The 2024 BSCC Shell Show

It was great to see friends old and new at the Shell Show held on 26 October 2024 at Theydon Bois Village Hall. Attendance was very good in the morning and dealers reported brisk business at their tables. The Show included some informative and attractive presentations with impressive and unusual shells on view – our thanks to all who took part and congratulations to the prize winners listed below.

Our gratitude also goes to this year's competition judges, Dave Rolfe, Johan Verstraeten and Simon Taylor, to the dealers who support the Show, and to the hard-working catering team. And special thanks to Simon Taylor for his dedicated efforts to make the Show happen.

Show results

One species		No entries
One genus or family	1st	Selina Wilkins: “Genus Glossaulax” – winner of the Michael Dixon Cup
British – marine, freshwater or land	1st	Colin Goss: “Weymouth’s Magnificent Bivalves” – winner of the Conchologists of America Award and Scotia Shield
	2nd	Victoria Goncalves: “British Shells”
Foreign – marine, freshwater or land	1st	Ann Storey: “Umbilias of North Eastern Australia”
Self-made shell art		No entries
Fossils		No entries
Shellomania	1st	Carl and Craig Ruscoe: “Ken Wye’s Encyclopaedia of Shells” – winner of the Peter Oliver Cup
	2nd	Derek Worth: “Cabinet of Curiosities”
Junior – age 12 to 16 inclusive		No entries
Junior – age 11 and under	1st	Victoria Goncalves:“Shells of the World” – winner of the John Fisher Trophy
Special category – The Minor Classes	1st	Brian Hammond: “Argonauta: The Paper Nautilus”
		Kevin Brown: “Nautilus cups” (non-competitive exhibit)
Shell of the Show		Victoria Goncalves: huge Lymnaea stagnalis – winner of the Walter Karo Trophy

 

See here for tips on exhibiting at next year's Shell Show, and for more information on the prizes awarded at the Show, see Tom Walker's article here.

Photo gallery

Many thanks to Julian and Yoshiko Joseph and Ali Hartley for the photographs.

More photographs on the BSCC Facebook page.