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The 2013 BSCC Shell Show

Held on 26 October 2013 at Theydon Bois Village Hall.
Show results

One species

1st

2nd

3rd

Simon Taylor: Haliotis rufescens – winner of the COA award

Kevin Brown: Acesta rathbuni

David McKay: “The super abundant rarity”

One genus or family

1st
2nd

Mike Dixon: “The genus Comitas”

Graham Saunders: “Cymbium”

British – marine, freshwater or land

1st

 

 

2nd

Dave Rolfe: “Shell-collecting on the Isle of Skye” – winner of the Scotia Shield

Mike Davies: “A small collection of rare shells around Britain”

Foreign – marine, freshwater or land

1st

 

 

2nd

 

 

3rd

Anton Mauve: “Fingerprint cowries” – joint winner of the Peter Oliver Cup

Noel Gregory: “Austroharpa, Morum, Harpa” – joint winner of the Peter Oliver Cup

Graham Saunders: “West African Conus complex”

Shell photography (judged by member ballot)

1st

2nd

Colin Goss: Solen marginatus

John Llewellyn-Jones: Dendronotus frondosus

Shellomania

1st

2nd

Yves Terryn: “Ocean’s Orange”

Graham Saunders: “Beauty and the beast”

Junior – age 12 to 16 inclusive

 

 

No entries

Junior – age 11 and under

Joint 1st

 

 

 

Nina Mauve: “King Neptune’s Hallowe’en” – joint winner of the John Fisher Trophy

Amelia Mauve: “Cowries with nine lives” – joint winner of the John Fisher Trophy

Shell of the Show

1st

Amelia Mauve: Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 – winner of the Walter Karo Trophy

Dealer Shell of the Show (member ballot)

1st

David Gac and Naomi Dubryckyj: Tibia dentata (Grateloup, 1827)

 

For more information on the prizes awarded at the Show, see Tom Walker's article here.
Photo gallery
Many thanks to Roberto Rodolico for taking the photographs and video (see below).
More photographs on the BSCC Facebook page.

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