The Bodgers Ball 2014 will be held on Friday 9th May to Sunday 11th May 2014 at Playsters Farm, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, BN27 1PX.
We had intended to take the Ball to the North this year but were disappointed not to be able to locate a suitable venue. However, we hope to have secured our chosen Northern site for 2015.
The craft competition Themed Item will be 'Something to entertain the children', and this year the 'First Chair' competition will return.
Please volunteer by contacting Mike Gordon (mailto:
mikeinthewood@hotmail.com).
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The Bodgers Ball 2014 will be held on Friday 9th May to Sunday 11th May 2014
at Playsters Farm, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, BN27 1PX.
Just in case you are wondering why we are not holding the Ball 'Up North'. We
had intended to take the Bodgers Ball to the North in 2014 but to our great
disappointment the venue fell through and we were unable to locate a suitable
alternative. We're delighted that Richard Bingham with the Sussex Local Group
has offered to host us at Playsters Farm near Herstmonceux in East Sussex and
we are looking forward to the 2014 Bodgers Ball in the heart of 'Trug
Country'. Meanwhile we will be working with the East Midlands Group to bring
the Bodgers Ball to a great venue in Nottinghamshire so we can also look
forward to a Ball in the North for 2015.
To give you plenty of time to work on your craft competition entries for the Ball
the Themed Item will be 'Something to entertain the children' and this year will
see the return of the 'First Chair' competition.
Organising and running the Ball takes a lot of effort and many hands can make
lighter work, so if you are interested in helping out either before or during the
Ball please contact Mike Gordon (
mikeinthewood@hotmail.com).
Competition classes
The classes for the craft competitions in 2014 will be Arm Chair; Side Chair; First
Chair; Stool; Junior; Wooden item (not covered in other Classes); Spoon (knife
finished); Spoon (sanded); Non-turned Treen; Turned Treen; Field & Craft; Tools;
and Themed Item.
The rules for the Tool class will be clarified this year and published in the next
Gazette, but briefly, the intention is that entrants will be required to identify
major bought-in components (excluding minor items such as rivets etc) in the
same way that entries in all classes are required to identify powered tools used
to produce them.
In addition, members are invited to submit ‘exhibition items’; these will not form
part of the craft competition, but will be purely for display for the interest of the
membership. Given the rule that a member may only enter a single item into
each class, this would allow a member to informally display additional items,
including where they fall outside the bounds of the competition classes
altogether.
This year it is also planned that members may elect to have their competition
entries and/or their exhibition items marked to signify that they are available for
sale.