Betta shows

The 6th edition of the Holland Betta Show 2015 was a big success! In total 308 show bettas were entered by 45 breeders from 14 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, The Netherlands and The United Kingdom). Because of the great diversity finnage and color variants the fish entered to our show, were able divided over 26 different show classes.It was really nice to be able to welcome so many members of our forum and to meet many other (new) betta hobbyists.

M2 Asymmetrical Halfmoon plakat male – Unicolor Iridescent (18 fish by 8 breeders from 6 different European countries)

DSQ: 1 fish (defective gill cover)

M3 Symmetrical halfmoon plakat male – All Colors (3 fish by 3 breeders from 3 different European countries)

1.72 – David Bastiaensen (Belgium)

M4 Doubletail halfmoon plakat male – All Colors (7 fish by 6 breeders from 5 different European countries)

DSQ: 1 (size)

1. 103 – Josef Kanok (Czech Republic)	1. 266 – Eugenio Fornasiero (Italy)	1. 294 – Stefan Leopold (Germany)

M5 Crowntail plakat male – All Colors (3 fish by 3 breeders from 3 different European countries)

1. 295 – Stefan Leopold (Germany)

M6 Veil tail male – All Colors (8 fish by 4 breeders from 3 different European countries)

DSQ: 1 fish (disease), 2 fish (too small)

1. 130 – Andrej Tihomirovi? (Croatia)	2. 68 – Tahira Tarquini (Italy)	3. 50 – Patricia van Erp (The Netherlands)

M7 Halfmoon Male – Unicolor (8 fish by 7 breeders from 4 different European countries)

DSQ: 1 fish (extreme branching), 1 fish (SBD).

1. 59 – Jolanda Wisseborn (The Netherlands)	2. 61 – Jolanda Wisseborn (The Netherlands)	3. 237 – Ines Borgolte (Germany)

M7 Halfmoon male – All Other Colors (23 fish by 11 breeders from 6 different European countries)

DSQ: 5 fish (too small)

M8 Doubletail Halfmoon Male – All colors (2 fish by 2 breeders from 2 different European countries)

1. 90 – Jamie King (Czech Republic)

M10 Form and Variations – All colors (2 fish by 1 breeder from 1 country)

1. 232 – Ines Borgolte (Germany)

F1 Traditional Plakat Female – All colors (6 fish by 5 breeders from 5 different European countries)

1. 146 – Kristian Draganovic (Croatia)	2. 112 – Josip Kevari (Austria)	3. 52 – Patricia van Erp (The Netherlands)

F2/F3 Halfmoon Plakat Female – Unicolor Iridescent (10 fish by 7 breeders from 5 different European countries)

1. 79 – David Bastiaensen (Belgium)	2. 47 – Joep van Esch (The Netherlands)	3. 31 – Anthony Ho (The Netherlands)

F2/F3 Halfmoon Plakat Female – Unicolor Non-Iridescent (9 fish by 5 breeders from 4 different European countries)

1. 213 – Bettina Sperl (Germany)	2. 122 – Nermin Huremovic (Slovenia)	3. 4 – Michel Stokkelaar (The Netherlands)

F2/F3 Halfmoon Plakat Female – Marble (8 fish by 8 breeders from 3 different European countries)

DSQ: 1 fish (scale faults)

1. 197 – Alexandra Grimm (Germany)	2. 186 – Jan Hoffmann (Germany)	3. 156 – Liviu Dimutrescu (Romania)

F2/F3 Halfmoon Plakat Female – All Other Colors (25 fish by 13 breeders from 7 different European countries)

DSQ: 1 fish (bend spine)

F4 Doubletail Plakat Female – All colors (5 fish by 3 breeders from 2 different European countries)

1. 293 – Stefan Leopold (Germany)	2. 134 – Andrej Tihomirovi? (Croatia)	3. 136 – Andrej Tihomirovi? (Croatia)

F5 Crowntail Plakat Female – All Colors (2 fish by 1 breeder from 1 European country)

1. 85 – Daniel Dekanek (Slovakia)

Source: www.hollandbettashow.com