Beaufort Show holds successful Online Competition

The Beaufort Show has held an online Lego Competition that has attracted a new record of 60 entries. In the last 15 years at the traditional annual show held, the largest number of Lego entries would have been 25 entries in one year.

The competition sections were re-organised from 3 to 6 separate classes to accommodate the increased number of entries. Each entrant sent in photos of their entry, which was themed around an Agricultural Show. The two photos supplied by the Beaufort Show are Lego display entries of the woodchop and the crowd watching the motorbikes in the stands.

 “There will be a display in an empty Beaufort shop window of all 60 photos of the entries – definitely worth a look,” said James Kirkpatrick, the Show President.

Prizes were awarded to the first 3 placegetters in each section, although place cards and ribbons were awarded to 6th because the standard of entries were so high. The Society is grateful for sponsorship from Goldwind who are building the Stockyard Hill Windfarm. Goldwind generously supplied drink bottles to everyone who entered that did not place in the first three places.

The Society is grateful to teachers from Beaufort, Trawalla, Buangor and Ararat who encouraged children to submit online entries, which were photographed and laminated for judging.

By the time you promote the competition, it closes, judge it and display it – it is about a 4 week task.  We will have an October and November competition as well.

The Beaufort Show encourages other Show Societies to try and conduct some sort of competition as it maintains visibility within your community. They are also sharing the workload as a different team of volunteers will handle the next competition, which is 4 decorated cup cakes ( 5 sections in age groups) – 2 photos to be sent in one with the entrant and the cakes – proof of production and one –( or two views ) of just the cakes for the judges.