shadoh Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Betta Australis is Proud to Announce the 2012 Betta Show... Classes Division A: Halfmoon Single Tail A1. Red STM (Dark and Light Body) A2. Black STM A3. Dark Iridescent STM A4. Light Solid Color STM A5. Patterned STM A6. Metallic Dark STM A7. Metallic Light STM Division B: Halfmoon Doubletail B1. Dark Solid Color DTM B2. Light Solid Color DTM B3. Patterned DTM B4. Metallic Dark/Light DTM Division C: Crowntail Single Tail C1. Red/Black CTM C2. Dark Iridescent CTM C3. Light Solid CTM C4. Patterned CTM C5. Black Orchid CTM C6. Metallic Dark CTM C7. Metallic Light CTM Division D: Shortfin Single Tail D1. Red STM Show Plakat D2. Black STM Show Plakat D3. Blue STM Show Plakat D4. Steel STM Show Plakat D5. Green/Turquoise STM Show Plakat D6. Light Solid Color Show Plakat D7. Bicolor/Butterfly STM Show Plakat D8. Marble/Grizzled/Multicolor STM Show Plakat D9. Metallic Dark STM Show Plakat D10. Metallic Light STM Show Plakat D11. Halfmoon Shortfin Best in Class - Certificate + Small Prize from Sponsor Division Awards:First - $25 Prizemoney, Certificate & Ribbon Second - $15 Prizemoney, Certificate & Ribbon Third - $10 Prizemoney, Certificate and Ribbon Division A-D Winners compete for BOS & RBOS BOS - $100 Prizemoney, Trophy, Certificate and Sash RBOS - $50 Prizemoney, Trophy, Certificate and Sash Division E: Breeders Division E1. Color or Form Variations - (eg DT Plakat, DT CT, Crown plakat, Dumbo etc) E2. Form and Finnage - (exceptional form fish which does not comply to any colour class eg purple, dalamatian, half black etc. What is generally known as AOC Emphasis is strongly on the FORM, not COLOUR E3. Pairs - (Match spawn siblings) Division F: Wild Type Betta Pairs F1. Bubble-nesters (small ) F2. Bubble-nesters (medium/large) F3. Mouth-brooders ( small) F4. Mouth-brooders (large) Division G: Optional Classes G1. Photography G2. Illustration G3. Crafts Division H: Female Classes H1. Solid Color HM/Plakat Female H2. Patterned HM/Plakat Female H3. Solid Color CT Female H4. Patterned CT Female Division I: Temporary Classes I1. Traditional Plakat I2. Giant Plakat I3. Veiltail Division Awards:First - $25 Prizemoney, Certificate & Ribbon Second - $15 Prizemoney, Certificate & Ribbon Third - $10 Prizemoney, Certificate and Ribbon Not eligible to compete for BOS Any class with less than 3 entries will be combined a/ Entries to be either filled out online, posted to "The Secretary" Betta Australis Inc. 55 Capella Streel Coorparoo 4151, emailed to enquiries@bettaaustralis.com or phoned to Jarrod Nielsen on 0419 828 084 b/ Entry Fee is $5.00 per nominated entry. c/ Entries close 5pm Wednesday 5th September 2012, late entries may not be accepted due to space. d/ Entry Fee must accompany the Entry Form. Cheques to be made payable to Betta Australis Inc. Direct deposit details can be supplied upon request. e/ Entries may be installed from Friday 7th September 2012 between 5.00pm and 10.00pm, Saturday 8th September 2012 between 8.00am and 11.00am in the WD Williamson Pavilion. f/ Hands out of entries at 11.00am Saturday 8th September 2012 and judging will be Saturday 8th September 2012 at 12.00pm. g/ Equipment supplied includes - beanie boxes, stands, lights, Heating cords, power supply and air supply. h/ All bettas excluding the Veiltail class will be judged in accordance with IBC judging criteria. Veiltail class will be judged using the Bettas4All Veiltail Show Standard i/ Entries to be removed between 1.00pm and 4.00pm Sunday 9th September 2012. j/ All care is taken with entries, but Betta Australis accept no responsibility for any loss or damages incured. k/ Stewards collective decision is final. l/ A copy of the rules and standards will be available upon request at all times. m/ All entries must be displayed in supplied container, NO free standing entries admitted. n/ LFS will be accepting local and shipped entries on Thursday 6th September and Friday 7th September only. If shipping/dropping fish off, please ensure fish arrive on those days only. Entry Forms will be available from Wednesday 25th July Edited August 9, 2012 by shadoh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Show schedule : Thursday 6th September - Friday 7th September 11am - 7pm: someone accepting shipped interstate entries/local entries at shop. Friday 7th September (5pm - 10pm) : Benching in Saturday 8th September (8am - 11am) : Benching in Saturday 8th September (12pm - 2pm) : Judging Saturday 8th September (2pm) : Judges afternoon tea break Saturday 8th September (3pm - 6pm) : Judging Saturday 8th September (6pm - ?) : Club BBQ at showgrounds and awards presentation Sunday 9th September (6am - 1pm) : Show open to public Sunday 9th September (1pm - 4pm): Benchout/Pack up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Well done Jarrod. Glad it's all finally official. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Very well done Jarrod and congratulations to Betta Australis!! I didn't get a chance to go through the rules in any real detail, but I'm assuming you'll be opening this comp to non members??? Also have you "advertised" on other Australian forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted July 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Thanks Paul, we have put a lot of hours as a club towards organizing our first major show. It is getting pretty exciting now the date is looming The show is open to EVERYONE and ANYONE regardless of club membership. This is all about spreading the love and sharing with the community. We have a number of international entries and hope to have some interstate entries as well. We will have space for a maximum of 120 entries, so if we fill that number, it will be an amazing sight to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2littlerevheads Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 well done jarrod looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Best part of this show is EVERYONE can enter fish. Man, I can't wait to bench in, stand back and take it all in.Ps. We are promoting this on as many sites and as much as possible. Feel free to copy and use elsewhere, on line or by flyers in your LFS. We would greatly appreciate the support. