The registration crew at work: Tiina Puolakoski, Roni Andersson, Helen Fahrni and Jan Koch (Hanna Puolakoski is not pictured)
Competiton Committee and Fair Organization: Matthias Fahrni (Committee Chairman), Ari Puolakoski (Host), Johanna Nakkula (Fair Sales Manager) and Berend Koch (Competition Chairman)
ETC® Competition Chairman and Committee member, Berend Koch (Germany) at work
Photographer at work, pictured is Raimo Lietsala (Finland). The other main photographer was Daniel Salzer (Germany).
Exhibition whilst judging time
Mammal Judges at work: Dieter Schön (Germany), Wendy Christensen (USA) and Alexander Sokolov (Russia)
Small Mammal Judges at work: Dieter Schön (Germany) and Yvonne Fritzsche-Nehls (Germany)
Bird Judges at work: Jack Fishwick (UK), Stephan Weigl (Austria), Lennart Pettersson (Sweden) and Matthias Feuersenger (Germany)
Bird Judges at work: Jan Fredriksson (Sweden), Jack Fishwick (UK) and Lennart Pettersson (Sweden)
Fish Judges at work: Kurt Zimmert (Austria) and Matthias Fahrni (Switzerland)
Skeleton Judge at work: Walter In’t Velt (Netherlands)
The Ribbons ready to place
Exhibition Hall overview
A lot of Visitors in the Exhibition
Taxidermy Supply Jac Bouten & Zoon
Taxidermy Supply Eyeconicstore owner Roger De Giorgio (Malta) at his booth
Finnish Taxidermy Association: Taxidermy demonstration by Aki Hohkuri
Mammal Taxidermy Seminar by Judge Wendy Christensen (USA)
Tradition meets Taxidermy: The Competition Committee meets an original
A team of the Lithuanian Film Academy accompanies the successful Lithuanian taxidermists
Award winning Guys from Lithuania: Darius Dauksa, Narvydas Stankevicius and Kestutis Bybartas
Winner of the Award of Excellence First Place, Ari Puolakoski (Finland), Cave Lion Recreation
ETC-Award Banquet: Masters of Ceremony Hanna Puolakoski, Sari Mastromarino, Ari Puolakoski, Berend Koch (not pictured Matthias Fahrni)
ETC-Judges: Jack Fishwick (GB), Alexander Sokolov (RUS), Wendy Christensen (USA), Dieter Schön (D), Jan Fredriksson (S), Kurt Zimmert (A), Yvonne Fritzsche-Nehls (D) and Matthias Feuersenger (D) and in the front row Walter In’t Velt (NL), Stephan Weigl (A), Lennart Pettersson (S) and Matthias Fahrni (CH)
ETC-Seminar Instructors: Bo Wessman (Sweden), Jack Fishwick (UK), Daniel Salzer, Dieter Schön, Dirk Grundler (all Germany), Wendy Christensen (USA) and Bethany Palumbo (UK, small picture)
ETC-Volunteers: Vesa Kapanen (FIN), Thomas Bauer (D), Aki Hohkuri (FIN), Helen Fahrni (CH), Daniel Salzer (D), Hanna Puolakoski, Veli Röyttä, Tiina Puolakoski, Jouni Pihkakoski, Marko Väkiparta, Sari Mastromarino, Netta Lempiäinen, Esa Kemppainen, Roni Andersson (all FIN) and Jonni Russell (USA)
Breakthrough Award for Judges’ Choice Best of Show, Kestutis Bybartas (Lithuania), presented by Wendy Christensen (USA), Sponsor: Breakthrough Magazine, Larry Blomquist (USA)
Taxidermists’ Choice Best of Show, Zoltán Soós (Hungary), sponsored by the German Taxidermy Association (VDP), presented by Yvonne Fritzsche-Nehls (Germany)
Best of Europe Birds, Jürgen Fiebig (Germany)
Best of Europe Mammals, Kestutis Bybartas (Lithuania)
ETF-Award, Jürgen Fiebig (Germany), sponsored by the European Taxidermy Federation (ETF), presented by ETF President Rafael Centenera
SKZ-Bird Award, Arnold Hamstad (Norway), sponsored by the Swedish Taxidermy Association (SZK), presented by Jan Fredriksson (Sweden)
VNPS-Award, Aki Hohkuri (Finland), sponsored by the Swiss Taxidermy Association (VNPS), presented by Alwin Probst (Switzerland)
Big Predator Award, Alwin Probst (Switzerland), sponsored by Martin Selkonen Wildlife Center, presented by Riina Nilsson-Määttä
Taxidermy Art Award First Prize, Zsombor Pünkösti and Ágnes Polgar (Hungary), presented by the Sponsors Ann and Lennart Pettersson (Sweden)
Schwarz Taxidermy Award, Zoltán Soós (Hungary), presented by Sponsor Franz Schwarz (Austria)
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