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Winner
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Judges
comment
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Prize
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Sponsor
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Mike
Fletcher
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For
a beautifully executed 7" Dob
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Meade
Electronic eyepiece
|
Lynx
Optics
|
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Lorenzo
Maritz
|
Built
a 4" telescope by himself, an ambitious project for a 9
year-old
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Red-Dot
Finder
|
Telescope
SA
|
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Keith
Liddle
|
For
effective use of basic materials, notably his equatorial disk mounting
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20mm
Eyepiece
|
Telescope
SA
|
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Bruce
Dickson
|
For
extensive precision engineered modifications to Meade LX200, including
arcsecond accuracy drive system and innovative focal reducer system.
|
Deep
Sky Companion (Caldwell Objects)
|
Sky
& Telescope
|
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Special
mention:
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Vince
Nettmann
|
For
the ATM display including scopes illustrating various stages of
assembly, and his Lunar Drawings
|
Sketching
Kit
|
Ashley
& Radmore
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Gavin
Blakeman
|
For
his 8" f/8 Dob
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Tool
Belt
|
Hardware
Centre
|
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Etienne
van Zyl
|
For
a beautifully executed small Dob
|
Set
of drill bits for wood
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K-Markt
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Willie
Drinkwater
|
For
his stainless steel pipe mounting and finderscope bracket
|
Set
of drill bits for metal
|
K-Markt
|
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Francois
Nortje
|
For
his computer-controlled Dob
|
Popular
Mechanics subscription
|
Popular
Mechanics
|
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Peter
van Laun
|
For
his fold-up pier mounting
|
Home
Handyman subscription
|
Home
Handyman
|
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Johann
Swanepoel
|
For
his impressive grinding & polishing machine
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ATM
index to S&T
|
Gill
Stewart
|
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Scotty
Naughtin
|
For
his sliding focuser
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Pratliglo
Varnish
|
Pratley
|
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Special
Prizes from the ATM class:
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Lorenzo
Maritz
|
For
being one of the youngest telescope maker to exhibit
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Collins
Gem books on Stars
|
ATM
Class
|
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Sarah
Jane van Rooyen
|
For
being one of the youngest telescope maker to exhibit
|
Collins
Gem books on Stars
|
ATM
Class
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