Club competition

The Club runs a monthly competitions. Points are awarded for 1st 2nd and 3rd in each class. The points are added up at the end of the year and cups are awarded to the winners in each class. A shield is also awarded to the member who accumulates the most points during the year in all classes.

This gives members the chance to show off whats in their collections and show new members what can be collected.

Class List for 2026

Non changing classes.

Class 4  is Best dug item.

Class 5 Best bought item.

Class 6 Sad find.

Variable classes.

Month Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 7
JAN Up to three blue bottles Up to three green bottles Up to three stoneware/ceramic bottles An item of Ephemera
FEB Up to 3 local codds 2 baby feeding bottles A matchstriker An enamel sign
MAR 3 Bournemouth items 1 flagon 1/2 gal or smaller 3 cork top beers An old paperweight
APR A Coddhamilton hybrid A vets bottle 3 toothpaste lids 3 local post cards
MAY 2 ointment pots A Zara sealed bottle 3 Dorset beers an old ashtray
JUNE 3 local hamiltons 2 sauce bottles  2 cream pots A hammered coin
JULY 2 labelled bottles with contents An advertising item 2 sample bottles 3 postcards of Poole
AUG 3 coloured minerals 3 Quack cures A coloured print potlid A local mineral water company go-with
SEPT 4 burst top inks A Whisky jug 3 local 10oz codds 2 clay pipes
OCT 2 coloured codds 3 cold cream potlids A hot water bottle An old drinking glass
NOV 4 items from 1 company 3 poison bottles A soda syphon 3 post cards of shops/ streets
DEC 3 local ginger beers A display on a tray A pontiled bottle An advertising Jug

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