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The Fitzwilliam competition

This is our own annual competition and is held in October at the AGM which is also the first meeting of the new season. The theme is chosen by members at the previous POD (Potters Open Day)

2019 winner: Andrew Gardner

It began as a memorial to a founding member, Stan Romer, whose estate funded the three prizes. This has now been taken over by Sylvia Fitzwilliam, widow of another founding member, Mervyn,  who was chairman until 2013. Mervyn and Sylvia supported the Guild throughout those years in many ways, including organising workshops, garden parties, outreach events, firings and the quarterly newsletter. They maintained all these activities in the spirit established at the Guild’s foundation and which those running the group today endeavour to follow.

The theme for this year’s competition, to be held in October 2020, is planters.

The rules of the competition are

  1. that the competitors must be paid up current members
  2. the work is made entirely by the one member who submits it
  3. the work must be recent – made after our Open Day, when the topic is chosen by vote
  4. the work is mostly ceramic.

The winner receives a 12 month custodianship of the bison trophy. In addition, cash prizes are given to First, Second and Third places.

The competition is judged by an independent potter who is also invited to be the guest speaker and demonstrator for that evening. This year, the adjudicator will be DCPG president, John Higgins.

year theme winners
2019

2018

birds/bird baths

totem poles

Andrew Gardner

Wendy Peters

 2017 Things with lids  Les Parrott
2016 Teapots  Mark Compton
2015 By the Seaside Jenny Birch
2014  Contrasts  Ruby Sharp
2013 Ceramics and Mixed Media Les Parrott

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