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted July 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 I have designed and uploaded some print quality (300dpi) posters and flyers that can be printed out and distributed to your local pet stores, community notice boards and anywhere else you may think will give the club and show some exposure. Please help promote this, as we would love it to be a HUGE success A3 - http://db.tt/DVn92RYM A4 - http://db.tt/NzWTCvEN A5 - http://db.tt/Q8IfglpI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Looks fantastic! Very official, sure it will go smoothly. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) Entry forms are up To fill out online: http://bettaaustralis.com/index.php/showform To print out and post: http://db.tt/v3C6DbwB Edited August 6, 2012 by shadoh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Thanks Ness Have you got any flouncy show ponies to send up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Shadoh - I wish, my giants are looking amazing, but they're 1cm long.... my super blue (singluar) is more round tail than D shaped, and everything else has been turned into PK or "crown tail" after spawn efforts... *sigh* no pretty display fush. I am toying with buying one of someone's and just sending it over to the show!!! CHEATER PUMPKIN EATER! If something worthwhile comes up I'll totally enter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Not cheating Ness, that's exactly what I'll be doing if my juvies are still undersize. I don't really have anything show worthy, except my giants, which need more exercise to get their HMPK form back. At the moment, I am double dosing everything with blackworm and strict waterchange/exercise sessions. A lot of us have had a crappy cold season. I lost ALL of my show winners from June's show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briztoon Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 That's upsetting Jarrod. Feel for you mate. I currently have 5 entries for the September show. All bought from someone. My Black Orchid CT pair that I will enter separately, my wild males, and a Royal Blue HM male. I'm pretty upset that no one bought the Steel Blue show grade HM male JL had for sale, and he eventually lost form, slowly faded away and died. The same thing was happening with the Royal Blue show grade HM male, and even though I am not a fan of Half Moons, I bought him as a rescue. Hopefully I will have him in shape for the comp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 It's been confirmed, we have 100 international entries from Thailand and possibly more internationally. Come on guys, it's time to be counted and put as many local entries up as we can!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Got to at least try and put forward some great Aussie fish. Come on guys. Aussie Aussie Aussie OI OI OI. :-) Edited August 21, 2012 by Busman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNgo2006 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 We say that but I noticed a lot if not most of the fish that will be shown were bought from jl or other places not from own breeding efforts and those fish were imports. I feel that competitions should be for personally bred fish not bought ones because it seems those with the cash have the advantage, its like paying to win. Sorry if I upset anyone just speaking my mind and voicing my opinion that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Yes, it is true that a lot of the "Aussie" entries will be bought fish. I myself, although originally planning to enter my self bred fish, find myself in the position of having to enter fish I've bought due to disastrous fishroom dramas leading to multiple deaths of my own stock. I, however will be entering some of my own fish. One part of the Betta Australis and the IBC (of which Betta Australis is a member) is to promote breeding of these fish. Part of that is establishing a show circuit. Something Australia does not currently have. Something that needs support and nurturing by the Australian Betta community, for without support, a show circuit will never get off the ground. Yes, these early shows will contain a majority of imports. The hopes are that these shows will show non-Betta people that Bettas are more than the $5 Veiltail from the LFS and inspire people to breed their own fish. I dream of a day when we hold a show where all Australian entries are Australian bred, but once again, this needs to be nurtured by the local Betta community through local clubs and forums such as this. Realistically, the number of people breeding show quality stock is low when viewed on a national average. We need to get people interested in breeding. I'm sorry the idea of the show brings out any cynicism in you. It does the opposite in me. It inspires me to not only want to breed and maintain my own show lines, talk to anyone who will listen about these fish, supply my own locally bred fish when I have them to others and give any help/advice to people who ask my help. Most of all, it drives me to try and make an Australian show circuit a reality. I don't know about