The results are in and this month we have Steve Young and Phil Howard as joint winners with a clear margin between them and the rest of the field. Congratulations both!
Author Archives: Phil Jones
New Chairs!
We’ve just had 30 nice shiny red new chairs delivered!
Competition Results – Feb 2014
Competition results attached – the excellent standard of entries being reflected in there being less than 2 points between them all!
To re-iterate what Phil H said on Tuesday, the purpose of the competition is to encourage everyone to do more turning so I encourage anyone who hasn’t yet ventured a piece into the competition to do so. It’s an excellent way to improve your own skills and provides inspiration to others.
Good luck for next month – a natural edged bowl!
Oak Tree Down!
Anyone available with a chainsaw on the first weekend in Jan?
There’s an oak tree down near Crossmichael that the club can have if (a) we want it and (b) we can get it!
There is a big trunk with a base of about 2 feet diameter and there are numerous branches that would be big enough for turning.
I don’t see any problem with trimming the branches off, but getting the trunk back to the main road might be difficult. There are no obstacles but there is only a small track nearby and I’m not sure what transport it would take.
Competition 2013 – December and Year End Results
So double congratulations to Chic for winning the December competition and thus securing his place at the top of the leader board to retain Club Champion Trophy!
I think there has been a significant improvement in the standard of competition entries over the past year so very well done to everyone.
Full results are here: Goblet December 2013
Merry Christmas!
November Results
Usual apologies for the delay…
October Competition – Candlesticks
The new “Director of Competitions” seems pretty good… the competition was only yesterday and the results are already in 🙂
Congratulations this month to… Chick and myself who just narrowly pipped Phil H into third.
Cheers,
Phil J
September Competition Results
Results for last month’s competition:
1. Reg Thirlwall (8.7)
2. Judith Simpson (8.5)
3. Phil Howard (7.7)
4. Rolf Buwert (7.3)
5. Eric McCowan (6.3)
5. Robin Gibson (6.3)
7. John Twiname (6.2)
8. John Brown (6)
8. Phil Jones (6)
10. David Simpson (5.8)
11. David Wright (5.2)
With 7 of the 10 competitions done the leader board is as below – but remember that it’s only your best 8 results of the year that count towards the Club Champion so even if you’ve missed a couple you can still improve your score so get turning those candle sticks for next week!
Brass Candle Dishes
Anybody want some brass candle dishes from Axminster? If I order 2 they’ll be £5.80 plus postage, but if I order 10 they’ll only be £4.34 each with free delivery 🙂
http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-brass-pillar-candle-dish-prod462901/
Finishing by Mark Raby
Very useful and informative notes taken by Judith Simpson and Roger Cutler at Mark Raby’s demonstration in May 2013
https://gallowaywoodturners.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Mark-Raby-Notes.pdf