Chairman's Challenge

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Competition Rules

There are now two categories—
The Basic Category for mere mortals —the criteria for this category is that the entry shall be as near as possible to the Challenge item.
The Open Category for those more able and accomplished — to produce a piece with an enhancement of the design by way of embellishment , texture or colour .
Only one category may be entered  for each Challenge.
Members will vote on each category, points will be accumulated in each category.
Each member who wishes to vote selects a 1st, 2nd, 3rd place on the voting slip. The slips are then collated and 3pts are awarded for the 1st vote on the slip, 2pts for 2nd and 1pt for third. The scores are then totalled and the entry with the most points is awarded 1st. place, the second highest 2nd. place and the third highest 3rd. place. If there is a tie for first then the professional of the day is asked to make the decision.
The membership is relied on to scrutinise each piece and make the decision as to whether it matches the specification.
Sponsorship has been obtained for this competition from Earlswood Interiors and Craft Centre. A prize of a £25 gift voucher has been offered and this will be presented to the winner at the Christmas Meeting.

Challenge Item for September 26th. 2010

Basic Class - Pair of Finials, displaying spindle turning elements (beads, coves, fillets etc.) maximum 4 inches high, mounted in lids. Open Class - As above with added decorated and/or embellishment

Challenge Item for July 25th. 2010

Challenge piece February 2010

Basic Class - Turned Leg with spindle turning elements together with project template/ measuring rod showing elements :- square top of leg, pommel, bead, fillet,cove, tapered leg, cove,fillet,bead,ogee shaped foot.(see photograph above)
Open Class - As above with decorated tapered leg.
Size, materials and finish will be the choice of the individual.

Basic Class

Entry 1 Brian Gibbs
Entry 2 Brian Bateman
Entry 3 Tom Badger
Entry 4 Don Lawrence
Entry no. 1 Brian Gibbs
Entry no. 2 Brian Bateman
Entry no. 3 Tom Badger
Entry no. 4 Don Lawrence

1st. place - Entry no. 2 Brian Bateman; 2nd. place - Entry no. 4 Don Lawrence;
3rd. place - Entry no. 3 Tom Badger.

Open Class

Entry 1 Tim Davies
Entry 2 Greg Miller
Entry 3 Malcolm Thorpe
Entry 4 Phil Stephens
Entry no. 1 Tim Davies
Entry no. 2 Greg Miller
Entry no. 3 Malcolm Thorpe
Entry no. 4 Phil Stephens

1st. place - Entry no. 4 Phil Stephens; 2nd. place - Entry no. 3 Malcolm Thorpe;
3rd. place - Entry no. 2 Greg Miller.

Challenge Item for June 27th. 2010

Basic Class - Shallow dish, Max. diameter 10cm. 2cm. deep maximum and not more than 5 mm. thick.
Open Class - As above with added ornamentation.

Basic Class

June 27th entry 1
June 27th entry 2
June 27th entry 3
June 27th entry 4
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June 27th entry 5
Entry no. 5

1st. place - Entry no. 3 Don Lawrence; 2nd. place - Entry no. 2 Greg Miller;
3rd. place - Entry no. 1 Phil Stephens.

Open Class

June 27th entry 1
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June 27th entry 3
June 27th entry 4
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1st. place - Entry no. 1 Malcolm Thorpe; 2nd. place - Entry no. 4 Tim Davies;
3rd. place - Entry no. 3 Graham Lovett.

Challenge Item for May 30th. 2010

Challenge piece February 2010

Basic Class - Goblet similar to the above but without the captive ring
Open Class - As above with added ornamentation, captive ring(s) etc.

Basic Class

May 30th entry 1
May 30th entry 2
May 30th entry 3
May 30th entry 4
Entry no. 1 Don Lawrence
Entry no. 2 Brian Goodall
Entry no. 3 Brian Bateman
Entry no. 4 Les Saunby
May 30th entry 5
Entry no. 5 M. Clarke

1st. place - Entry no. 3 Brian Bateman; 2nd. place - Entry no. 4 Les Saunby;
3rd. place - Entry no. 2 Brian Goodall.