you, but I would love to put my own fish. Fish that I have bred myself against the best in the world in the show arena. In short, a show containing a majority of Australian bred Bettas is going to take time and a lot of support and hard work, but I'm willing to put everything I can into one day seeing it happen. Are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Very well said mate. :-). These things take time, if we held a show for Aussie bred fish only at this stage, it would be a sad show. This is the SECOND show we have held, first big one. We need to learn how to walk before we attempt to run. :-). A big emphasis of the club is BREEDING quality fish. Once more people are doing this and we can encourage people to enter their prize fish from interstate in the show, THEN we are in with a shot. I guess the big thing is this will take time to establish a decent locally bred show circuit. For it to become a reality we need ALL clubs to participate where possible, then hopefully hold their own shows that we can enter our fish. This time last year, Jarrod could have held a show on his own. He had soooo many fish it was nuts. He was the only one in the club that had his own bred fish in numbers. Now, due to "life", he has no fish available (not many but a few stunners we hope are ready) and a few others have fish not quite ready (my whites as eg). Hopefully next year we will start to award points at each show, breeder receives points as well as owner. If you show your own fish and win, you get both lots of points. This way your locally bred fish may not win against a bought fish but at the end of the year, the person breeding his/her own fish will win overall. I do understand your point Chi, but these things take time and patience. We can't do this ourselves, no matter how much we try. If what you want is a locally bred show only, then start breeding quality fish and get entering in as many shows as possible. This can be a reality. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briztoon Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Do either of you two sleep? Two very good posts guys. I would love to have my own bred fish to enter, but being new to the hobby and wanting to be apart of the show, I will only have store bought fish to enter. But it looks like my Royal Blue HM male won't be in the show as his dorsal fin has gone to sh!t. ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I sleep when I am at work Pete, too much to do at home. :-). Sorry your boy is not looking good. Good food, good water and a little luck, who knows.....these fish can bounce back pretty quick once the problem is rectified. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Bad news about your boy Pete. I hope you can work a miracle and get him repaired asap. PS: What is this "sleep" you mention? I am not familiar with the concept... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Chi, This same topic came up at our last VB meet, and while I wish I was a bit more ~fluid~ in the financial department to purchase something worth showing, ship it to melbourne, out to the show, and then back to me (if it survives!) I just don't have any showstoppers in my tanks at the moment... so I won't be showing/participating, but I will be trying to get up there for the show if I can (I'm dollar poor but not time poor!! ....hmm maybe there's a correlation?) However, on the topic of locally bred (breeder=shower) versus purchased fish (shower bought a good fish, didn't breed it) Is actually standard practice in all the big betta shows... infact all fish shows - dog shows, horse shows.. hmm... Preecha (Thailand) is one of the 'buyers' for many international exhibitors that want to "support" betta breeding, the show scene and the styles of fish that are out in the world - but don't want to get involved with the breeding. So they just buy them... and show them... and win. It's a bit of a skewiff way of doing things, but there are few shows that actually actively reward the exhibitor for actually breeding the fish. Now that I think of it, it's a much easier way of doing things, what I wouldn't give for a barracks full of excellent show fish that I just buy up before a VB meet... (oh wait - I'd still miss out on the VB awarded breeder points.) I guess at this stage its just good that there is something like a betta show scene developing in Australia - lord knows the respective (active) states have been working our boobies off to get this scene up and running. What's it been? 2ish years, boys? ...since we started voicing things like "IBC sanctioned shows" and promoting the craft of breeding these fish? Anyway - I'm eyes on the thread, quiet but interested. Sad that I'm not involved (we all know I love being a show pony) but perhaps I can come up there and do a little bit of interpretative dance between water changes. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Ness, I am sure we could add a "betta themed" interpretative dance class to Division G (Optional classes including art, photography and craft) just to get you involved in the show In fact, Don't own a Betta? Fish have performance anxiety? Don't worry, There is a Betta related arts and crafts division. Get out the camera, pick up a paintbrush, dust off that pottery wheel you bought after watching "Ghost" (Cut and past from the club facebook page...) I know you have some amazing photos on file Ness. Maybe you could enter one or 2 of those Yes, quite a few of us have been trying to get something like this off the ground for some time. At least baby steps are finally being taken :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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