Peter Hatherell at the Shaw Fair - Saturday 4th June 2022
Peter Hatherell from Shaw, a member of the Kennet & Avon Woodturning Club, gave a superb
demonstration of his woodturning skills at the Shaw Fair on Saturday 4th June 2022. As well as
showing off his skills he had items for sale to the public in aid of the “Children in Distress
Ukraine Appeal”.
He riased a very creditable £216.00
Well done Pete
“Chestnut” Demonstration Evening - Thursday 11th August 2022
The club were treated to a demonstration by Terry Smart from Chestnut Products
The V & C Supplies Desk is now a regular monthly feature and many members are
now taking advantage of the various essential supplies available at healthy
discounts over normal retail sources. For full details of the expanding range of
products please visit our Members Area page.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Colin and Vic at
woodturning.stuff@gmail.com
On Thursday 10th November 2022, at our Monthly Meeting, we were treated to a
fantastic demonstration of Rose Engine Turning by Arthur Kingdon. It was a real
“eye-opener” to some of our members who had never seen such intricate turning
before. A big thank-you to Arthur.
2022 has been a great year for the club, we have seen our membership numbers increase dramatically. We have
also seen our new corporate image emerge with a new logo which is on our Polo Shirts – more about that later.
Our public profile has been raised considerably, we participated in the national Chestnut Woodturning Weekender
held in Swindon on the 30 and 31 July. We have also had two articles published in “Revolutions” the magazine for the
Association of Woodturners of Great Britain.
Many other articles have been published by the Wiltshire Times; Melksham News to name just two. This has all
come about by the work of your committee, it would be remiss of me not to mention what they have achieved
behind the scenes.
George Charlton – Finger on the pulse for the past 6 years is stepping down. Thank you, George, for all of your hard
work. I am also delighted to inform you that Peter Hatherell has volunteered to take over the Secretary’s job as of the
AGM February 2023, Peter is already involved so that we achieve a seamless HO / TO.
Tim Awmack – Took over the Treasurers job from Greg last year and hit the ground running to ensure we had an
affordable programme of demonstrations. He also managed the procurement of the Polo Shirts, thank you Tim for
your hard work. More recently Tim has negotiated the club rental charges and an extension to our evening meetings.
Our two professional turners John Aitken (Chairman) and Pete Moncrieff–Jury both have given us much of their
time at no charge with demonstrations and hands on evenings which should really have been paid for since that’s
how they make their living. Both offer tutoring and a way in which members can thank them is to book your training
with them.
Kevin Smith, our very capable webmaster, has worked tirelessly and completely revamped our website making it one
of the most professional sites that any woodturning club has in the country. He has also put our club emails on a
professional footing.
Alan Reed joined the committee last February bringing with him in-depth knowledge in Safeguarding which enables
the club not only to help young turners in a safe environment but also those would be turners that might have learning
difficulties.
I would also like to recognise and thank Lucy for her hard work. Lucy has willingly volunteered to come along each
month and manage our canteen for us, a task that in the past has proved to be problematic with so many members
that would have at one time been in and out of the Kitchen. Thanks to Lucy we now have a system which is both
efficient and safe.
I must also thank George Flowers for his continuing support with running the meat draw, I’m not sure how long George
has run the draw, but long may it continue. His contribution to our successful evenings brings in valuable revenue to the
club coffers.
For 2022 our chosen charity is - the Wiltshire Air Ambulance a very worthy cause. All the competition pieces have
been sold or will be sold to support that charity, and so at this point It is my pleasure to introduce to you all our two
guests for this evening:
Hollie Perryman – Community Engagement & Volunteer Coordinator for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance based at Melksham.
and Kat Bowhay – Community Engagement & Special Events Coordinator for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
The ladies helped John and Pete judge the exhibits.
Results of Competition:
Novice: 1st John Weller 2nd Kevin Crane
Intermediate: 1st Sam Morris 2nd Colin Harrison 3rd Neil Morris
Advanced: 1st Ken Crittle 2nd Peter Hatherell
To close out the evening on behalf of the committee I wish to thank all members for
your continued support and making this club what it is – one of the best in the south
of the country. Phil Lobb - Deputy Chairman
Christmas 2022 Competition - Thursday 8th December 2022
