Monthly updates and reports from the club secretary and their team.
Despite several changes to the evening we had planned, June’s club meeting offered up plenty of different ideas for enhancing and decorating members work. At the start of the meeting, Club Chairman, Mike Delves spoke about the sad passing of founding member, Pat Clarke, and of his contribution and generosity to the club. We then…
It was with great sadness that the club learned of the death of club member Patrick Clarke at the age of 90 on the 24th of May. Pat passed away after a long illness, which had seen him get progressively worse in the last few weeks. Pat was one of the club’s founding members, and…
With local elections, the hottest day of the year so far, and May Day celebrations, it was good to see so many members make it to the Village Hall for our monthly meeting – thank you to everyone who turned up. We had the 3 club lathes up and running, with Tony, Trevor and Roger…
It was a pleasure to welcome Emma back to the club for our April meeting, and as usual her demonstration did not disappoint. With the Village Hall packed once more, Emma showed us how to turn a faux hollow form with a lid, and finished off by adding a coloured dragonfly to the finished piece….
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It was yet another busy Thursday evening with plenty of things going on in the village hall. As usual we had the three club lathes in operation with plenty of members having a go at learning a new technique, or improving their own skills. Our experienced club members, along with our AWGB Approved Tutor, Tony…
We would like to express our congratulations to Steven Gordon who has just been elected to the role of Vice Chairman of the AWGB. Steven is a good friend of Burcot Woodturners and has been an advocate for how our club runs and how friendly and welcoming we are. Steven was our guest demonstrator in…
Despite a later start than we had anticipated, due to being locked out of the hall, we had a well attended evening for our February meeting. Thankfully, when we did get into the hall the heating was on and everyone warmed up quickly. As a replacement for Wolfgang’s demonstration we had a Super Sized Hands…
We were due to welcome Wolfgang Shultz Zachau as our guest demonstrator for our February meeting. Unfortunately, Wolfgang had an accident with his planer and is still being treated for the injury which means that he will not be able to give his demonstration. Instead of Wolfgang’s demo we will now have a Super Sized…
2025 started with our club AGM. President John Smith welcomed everyone and explained that everything would be on screen for everyone to see. He encouraged everyone to ask questions as it was their club. Club Chairman, Mike Delves, said that 2024 had been a successful year for the club. We had excellent demonstrators visit us,…