Thread: Australian Woodturning Exhibition 2014

Originally Posted by Tony Morton

Surprise Surprise When I got the results on the net I was on $for time so only looked at the Intermediate results, yesterday when I opened up the box of returned exhibition pieces I found my entry form that had been changed to Open They had crossed out intermediate and written OPEN over it at this i went off. As the rules state anyone who has won 4 firsts in intermediate must enter in open, yes two years ago I got a third in open with 169 points last year i entered novice ok so I don't know why I was shunted to open.. But to my surprise this morning when I unpacked the pieces I found the Ringed Platter i had at Turnfest won second place so thanks to all at Turnfest who helped me achieve this award with their advice.

Cheers Tony

Good on you Tony. Great to see because you put so much effort into improving your skills. You must have taken on board Neil's generous & honest IG critique.

Hi guys,
Wow, this has become a hot topic thread
So i thought i would add my 2 bob, s worth
I received my couple of entries back safe and sound
well packed and a package of goodies of which i
am very appreciative of, thanks to the sponsers!
And then to my amazment 1st place!!! I could not
believe it, but then i realized i was the only one
who entered in that section , that is a pity really because there
was no other competition,,,!!
On a positive note , i would like to thank the
judges and the organizers for all there hard work
and time for what i thought was a very difficult
task , sure when organizing something on this scale
there will be mistakes,, we are all human......we all make mistakes!
On the postage side i bought quite a large post bag from
Australia post for $16.50,,,, which i thought was not too bad..
but i guess it depends on what you want to send in ,! ..?
Again i appreciated the opportunity to take part and have
learnt from the experience
Thanks guys

As I have been unable through other means to get an answer maybe someone here can tell me why? By the rules of the exhibition I am eligible to enter novice ,i entered Intermediate my entry form was crossed out and overwritten with open I am left wondering How Why or Who did this and Why.
Cheers Tony

Originally Posted by Tony Morton

yes two years ago I got a third in open with 169 points

Tony
You say you got a third in open - the exhibition rules state

Open – no restriction on who may enter this section. Previous Open exhibitors plus
any exhibitor who has won four or more first places in the Intermediate Section in
previous Australian Woodturning Exhibitions, each with an allocation of 180 points, or
above, must enter the 2014 Exhibition in this section

Hi Picko yes I have the rules one third place with 169 points doesn't equal four wins.

Cheers Tony

Originally Posted by Tony Morton

yes two years ago I got a third in open with 169 points

Cheers Tony

Tony, it's a progressive system whereby you progress from Novice to Intermediate to Open.

Once you have entered in Intermediate you can not go back to Novice neither once you've entered Open can you go back to Intermediate or Novice.

Having entered and received a third in Open you will alway be in the Open Section. Hence the committee changing your entry to Open was correct.

This may make it difficult for you and seem unfair and that's why Mobyturn's suggestion of a further Masters section makes such great sense.

Peter.

The original purpose of this thread was to show some of the items that had been submitted for the competition/exhibition.

This is especially true for those of us that cannot travel the country to attend in person. This is the main reason that this thread has been reinstated.




As the thread contained some posts that were off topic of the original purpose these had been removed. It is for that reason that this thread had been closed.


Thank you