The European New Talent Competition 1998 was held on 30th October 1998.
The contestant have 3 hours to create a bonsai from a tree provided by the organisers.
Judging is done based on a system which combines points given for the end result, and points given for the way in which they approach the task.
| The start |
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The contestants start, a judge watches their style. |
Christiaan looks for the best aspects of the tree that he is seeing for the first time. |
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Francois Jeker (F) (left) and Paulo Licari (IT).
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Dirk Mellemans (B) starts working on the semi-cascade. |
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B. Jaworowicz (Mon) attacks his tree with vigour. |
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Ernst Uli (Germany) works on his tree from above.
Mike Sullivan (UK) takes a long hard look at his creation. |
| Jørgen Skammeritz of Denmark is one of the judges |
The Competition
The concentration is obvious as Christiaan gets to work. |
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| The finished trees |
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Germany |
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Monaco |
Second Prize for
Christiaan Yeh, Netherlands |
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The Winning Tree
Congratulations to
Mike Sullivan, UK. |
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The final results |
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Mike Sullivan |
UK |
| 2nd |
Christiaan Yeh |
Netherlands |
The Winners relax
amongst freinds |
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Christiaan Yeh (NL) : Teunis-Jan Klein (NL) : Mike Sullivan (UK) : Brian Smith (UK&NL, the author)
Hans van der Meer (NL) : Tony Tickle (UK) : Carlos van de Vaart (NL)
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