Annual Woodturning Competition
December 2011 General Rules
- This competition will be open to any one turning made by the turner up to one year prior to the date of the competition.
- There will be three categories for this competition: Beginner, Intermediate and Open.
- The judges will assign the category for any turner who doesn’t know which category he or she should be in. The decision of the judges will be final.
- There will be ribbons for first, second, and third in each category depending on the number of entrants. These ribbons will be decided on by the judges as follows:
- 1 – 4 – 1st place only
- 5 – 8 – 1st and 2nd only
- 9 or more – 1st, 2nd and 3rd
- There will also be a ribbon for the Members Choice Award, which will be voted on by the members present. This will be done by ballot.
- The turning may be functional or artistic. All work done off the lathe can not account for more than 20% of the finished turning.
- Following the ribbon ceremony there will be a “friendly” critique of the turnings by the judges, outlining why they made their choices and encouragement to others.
- Winners of the 1st place ribbon in each category must move up to the next higher category in the next competition.