Awards:
Nikos was only shown twice as a yearling, at Level 3 and Level 5 shows,
where he won a Championship and two blue ribbons. Jane Tellier awarded
him the blue ribbon in a class of 10
yearling silver grey males at the 2005 Virginia Classic Show, plus the Grand Championship out of all 33 grey males
in the show! Julio
Sumar awarded Nikos the blue ribbon in a competitive full
fleece halter class of dark silver grey yearling males at MaPaca 2005, the
largest alpaca show in the country, which attracts top breeders from as
far away as Oregon and Washington. His yearling fiber won a blue ribbon
in the 2005 Blue Ridge Classic Handcrafters' SpinOff, with a score of 90.5
/ 100 and another blue ribbon in the 2005 Mid-America Alpaca Show
Handcrafters' SpinOff. At the 2005 OABA fleece show, Nikos placed first
out of 9 Handcrafters' SpinOff entries in the yearling grey class, and won
the purple ribbon for Highest Score of all the grey/multi entries in the show, with
93.5/100 points. This was a Level 4 fleece show, with 212 SpinOff entries! His
yearling fiber placed second in the 2006 Virginia Classic SpinOff,
and second in the 2006 Southern Select SpinOff competition. At the huge
MaPaca 2006 fleece show, Nikos won a blue ribbon in
his class and the Reserve
Champion Grey Fleece banner for his 30-month shearing, with only 1.5
points less than the 10-month shearing of the Champion, who has a $7500
breeding fee! Diana Timmerman awarded Nikos 20/20 points for fineness and
handle. Jill McCloud also awarded his fleece a blue ribbon at PAOBA in
2006 and his yearling fiber won a second place out of 8 entries at
National level in the 2006 AOBA SpinOff competition. His 30-month shearing
won a blue ribbon at the VAOBA Alpaca Expo SpinOff in 2006, judged by
Cathy Songer, a second place in the 2006 Mid-America Alpaca SpinOff and a
first place in the 2006 OABA SpinOff.
