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The 2012 BSCC Shell Show

Held on 27 October 2012 at Theydon Bois Village Hall.
Show results

One species

1st

2nd

Tom Walker: Pallidula – winner of the COA Award

Anton Mauve: Cypraea coronata

One genus or family

1st


2nd

Dave Rolfe: “Fishbones (Venus Murex)”

Graham Saunders: “Atlantic scallops”

British – marine, freshwater or land

1st

 

 

2nd

Tom Walker: “Purple dye from Nucella lapillus” – winner of the Peter Oliver Cup

Carl and Craig Ruscoe: “British Venerupis (Carpet shells)” – winner of the Scotia Shield

Foreign – marine, freshwater or land

1st

 

Selina Wilkins: Tivela tripla

 

Self-made shell art

1st

2nd

Yves Terryn: “Large dome”

Eileen Amabilino: “Smaller domes”

Shell photography (judged by member ballot)

1st

 

Colin Goss: Littorina obtusata

 

Shellomania

1st

 

2nd

3rd

Roberto Rodolico: “Shell collecting and photography”

Judith Nelson: “Cushion design”

Jim Freyer: “E.T. molluscs”

Junior – age 12 to 16 inclusive

 

1st

Theo Tamblyn: “Gigantism in the Swan mussel” – winner of the John Fisher Trophy

Junior – age 11 and under

 

 

No entries

Shell of the Show

1st

Graham Saunders: red Chlamys nivea (MacGillivray, 1825) – winner of the Walter Karo Trophy

Dealer Shell of the Show (member ballot)

1st

David Knight: Cypraea mappa mappa f. panerythra

Non-competitive

 

Eileen Amabilino: “Shell shop”

 

 

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

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