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Sydney
Shell Collectors Club Meets Monthly
Come along to one of our monthly meetings, talk to local collectors,
look at rare shells, buy swap or sell shells.
Send an email to details of time/location for our next Sydney meeting.
steve@sydneyshellclub.net
We usually meet on the 4th Saturday of each
month. (Except December)
We arrive at around 1.00pm to look at shells and then the meeting
commences at 1.30pm followed by presentations. We usually finish
around 3.30 or 4pm Our club has a small annual
shell show each October There are competitive displays, educational
exhibits and both collector grade and decorator shells for sale.
We have mini-shows some other months.
Monthly meeting
Presentation Program 2023
(Subject to change or shuffling to
suit presenters)
| Date
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Location |
Presenter |
Presenter Topic |
Shell of the meeting topic |
| 28 Jan |
Ashley's House |
NA |
Summer Picnic BBQ at Ashley's. 12.30pm |
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| 25 Feb |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ron Moylan |
Amoria hunteri, variations and range |
Shell where the aperture is
excessively closed in |
| 25 Mar |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ian Mattiske |
Some interesting shells and some
interesting topics we have not discussed a lot, including
albanistic and end of geographic range. |
Interesting shell from the end of its geographic
range |
| 22 Apr |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Several |
Report on the National Shell Show in
Brisbane |
Fake or doctored shell |
| 27 May |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Mini Talks |
Short talks by multiple members: Jack Hannon -
Port Stephens trip – showing underwater photos of live
‘allied cowries’ and their host corals
Alan Austin - My shell
collecting journey, how it commenced and where I'm up to now
Other members mini talks |
The actual specimen that was photographed for a
shell publication |
| 24 June |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
All experienced collectors |
Discussion on collecting shells to aid our newer
members.
Including some of the following: Where to collect. What
equipment to take. How to clean the animal out. How to clean
periostracum and worm tubes barnacles and coral off shells. How
to clean stains. How to ID each species. How to store shells.
How to display shells. Ongoing maintenance of collection. |
A pair of shells of one species that were equally
in a bad way when collected. Both with animal removed, but one
with the outside cleaned for display and the other left as
found. |
| 22 July |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ian, Ian, Steve, Jack |
AGM, and annual memberships due $60. Four talks
on shells from overseas |
Best FAT shell. Can be big or small species. |
| 26 Aug |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ashley |
Holopmeustes - Endemic Australian Sea
Urchins. Sample Iris's NSW volute soups. Cymbiloa magnifica,
and Ericusa sowerbyi
Discuss annual show categories. |
Shell, at least in part, the colour
yellow |
| 23 Sep |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Jack, Ian L, Iris |
Talk - September collecting in
Northern WA. |
WA shell |
| 28 Oct |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
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43rd Annual Shell Show
12.30-4pm |
NA |
| 25 Nov |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ron Moylan. |
Melanistic and Rostrated Cowries |
NSW found shell |
| 9 Dec or 16 Dec |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
NA |
Shell club Xmas lunch
Arrive 11-11.30am continue through afternoon, and possibly
evening |
NA |
Next NSW Annual Shell Show 28 Oct 2023
This is our 43rd Show!!!
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General public are welcome from 12.30pm to
3.30pm.
Location - Ryde Eastwood Leagues
A few months before the show members vote to decide what families of shell
will be exhibited and judged.
There are usually around twelve categories selected plus children's,
novice
and photos as appropriate. Categories, number of specimens, range are advertised
here once decided. Also for each category, number of specimens, range,
and other judging criteria are indicated.
There is usually shells for sale and swap.
There are experts who can name your unidentified specimens
Program for members, guests and visitors - to be confirmed:
10.30 Set up
tables
10.45 - 12.00 Set up competitive displays, non-competitive displays and
shells for sale
12.00 - 1.30 Judging and Lunch rotations
12.30 - 2.30 Public viewing
Shell sales.
2.30 - Optional Guest Speakers
2.30 - 3.30 Pack up displays, clean up and vacate.
Some members stay for dinner
For most categories the judging criteria are -
60% Quality and perfection of specimens (NOT rarity).
20% Variety of genus, locality and size as appropriate
10% Quality of visual display and aesthetic appeal (but not the display
box or lid)
10% Number in display, correct name and author, other labelling detail
Categories TBA:
Results from recent past NSW annual
shows:
Click Here
Past year programs:
Click Here
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