Open Class

May 30th entry 1
May 30th entry 2
May 30th entry 3
May 30th entry 4
Entry no. 1 Tim Davies
Entry no. 2 Dave Nash
Entry no. 3 Greg Miller
Entry no. 4 Dave Reynolds
May 30th entry 5
May 30th entry 6
May 30th entry 7
May 30th entry 8
Entry no. 5 Malcolm Thorpe
Entry no. 6 Barry Russon
Entry no. 7 Phil Stephens
Entry no. 8 Les Collett

1st. place - Entry no. 5 Malcolm Thorpe; 2nd. place - Entry no. 3 Greg Miller;
3rd. place - Entry no. 1 Tim Davies.

Challenge Item for May 2nd. 2010
Basic Class - Lidded Box using a laminated or segmented blank
Open Class - As above with added ornamentation and decorative finial

Basic Class

May 2nd entry 1
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May 2nd entry 3
May 2nd entry 4
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1st. place - Entry no. 4 Isaac Foden; 2nd. place - Entry no. 1 Brian Goodall;
3rd. place - Entry no. 3 Don Lawrence.

Open Class

May 2 entry 2
May 2 entry 3
May 2 entry 4
May 2 entry 5
Entry no. 2
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Entry no. 4
Entry no. 5

1st. place - Entry no. 2 Greg Miller; 2nd. place - Entry no. 3 Malcolm Thorpe;
3rd. place - Entry no. 5 Tim Davies.

Challenge Item for April 11th. 2010
To produce a Chess piece
Basic Class - A Pawn
Open Class - Any other recognisable piece, with or without decoration

Basic Class

April entry 1
April entry 2
April entry 3
April entry 4
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1st. place - Entry no. 3 Ken Beresford; 2nd. place - Entry no. 4 Les Saunby;
3rd. place - Entry no. 1 Don Lawrence.

Open Class

April entry 1
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April entry 3
April entry 4
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Entry no. 4
My apologies for the picture quality
A Photographer malfunction
April entry 5
April entry 6
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1st. place - Entry no. 5 Malcolm Thorpe; 2nd. place - Entry no. 1 Tim Davies;
3rd. place - Entry no. 3 Greg Miller.

Challenge Item for March 7th. 2010
To produce a piece similar in style / form and proportion to the piece illustrated.

Challenge piece February 2010

Basic Class

March entry 1
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1st. place - Entry no. 1 Don Lawrence

Open Class

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1st. place - Entry no. 4 Greg Miller; 2nd. place - Entry no. 5 Tom Badger;
3rd. place - Entry no. 2 Ken Beresford.

Challenge Item for February 14th. 2010
To produce a gavel and block similar to Graham Lovett's as illustrated.

Challenge piece February 2010
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1st. place - Entry no. 4 Malcolm Thorpe; 2nd. place - Entry no. 3 Tom Badger;
Joint 3rd. place - Entry no. 1 Ken Beresford.

Challenge Item for November 8th. 2009
To produce a three-legged bowl from a cube by turning only.

November entry 1
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November entry 4
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November entry 5
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1st. place - Entry no. 1 Tim Davies; 2nd. place - Entry no. 2 Malcolm Thorpe;
Joint 3rd. place - Entry no. 4 Martyn Cooper and Entry no. 5 Don Hathaway.

Challenge Item for October 11th. 2009
To produce something with spindle work included, e.g., Ear-ring Stand or Necklace Stand.

October entry 1
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October entry 4
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October entry 5
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October entry 5
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Joint 1st. place - Entry no. 1 Malcolm Thorpe and Entry no. 8 Tim Davies;
3rd. place - Entry no. 5 Dave Nash.

Challenge Item for September 13th. 2009
To produce a bowl with mishapen sides similar to Tony Wilson's Shamrock platter.

Challenge piece March 2009
September entry 1
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September entry 5
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1st. place - Entry no. 8 Greg Miller; 2nd. place - Entry no. 5 Malcolm Thorpe;
3rd. place - Entry no. 6 Peter Ford.

Challenge Item for July 26 2009
A turned bird box, design not presciptive, any design as long as it is primarily turned.

July entry 1
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July entry 5
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1st. place - Entry no. 1 Tim Davies; 2nd. place - Entry no. 5 Martin Cooper;
3rd. place - Entry no. 2 Tom Badger.

Challenge Item for June 28 2009
A trio of a variety of fruits incorporating a decorative enhancement of either colour or texture.

