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Society Diary-We meet at 8pm every 2nd Wednesday of the month at the RAFA club in Oxton (CH43 1UU).

  • 9th January- AGM
  • 13th February-Swindon Show prep
  • 24th Feb -Gordale Workshop
  • 3rd March -Gordale Workshop -Steve Tolley
  • 13th March - Members Tree Critique Club show prep
  • 10th April- Tony Tickle/Terry Foster -Fine wiring and ramification
  • 28th April -Gordale Workshop
  • 9th May-Peter Warren Subject TBC
  • 26th May Gordale Workshop
  • 12th June-John Moffat-Great trees of the Wirral
  • 30th June -Gordale Workshop
  • 10th July- Simon Jones-Subject TBC
  • 28th July -Gordale Workshop
  • 14th August- Club Show Tree selection
  • 25th August -Gordale Workshop
  • 21st-22nd September -Club show -Gordale
  • 11th September-Post show talk- New Member Introduction
  • 29th September-Gordale Workshop
  • 9th October- TBC
  • 27th October -Gordale Workshop
  • 14th November- John Armitage- Japanese Exploits
  • 24th November -Gordale Workshop
  • 11th December- Club Party

Membership

New members are always welcome, just come along to one of our monthly meetings at the RAFA club. You can even 'try us out' for a few months before you decide on joining as an official member. The meetings are informal (there's a bar!) and the club members are (mostly) friendly, approachable and happy to pass on guidance and information to anybody interested in bonsai- whatever your level of experience.

Monday, 20 February 2012

WBS @ Swindon Winter Image Show



Best accent by Ian Warhurst

At the Swindon Winter image Show it has been confirmed that Scousers have the Best Accent, they beat off the Welsh, Scots Midlanders and all comers to prove that the Scouse Accent is Best.


Well done lads for getting a Merit Award for the Club Display and winning Best Accent Award at this prestigious show


Les S (Scouser in Exile)

Results where-
  • Best Shohin display was by Mark & Ritta Cooper
  • Best Mame display was by Bob Bailey
  • Best Conifer was the Chinese Juniper that was owned by Martin Shepherd
  • Best Deciduous tree was the Trident Maple by Mark Cooper
  • Best Chuhin was the Elm of Will Baddeley
  • Best Visiting Society was the Artistic Bonsai Circle
  • Best Accent sponsored by John Trott was by Ian Warhurst from Wirral Bonsai Society
  • Best in Show was the Trident Maple of Mark Cooper
  • Best Tree/Pot combination was the Pyracantha by Mark Cooper
  • Best individual Shohin award from the British Shohin Association went to Paul Hunt of Swindon & District Bonsai Society
  • Special Merit award was given to Wirral Bonsai Society

Pictures can be seen using links below.
http://swindon-bonsai.co.uk/2012/02/20/our-winter-show-results/#more-4100

http://yamadoriforsale.com/2012/02/20/swindon-winter-image-bonsai-show-2012-report-and-video/

Thanks to Jim for the links
Iain

3 comments:

Simon Haddon said...

Well done guys, well deseeved. Looking forward to catching-up again at Willowbog for Andy's 50th drink-i-poos,
Ook, Ook,
Bonsai Monkey

thelad said...

I am proud to be a member of Wirral Bonsai Society and I owe a Large thank-you to our Scouser in Exile Mr Les S for the opportunity to be a member of W-B-S so congrats to everyone and also to Swindon Bonsai Society for Hosting a Fantastic Winter Image Show
Jim thelad

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