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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