Competition time
Len Osborne Trophy
Competitions
Our club holds a quarterly(ish) competition that is open to all members from the novice to the professional (Novices are currently taking a lot of the prizes!). It is a chance to have a some fun and show off your talents of turning & other skills like carving, colouring, texturing, pyrography, etc – letting your imagination run wild. There are small prizes and certificates for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. Each competition has 3 to 4 topics to chose from, the latest competition topics are listed below:
.Next event topics
Watch this space!
August Club Challenge:
- Off centre/multi centre turning
- Involuted turning (also known as inside out turning).
1st – Harry Woolhead
2nd – Steve Howells
3rd – Richard Nicholls
Easter – Club Challenge:
- Create an Egg – virtual vote
1st – Mike Haselden – Lindor stacking hollow egg
2nd – Bob Hope – Segmented egg and carving
3rd – Richard Nicholls – Cracked easter egg in cup
December – Club Challenge:
- Wind powered
5th August – Club Challenge:
- Finial
1st April – AGM Challenge:
- Make a toy
3rd December – Christmas Challenge:
- Make a Whistle
Best looking 
Best sounding
6th August – Club Challenge:
- Something with 2 types of materials
4th April – Club Challenge:
- Something with at least 2 types of wood
7th Aug – Club Challenge:
- Pair of items
3rd April – Club Challenge:
- Bowl with decoration
5th December – Club Challenge:
- Something powered by Elastic
1st August – Club Challenge:
- Something made from Yew
1st February – Club Challenge:
- Something with fruit or fungi
7th December – Christmas Social:
- Christmas Challenge – design and build a diablo
3rd August – Autumn special:
- Make something with a finial
- Make something with 2 or more wood/materials
2nd February – Spring special:
- Make something to with a stand
1st December – Christmas special:
- Yo-Yo competition
1st September – Autumn special:
- Make something to include 1 or more sphere
3rd February – Springtime special:
- Open competition – Make what you like
2nd December Meeting:
- Create a 3 wheeled toy – winner for best design and furthest distance travelled when released from a ramp
Furthest distance winner Best design
3rd April Meeting:
- A toy
- An item featuring colouring
- An item featuring piercing
- A project for Minstead Training Project – This will not be a complicated piece of turning, it should be suitable for beginners. Your challenge is to include with it a dimensioned diagram and step by step instructions as to how to make it.
December 2012 meeting:
October 2012 meeting:
March 2012 meeting:
December 2011 meeting:
October 2011 – The HWA Challenge was to make something representing one of the below:
A- “Block of wood 8x3x3”
B- “Run of the mill”
C- “Autumn leaves”
June 2011 – The HWA Challenge was to make something representing a song title. The choices were:
A- “Ring of Fire”
B- “Little Green Apples”
C- “Lemon Tree”
D- “Ring a Ring o’ Roses”
Feb 2011 – The HWA Challenge was to make something representing one of the random topics below:
A – Threadbare
B – The Valentine’s Day Massacre
C – On a Wing and a Prayer
D – Can’t see the Wood for the Trees
