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The 2009 BSCC Shell Show

Held on 31 October 2009 at Theydon Bois Village Hall.
Show results

One species

1st

 

2nd

3rd

4th

 

5th

Highly commended

 

Highly commended

John Llewellyn-Jones: Nucella lapillus – winner of the Peter Oliver Cup and Scotia Shield

Ken Wye: Vittina waigiensis

Kevin Brown: Chicoreus strigatus

Graham Saunders: Flexopecten hyalinus

Selina Wilkins: Melo broderipii

Andy McNaughton: “Super sexy Stolida”

Ken Wye: Smaragdia rangiana

One genus or family

3rd

Peter Siggers: Spondylus

 

British – marine, freshwater or land

Unclassified

Graham Saunders: Palliolum incomparibile

Foreign – marine, freshwater or land

 

No entries

Caribbean

 

No entries

 

Shell photography (judged by member ballot)

1st

 

2nd

3rd

4th

Andy Wakefield: “Cepaea – ‘Oi! What are you looking at?’”

Paul Wilkins: Ensis americanus

Sara Cannizzaro: “Shellfish”

Andy Wakefield: Murex regius

Spots and dots

2nd

Kevin Brown: Conus leopardus

 

Shellomania

1st

 

2nd

3rd

Ken Wye: “White shell chequerboard” – winner of the COA award

James Fray: “Limmerickidae”

David McKay: “What is a species?”

Junior – age 12 to 16 inclusive

 

1st

 

 

2nd

Theo Tamblyn: “Molluscs of the Red Crag” – winner of the John Fisher Trophy

Sophie Ward: “Pretty purple patterned shells”

Junior – age 11 and under

1st

2nd

Christopher Wilkins: “Pink Murex”

Adam Ward: “Murex mania”

Shell of the Show

1st

Sophie Ward: Neotrigonia bednalli  – 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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