June entry 1
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June entry 5
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1st. place - Entry no. 2 Tom Badger; 2nd. place - Entry no. 4 Cliff Lane;
3rd. place - Entry no. 5 Malcolm Thorpe.

Challenge Item for May 31 2009
A bowl of any size but it must be decorated in some fashion.

At the moment no photographs are available.

Challenge Item for May 2009
8" diameter rimmed platter with no obvious chucking point.

May entry 1
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1st. place - Entry no 8. Brian Bateman; 2nd. place - Entry no. 15 Tim Davies;
3rd. place - Entry no. 3 Keith Lanchester.

Challenge Item for April 2009
A medieval goblet

April entry 1
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April entry 3
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1st. place - Entry no. 5 Ken Beresford; 2nd. place - Entry no. 2 Ray Payne;
3rd. place - Entry no. 3 Tim Davies.

Challenge Item for March 2009
Paper Knife as demonstrated by Graham Lovett

Challenge piece March 2009
March entry 1
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1st. place - Entry no. 8 Dave Nash; 2nd. place - Entry no. 10 Tim Davies;
3rd. place - Entry no. 6 Malcolm Thorpe.

Challenge Item for February 2009
Baby Rattle as demonstrated by Graham Lovett

Challenge piece February 2009
February entry 1
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1st. place - Entry no. 1 Tim Davies; 2nd. place - Entry no. 4 Malcolm Thorpe;
3rd. place - Entry no. 13 Les Collett.

Challenge Item for January 2009
will be to turn a couple of pieces of fruit. From damsons to melons the choice is yours!

January entry 1
January entry 2
January entry 3
January entry 4
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1st. place - Entry no. 7 Tim Davies; 2nd. place - Entry no. 10 Cliff Lane;
3rd. place - Entry no. 3 Greg Miller.

Overall Challenge Item Results for 2008
First - Malcolm Thorpe 9 points
Second - Tim Davies 7 points
Third - Greg Miller 6 points

Challenge shields
Malcolm Thorpe receives the Challenge Shield
The Challenge Shields
Malcolm Thorpe receives the Challenge Shield

Challenge Item for November 2008
A hollow vessel with a narrow neck, perhaps 30mm, as demonstrated by Nick Arnull.

November entry 1
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November entry 4
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1st. place - Entry no. 2 Malcolm Thorpe; 2nd. place - Entry no. 1 Dave Wilcox;
3rd. place - Entry no. 7 Dave Nash.

Challenge Item for October 2008
A piece showing a technique of decoration as demonstrated by Joey Richardson, either piercing, colouring, pyrography, texturing or any combination of these techniques.

October entry 1
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1st. place - Entry no. 6 Greg Miller; 2nd. place - Entry no. 2 Dave Wilcox;
3rd. place - Entry no. 5 Malcolm Thorpe.

Challenge Item for September 2008
was to produce a turned item found in the home.

Challenge Entries for September 2008

September entry 1
Sept entry 2
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Sept entry 45
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September entry 6
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1st. place - Entry no. 7 Malcolm Thorpe; 2nd. place - Entry no. 2 Tim Davies; 3rd. place - Entry no. 1 Peter Ford.

Challenge Item for July 2008

July challenge
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Challenge Entries for July 2008

July entry 1
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1st. place - Entry no. 3 Tim Davies; 2nd. place - Entry no. 5 Brian Bateman;
3rd. place - Entry no. 2 Dave Wilcox.

Challenge Item for June 2008

Challenge piece June 2008

Challenge Entries for June 2008

July entry 1
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1st. place - Entry no. 1 Malcolm Caine; 2nd. place - Entry no. 7 Malcolm Thorpe; 3rd. place - Entry no. 6 Geoff Hughes.

Challenge Entries for April 2008

Chairman's Challenge Item No. 1
Chairman's Challenge No. 2
Chairman's Challenge Item No. 3
Chairman's Challenge No. 4
Entry No. 1
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Chairman's Challenge Item No. 5
Chairman's Challenge Item No. 6
Chairman's Challenge No. 7
Chairman's Challenge Item No. 8
Entry No. 5
Entry No. 6
Entry No. 7
Entry No. 8
Chairman's Challenge Item No. 9
Entry No. 9

1st. place - Entry no.5 Greg Miller; 2nd. place - Entry no. 2 Tim Davies;
3rd. place - Entry no.1 Malcom Caine.