Competitions

The 2005 SAPCT Advanced Craft Competition

This year's National Practical Competition was held at Edinburgh's Telford College, on 2nd June 2005

Craft and Advanced Craft competitions ran simultaneously over five hours and this year the Advanced Competition was judged by SAPCT officials Bill Whyte from Aberdeen College and Alistair Thompson from Dumfries and Galloway College.

In the Advanced Competition a challenging testpiece set by George Todd, Past President of the SAPCT from Falkirk included the hanging of contract wallcovering, lettering, stencilling, rag rolling, marbling, lining and the painting of the original SAPCT Logo design.


Winner Wayne Shand and his testpiece

Angus College took first and second prize, and were represented by Wayne Shand, employed by Angus Decorating Group and Darren Davidson.


Wayne Shand receives the Trophy
from Diane Anderson, Qualifications Manager of the Scottish Qualifications Authority and SAPCT President Richard Haigh

Runner up Darren Davidson told competition secretary, George Brown later he was absolutely delighted to take second place in his first ever competition.

President of the SAPCT, Richard Haigh, thanked the Principal and Chief Executive Ray Harris for hosting the event and the satff in the P& D Department for all their efforts in preparing for the competition. TOR Coatings continued their association with the competition acting as main sponsor

Full results of the competitions were as follows:-

ADVANCED CRAFT COMPETITION

  1. Angus College, Arbroath (Wayne Shand)
  2. Angus College, Arbroath (Darren Davidson)
  3. South Lanarkshire College (Christopher Collins)
Previous Winners of the Advanced Competitions
Year Winner College
1980 C Hastie Kingsway Dundee
1981 A Bartleman Telford
1982 J McWilliams Reid Kerr
1983 K Hutton Kingsway Dundee
1984 A McLean Falkirk
1985 T Spinks Lauder
1986 J Cowie Lauder
1987 G Russell Telford
1988 B Kerr Lauder
1989 A Kelly Reid Kerr
1990 C Dower Lauder
1991 K MacManus Cambuslang
1992 J Brown Anniesland
1993 S Brand Anniesland
1994 N Donnolly Cambuslang
1995 L Huxtable Cambuslang
1996 I Cockburn Telford
1997 D Higgins Falkirk
1998 A Gibb Lauder
1999 K Doull Edinburgh's Telford
2000 G Dick Fife
2001 K McClean Angus
2002 P Kirkland South Lanarkshire
2003 Wayne Irvine Edinburgh's Telford
2004 Natalie Raeside Ayr College

The 2004 SAPCT Advanced Craft Competition

This year's National Practical Competition was held at Angus College, on 3th June 2004

Angus College situated in the coastal town of Arbroath was the venue for this years Scottish Association of Painting Craft Teachers National Apprentice Competitions.

Craft and Advanced Craft competitions ran simultaneously over five hours and this year they were judged by Scottish Decorators Federation members and SAPCT officials.

In the Advanced Competition a challenging testpiece set by John Macdonald Past President of the SAPCT, included the hanging of contract wallcovering, lettering, stencilling, broken colour work, blending glaze colour and painting a geometric design.


The Advanced Competition under way

Once again the competitors were able for the challenge with most completing the task and giving the judges are job choosing the overall winner. Ayr College took the first prize, and were represented by Natalie Raeside, employed in the family business Raeside Decorators of Kilmarnock.


A few of the competitors in the Advanced Competition


The finished testpiece


Natalie Raeside receives the Trophy
from SAPCT President Richard Haigh

This success for Natalie followed on from a previous competition win this year when she took first place in the Scottish Regional Heat of the UK competition for the Crown Young Decorator of the Year. John Murray from the painting and decorating department of Ayr College confirmed that the double success had been well received in the college and that Natalie should be looking forward to competing in the overall finals of YDY later in the year.

President of the SAPCT, Richard Haigh, thanked the Principal Burt of Angus College for hosting the event and in particular, Kevin Murphy, Mike Swan and Charlie Cameron in the P& D Department for all their efforts in preparing for the competition.

Full results of the competitions were as follows:-

ADVANCED CRAFT COMPETITION

  1. Ayr College (Natalie Raeside)
  2. South Lanarkshire College (Scott Kirkland)
  3. Edinburgh's Telford College (Lynda Caldwell)

The 2003 SAPCT Advanced Practical Competition

From the left:- Jeff Brown (SAPCT President)
Wayne Irvine Competition Winner with the Scottish Decorators Federation Trophy and Nigel Ratcliffe of TOR Coatings

The Advanced Craft Competition sponsored by TOR Coatings was held at Ayr College on the 5th June 2003 with a total of 6 colleges and 11 competitors taking part in the event. The results were as follows:-

  1. Edinburgh's Telford College (Wayne Irvine)
  2. Inverness College (Sarah Brooks)
  3. South Lanarkshire College (Craig McFarlane)
  4. Angus College (Graeme McNeil)

The test piece was devised by Jim McKenzie (Past President of the SAPCT) and had a local theme with a silhouette of Rabbie Burns central to the design. The 5 hour test included design layout, lettering, blended stippling, rag rolling, lining and paperhanging.(See below)

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