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The 2008 BSCC Shell Show

Held on 25 October 2008 at Theydon Bois Village Hall.
Show results

One species

1st
2nd

3rd

4th

5th

 

Angela Marsland: Chicoreus dunni

Brian Hammond: Siratus alabaster

Koen Fraussen: Stavelia subdistorta

Kevin Brown: Cancellaria cooperi

Graham Saunders: Mimachlamys varia

One genus or family

1st

 

2nd

3rd

Selina Wilkins: Fusinus – winner of the Peter Oliver Cup

Graham Saunders: Flexopecten

John Fray: “Unconchous”

British – marine, freshwater or land

1st

 

2nd

 

3rd

Koen Fraussen: Palliolum tigerinum – winner of the COA award

Tom Walker: “British conchophilately”

Graham Saunders: “Lochs and sounds”

Foreign – marine, freshwater or land

 

 

No entries

Fossils

1st

John Whicher: “Ammonites of the Scunthorpe Ironstone” – winner of the Scotia Shield

Shell photography (judged by member ballot)

1st

2nd

3rd

 

4th

Tony McCleery: “Alien”

Chris Ward: Bassina

Andy Wakefield: “Dog whelks and mussels”

John Whicher: “Ammonites”

Shellomania

1st

 

Chris Ward: “Shell close-ups”

Junior – age 12 to 16 inclusive

 

 

No entries

Junior – age 11 and under

1st

 

 

2nd

3rd

Theo Tamblyn: “Self-collected Greek shells” – winner of the John Fisher Trophy

Adam Ward: “Three black shells”

Christopher Wilkins: “Shell aerodrome”

Shell of the Show

1st

Adam Ward: Hexaplex cichoreus  – winner of the Walter Karo Trophy

 

For more information on the prizes awarded at the Show, see Tom Walker's article here.
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More photographs on the BSCC Facebook page.

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