Dorset Competitions
Every year we run several competitions for our members, and the entries are judged at the Great Dorset Steam Fair.
We run:
- An art competition on a given theme.
- A Model competition based on a design.
- Colouring Competition
- Junior Photo Competition (up to 15s)
- Senior Photo Competition (16 and over)
This year at the Great Dorset Steam Fair we had lots of brilliant entries. See the NEWS page for the winners!
An album of the 2011 competition enries can be seen in the photo gallery HERE
Art Competition 2011
This is the theme for the Dorset Show so we are looking for your ideas based on this subject.
•·Entries can be in any medium, pastels, oils, watercolours, crayons, felt tips, anything you like.
· maximum size will be A3. That is not to say you have to use that size, you can choose to go much smaller if you wish. If you are using pastels or charcoal, then please use some fixative to preserve it, especially if you are forced to post it (even hairspray works!).
·This competition will be open to those aged 12 and over.
Colouring Competition 2011
(For Members aged up to 14 years old)
Download the picture (link below) or CAREFULLY remove the centre page from the July Edition of Raising Steam ask an adult for help if necessary be especially careful of the staples.
COLOUR the picture using pencils, crayons, paints or felt pens.
WRITE your name, age, address and membership number in the space provided.
POST your entry in a large envelope, to avoid folding it too much.
The competition is open to all apprentices up to the age of 14.
Click HERE to download the picture for this year's competition
To view the download you need Adobe Reader. Click here to download.
Model Competition 2011
This year at the Great Dorset Steam Fair we're running our usual model competition.
This year's model competition is an animal from a set of gallopers. You have a choice of the traditional horse, or a running cockerel.
There are pistures of these on the internet, try looking at www.carterssteamfair.co.uk.
As usual, we have tried to keep it fairly simple, and if you bring your finished examples to the Great Dorset Steam fair you can put them on display at the Steam Apprentice Club stand. Happy Modelling!
Don't forget................... read through the instructions first so that it is clear before you start!
Click HERE for the instructions on how to make the Horse / Cockerel
To view the instructions you need Adobe Reader. Click here to download.
Photo Competition 2011
The annual photographic competition is an ongoing one, and starts almost as soon as the last one has finished, so let's have as many of you as possible entering your best photographs that you have taken this year.
The competition is split into 2 age groups - up to 15 years and 16 years+.
Prizes will be presented to the winners.
The best overall entry will be presented with the Dorset Trophy and will receive a book donated by NTET Sales.
Rules:
- Please include the following details with your photographs: Place, Date and details of the engine or subject, and include all details requested at the bottom of the page.
- Each members entry will consist of 3 photographs. They may be prints, colour
or black and white, and can be digital.
If supplying digital entries they may be sent on disc in jpeg format, e-mailed to sac.webmaster@ntet.co.uk, or printed on photo quality paper.
Please use a camera with a resolution of at least 2 megapixels. - All pictures should have been taken during the period 1st August 2010 to 31st July 2011.
- Entry to this competition is reserved for fully subscribed members of the SAC, and only one entry per apprentice is allowed.
- Copyright in all entries will remain with the SAC member submitting the photographs. The organisers shall not use the photos in any manner or display other than in connection with the 2011 photographic competition.
- Entries will be displayed at the 2011 Great Dorset Steam Fair in the NTET tent. Entries sent with a S.A.E will be returned after display and/or publication in the magazine/website.
- The competition will be judged in two age groups: up to 15 years and 16 years+. Prizes for First, Second and Third places in each group will be awarded. The best overall entry will receive the Dorset Trophy shield, to be held for one year.
- Please DO NOT mount your own photos for presentation, as they will need to be scanned.
Judging
The judges will be looking for originality, composition and technical ability. Photographs do not have to be of traction engines, but other subjects must clearly be related to the traction engine movement.
The judges decision on all entries will be final and members are asked to accept them in a spirit that will bring credit to themselves and the Steam Apprentice Club.