Hello, and welcome!
Here you will find information relating to the activities of the Sydney Splendens Society Inc. There is information here about our regular meetings, membership, our Splendens Starter Stock program and links to interesting sites.
Have a look around, and enjoy!
The Sydney Splendens Society Inc’s AGM will be held at 12.00pm on 9 October 2011 at Holsworthy NSW. All members are encouraged to attend. Guests are also welcome.
Agenda:
1. Apologies & Proxies
2. Receipt of Treasurer’s report
3. Election of office bearers for 2011/2012 (President, Secretary, Treasurer)
4. Consideration of any other business that may be brought before the meeting.
Financial members only are entitled to vote at the AGM.
The meeting will be followed by a BYO meat BBQ, and our customary raffle. Members are also welcome to bring along fish for a table show, and any items they would like to swap or sell.
It would be appreciated if those attending could also please bring a salad and/or a desert.
Please RSVP to sydneysplendens@gmail.com, and address details will be provided.
The next Sydney betta gathering and meeting of the Sydney Splendens Society Inc will be on Saturday 1 May 2010 at Holsworthy, from 2pm.
What’s on:
DIY/inventors’ showcase
Demonstration: breeding bettas
Usual raffle of fish, plants, live food, equipment etc
Fishroom visit
Plenty to eat and drink!
Redemption of live food culture vouchers from SSS Membership Pack.
What to bring:
Your camera
Plate of food or something to drink
Raffle prizes to donate (eg fish, plants, live food, other useful bits and pieces)
Money for raffle tickets ($10 for 12 tickets or $20 for 25 tickets)
Something interesting to swap or sell.
What to do next:
Please RSVP by 24.4.10
To RSVP or for more information, email sydneysplendens@ gmail.com
The next Sydney betta gathering and meeting of the Sydney Splendens Society Inc will be on Saturday 6 March 2010 from 2.00pm at Castle Hill
What’s on:
General betta table show
Judging the winners of the 2nd Grooming Competition
Usual raffle of fish, plants, live food, equipment etc
Fishroom visit
Plenty to eat and drink!
Redemption of live food culture vouchers from SSS Membership Pack.
What to bring:
Your camera
Plate of food or something to drink
Raffle prizes to donate (eg fish, plants, live food, other useful bits and pieces)
Money for raffle tickets ($10 for 12 tickets or $20 for 25 tickets)
Something interesting to swap or sell.
Details for Betta Show and Grooming Competition:
Benching of fish will commence at 2pm. Judging will be done after the raffle.
What to do next:
Please RSVP by 1.3.10
To RSVP or for more information, email sydneysplendens@ gmail.com
The next Sydney betta gathering and meeting of the Sydney Splendens Society Inc will be on Saturday 16 January 2010 from 1.00pm at Holsworthy.
What’s on:
Presentation on IBC standards
Judging the winners of the Grooming Competition (with certificates for 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed male and female fish).
Usual raffle of fish, plants, live food, equipment etc
Fishroom visit
Plenty to eat and drink!
Redemption of live food culture vouchers from SSS Membership Pack.
What to bring:
Your camera
Plate of food or something to drink
Raffle prizes to donate (eg fish, plants, live food, other useful bits and pieces)
Money for raffle tickets ($10 for 12 tickets or $20 for 25 tickets)
Something interesting to swap or sell.
Details for Grooming Competition:
Benching of fish will commence at 2pm.
Judging will be done after the presentation.
What to do next:
Please RSVP by 19.12.09
To RSVP or for more information, email sydneysplendens@ gmail.com
The next Sydney betta gathering and meeting of the Sydney Splendens Society Inc will be on Saturday 31 October 2009 from 2.00pm at Chifley.
What’s on:
Betta show (with certificates for best male and female halfmoon, crowntail, doubletail, traditional plakat, symmetrical show plakat and pet betta).
Presentation on General IBC faults
Raffle of fish, plants, live food, equipment
Distribution of bettas for the SSS Grooming Competition
Fishroom (studio) visit
Plenty to eat and drink
Redemption of live food culture vouchers from SSS Membership Pack
What to bring:
Your camera
Plate of food or something to drink
Raffle prizes to donate
Money for raffle tickets (10 for $12)
Something interesting to swap or sell.
Details for show:
Entry fee (to cover cost of equipment) is $1 per fish for SSS members, and $2 per fish for non-members.
Benching of show fish will commence at 2pm.
Voting – by ballot – will commence after the presentation.
A presentation will be held once ballots are counted, following the raffle.
What to do next:
To obtain a show entry form, to RSVP, or for more information, please email sydneysplendens@ gmail.com
The next Sydney betta gathering and meeting of the Sydney Splendens Society Inc will be on Saturday 5 September 2009 at 6.00pm at Castle Hill.
What’s on:
Raffle of fish, plants, live food, equipment.
Fishroom tour
Presentations on General IBC standards and faults, and an introduction to killifish
Plenty to eat and drink
Redemption of live food culture vouchers from Membership Pack
What to bring:
Plate of food or something to drink
Raffle prizes to donate
Money for raffle tickets (10 for $12, with bonus tickets for those who donate prizes to the raffle)
Something interesting to swap or sell
All are welcome. Please come along and enjoy a good night with the betta people!
For more info or to RSVP, please email sydneysplendens@ gmail.com
Photos of some of the entrants and winners of the betta show held on 18 July 2009 have now been uploaded at AusAqua Forum.
We had our first ever show last night, with over 40 entries and the following classes: HM, HMPK, Trad PK, DT, Giant/pet betta, and CT.
Not every class had numerous entrants so if there is no second or third prize-winner it’s because the class was a small one – so bring/send your fish along next time and let’s get the numbers up!
Class: HM M
Winner: Lavender BF OHM RT entered by Phil Powell
Second Place: Black lace RT F bred by Nick Cocco
Class: HM F
Winner: Red dragon F entered by Michael Gray
Second Place: Copper black RT F bred by Nick Cocco
Class: HMPK
Winner: “Blacksmith Beetle” line black HMPK bred by CallaLilli Bettas (Abbey Wilkins & Lisa Norris)
Second Place: “Blacksmith Beetle” line black green marble monster HMPK bred by CallaLilli Bettas
Third Place: “Goldsmith Dragonfly” line red dragon butterfly HMPK bred by CallaLilli Bettas
Class: HMPK F
Winner: “Goldsmith Dragonfly” line copper gold HMPK bred by CallaLilli Bettas
Second Place: “Blacksmith Beetle” line black lace HMPK bred by CallaLilli Bettas
Third Place: “Goldsmith Dragonfly” line red gold BF HMPK bred by CallaLilli Bettas
Class: Trad PK
Winner: “Darth Vader” – black devil entered by Brad Park
Second Place: Turquoise/multi giant PK entered by Lisa Norris
Third place: Wild-type arena PK entered by Michael Gray
Class: Doubletail
Winner: DTVT marble multi entered by Phil Powell
Class: Giant/Pet Betta
Winner: Red blue bicolour giant HM entered by Ricky Thornbury
Second Place: Cambodian butterfly giant SD entered by Lisa Norris
Class: Crowntail
Winner: “Picasso”, marble multi entered by Tegan Hunter
Second Place: Steel blue entered by Michael Gray
Third Place: Thai Flag entered by Ricky Thornbury.
First, Second and Third place ribbons were awarded to our prize-winners.
Congratulations, everyone!
The July Sydney betta gathering is just a week away! We’re really looking forward to catching up with everyone and seeing their gorgeous show fish. This will be the very first meeting of the Sydney Splendens Society, so it’s an historic event not to be missed.
If you’re interested in attending the Sydney betta gathering and haven’t RSVP’d yet, please drop us a line at sydneysplendens @ gmail.com and let us know your full name, forum user name (if applicable), number of guests, and whether you’ll be entering any fish in the show (so we can send you an entry form).
As always, full details regarding the gathering can be found at the wonderful AusAqua Forum.
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