As previously mentioned on this website, the club holds two competitions for members during the year. The first is the annual competition which is held at every monthly meeting, where a single postcard is judged by those present, and the member with most votes cast at the end of the year wins a small prize.
Winners of the Annual Competition:
1993 Kath Knowles 1994 Ron Kemp 1995 Robin Walton 1996 Eric Philp
1997 Michelle Bright 1998 David Chambers 1999 Derek Knowles 2000 Kath Knowles
2001 Myrtle Newsom 2002 John Crunden 2003 Irene Hales 2004 Julie Lester
2005 Irene Hales 2006 Sylvia Hursey 2007 Janice Brunning 2008 Ken Thom
2009 Julie Lester 2010 Irene Hales 2011 Keith Hursey 2012 Keith Hursey
2013 Ron Kemp 2014 Ron Kemp 2015 Irene Hales 2016 Ron Kemp
2017 Nigel Viner 2018 Heather Rooke 2019 Heather Rooke 2020 No comp.
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The Bernard Mundel Competition is held at the Evening Fair in May each year, and members are invited to provide a board of postcards containing a maximum of 18 cards on the subject of their choice. The member with most votes cast during the evening is awarded the trophy kindly donated by Bernard.
Winners of the Bernard Mundel Competition:
1978 Irene Hales "The Hop Story of Kent"
1979 Karen Arthurs "The Story of Beatrix Potter"
1980 Irene Hales "The History of the Postcard"
1981 Chris Easton "Hare Coursing"
1982 - 3 Not awarded
1984 Jean Turner
1985 Arthur Monk "Bobby on the Beat"
1986 Jean Turner "Hurdy Gurdies and Barrel Organs"
1987 Dave Betts "A Yard of Pride"
1988 Jean Turner "Dr Barnardo's Homes"
1989 Bernard Mundel "War in the Air and Naval Air Service"
1990 Bernard Mundel "The Handcross Disaster"
1991 Tony Davis "Maidstone Shops"
1992 Kath Knowles
1993 Tony Davis "Week Street"
1994 Tony Davis "Naval Life"
1995 Graham Fullalove "Le Mans"
1996 Lesley Fullalove "Our Two Villages"
1997 Alan Collins "Yalding"
1998 Janice Brunning "Lenham"
1999 Janice Brunning "Typewriters on PC's"
2000 Janice Brunning "Hands"
2001 Kath Knowles "London Markets"
2002 Nigel Viner "Greetings from Maidstone"
2003 Nigel Viner "Teachers"
2004 Nigel Viner "RIP"
2005 Nigel Viner "A Postcard 123"
2006 Mike Thompson "Village of Rolvenden"
2007 Janice Brunning "The Three Suttons"
2008 Tony Davis "Week Street, Maidstone"
2009 Janice Brunning "Old Lenham"
2010 John Dann "Sandling / Bluebell Hill
2011 Tony Davis
2012 Nigel Viner "There's no place like Home"
2013 Heather Rooke
2014 Tony Davis "Maidstone Ophthalmic Hospital"
2015 Janice Brunning "We Will Remeber Them"
2016 Rosemary Dellar "Tower Bridge"
2017 Eric Baldock "East Kent Buses"
2018 Heather Rooke "The War to End All Wars"
2019 Nigel Viner "Maidstone Streets"
2020 No competition (Covid 19)
2021