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IPMS Christchurch Club Information

About Us

The Christchurch branch of IPMS was formed back in 1987 from the former Christchurch Military Modelling Society (CMMS) which started back in 1977.

IPMS (CHCH) is made up of a small but friendly group of members of all ages who enjoy meeting and talking about their interest in the modelling world, ranging from Aircraft to Armour, Figurines, Ships, Motor Vehicles and Sci Fi.

IPMS (CHCH) holds monthly theme meetings, also general interest topics and modelling technique demos. The society also runs a club competition annually with Gold, Silver and Bronze ribbons awarded with the winners of a Gold award going into the running for the Best in Show. The club also has annual trophies for Vehicles, The Wittman Battle Trophy, Aircraft, The Kitty Hawk Flight Trophy and Figures, The Grenadier Trophy. These are all major events within the club calender but are fairly low key events so please don't be put off from bringing along anything to compete. The only stipulation is you must be a financial member to enter. Please check the club calender for the dates that these are run.

Please feel free to drop in on one of our meetings for a look and have a cup of coffee or tea with us. Please take a look at the other pages on this site for more imformation.

Meetings

The society meets regularly on the second Sunday of every month between 1:00pm and 4:00pm, in the hall at the rear of St Matthew's church, 145 Cranford Street, St Albans, Christchurch.

Admission to our monthly meetings is free, and we encourage members to bring visitors with them in the hope that they may also wish to join and share in the benefits that memberships brings.

Subscription

Annual membership is NZ $ 30.00 for Adults and Families and NZ $ 20.00 for Juniors (aged 15 years and under).

Subscription period is MAY 1st to April 31st. To encourage members to renew on time, the subscription will be discounted by NZ $ 5.00 if paid by the July club meeting.

So that's NZ $ 25.00 for Adults and Families, NZ $ 15.00 for Juniors, BUT ONLY if paid by JULY. This discounted price applies to all members regardless of date joined.

IPMS Christchurch Committee 2008-09:

Club President : Grant (Thomo) Thomson.

Vice President : Neil Russell.

Club Secretary : Andrew Cairn's.

Club Treasurer : John Donnell.

Committee Members: Mike Grimes, Les Smith and Craig Robertson.

Junior Representatives: Nicholas and Zachary Ashley.