A Centennial Crane set valued at
$NZ 2,200.00 was gifted by Mattel (NZ) Limited as a prize at the 2001 Biannual
Convention hosted by the Wellington Meccano Club. It was gifted to promote and
stimulate modelling in New Zealand. It is illustrated below.
The NZFMM webmaster is also donated a prize. It consisted of eight 24.5" stainless steel Angle Girders. These are precision parts made by David Fellows in the UK. Graham Jost from Melbourne agreed to be the judge. The criteria for judging and the presentation of the prize were entirely in his hands. For an example of a model built with these parts, click here.
The Results
Prize Giving - Don Blakeborough as the sole life member presented the following
prizes Junior Competition (by exhibitor vote) -
First equal - Michael Anderson and Sean Babbage
Third - Natasha Hansen
Senior Competition (by exhibitor vote) - First - Daryl Anderson - Roller Coaster
Second - Simon Moody - Dock Crane
Third - Don Flowers - Lorry Crane
Club - Wellington Meccano Club
Wes Dalefield Webmaster Prize (presented by Graham Jost) - Daryl Anderson
Favourite First model (presented by Shirley Nichols) - George Ovenden
Bruce Baxter Trophy (by public vote)
First - Daryl Anderson - Roller Coaster
Second - Simon Moody - Dock Crane
Third - Don Flowers - Lorry Crane
The Mattel (NZ) Ltd sponsored prize of the Centennial Crane set had been presented by Peter Hancock to Daryl Anderson earlier in the day for his Roller Coaster. An extra prize was presented to Simon Moody for his Dock Crane.
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