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On Saturday and Sunday, the exhibition was acces- sible to the general public. is year, a never-before- seen number of over 4300 visitors enjoyed the show.
e vendor area of about 80 traders was another attraction of the event where bonsai enthusiasts could nd every need for their hobby.
Bonsai demonstrations are a part of the show. On Saturday and Sunday afternoon simultaneous demonstrations were held by Mitsuo Matsuda and Daisaki Nomoto, both from Japan, as well as David Benavente from Spain and Salvatore Liporace from Italy. e materials were Pinus sylvestris, Pinus mugo and Taxus. Here, bonsai enthusiasts could learn from professionals and get stimulations for shaping and training their own trees.
e EBA New Talent Contest (NTC) was conducted on Saturday morning. Participants from 13 EBA member countries—EBA has 19 member countries
—worked on Juniperus chinensis. e rst winner was Paul Colaianni from Italy. Mrs. Lianne de Lepper from the Netherlands was the second and Marcin Kolasa from Poland the third winner. Awards were presented to the winners at the gala diner on Saturday evening.
Since 2016, the organizers of the Noelanders Trophy introduced the possibility to present the rst prize to more than one tree. is year there were two best bonsai of the show which went to two bonsai from Spain: a Taxus cuspidata of the Bonsai Museum Alcobendas (Madrid) and a Juniperus sabina of Xavier Massanet. ere were two other rst prizes for a deciduous tree, a Crataegus sp. of Tony Tickle from UK, and for a shohin display of Mark & Ritta Cooper from UK.
A “Nomination” of the Noelanders Trophy went to a big Ibigawa mountain stone from Japan of Igor Carino, Italy, the ESA Award to a waterpool stone in a doban
Noelanders Trophy XVIII Tony Tickle United Kingdom Best Deciduous Tree Crataegus
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