2011
The crouch valley photo comp held on 16th of November 2011
This brilliant night was put together by Lisa and Ash Smith who took every photo and put the whole presentation together.
This year there were over 200 entries for ‘Crouch Valley ‘ annual photo show with some superb koi entered.
Although the judging was done by Tony Sheffield & Carol McCall they were unable to attend the evenings presentation so Keith Bertie kindly came along to give us a judges insight and explain both positives and negatives of the koi photoed.
Crouch Valley sizes are a little different to the BKKS sizes ,
We have....
size 1...... koi up to 35cm
size 2....... koi from 35cm to 55cm
size 3....... koi 55cm +
Also we have a "special award" which goes to a variety chosen by the photographers , this years special was Shiro Utsuri Here are the major prize winners
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TABLE OF ALL WINNERS
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SIZE 1
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SIZE 2
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SIZE 3
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KOHAKU
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First
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Darren Hepple
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Paul Timothy
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Ray Nichols
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Second
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no entries
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Ashley Duncombe
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Ray Nichols
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Third
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no entries
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Tony Thompson
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John Prestedge
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SANKE
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First
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Nicholas Cresswell
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Chris Bellinger
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Reg Seaman
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Second
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Lisa Smith
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Jim Rolfe
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Laurence Harvey
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Third
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Gerry Edwards
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Gavin Harris
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Dennis Gould
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SHOWA
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First
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Terry Gordine
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Tony Thompson
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Reg Seaman
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Second
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Kerry Bellinger
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Ashley Duncombe
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Fred Phillips
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Third
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Graham Hall
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Gavin Harris
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Ray Nichols
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KIN GIN RIN
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First
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Tony Thompson
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John Prestedge
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George Simmons
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Second
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Graham Hall
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Laurence Harvey
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Fred Phillips
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Third
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Frank Pillinski
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Jade Edwards
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no entries
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KOROMO
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First
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Elaine Thompson
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Kerry Bellinger
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Reg Seaman
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Second
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Lisa Smith
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Bob Stockwell
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Chris Bellinger
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Third
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Chrystal Rolfe
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Laurence Harvey
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no entries
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HIKARI MOYO
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First
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Ashley Duncombe
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Reg Seaman
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Reg Seaman
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Second
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Peter Cresswell
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Kath Reilly
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Jade Edwards
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Third
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Terry Gordine
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Terry Gordine
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no entries
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HIKARI MUJI
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First
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Lisa Smith
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Chloe Harvey
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Fred Phillips
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Second
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Paul Timothy
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Ian Franklin
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Jean Nichols
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Third
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Judith Wiseman
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Jim O`Brien
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Rose Waterman
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HIKARI UTSURI
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First
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no entries
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Frank Pillinski
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no entries
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Second
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no entries
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Jean Nichols
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no entries
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Third
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no entries
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Michael Slater
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no entries
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TANCHO
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First
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Elaine Thompson
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Ryan Prestedge
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John Botha
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Second
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John Botha
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Abby Harvey
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Tony Thompson
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Third
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Frank Pillinski
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Jim O`Brien
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Graham Hall
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KAWARIMONO
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First
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Kerry Bellinger
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George Simmons
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Colin Wainwright
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Second
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Kerry Bellinger
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Jim Tyrell
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George Simmons
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Third
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Jade Edwards
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Elaine Thompson
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Colin Wainwright
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BEKKO
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First
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no entries
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John Botha
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no entries
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Second
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no entries
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Jim Tyrell
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no entries
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Third
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no entries
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no entries
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no entries
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ASAGI/SHUSUI
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First
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Jim Tyrell
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Dennis Gould
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George Simmons
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Second
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Ian Franklin
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Bob Stockwell
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Jade Edwards
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Third
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Darren Hepple
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no entries
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Jim Tyrell
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UTSURIMONO
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First
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Jean Nichols
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Jim O`Brien
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Colin Wainwright
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Second
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Abbigail Smith
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Peter Cresswell
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Ray Nichols
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Third
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Lisa Smith
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Chris Bellinger
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Laurence Harvey
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SPECIAL CLASS - SHIRO UTSURI
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First
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Colin Wainwright
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Second
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Ray Nichols
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Crouch Valley Photographic Competition 2010
I would like to say a thanks to all the members that turned up last night for yet another great evening at the club.
