SATURDAY 1st & SUNDAY 2 nd OCTOBER 2022 GROWING ON COMPETITION AND SPECIAL SALE WEEKEND
Posted on 15th September 2022 at 10:36
Over this weekend we will be running our ever popular growing on competition. Whilst the format remains the same, each year we endevor to make improvements.
As the event appears to get more popular each year we have found ourselves selling out of the normal 250 number of special koi on the Saturday of the event, often leaving regular customers who can only make Sundays with little choice or no fish to purchase. With this in mind this year we will have 200 special koi on view and available for purchase on Saturday and a further 200 that will only be made available on Sunday. This will prevent much overcrowding and also provide a fairer choice for all . We will still have the prize of purchase price of fish refunded and £100 of quality food for the koi with the largest increase in size. We will also have the most improvement in quality prize of the same value purchase prize refunded and £100 of quality koi food but will have a prize for each of the two days. Giving both Saturday & Sunday an even chance or double the chance if you attend both days.
The fish will be grown on in our specialised growing on polytunnel and kept at 24 degrees c until being cooled and made ready for collection during the Easter 2023 weekend. During this period they will be fed by automatic feeders supplimented by hand feeding to maximise their growth potential. Last years winning fish for growth was an Ochibashigura bred by Oofuchi which increased by 13cm with the average growth over the whole batch of fish being 9cm.
The most improved quality fish was a Shiro Utsuri bred by Matsunosuke. As before none of the fish will have been previously displayed in our retail area and were selected by us specifically for this competition weekend. All koi will be photographed and measured with a copy photo taken away by the purchaser to be bought back when collecting their fish. We would like all fish to be collected before the 1st of May 2023. This year the koi will be priced from £35 to £85 and have been selected from the following breeders :- Aoki, Hiroi, Matsunosuke, Marusaka, Miyatora, Marusei, Shinoda, Sakuma, Takahashi, Oofuchi and Yamazaki.
KOI SALE
Subject to being unsold the following koi will be on sale at special discounted prices on the 1st & 2nd October weekend only.
|
Quantity |
Variety |
Size |
Breeder |
Current Price |
Sale Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
250 |
Mixed |
12/15cm |
Yamazaki |
£17.50 |
£12.50 |
|
300 |
Mixed |
14/15cm |
Marusei |
£20.00 |
£15.00 |
|
200 |
Long Fin Mix |
15/18cm |
Marusei |
£25.00 |
£20.00 |
|
100 |
Jumbo Chagoi |
12/15cm |
Yamazaki |
£25.00 |
£15.00 |
|
200 |
Jumbo Chagoi |
15/18cm |
Marusei |
£25.00 |
£20.00 |
|
150 |
Mixed |
16/20cm |
Marusei |
£35.00 |
£25.00 |
|
100 |
Mixed |
18/20cm |
Oofuchi/Marusei |
£40.00 |
£30.00 |
|
100 |
Mixed |
20/25cm |
Various |
£65.00 |
£50.00 |
|
100 |
Goshiki/ gin rin |
18/20cm |
Hiroi |
£65.00 |
£55.00 |
|
75 |
Mixed |
20/30cm |
Various |
£145.00 |
£110.00 |
|
75 |
Go sanke |
25/35cm |
Matsunoskue |
£150.00 |
£125.00 |
|
50 |
Go sanke |
30/40cm |
Matsunoskue |
£245.00 |
£200.00 |
|
50 |
Mixed |
35/40cm |
Various |
£245.00 |
£225.00 |
|
75 |
Mixed |
35/40cm |
Various |
£345.00 |
£300.00 |
|
10 |
Hi utsuri |
45/50cm |
Shinoda |
£495.00 |
£450.00 |
|
20 |
Doitsu Go sanke |
35/40cm |
Takahashi |
£675.00 |
£575.00 |
|
10 |
Orange Matsuba |
35/40cm |
Tomezo |
£695.00 |
£650.00 |
LARGER DISCOUNTED KOI
A number of larger koi will be discounted for this weekend only and will be individually priced on the photo boards.
EXTRA SPECIAL DISCOUNTED LARGER KOI.
We will have 10 koi sized between 55cm and 70cm that will be offered at an extreme discount, these fish have either been grown on by us or have minor faults in their patterns but are healthy quality koi at a very low price. The offer even better value with the increasing costs of freight when newly imported koi are purchased. Pictures of these koi will be displayed on our Facebook page on Friday 30th September and will be sold on a first come basis only over our special weekend, these koi must also be taken home with you on the day.
DRY GOODS SPECIAL OFFERS.
Over this weekend we will have special discounted prices on food for cooler temperatures in prepatation for Autmn and Winter. They include JPD Shogun and Medicarp, Hikari Saki multi season, Cloverleaf and Yamitsu wheatgerm.
FREE RAFFLE.
We will be running our customary free raffle with the prize being a £500 voucher redeemable for koi of the winners choice.
BBQ.
Mark will be running our ever popular bbq for both days of the sale weekend and looks forward to seeing you all.
POND CONSTRUCTION
We design & build all types of pond from small formal water features up to small lakes. However we are best known for our high quality specialist koi ponds. We can supply fully itemised quotations and are now taking bookings for 2023. So if you are thinking of building a new pond or improving your current pond or filter system contact us or view examples of our completed projects on our web site www.avenuefisheries.com or on Facebook page. We also undertake pond maintenance.
BIO SECURITY
We have been at the forefront of koi quarantine for over 47 years and for the last 20 years have operated a fully bio secure quarantine area. We quarantine all koi we import from Japan for a minimum of 8 weeks and subject them to heat ramping 4 times, this combined with our close links with Japanese breeders and our membership of the Japan Koi Dealers Association enables us to hopefully offer for sale the healthiest koi possible.
JAPAN AUTUMN HARVEST BUYING TRIP.
For the first time in nearly 3 years due to Covid restrictions we are able to go to Japan ourselves to purchase high grade stocks of 2yr and older koi. If you have any specific requests for quality koi from particular breeders contact us with your budget and requirements and we will do our best to source them for you, we can whattsapp photos or email koi from Japan direct to you to make your choices.
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR.
Our next open weekend will be our Christmas / New year event Bank holiday Monday 2nd January when fish purchased during the Autumn harvest will be on display for the first time having completed their 8 weeks Quarantine . We will also be running our bbq on this day.
We thank you for your custom during 2022 our 47th year as a full time koi only retailer
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