There were two terrific meetings held in October.

The first meeting was The Jocky Scott Trophy for Entertainment, with Garry as our host. He explained the rules, appointed Jenny, Steve and Ivor as Judges (what a lineup!), Norn as Timekeeper and recorded the entrants. They were, in order of performance (which was decided by picking cards): Stuart Sharkey, Douglas Cairns, Scott Clegg, Dave Anderson, Paul Rae and James Dickson. I will say it again: what a lineup! As you would expect from that cast, the standard was astonishingly high. The entertainment was first class (that was the point after all) but the magic was also of a very high level technically. We were treated to a great night, with the exception of the judges who must have had a terrible time separating the acts. Garry thanked the officials for their work, the competitors for another brilliant night of magic, as well as a superb competition, and declared Stuart as the victor. To be honest, any one of the six magicians who entered could have won but there was absolutely no dissent about the result. Massive congratulations to Stuart.

The second meeting was a TED Night hosted by Jeff Burns. The talks and demonstrations were all wonderful, with Jeff making incitful comments at the end of each. The presenters were Carl Howse with the Best Card Trick Ever, Stuart Sharkey went Through The Wringer, Dave Anderson asked us What Is Magic, Norn Bichan showed and taught us some fabulous Balloon Models and Bill Seagraves rounded things off with a general Q&A session. What a great night!

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Dave G