BSCC trophies
The first Shell Show was held in May 1976, but competitive entries were not introduced until the following year. It seems that in the early years of the Club there was an additional award, the Du Pont Trophy, for the Outstanding Exhibit. There are only two references to this trophy in all the issues of the Club Newsletter or Pallidula: Ken Wye won it in 1977 for "Exhibit 38 in Class 10: Visual Beauty—Shape" and it was again to be awarded in 1985 (in addition to the COA Plaque). Any further information about the award and its winners would be welcomed.
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conchologists of america award For
the exhibit “which best advances the interest in shells and shell collecting” |
peter oliver cup For
“the best educational exhibit” |
walter karo trophy For “a
specimen of outstanding beauty” |
john fisher trophy For
“the best exhibit in either Junior category” |
scotia shield For
the exhibit “which best promotes the interests of British conchology” |
1979 |
Peter Sheasby Spiral of Murex |
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1980 |
Fred Pinn Gastropods of Pondicherry, South India |
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1981 |
Geoff Cox Bivalves – Veneridae |
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1982 |
Walter Karo Volutes |
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1983 |
Alex Arthur Trochidae in the Mediterranean Sea |
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1984 |
Jenny Hogenard Shells from Obhor Creek, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
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1985 |
John Llewellyn-Jones Mother-of-pearl |
Kevin Brown “Why is the shell that funny shape?” |
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1986 |
Stanley
Francis (joint) Kevin Brown (joint) “Penny plain two pence coloured” |
Colin Narbeth Chinese money cowries |
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1987 |
Tom Walker Jamaican shells |
Kevin Brown “An open or shut case” |
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1988 |
Stanley Francis European Pectinidae |
Koen Fraussen Freshwater mussels |
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1989 |
Alan Seccombe Worldwide Cassidae |
Geoff Cox British marine shells |
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1990 |
Andy Wakefield Worldwide Marginellidae |
Kevin Brown “Teredo: the
most expensive shell in the world” |
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1991 |
Noel Gregory Chicoreus |
Kevin Brown “Gmelin 1791” |
Tom Pain Skirocus
macrum (ammonite) |
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1992 |
Stanley Francis “Victims of the Florida crab traps” |
Mike Dixon “Guide to Naticidae” |
Geoff Cox Harpa
costata |
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1993 |
Stanley Francis Mediterranean Muricidae |
Kevin Brown Worldwide Neritidae |
Geoff Cox Ericusa
sowerbyi |
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1994 |
Dick Plester Mitrinae |
Stanley Francis “The
Mollusca – forerunners of our modern civilisation” |
Geoff Cox Buccinum
undatum |
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1995 |
Peter Sheasby “Murex in the pink – or is it in the orange?” |
Peter Sheasby “Molluscs and egg cases” |
Fred Pinn Chicoreus
spectrum |
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1996 |
Dick Plester Costellariidae |
Fred Pinn “The sacred chank of India” |
Geoff Cox Cassis
tuberosa |
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1997 |
Stanley Francis “Colourful British marine shells” |
Kevin Brown Astrea
heliotropum |
Tom Walker Cassis
madagascariensis |
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1998 |
Tom Walker “Shells alive” |
Geoff Cox “The algorithmic beauty of shells” |
