| Meeting Report February 2007 |
| February�s meeting is devoted to the annual slide competition for the Colin Viney Trophy. Six slides judged to be the best go forward into the Douglas Ridley Chesterton Slide Competition, which is to be hosted this year my Mid- Essex branch at Ingatestone on March 24th. This competition has been running for many years and takes in WSS Branches in the South and East of England
This year we had five entrants; Ray Smith, Tony Hogwood, David Berg, Roy Kittle and Roy Leach. Ray Smith�s slides were mainly from his trip with the TSS to the Black Sea and Mediterranean, which we will see more of next month. Tony Hogwood, with his slides from his trips to Terneuzen was the over all winner and took the Colin Viney Trophy this year. Roy Kittle and David Berg also entered slides form their trips to the New Waterway and the Ghent Canal. Roy Leach entered slides from his voyage through the Keil canal to Sweeden. The subjects varied from tugs to container ships to cruise ships and the choice, as always, was difficult, with content and quality reaching high standards. Our thanks to Ian Wells whose mental arithmetic during a slightly longer than normal interval break gave us a result on the night. Following the break the 36 ship�s details and histories kept us occupied for the rest of the evening. |
| Position 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Entrant Tony Hogwood David Berg Ray Smith Roy Kittle Roy Leach |
| Set No 2 5 1 3 4 |
| Competition Results |
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| David Brown, Chairman (left) presents the Colin Viney trophy to slide competition winner, Tony Hogwood Photo: David Berg |