SOTY 2003

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SOTY 2003

SOTY 2003

Here are the results from the SOTY judges voting for the Seedling of the Year, Tahitian Dragon, won by Richard Johnson, congratulations Richard, and the 4 further winners to be entered and grown in the Hibiscus of the Year competition for 3 years.
Tint N Tone X Herm Geller did come fourth but the hybridiser John Richardson has withdrawn it from the HOTY competition as he does not think it is good enough, so the bloom which came sixth Patricia Ellen is now an entrant in the HOTY.
The points allocated by the judges is shown in the list at the bottom of the page.

To see the rules for the S.O.T.Y. and the H.O.T.Y. in the IHS web site, click on the following address to read the rules for both competitions.

http://www.internationalhibiscussociety.org/hoty.htm


The winner of the Seedling of the Year is Tahitian Dragon hybridised by Richard Johnson with 76.80 points	Second place went to Tahitian Princess also bred by Richard Johnson with 73.20 points.	Third place went to Tahitian Passion, another one bred by Richard Johnson, with 69.00 points
These 3 blooms will now be in the Hibiscus of the Year competition, to be grown for the next 3 years, by the evaluators. There were supposed to be 5 entries in the HOTY, but Tropical Sunrise and Patricia Ellen were withdrawn by the hybridisers.

Tropical Sunrise bred by Bob Carran, with 68.30.	Patricia Ellen bred by Richard Mansbridge, with 68.00 points.	Red Satin bred by Beryl Ewing was next with 64.00 points.

Missy was next bred by Tim Purdie with 63.00 points.	Angel Lady bred by Bob Carran with 62.17 points.	Victor Weis bred by Mervyn Weis with 55.33 points.

SOTY 2003 Results
Judges:		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Totals	# OF	Average	Place
Slng #	Description	6 thru 10	6 thru 10	6 thru 10	6 thru 10	6 thru 10	6 thru 10	1 thru 5		Judges
# 1 -	Tahitian Princess	00	00	67	85	68	69	77	366.00	5	73.20	2
# 2 -	Victor Weiss	56	00	48	52	56	63	57	332.00	6	55.33	10
# 3 -	Tint N Tone	72	00	76	64	00	67	64	343.00	5	68.60	4
# 4 -	Tropical Sunrise	69	00	51	84	71	65	70	410.00	6	68.30	5
# 5 -	Red Satin	60	00	75	62	00	62	61	320.00	5	64.00	7
# 6 -	Missy	59	00	73	59	00	62	66	319.00	5	63.80	8
# 7 -	Angle Lady	65	00	49	81	56	57	65	373.00	6	62.17	9
# 8 -	Tahitian Dragon	00	00	85	82	72	67	78	384.00	5	76.80	1
# 9 -	Tahitian Passion	00	00	74	79	64	63	65	345.00	5	69.00	3
# 10 -	Patricia Ellen	67	00	75	63	68	00	67	340.00	5	68.00	6

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