The 2019 BSCC Shell Show

Held on 26 October 2019 at Theydon Bois Village Hall. Despite the dank weather there was a healthy turnout for this year's Show from members, dealers and visitors – some had come a very long way to join us and it was good to see them all. We are grateful to the brilliant catering team for fuelling the whole day. Our thanks also go to this year's competition judges, Alan Seccombe, Daphne Howlett and Rika De Donder, and our congratulations to the prize winners listed below. As ever, we can always fit in more competition entries – see here for tips on exhibiting at next year's Shell Show.

Show results

One species	1st	–
	2nd	Kevin Brown: “Senilia senilis”
	3rd	Lise Landmark: “Astraea calcara with coral”
One genus or family	1st	Tom Walker: “Genus Polymita” ­– winner of the Peter Oliver Cup
	2nd	Dave Rolfe: “Family Fissurellidae [keyhole limpets]”
British – marine, freshwater or land		No entries
Foreign – marine, freshwater or land		No entries
Self-made shell art	1st	–
	2nd	Lise Landmark: Framed shell specimens
Fossils		No entries
Shell photography (judged by member ballot)	1st	Peter Topley: “A group of Tritia reticulata about to scavenge on a recently dead sea potato”
	2nd	Peter Topley: “Close-up of the head of an Arion slug”
	3rd	Ann Storey: “Y Viva España [mating Arion vulgaris slugs]”
Shellomania	1st	John Llewellyn-Jones: “Mother-of-pearl artifacts from around the world” ­– winner of the Conchologists of America Award
Junior – age 12 to 16 inclusive		No entries
Junior – age 11 and under		No entries
Special category – five favourite shells	1st	Ann Storey: “A handful of cowries”
	2nd	Kevin Brown: “Memories”
	3rd	Lise Landmark: “Five favourite shells”
Shell of the Show		Ann Storey: Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 ‘hurricane pattern’ – winner of the Walter Karo Trophy

 

For more information on the prizes awarded at the Show, see Tom Walker's article here.

Photo gallery

Many thanks to David Feld, Chris Vos and Ali Hartley for the photographs.

More photographs on the BSCC Facebook page.