And the winners were...........BTS Expo results are in

[Ray Hale]

Who needs Eurovision?

The winners in the BTS 2008 Competitions were:

Best Scorpion: Ray Gabriel for Brachiosternus sp.
Best African: Craig McInnes for Harpactirella sp. ( sorry Mary ...next year)
Best Brachypelma: Roberto Tommasini for Brachypelma boehmi
Best New World Terrestrial: Toran Tanner for Aphonopelma sp. (New River)
Best New World Arboreal: Andrew Hood for Avicularia sp. (Peru)
Best Asian Terrestrial: Craig McInnes for Ornithoctoninae sp.
Best Asian Arboreal: Mary Walters and Trevor Jones for Poecilotheria metallica
Best In Show: TORAN TANNER for APHONOPELM SP.
Captive Breeding Award: Mark Pennel for Phormingochilus everetti (we think )

Best Artwork: Rebecca McGowan-Griffin
Best Childrens Artwork: Michael Pomeroy
Best Photography: Nigel Prestidge
Committee: 3rd Ray Hale () 2nd Kim Pennell () 1st Mark Pennell for some Asian jobby.........

So there you have it. The results are in. The French didnt run a way with it, there was no political voting and I didnt score nil point. What a day. Look out for the photos coming soon

Thanks for all who entered and we hope to see more next year.

Until 2009 .............keep on breeding

[Mark Pennell]

Who needs Eurovision?

The winners in the BTS 2008 Competitions were:

Best Scorpion: Ray Gabriel for Brachiosternus sp.
Best African: Craig McInnes for Harpactirella sp. ( sorry Mary ...next year)
Best Brachypelma: Roberto Tommasini for Brachypelma boehmi
Best New World Terrestrial: Toran Tanner for Aphonopelma sp. (New River)
Best New World Arboreal: Andrew Hood for Avicularia sp. (Peru)
Best Asian Terrestrial: Craig McInnes for Ornithoctoninae sp.
Best Asian Arboreal: Mary Walters and Trevor Jones for Poecilotheria metallica
Best In Show: TORAN TANNER for APHONOPELM SP.
Captive Breeding Award: Mark Pennel for Phormingochilus everetti (we think )

Best Artwork: Rebecca McGowan-Griffin
Best Childrens Artwork: Michael Pomeroy
Best Photography: Nigel Prestidge
Committee: 3rd Ray Hale () 2nd Kim Pennell () 1st Mark Pennell for some Asian jobby.........

So there you have it. The results are in. The French didnt run a way with it, there was no political voting and I didnt score nil point. What a day. Look out for the photos coming soon

Thanks for all who entered and we hope to see more next year.

Until 2009 .............keep on breeding

All the images of the winners are on the BTS expo gallery - the tarantulas and scorpions will be up shortly when I get them from Peter Kirk

Cheers
MArk

[stuart edwards]

Under 16 best newcomer: Stuart Edwards, how could you forget me

well done to everyone who one awards#


OOPS sorry Stuart. Not intentional. Well done mate. I should explain. This year we introduced a new award in memory of John Jallorina, a young spider keeper who we tracically lost earlier this year to cancer. The award will be given annually in his memory to the Best Newcomer to the Hobby (under 16).

RAY

[James Box]

Well done to all the winners
Toran, glad to see you got awards at your first ever BTS show

[mary walters]

Yes there's always next year, but my Stacey won best asian arboreal, me happy....