John Whicher Vasum
horridum |
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1999 |
Kevin Brown “Millennium musing on molluscs” |
Terry Wimbleton Helix
aspersa |
Dominic Rawlinson-Plant Harpa
goodwini |
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2000 |
Dick Plester Genus Haliotis |
Terry Wimbleton British marine molluscs |
Dominic Rawlinson-Plant Harpa
goodwini |
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2001 |
John Llewellyn-Jones Mother-of-pearl buttons |
Deborah Hicklin Shells from Brittany |
Selina Wilkins Smaragdia
viridis |
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2002 |
Karen Hicklin Helcion
pellucida |
Karen Hicklin Helcion
pellucida |
Tom Walker Forcartia
buehleri |
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2003 |
Tom Walker “African shells with stamps” |
Selina Wilkins Mya
arenaria |
Carl & Craig Ruscoe Aporrhais
pesgallinae |
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2004 |
Mike Dixon Australian top shells |
Sharon Crichton Studland Bay shells |
Mike Dixon Clanculus
undatus occidus |
Christopher Wilkins Shell train |
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2005 |
Sharon Crichton British bivalves |
Sharon Crichton British bivalves |
Peter Siggers Lyncina
broderipii |
Amy Crichton Cassis
cornuta |
John Llewellyn-Jones “Where to find that shell” |
2006 |
Brian Hammond Shells of Jura |
Peter Siggers Lambis
chiragra chiragra |
Peter Siggers Harpa
costata |
(no entries) |
Graham Saunders “Adventures in taxonomy” |
2007 |
Andy Wakefield Clytospira |
Sharon Crichton British gastropods |
Dick Plester Spondylus
regius f. cumingi |
Christopher Wilkins Shell house |
Sharon Crichton British gastropods |
2008 |
Koen Fraussen Pallolium
tigerinum |
Selina Wilkins Fusinus |
Adam Ward Hexaplex
chicoreus |
Theo Tamblyn Molluscs of Zakynthos |
John Whicher Ammonites from the Frodingham Ironstone |
2009 |
Ken Wye White shell chequerboard |
John Llewellyn-Jones Nucella
lapillus |
Sophie Ward Neotrigonia
bednalli |
Theo Tamblyn Molluscs of the Red Crag |
John Llewellyn-Jones Nucella
lapillus |
2010 |
Selina Wilkins Shell flowers |
Koen Fraussen Neobuccinum
eatoni |
Carl and Craig Ruscoe Sinistral Trichia
hispida |
Theo Tamblyn Unionid mussels |
Mick Davies British Buccinidae |
2011 |
(not awarded) |
Carl and Craig Ruscoe Wonderful shells of the Philippines |
Carl and Craig Ruscoe Xenophora
granulosa |
Theo Tamblyn Bivalves of the London Clay |
David McKay Volutopsius
norwegicus |
2012 |
Tom Walker Pallidula |
Tom Walker Purple dye from Nucella
lapillus |
Graham Saunders Chlamys
nivea |
Theo Tamblyn Gigantism in the swan mussel |
Carl and Craig Ruscoe British Venerupis
(carpet shells) |
2013 |
Simon Taylor Haliotis
rufescens |
Anton Mauve (joint) “Fingerprint cowries” Noel
Gregory (joint) Austroharpa,
Morum, Harpa |
Amelia Mauve Cypraea
tigris |
Nina Mauve (joint) “King Neptune’s Hallowe’en” Amelia
Mauve (joint) “Cowries with nine lives” |
Dave Rolfe “Shell collecting on the Isle of Skye” |
2014 |
Kevin Brown “Lovell Reeve” |
Dave Rolfe “Hawaiian tree snails” |
Anton
Mauve Cypraea
mappa aliwalensis |
Amelia Mauve (joint) “Cowries: big to small” Nina
Mauve (joint) “Study of microshells” |
David McKay “Buccinum in
Scottish waters” |
2015 |
Koen Fraussen “Cornu aspersum
(Müller, 1774) and the enigmatic ‘cornucopia’” |
Amelia Mauve “Shells that float” |
Colin Goss Gyrineum
gyrinum |
Nina
Mauve “South Africa’s kneecaps” |
David McKay Pleurotremella
packardi |
2016 |
Dave Rolfe Neritidae part 2 |
Anton Mauve “What’s in a [scientific] name?” |
Nina Mauve Haliotis
scalaris |
Amelia Mauve “Variations in cone shells” |
(no entries) |
2017 |
Colin Goss “Chicoreus” |
Brian Hammond Fossil
cones |
David McKay Halicardia flexuosa |
Nina Mauve “Harpidae:
my collection” |
David
McKay “A golden year” |