Our 2007 Show Was A Huge Success !!! 488 Entries !!!

So Don't Miss This Year !!

April 19 & 20, 2008

       Please join us in the greater Baltimore / Washington Metropolitan area for a weekend of guppies and site seeing.  Shuttles and rail systems easily accessible from the hotel are available to get you to all of the great sites.

       Sites of interest in Baltimore include ... Fort McHenry, inspiration for the Star Spangled Banner ... the beautiful Inner Harbor, this restored water front port includes lots of shopping and eateries, such as the Hard Rock Cafe and the ESPN Sports Zone ... the Baltimore National Aquarium, also right in the Inner Harbor ... Camden Yards, the beautiful home of our very own Baltimore Oriole MLB team ... Ravens Stadium, home of the toughest defense in the NFL.

       If you want to go to Washington, D.C., well there is just too much to see ... there are all of the memorials, the White House, the Capitol Building, The Viet Nam Memorial Wall, the Washington Monument, the new World War II Monument ... besides that there is the Smithsonian Museum, everything for the mind from the Natural History Museum to the Aero Space Museum ... restaurants to numerous to mention and much, much more.  You may be there at just the right time to catch the much talked about Japanese Cherry Blossoms.  People make trips to D.C. from all over the country to see this wonderful spring time event.

       This is but a few of the wonderful attractions in the Baltimore/Washington area.

All that and a guppy show.

Holiday Inn BWI Baltimore/Washington Airport Conference Center
890 Elkridge Landing Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21090
410-859-8400

 **Schedule of Events for 2008**
 

Show Chairman
Joe Grimes  301-898-5874
    E-mail jjjjgrimes@comcast.net

Shipped in Entries
Must be received by Friday April 19th. Collect shipments will not be accepted. Sufficient return fare must be included if fish are to be returned or fish will be auctioned. All entry fees must be prepaid.

Send all shipped in entries to:  

Beth Balick

1174 Greenholly Drive

Annapolis, MD 21401

blbcooks@hotmail.com

Prior Notification is appreciated.

Accommodations: BWI Holiday Inn/Conference Center. Please make room reservations prior to March 19th, 2008.  Call the hotel only at 410-859-8400. Rooms will be held Friday & Saturday night under Chesapeake Guppy Club.  Room rates are $99.00 plus tax per night.

Rules Covering This Show

All entries must be registered by 3:00 p.m.

Saturday April 20th

1. Fish will be judged visually in accordance with IFGA rules, uniform black background with florescent and incandescent lights.

2. Exhibitors to determine the class in which their entries will compete. Assistance in classifications will be available at the time of registration.

3. All entries improperly entered will be disqualified and will not be judged.

4. Every precaution will be taken against loss or hazard of any kind. CGC cannot assume responsibility for the same.

5. Tanks will be furnished. No gravel, plants or decorative items will be allowed.

6. No fish will be removed from the show area until 12:00 p.m. Sunday and only by persons authorized by the Show Chairman. (Joe Grimes)

7. All entry fees must be prepaid. No entry fees will be refunded after fish are benched. The auction will start Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Exhibitors should indicate fish for auction at the time of registration. Fifty percent of all floor sales and any non-auctioned fish will be retained by CGC. There is a $5.00 minimum opening bid. Auction limited to Guppy single females, pairs or trios. 

8. Only exhibitors may place fish in the 50/50 auction. Non-exhibited fish and dry goods may be placed in the auction as donations only.

9. Guppies shall not be offered for sale in the showroom or any other public place associated with the hotel, except through the official auction.

Entry fees:
Single (male or female) $2.00
Tank Entry $3.00
Breeder Male & Female $4.00
Junior $1.00

Awards
First place winners will receive a plaque and plates;

second, third and fourth places will receive IFGA award cards.

First place Best of Show Female, Tank, Delta and Veil/Swordtail will receive plaques.

Second, third and fourth place Best of Show will receive plaques.

IFGA Show Classes