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Behind the Scenes of the 2015 EAPLC | ScapeFu049


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In 2015, the third edition of the European Aquatic Plants Layout Contest (EAPLC) was held for the whole of Europe. In this episode, Jurijs and Art share with you a behind the scenes look at at the EAPLC from their perspectives as event organizer/judge (Jurijs) and independent judge (Art).

In ScapeFu episode #49, you will learn:

  • The history of the EAPLC
  • The 2015 judges (what a group!)
  • How do judges go about scoring the works
  • What's in store for the 2016 EAPLC
  • Show Notes

    We discussed 5 Reasons to Join an Aquascaping Contest in the past.

    The 2015 Judges Panel:

    • ADA Japan (in deputy for Takashi Amano)
    • Oliver Knott (Germany)
    • Viktor Lantos (greenaqua Hungary)
    • Ralf Gerlach (Tropica,Denmark)
    • Dave Chow (China)
    • Luca Galarraga (Brazil)
    • Jurijs Jutjajevs (Germany) - Jurijs!
    • Art Pennom (USA) - me!
    • George Farmer (UK)
    • Adam Paszczela (Poland)
    • The 2015 Organization Team:

      • Boris Hildebrandt
      • Jörg Buhlmann
      • Jurijs Jutjajevs
      • The 2015 Sponsors:

        • Aqua Design Amano
        • Twinstar
        • LUPYLED
        • Flexi-M
        • Tropica
        • aquadeco
        • Dähne Verlag (exclusive media partner)
        • WABIKUSA - Category
          This year Wabikusa category received almost twice amount of entries. This leaves no doubt Wabikusa is trending!

          Platz 1 – Frederic Fuss (Germany)

          Platz 2 – Andre Franken (Germany)

          Platz 3 – Peter Slacka (Slovakia)

          Platz 4 – Albert Escrihuela (Spain)

          Platz 5 – Pedro Rosa (Portugal)

          Platz 6 – Roberto Bielli (Italy)

          Platz 7 – Enrico Fortuna (Italy)

          Platz 8 – Wilco Piest (Netherlands)

          Platz 9 – Sascha Hoyer (Germany)

          Platz 10 – Miguel Angel Garcia (Spain)

          NANO – Category
          “Less is more” is how to describe the Nano category. Presented works look huge and are more difficult to accomplish compared to regular sized aquariums.

          Platz 1 – Frederic Fuss (Germany)

          Platz 2 – Vladimir Tomek (Czech Republic)

          Platz 3 – Alexander Maletin (Russian Federation)

          Platz 4 – Mikolaj Weterle (Poland)

          Platz 5 – Andre Franken (Germany)

          Platz 6 – Daniel Nagy (Hungary)

          Platz 7 – David Barandiaran (France)

          Platz 8 – Swee Lim Cheah (France)

          Platz 9 – Lajos Nincsics (Hungary)

          Platz 10 – Tamas Janos Danicska (Hungary)

          STANDARD – Category
          Finally the top 10 of the most desired category. Making a head to head race, the winner is Gregoire Wolinski! Three times in a row winning EAPLC is such a great achievement, for this reason we decided to nominate Gregoire Wolinski as a honor member of the judges board 2016.
           
          Platz 1 – Gregoire Wolinski (France)

          Platz 2 – Ulrich Poupin (France)

          Platz 3 – Annika Reinke und Marcel Runde (Germany)

          Platz 4 – Julien Voultoury (France)

          Platz 5 – Michael Reinke (France)

          Platz 6 – Olivier Thebaud (France)

          Platz 7 – Serkan Cetinkol (Turkey)

          Platz 8 – Amparo Piera (Spain)

          Platz 9 – Grigoriy Polishchuk (Ukraine)

          Platz 10 – Vladimir Trcka (Czech Republic)

          For pictures from the EAPLC, please go to the main ScapeFu049 show notes page.

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