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of Enzo Ferrari from Switzerland, the ESA President’s Award to a combination of two stones of Liselotte Weller from Germany, the BCI Excellence Award to a coastal rock stone in an old suiban of Harald Lehner from Germany, and the AIAS Award (Associazione Italiana Amatori Suiseki) to a combination (shelf) of small animal-shaped stones of Holger Göbel from Germany.
The Annual General Meetings (AGM) of EBA and ESA were held on Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. The term of office of EBA president
Reginald Bolton ended this year. Marc Noelanders was elected by the assembly as new EBA president, Pierre Bedes from France and Václav Novák from Czech Republic as rst and second vice president.
Next year’s EBA & ESA convention will be held in Arco, Trentino, Italy on 3rd–6th May, 2018.
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Noelanders Trophy XVIII Mauro Stemberger Italy Nomination, Bonsai Pinus mugo
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