Category Archives: Competition

Mushroom vs Toadstools: Competition Clarification

For the sake of clarity regarding the upcoming competition item, I thought I’d share parts of a recent discussion regarding the difference between mushrooms and toadstools:

The Botanist’s answer: There is no distinction between mushrooms and toadstools. Poisonous ones are commonly known as toadstools, but botanically they are the same.

The Storyteller’s answer: Given that mushrooms are edible and toadstools are poisonous (this being the generally accepted, non scientific difference between these fungi) I say that anyone turning a ‘mushroom’ from Yew, Laburnum etc should be disqualified and anyone making a toadstool from heavily spalted timber should be allowed. We could use the bandsaw to slice anything which we are uncertain about, and fry the suspect slices in garlic butter and if kidney dialysis is not required thereafter then the entry should be allowed.

The Accepted answer: There is no difference so both will be acceptable for the forthcoming competition. I’m not sure about truffles though.

 

Competition Results March 2015 – Balls

March 2015; Balls

Mature Turners

  • Reg Thirlwall  9.0
  • Chic Hampton  8.3
  • John Brown  7.3
  • Jake Twiname  7.2
  • Bryan Jardine  7.1
  • David Simpson 6.8
  • Les Reeves 6.7
  • Phil Howard 6.7
  • Eric McCowan  5.9

New Turners

No Entries

 

 

New section in Club Competition

The Club originally decided to organise a monthly Competition to encourage members to actually make things and to have a go at items that they may not think of making otherwise.In 2014 only 20 members entered at least one item into the Competition; this is considerably less than half the membership. It may be that some members are put off from entering by their perception of the standard of other entries.

In order to encourage participation, for 2015 the Club will introduce a section called ‘New Turners’ separate from the Main section of the Competition.

How it will work

the competition item will be the same for both sections

  • the two sections will be displayed on separate tables
  • each member may enter 1 item per month
  • member decides which section to enter
  • members will assess each section separately
  • results will be published separately
  • at the end of the year there will be a separate prize for New Turners
  • the winner may be encouraged to enter the Main section in subsequent years !

 

Galloway Woodturners Committee December 2014

Competition Results – Year 2014

So that’s it for this year and it’s been a really good close competition with just 0.2 separating the top four, but it’s Chic who’s topped the table once again – well done Chic!

Position Member Average Best 8 of 10
1 Chick Hampton 7.7
2 Bryan Jardine 7.6
3 Phil Howard 7.5
3 Reg Thirlwall 7.5
5 Phil Jones 6.9
6 David Simpson 6.8
7 Judith Simpson 6.7
7 Jake Twiname 6.7
9 Iain Robertson 6.6
10 Eric McCowan 6.3
11 John Brown 5.6

Competition Results – September 2014

The results below are as the items were voted for and do not include the four disqualifications arising from the fact that the items were not made from beech, despite that being the one and only rule set for this month’s competition!

1. Chic Hampton 8.0

2. Phil Howard 7.7

3= Reg Thirlwall 6.9

3= Ian Robertson 6.9

3= John Twiname 6.9

6. Judith Simpson 6.6

7. David Simpson 6.4

8= Phil Jones 6.2

8= Roland Blackburn 6.2

8= Steve Young 6.2

11. Bryan Jardine 6.1

12. Bobby Carson 5.5

13. John Brown 4.9