Every month throughout the year, except April (AGM) and December (Christmas) the club holds a competition with points awarded for the modeller of the year. Monthly subjects are listed at the bottom of this page.
A new club trophy has been designed and after much deliberation it was decided that it should be known as the "Alan Hall Trophy" in honour of one of the founders of the club, who sadly passed away in November 2008.
Each month a different subject class will be judged, and the modeller getting the most points at the April AGM will be presented with the Alan Hall Trophy to keep for the coming year and a miniature to keep forever.
Club Competition Rules
The rules are very simple:
1. Only one model per member per month.
2. Judging will be by ballot of all members present
3. Models must not have been entered into any previous club competition
4. Entries can be anything to do with the subject area
Points will be awarded as follows:
5 points = entering the competition
3 points = winning entry
2 point = second place
1 point = third place
This is done to encourage more members to enter. It means that the more prolific modellers will win over those who only enter occasionally.
In the event of a tie for first place at the end of each year, then the winner will be decided on the number of first, second and third places each had obtained throughout the year.
Results for 2010/11 Competition
This year Peter was the clear winner in the competition with a seven point lead at the end. But second through to fourth was very tight right up until the final month where anyone could have taken second place. This was due to club members putting in entries for the competition for one month and winning with it. With the addition of an extra month in December and the chance of an extra five points in February's competition, there is the possibility of seeing the end of year results for 2011/12 contest turned upside down. So get your entries worked out for the year and let see what happens.
The top four places are listed below;
1st Place: Peter Marshall
2nd Place: David Francis
3rd Place: Tim Upson-Smith
4th Place: Nathan Flavell
The complete entries for 2010/11 monthly competitions can be viewed
Competition Classes and Club Night meeting dates for 2011/12
This years categories I feel are quite open to virtually any modelling genre, I have given some clues to perhaps how I am thinking, take these ponder on them and interpret them how you will. And please remember it’s all about having fun and building models!
Each months entries to the club competition for 2011/12, can be seen .
These are the catagories for 2011/12's Club Competition. There has been a couple of minor changes to next years competiion to make it a bit more exciting and to add some extra fun to it. December's competition is added along with a prize for this month only, a little Christmas present for the winner of this month. Points will also count to the years final result too. An added bonus to February's competiton is the chance of an extra 5 points to your tally, so there is a change of getting up to 13 points if you win in this months competiton. So have a look below and get your grey matter working for your entries.
|
|
| 25th May |
Aircraft: Any easy one to get things started for this years competition. |
| 22nd June |
Something Old (pre 1945): Any subject that was built, born or created before 1945 . |
| 27th July |
Armour: No need to get tanked up on this one!!!!! |
| 24th August |
Something New (post 2000): Any subject that is from after the year 2000. |
| 28th September |
Something Borrowed: Where the subject model has been borrowed! |
| 26th October |
Something Blue: Use your imagination with this one, but please keep it clean. |
| 23rd November |
Sci-fi Fantasy: You might not Buck Rogers this, but it might Klingon to you! |
| 21st December |
Airfix 1/72nd & 1/76th scale "Out Of The Box" under a tenner: See below this table. |
| |
| 25th January |
Boats: Boats and ships of the floating variety. (Not airships or spaceships) |
| 22nd February |
Obscure: Can you identify it? See below this table for details. |
| 22nd March |
British Cars: A car that is a British manufactured car or made for the British market. |
| 28th April |
No competition AGM and prize giving. |
December's Competition
This months competition is restricted to a model from the Airfix range that cost up to a maximum retail value of £10.00 and in the scales of 1/72nd and 1/76th. The model must be built "Out Of Box" rules, but you are allowed to add such items as rigging (bi-planes) and aerials. Seatbelts may be added as long as they are scratch-built, photo etch one not allowed. Aftermarket decals may be used. There will be a one off prize for this month and points will go towards the end of year score.
February's Competition
The February competition is different in that there is an extra 5 points to be had if nobody in the club can identify your model. For example if you enter a FW190 A8, it would only be identified as a FW190, so you will need to be really obscure to get the extra 5 points on offer. This has been designed so that if up to this point of the competition there is a clear leader, this months theme has the potential to alter the placing quite dramatically and bring it down to the wire. It's in your hands to fox us all......
Last updated
3rd May 2011
