2024 Summer Competitions
Every summer we run several competitions for our members. This year we will be judging them at the Bedford Steam Rally (13th - 15th September)
We run:
- A Model competition based on a design.
- Colouring Competition (Up to age 14)
- Photo Competition (All ages)
Colouring Competition 2024
2024 Colouring Competition.
This year's colouring competition is included in the July edition of Raising Steam, and can also be downloaded from the link below.
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.
The competition is open to all members up to the age of 14.
REMEMBER to send your entry to arrive with Rebecca Hurley by Friday 8th September (or Saturday 16th for emailed entries). See the bottom of the page for how to send in your entries.
There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
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 2024
Last year's model competition was a roaring success, and we saw a wide variety of your creations|
So this year we would like you to do the same, build a model of something steam related that you'd see on the rally field, this could be an engine, a living van, a threshing machine, a trailer, or anything else you can think of.
You can make your model out of anything you can find, but here ar some suggestions...
Lego - Meccano - Metal - Card - Paper - Wood - Plastic - Recyclables - 3D Printed
You might want to choose a real thing to copy or you could come up with your own ideas - wherever your imagination takes you!
The judges will be looking for attnetion to detail and creativity.
You can enter by bringing your model to display at Bedford, or by sending in photos.
If entering with phots, please send us up to 10 photos of your model, making sure to include at least 3 photos of the finsihed model. The judges will be intersted to see photos of the model during the build to see how you made it. If you are able to include a few words to describe the build, that would be apprecaited too.
The winners will then be announced on the SAC facebook page and website, and also in Raising Steam.
Prizes will be awarded for 1st 2nd and 3rd place.
You can send up to 10 photos, please make sure there are at least three of the finished model, and include photos showing the different stages of the build (so we can see how you've built it!) We will put a selection of your photos on display at Bedford, alongside the usual model competition entries. (All your photos will be shown to the judges).
Entries should be emailed to: sac.publicity@ntet.co.uk
Please include your name, age and membership number. You can tell us about any special features of your model.
Entries at Beford to arrive for display as early in the show as possible (by the morning of Saturday 14th September at the latest). Emailed entries to arrive by the end of Saturday 14th. See the bottom of the page for how to send in your entries.
Photo Competition 2024
Rules:
- Entry to this competition is restricted to fully subscribed members of the SAC.
- Each entry will consist of 1 photograph taken by the apprentice.
- We prefer entries to be digital photos sent in by email or on a disc, but prints are also welcome.
- Entries must be emailed to sac.publicity@ntet.co.uk, or sent to Rebecca Hurley (SAC), High Lane West, West Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6HQ. Entries should arrive by Friday 6th September for postal entries, or Saturday 14th September if you are bringing directly to Bedford rally.
- If you would like your entry returned, please include a SAE.
- If sending a print, please DO NOT mount your photo for display.
- All entries must include: Name, Address, Age and SAC membership number; place, date and details of the engine or subject.
- Copyright in all entries will remain with the SAC member and the Steam Apprentice Club.
- Entries will be displayed at the 2024 Bedford Steam Rally at the NTET/SAC marquee display. Entries with a SAE will be returned after display and/or publication in the magazine.
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
How To Enter The Competitions
- Name
- Age
- SAC Membership Number
- Address (so we can send prizes if you win).
- State if you require your entry to be returned to you? (If so please include a suitable S.A.E. / packaging)
Address: Rebecca Hurley (SAC), High Lane West, West Hallam,Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6HQ.
E-mailed entries for the Photo or colouring Competition should be sent to sac.publicity@ntet.co.uk