PABS 11th IBC International Show
                  May 3rd and 4th 2008
                   Park Plaza Hotel (Formerly Comfort Inn)
                 500 Centerville Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
                                        717-898-2431 
       For Banquet  Information Click Here!    Hotel has free wireless throughout and three computers
     and a printer available to guests 24/7 in the lobby.   

      $89-Single,   $94-Double,   $99-Triple,   $104-Quadruple
      Mention Group# 89220 or Philadelphia Area Betta Society (PABS)
      Each room night includes a delicious Hot Buffet Breakfast.
      ( A $7.95 value)
       Room Blocks are good through 3/18/08. After that date if rooms
       are still available they will still be at the rate quoted above.

    You may also use PayPal to pay for Dinner Reservations and FishShow
   entry fees
                                                 PayPal Address: jakatobin@msn.com

   Downloadable Forms:
   (Right click on "Save target as" and you can open them on your
     desktop)

The excel form you can download, fill in on your computer, email to the registrar and then print a hard copy to mail in with your fish. The pdf form can be printed out to be filled in by hand and mailed.

2007-2008 IBC Fish entry form and class list in Excel
2007-2008 IBC Fish entry form in pdf.
2007-2008 Class List in pdf

Friday  5/2/08 
  Show set up begins at 10:00 AM
 
Saturday 5/3/08 
   Judging begins at 8:00 AM
   Showroom open for viewing at approximately 1:00 PM
   Banquet 6:30 PM - Details to be announced.

Registrar:               PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED by 6:00 PM,
                                  Wednesday, April 30th, 2007 via Snail Mail or E Mail.
                                                 E-Mail PREFERRED.......Thank You!

Snail Mail:                           (Registrations Only, NO FISH )
                                               Mark Denaro,  5084 Winfield Court, Bensalem, PA 17601 
                                            
E Mail: PABSregistration@yahoo.com  By 6:00PM Wednesday 4/30/2008 PREFERRED!
                

Judges: Invited Judge, Rich Christman 

For All Show Entrants:

Deadlines:  VERY IMPORTANT !   Pre-registration of your fish is required to help assure that there are no mistakes that  could be detrimental to the breeders, the fish and/or the show. This worked well  at previous PABS Shows and we are continuing it to help us to achieve our goal of a good show for everyone, including the fish, 

Please take note of the following:
All fish are to be double bagged as per IBC Guidelines, Show Manual, Section1, Chapter 2,  Paragraph 3, or they will not be shown and will be considered as donations to the club.

Please, Do not feed your fish at least 24 hrs prior to shipping.

All entrants will please send a copy of your entry form whether you are mail-in and/or walk-in, to the Registrars via e mail or fax by 6:00 PM EDT, Wednesday April 30, 2008, e-mail preferred, with the original forms to be sent/brought with the fish. 

Any fish arriving that are not pre registered will be returned to the sender. We also need to know what method of shipping   you are using with tracking numbers, if possible. This is to insure that all shipped fish are accounted for.

All fish sent to our show from outside the United States must be sent through a US based transhipper. Any boxes arriving from outside the US will be refused.

Mail-in entries must be received by 5:00 PM EDT, Thursday May 1st, 2008.  A PABS member will call you on Friday to verify  fish arrivals.

Walk-in fish entries must be at the show by 5:00 PM EDT, Friday May 2nd, 2008 , unless prior arrangements are made with the Show Chair. Walk-in fish must be benched by entrant and bagged by the entrant after the show. 

Results: No results will be given out over the phone. Results will be posted on line by Sunday evening, or earlier if possible.

Show Fish:
1.  All Show fish must be accompanied by an entry fee, registration form, return fish bags and return postage for all fish.  Please enclose a return label and enough bags for double bagging your return fish. Again, if any of your fish do not sell and there is not enough return postage supplied, they will be considered a donation to host club. Entry fees and postage will not be taken from auction or swap shop funds due exhibitor. For those of you who have not done this before, send us the amount it cost you to send the fish. Anything left over will be refunded a few days after the show.

2.  Each Exhibitor is limited to 40 fish entries per entrant, not to exceed 50 total fish entered.

3.  Entry fees are $2.00 per single entry and $3.00 per pair entry.

4.  Please make entry fee checks and money orders payable to "PABS". 
     PAYPAL will be welcomed for your fish entry fees and your banquet fees.
 
5. Again our PayPal address is:  jakatobin@msn.com If you choose to use PayPal for entry fees we must receive them by 5:00PM Thursday May 1st, 2008

6. Fish brought to the show by exhibitors must be benched by the exhibitor, with the approval of the show chair after registration, and exhibitors must bag their fish after the show, with the approval of a show committee member, as assigned by the show chair. NO ONE MAY REMOVE ANY FISH FROM THE SHOWROOM WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE SHOW CHAIR.  There will be no mail backs of fish brought to the show by the Exhibitor, except by special arrangement with the show chair.

Auction
  1.  All items must be on the entry form and accompanied with an entry fee, except Auction
       Only (AO) fish..

  2.  Minimum bid is $3.00 unless a higher Minimum bid is specified by the Seller on the
       entry form. 

Auction splits:     Show Entries:  75% Entrant /25% Host club 
                                Auction Only Fish  50% Breeder/50% Host club