The photographic show was presented by me Graham McCartney & assisted by the members, so thank you it was great fun.
On behalf of the all the members Happy Christmas all and see you at the CVKC AGM in January.
Grand Champion
John Prestedge
Mature Champion
Ray Nicols
Adult Champion
Tony Thompson
Young Champion
Dennis Gould
Baby Champion
Brenda & Peter
Best Non-Go Sanke
Jean Nicols
Special Award Doitsu
Laurence Harvey
Other Category & Size Winners
Kohaku
Size 1 Darren Hepple
Size 2 John Botha
Size 3 Gary Hood
Sanke
Size 1 Brenda and Peter
Size 2 Brenda and Peter
Size 3 John Prestedge
Showa
Size 1 Darren Hepple
Size 2 Darren Hepple
Size 3 Ray Nichols
Utsurimono
Size 1 No exhibits
Size 2 Chris Bellinger
Size 3 Laurence Harvey
Bekko
Size 1 No exhibits
Size 2 John Botha
Size 3 Robert Stockwell
Koromo
Size 1 No exhibits
Size 2 Robert Stockwell
Size 3 Chris Bellinger
Asagi / Shusui
Size 1 Ian Franklin
Size 2 Gerry Edwards
Size 3 Jean Nichols
Tancho
Size 1 Elaine Thompson
Size 2 Jim O`brien
Size 3 Laurence Harvey
Kin / Gin-Rin
Size 1 Graham Hall
Size 2 Laurence Harvey
Size 3 Laurence Harvey
Kawarimono
Size 1 Darren Hepple
Size 2 Darren Hepple
Size 3 Vic Boreham
Hikari-Utsuri
Size 1 No exhibits
Size 2 George Simmons
Size 3 No exhibits
Hikarimuji
Size 1 Ashley Duncombe
Size 2 Tony Thompson
Size 3 Fred Phillips
Hikarimoyo
Size 1 No exhibits
Size 2 George Simmons
Size 3 No exhibits
The full slideshow presentation can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
Please be aware this is a 13mb pdf download which may take a while depending on connections.
This year’s competition was once again a very good night’s entertainment, enjoyed by a record number of participants, 24, along with many members who did not participate. With a total of 168 fish photographed and divided into three size categories. Size 1 was for fish up to 12 inches, size 2 was fish measuring 12 – 20 inches, and finally size 3 was for fish over 20 inches. There was also an additional feature of the best Ochiba-Shigure, replacing last year’s ‘judges choice’, which had no size classification.
The photographs were once again taken by George Simmons and ably assisted by Chris Bellinger. This required several weeks of arrangements, weekday and weekend visits to the 24 members homes who had put their names forward, which was 6 more than the number of last year’s entrants.
The BKKS JSC allocated Kieran Burns to judge this year’s show. Kieran was given the photographs two weeks before the club night so he could make his deliberations at a leisurely pace. Kieran actually had the judging finished within 24 hours, by which time he had decided on the five winners of the designated awards. Grand Champion. Best in Size1. (Baby Champion). Size 2. (Adult Champion). Size 3. (Mature Champion), and finally Best Ochiba.
Our rules constrain any winning fish to just one award, so the Grand Champion for example will not win any ‘best in size’ prizes. Other than that the rules are very much in keeping with general Koi shows. The thirteen varieties don’t always have entries in all three sizes but all varieties are often included within the competition.
The photographs are developed onto slides and on the evening we have two slide projectors showing the fish on two screens, which gives the judge the facility to make comparisons along with his analysis and remarks on the night, while the members can also make their own assessments to whom they think will be the overall winners.
After all the fish have been shown within their size ranges, the judge completes the evening by declaring to the membership his winning choices, which up to that point is only known by George and Chris. A short informal presentation of prizes concludes the show.
Crouch Valley will again hold a Photographic competition in 2010 as this has become a very popular evening on our club calendar
