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 (and novices are sometimes the winners!). 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 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

The competitions are announced through the monthly newsletter and through the email invitations to our club meetings.

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Hall of Fame

Past competition categories and winners are below to give you an idea of what is expected.

Summer 2022 – Part 2 (September)

Anything that will fit through a 150mm diameter hole.

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Winner – Mike Haselden

Summer 2022 – Part 1 (August)

Anything that will fit through a 150mm diameter hole.

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Winner – Derek Holdaway

December 2021 Club Challenge

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Winner – Richard Nichols

2021 Summer Club Challenge

Box with Finial

Winner – Mario Demontis

December 2020 Club challenge:

Something Seasonal

1st – Dave Gibbard

2nd – Harry Woolhead

3rd – Steve Howells

August 2020 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 2020 – 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 2019 – Club Challenge:

Wind powered

5th August 2019 – Club Challenge:

Finial

1st April 2019 – AGM Challenge:

Make a toy

3rd December 2018 – Christmas Challenge:

Make a Whistle

Best looking Best sounding

6th August 2018 – Club Challenge:

Something with 2 types of materials

4th April 2018 – Club Challenge:

Something with at least 2 types of wood

7th Aug 2017 – Club Challenge:

Pair of items

3rd April 2017 – Club Challenge:

Bowl with decoration

5th December 2016 – Club Challenge:

Something powered by Elastic

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1st August 2016 – Club Challenge:

Something made from Yew

1st February 2016 – Club Challenge:

Something with fruit or fungi

7th December 2015 – Christmas Social:

Christmas Challenge – design and build a diablo

3rd August 2015 – Autumn special:

Make something with a finial
Make something with 2 or more wood/materials

Ian Woodford, 1st place finial box on stand

2nd February 2015 – Spring special:

Make something to with a stand

1st December 2014 – Christmas special:

Yo-Yo competition

1st September 2014 – Autumn special:

Make something to include 1 or more sphere

Mike Haselden, bowl of balls, 1st choice

3rd February 2014 – Springtime special:

Open competition – Make what you like

2nd December 2013 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 2013 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.