How to enter The Turners' Company
2008 Turning Competitions
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2008, the Competitions are
to take place in Carpenters' Hall on Tuesday 3rd June 2008, the day before
the opening of the Wizardry in Wood Exhibition.
At the conclusion of the Competition, prizes will be awarded by the Master of the Carpenters' Company.
The Competition will in four main sections. The Rules can be accessed through the underlined links to the relevant Turners' Company website pages.
The first, second and third sections use the same Entry Form. For the fourth section, the Rules and Entry form are combined (see below).
The first section, open to all turners, contains The Master's Competition for a ceremonial chalice. For the first time this year, however, the Master's Competition has been divided into two parts, each with equal prize-money. The first part is limited to entries made predominantly by plain turning while the second part is for entries made largely by ornamental turning.
Also in this section is The Felix Levy Competition for freestyle turning and the Open Competition for a gavel and block.
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The Master's Competition Rules |
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The Felix Levy Competition Rules |
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The Open Competition Rules |
The second section, open to members of the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain only, contains the Senior and Junior (under 19) Plain Turning Competitions, and the Ray Key competition for those young turners who attended the joint Company and AWGB youth training courses during 2007.
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AWGB Senior and Junior Competitions Rules |
The third section, open to members of the Society of Ornamental Turners only, contains The Lady Gertrude Crawford Competition; The Fred Howe Competition and The H.E. Twentyman Competition.
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SOT The Lady Gertrude Crawford Competition The Fred Howe Competition The H.E. Twentyman Competition |
The fourth section, open to Liverymen and Freemen of the Turners' Company only, contains an Open Competition and a Novice Competition.
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The Company Competition (Rules and Entry Form) |