After graduating from Sparsholt Mark secured a letter of introduction to Mr Kamihata of Kamihata Fish Industries who agreed to let him spend six months working on his koi farm in Yamazaki. When Mark set up Cuttlebrook Koi Farm it had ponds but no electricity, mains water or sewage facilities. By dogged persistence and support from his wife, Lisa, he has turned it into the successful Koi farm that it is today.
Syd Mitchell
Over thirty years designing and installing water quality and filtration control equipment for the leisure industry followed by studying Koi physiology and health since 2006 has given Syd a lot to talk about. He has written over 100 magazine articles mainly about water quality, filtration equipment and pond design and how they impact on the Koi environment and Koi health. Hanna Instruments asked him to write their Koi keeping manual for them. The Kent Science Institute asked him to set up Koi teaching seminars leading to him being recruited by the on-line teaching organisation Koi Organisation International to teach courses in Water Quality and Advanced Filtration.
Nicholas Stinton
Nick is a Senior Fish Health Inspector with the Fish Health Inspectorate which is the official service for the control of serious diseases in aquatic animals in England and Wales. They act on behalf of Defra and the Welsh Government and are based at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture science (Cefas). The FHI is responsible for preventing the introduction and spread of serious diseases in fish, shellfish and crustacea. Nick leads on ornamental fish and monitoring of imports and has dealt with Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) on many occasions in a wide range of situations. Nick was also part of a European group of officials who reviewed the criteria to be used by European Authorities in determining potential monitoring and control measures of KHV.
Mike Snaden
Yume Nishikigoi is run by Mike and Elisa Snaden. We are agents for all Momotaro Koi Farm products. We started in this hobby in 1993 and soon became addicted. In 1997, we tried just one Koi Show and took four Koi to the South Hants Show where we won Grand Champion. In January 2000, having been taught about understanding tategoi by a Japanese ZNA judge, we started Yume Koi with one aim.... to try to sell the kind of Koi that the Asian market demanded. Several breeders including Momotaro, Takigawa, and Takeda expressed their concerns that Yume Koi would fail unless we sold cheaper Koi (with higher margins), but we persevered. The rest is history!
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