Competitions

We are now running a monthly competition on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
The theme for each competition will be announced at the beginning of the month and will be something simple to encourage all members to have a go.
Winners will be announced each month on this page.

2010: Due to the consistently high standard of competition entries the committee has decided to change the categories. As from now there will be only two classes :- Novice - under two years turning experience and no more than two first place wins in the monthly competition. Craftsman - everyone else.

Wed Jan 27: This month's project was an earring stand. Under the new categories there were no entries in the Novice class but a wealth of superb entries in the Craftsman class, with some very novel and innovative ideas. The result was:- 1st place Alan Jobling, 2nd Ian Robson and 3rd David Johnston.

Wed Feb 23: This month's project was a bangle/bracelet or napkin ring. Once again we had no entries in the novice class but some superb entries in the craftsman class. !st place went to Fred Cochrane (with his first entry having gone from novice to craftsman.) Well done Fred. In 2nd place was David Johnston and 3rd place was tied between David Burdess and Alan Jobling.

Wed March 24: The project this time was a garden dibber - not a very exciting project and the result was a small number of entries. Novice:- no entries. Craftsman:- 1st Geoff Earl, 2nd David Otterson, 3rd Alan Jobling.

Wed April 28: This month's project was a food scoop and again some excellent exhibits were produced. Winners were - Novice: John Clark. Craftsman: 1st Mike Jones, 2nd Brian Lashbrook, 3rd Alan Jobling.

Wed May 26: This month's subject was a small box, which we thought would be a popular choice, but the number of entries was disappointing. However, the results were:- Novice - No entries. Craftsman - 1st Frank Bowman, 2nd Alan Jobling, 3rd David Johnston.

Wed June 23: The project this month was a spindle (chair leg, stair spindle etc) and we had some excellent entries. The winners were:- Novice - only one entry, Mark Rose (our newest member, so well done Mark for making the effort and putting in a good piece). Craftsman - 1st Mike Jones, 2nd Stan Lax (with a pole lathe turned spiral) 3rd Randal Marr. John Basford also got a special mention with a very close run fourth place.

Wed July 21: This month the subject was a bowl with metal or other media decoration. The number of entries was disappointing but the quality of those which were entered was excellent. Winners were:- Novice 1st Robert Cooper, 2nd Glynis Hartley. Craftsman 1st Brian Lashbrook, 2nd Ian Johnson, 3rd Brian Hobbs.

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