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Noelanders Trophy XVIII
Tony Tickle
United Kingdom
Best Deciduous Tree
Crataegus

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

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