Sydney Splendens

2011 AGM

sydneysplendens — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:43:41 +0000

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.

Sydney Splendens Society AGM

sydneysplendens — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:20:54 +0000

The Sydney Splendens Society Inc’s first AGM will be held at 6.00pm on 16 October 2010 at Chifley. 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 2010/2011 (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. If your membership is due for renewal before the AGM, you will shortly receive a renewal of membership notice.

Once the meeting closes we will be holding our customary raffle, and a BYO meat BBQ. It would be appreciated if those attending could also please bring a salad and/or a desert.

To RSVP and for the address, please email sydneysplendens@gmail.com by 8 October 2010.

May 2010 meeting

sydneysplendens — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:05:19 +0000

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

Sydney Splendens Society – March meeting

sydneysplendens — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:49:58 +0000

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

Sydney Splendens Society January Meeting

sydneysplendens — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:25:37 +0000

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

Sydney Splendens Society October meeting

sydneysplendens — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:44:00 +0000

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

September meeting

sydneysplendens — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:12:06 +0000

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

July Show – photos are up!

sydneysplendens — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:18:24 +0000

Photos of some of the entrants and winners of the betta show held on 18 July 2009 have now been uploaded at AusAqua Forum.

July show results

sydneysplendens — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:29:53 +0000

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!

One week to go!

sydneysplendens — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:01:47 +0000

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.