Grant and I thoroughly enjoyed our weekend. Thanks to the Waikato club for making it so interesting and special thanks to Owen, Rochelle and Shannon who, I think, did the bulk of the organising. Rochelle especially outdid herself with the quiz night and we appreciated our accommodation.
As zev said, the results of the last challenge were highly suspect. I think because we were winning ("we" being a group of out-of-towners showing up the locals) they deducted extra points on mere technicalities - they even tried to disqualify us!!!! Even after 2 independent judges said our construction fitted within the rules they still halved our points so we came third :lol:
All the tanks on show were stunning and a credit to their owners. It was fun to meet up with previously met people and to put faces to names in here eg myfishybusiness, Malcolm, Tom_Shannon (the Shannon half as we had already met Richard - don't know where "Tom" comes into it!), BettaSplendens. Not sure if we met Nymox :-?
Had a delicious lunch from one the local bakeries and the evening buffet was also very tasty and plentiful. Many commented on the cheap prices for drinks from the bar too so all were very happy
We got to meet Phoenix44 and Rusty on the way home too :bounce: