Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


ScopeX 2004

Allocation of Prizes

ATM COMPETITION ( Judged by: Chris Stewart, Dave Blane)

Criteria used:

·            Quality of workmanship and execution

·            Practicality

·            Innovation

·            Ambitiousness

(Winners in no particular order)

Winner

Judges comment

Prize

Sponsor

Mike Fletcher

For a beautifully executed 7" Dob

Meade Electronic eyepiece

Lynx Optics

Lorenzo Maritz

Built a 4" telescope by himself, an ambitious project for a 9 year-old

Red-Dot Finder

Telescope SA

Keith Liddle

For effective use of basic materials, notably his equatorial disk mounting

20mm Eyepiece

Telescope SA

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

 

Special mention:

 

 

Vince Nettmann

For the ATM display including scopes illustrating various stages of assembly, and his Lunar Drawings

Sketching Kit

Ashley & Radmore

Gavin Blakeman

For his 8" f/8 Dob

Tool Belt

Hardware Centre

Etienne van Zyl

For a beautifully executed small Dob

Set of drill bits for wood

K-Markt

Willie Drinkwater

For his stainless steel pipe mounting and finderscope bracket

Set of drill bits for metal

K-Markt

Francois Nortje

For his computer-controlled Dob

Popular Mechanics subscription

Popular Mechanics

Peter van Laun

For his fold-up pier mounting

Home Handyman subscription

Home Handyman

Johann Swanepoel

For his impressive grinding & polishing machine

ATM index to S&T

Gill Stewart

Scotty Naughtin

For his sliding focuser

Pratliglo Varnish

Pratley

 

Special Prizes from the ATM class:

 

 

Lorenzo Maritz

For being one of the youngest telescope maker to exhibit

Collins Gem books on Stars

ATM Class

Sarah Jane van Rooyen

For being one of the youngest telescope maker to exhibit

Collins Gem books on Stars

ATM Class

 ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION (Judge Case Rijsdijk)

 

WINNER

PRIZE

SPONSOR

1

Peter Baxter

Spotting Scope and tri-pod

PhotoWebSA

2

Chris Stewart

Free tickets to Show (4)

Astronomy Africa

3

Bert van Winsen

Book voucher R250

Exclusive Books - Killarney

4

Mauritz Geyser

Caldwell Objects Poster (Laminated)

Sky &Telescope Magazine

 MAIN PARTICIPANTS LUCKY DRAW 

Name

Prize

Sponsor

Dave Blane

Memory Stick

Budge, Barone &  Dominick

Peter Fyfe

Tasco Binocs 8 x 21

Experilab

Evan Dembskey

2 Free tickets to Show

Astronomy Africa

Dave Gordon

Book: June 8 Venus in Transit

Protea Boekhuis

Marianne Goosen

6-months subs

Popular Mechanics

Vernon Zwiers

Kit bag

Ashley & Radmore

Chris Reitz

1 T-shirt

Popular Mechanics

 GENERAL SPECIAL PRIZES (allocated by Co-ordinators) 

Given to:

Prize

Sponsor

Bloemfontein ASSA Dark Sky Section

Caldwell Objects - small poster

S&T

PTA ASSA - Johann Swanepoel

1 White light LED torch.keyring

Outdoor Warehouse

Angeline Evans – for assisting Special Draw and pro-active support

1 T-shirt

Popular Mechanics

Alicia Zwiers – for active selling of Raffle tickets

Free games for Paintball and Wargames

FeatherHeads Paintball

To ATM Helper at the ATM Stand – Vince to allocate

Free games for Paintball and Wargames

FeatherHeads Paintball

 RAFFLE WINNERS ( To be drawn on 12 May 2004 at the monthly meeting at the Planetarium)

Winner

Prize

Sponsor

TBA

Garmin handheld GPS small

FOTON Optoelectronics

TBA

Tasco Binocs 8 x 21

Experilab

TBA

Memory Stick

Budge, Barone &  Dominick

TBA

Book voucher R250

Exclusive Books Killarney

 

 


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