The Dallas Koi Kichi Group

Annual Koi Show

Judges

Our Koi Judges are from all over the country and are some of the most knowledgeable, involved and respected in the Unites States.

Our Head Judge will be Joe White. He will be assisted by Charles Phelps, Steve Drake and Candidate Judge Jan Thompson.

(The following Bio’s were taken from the AKCA.ORG website - www.akca.org)

JUDGES BIO FORM

Name: Joe White Address: 819 Hewitt Dr. Port Orange, FL 32127 Phone/Fax (386) 767-0814 E-mail: jwkoi@aol.com Profession: Retired Educator

Size of Pond: 10,000 gallons

Year Certified 2004: Joe has participated in judge seminars since the first presentation by the Judge Committee in 1994 at the AKCA Seminar held in Baltimore. Entered the program as a Candidate Judge in 2001; he is in the Judge Class of 2004.

Years in Hobby: 12 years.

Affiliated Club and how many years: Joe has been a member of MAKC since 1994 and joined the Central Florida Koi Club the same year. He is a founding officer of the Florida East Coast club beginning in 1998 and is a founding officer of the ZNA Southern Koi Association in 2003

Positions held in clubs: President, Vice President, Newsletter Editor and Web Master. Currently he is the AKCA director for FLECKA He has been koi show chairman and co chairman for shows in the central Florida and has assisted with water quality for shows throughout eastern USA.

Other koi related Activities: Joe has given several talks on water quality and filtration at show seminars and has appeared on television and radio shows several times. He visited Japan twice. Joe got into website design in 2005 and has helped Florida clubs put up their websites. He has worked on the AKCA Project website and writes for the KOIUSA website

Accomplishments: Joe and his wife, Sherri, have won Grand Champion, Grand Champion B, and Reserve at shows in Florida. Joe is a certified KHA

JUDGES BIO FORM

Name: Charles Phelps Address: 6806 Briscoe Ln. Louisville, KY 40228 Phone/Fax: 502-239-1323, 502-239-2180 e-mail: Kenrose@aol.com Profession: Certified Arborist

Size of Pond: 15,000 gals

Year Certified as Judge: 1997

Years in Hobby: 17 years

Affiliated Club and how many years: Greater Louisville Koi & Goldfish Society 15 years, also member of Mid-Atlantic Koi Club, Midwest Koi & Pond Society, and Northern Midwest ZNA

Positions held in club: Two terms as President, three times Show Chairman, current Treasurer and AKCA Rep., Co- Chairman of AKCA Seminar

Other koi related Activities: Have written articles for Club Newsletter and AKCA, have done talks at Koi Shows and Seminars. Taught classes on Building Koi Ponds and Koi Keeping at local High School, attended All-Japan Koi Show in 1996

Accomplishments: Voted Koi Person of the Year in 1992, have won several Grand Champion Awards and other Major Awards across the country, have judged in about 20 Shows in the US and abroad since being certified

JUDGES BIO FORM

Name: Steve Drake Address: Phone/Fax: (760) 729-3649 e-mail: SteveDrake@aol.com Profession: Technical Director - Ophthalmic Optics

Size of Pond: My pond and water system measures 3000 gallons.

Year Certified as Judge; 1999

Years in Hobby: 16 years

Affiliated Club and how many years: Koi Club of San Diego since 1989

Positions held in club: President, VP of Program, VP of Venue, Show Chairman

Other koi related Activities: I have been to Japan 6 times and have brought Koi home from other counties as well. I have written articles on a number of topics for KOI USA including Koi Terms, Buying and transporting Koi from Asia, Japanese versus English shows, etc. My pond was selected for a feature photo layout in a Koi publication in the UK. I have been the auctioneer several times at San Diego’s largest Koi auction, I was chosen with only two others from our county to speak about Koi, my pond and my garden on a KPBS TV program. It has been shown, so far, for three years due to its popularity with the general public.

Accomplishments: My involvement with Koi has been, by both scale and expense, within the average suburban homeowners capability. The investment of my time to study Koi and their care has been very satisfying. While I love to study and judge large Koi, I specialize in buying smaller fish and raising them for shows in classes up to 21 inches long. My fish have won many high level Koi show awards. I consider my Koi as fine art, which understandably, are much more appreciated because they are framed by a collection of rare palm trees, ferns and other garden features.

JUDGES BIO FORM

Name: Jan Thompson
Address: 186 W. Mangrum Court, Pueblo West, CO 81007-1818
Phone: 719-547-4747
e-mail: iamjant@hotmail.com
Profession: Mortgage Banking

Size of Pond: 10,000 gals. Years in Hobby: Since 1996

Year entered AKCA Judging Program: 2006

Affiliated Club: ROCKY MOUNTAIN KOI CLUB, Denver, CO. Member since 1997. Also belong to Oklahoma City and Phoenix, AZ AKCA Clubs. Member of ZNA

Related Activities: She has traveled together with her husband to shows in California, Oklahoma, Arizona, Illinois and Florida taking koi to all but Florida and California. In 2003 traveled to Japan to learn koi culture in Niigata area. Traveled to England in 2004. Contributor to RMKC Newsletter. Has helped bench koi and has been a judging scribe at several koi shows around the country.

Accomplishments: 1997 RMKC Tategoi award, 2001 RMKC Baby Champion, Young Champion in 2004 at both the Valley of the Sun Koi Show and Midwest Pond and Koi Society Show in Chicago, Mature Champion at Valley of the Sun Koi Show in 2004, and Reserve Grand Champion 2005 RMKC Show.