Posts Tagged: Awards

List of awards

At our next Winter Show we will be using a panel of judges, similar to the system used at several recent bonsai events. It will be made up of professional and experienced amateurs, each judge will select three trees in each category. There is no need to select 1st, 2nd & 3rd, so the order… Read more »

Bonsai exhibitions – a fairer system of awarding prizes

Tonights meeting Part 1 of a talk by Mark and Ritta Cooper on Bonsai exhibitions – a fairer system of awarding prizes. It was a very successful evening with a good range of lively discussion on the topic of judging and some food for thought.

Swindon Winter Image Bonsai Show

We invite you to come along to our show this Sunday on the 23rd of February 2014 at the Stratton Community Leisure Centre, Grange Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4JY. It is open from 10:30am to 4:30pm with a £5 entrance fee. The show will include Bonsai exhibitions by our own Club Members, well known bonsai artists and visiting… Read more »

Winter Image show – Awards

The ‘Winter Image’ show will soon be here in less than 3 weeks. Here is a list of the Awards. The show and Main Awards are sponsored by John Pitt Bonsai Ceramics, John Armitage will be holding a tree demo/clinic so if you have any questions or tree problems, bring them along. He will be working… Read more »

Our Winter Show summary of the events of the day

What a busy show, we had over 400 visitors to our show and it was a fun packed day with much to see and discuss. Following an early start finishing off all the preparations for the show with the rest of the other visiting societies and traders, the show was officially opened by the Mayor…. Read more »

Our Winter Show results

Swindon & District Bonsai Society Winter image show 2012 results Best Shohin display* was by Mark & Ritta Cooper Best Mame display* was by Bob Bailey Best Conifer* was the Chinese Juniper that was owned by Martin Martin Shepperd Best Deciduous* tree was the Trident Maple by Mark Cooper Best Chuhin* was the Elm of Will… Read more »