Events, meetings & field trip programs

10th Australian International Shell Show - 2014
Information for the Public:

Saturday 8th Feb 2014 10am – 5.30pm
Sunday 9th Feb 2014 10am – 4.30pm

At Balgowlah RSL Memorial Club, Seaforth, $2 Child, $5 Adult, or only $10 Family 
FREE Sea Shell for each child.

Includes viewing the shell competition with thousands of exotic shells, plus shells & books to buy for your collection or mantelpiece, shell identification, book auction, & more! 

 shellshow@sydneyshellclub.net
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Information for Exhibitors, Dealers and Delegates:

Competitors set up and judging on 7th Feb 2014

Registration Package - Full Weekend, all events - pdf

Supplementary Accommodation and Transport Information

Full Competition Rules

Full Instructions to Judges

NEW delegate questions since info packs prepared - FAQ

Shell Club Meets Monthly

Come along to one of our monthly meetings, talk to local collectors, look at rare shells, buy swap or sell shells.

Send us an email to confirm details of our next Sydney meeting.
steve@sydneyshellclub.net 

Unless we are on a collecting trip we usually meet on the 4th Saturday of each month.
We meet at the Ryde Eastwood Leagues-Club
117 Ryedale Road, along side West Ryde Station
We arrive at around 1.30pm to look at shells and then the meeting commences at 2pm followed by presentations. We usually finish 4pm or so.

By the way if you missed the last National Shell Show or want to relive the atmosphere, our club has a small annual show each October. There are competitive displays, educational exhibits and both collector grade and decorator shells for sale or swap.

Monthly meeting Presentation Program 2013

Cake Roster 2013
Members bring a cake (and knife) to monthly meetings for afternoon tea.
Have you forgotten when you volunteered for?

Club Field Trips 2013

TBA

Annual October Sydney Shell Show - General public are welcome 
Next Show - 25th October 2014 - 1.30pm to 3pm

Two months before the show members vote to decide what families of shell will be exhibited and judged.
There are usually around twelve categories selected plus children's and photo section. They are advertised here once known.

On the day there are also guest speakers, shells for sale and swap, and sometimes visiting shell dealers.
There are also experts who can name your unidentified specimens - FREE.

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Thirty Third NSW Annual Shell Show, October 2013 - Results:  

1        Shell of Show                                        Ron Moylan            Peter Pienaar          Ron Moylan

2.             Cypraeidae WW                                    Chris Barnes             -                             -

3.             Cypraeidae Australia (no Zoila)                Chris Barnes           Jack Hannan            -

4.             Umbilia                                                 Shane Caulfield        Ron Moylan              Steve Dean

5.             Zoila                                                     Ron Moylan               -                             -

6.             Conidae WW                                         Peter Pienaar           Ron Moylan             -

7.             Volutidae WW                                       Ron Moylan              -                             -

8.             Volutitdae Aust/NZ                                 Peter  Pienaar          -                             -

9.             Variation of one Volutidae species           Peter  Pienaar          Peter  Pienaar         -

10.          Bursidae                                               Steve Dean               -                            -

11.         Olividae WW                                         Chris Barnes             -                            -

12      Harpidae                                               Ron Moylan               -                            -

13      One Locality                                          Ian Mattiske             Jack Hannan           -

14      Four Families - 5 species in each            Chris Barnes             -                            -

12.          Conchologists of America Award             Jack Hannan              -                             -

Thirty Second NSW Annual Shell Show, October 2012 - Results:  

1.             Shell of Show Best in competitive exhibit Peter Pienaar           -                             -

2.             Shell of Show individually exhibited          Ian Mattiske             -                             -

3.             Conidae                                                Peter Pienaar          Peter Pienaar          Peter Pienaar

4.             Cypraeidae                                            Kornel Kovacs          Kornel Kovacs          -

5.             Cypraidae with lots of dorsum dots          Steve Dean               -                             -

6.             Volutidae                                               Peter Pienaar           Ian Mattiske           Peter Pienaar

7.             Strombidae including Lambis                   Steve Dean              Jack Hannan            -

8.             Self collected molluscs                           Jack Hannan             -                             -

9.             Favourite shells                                      Ian Mattiske             Kim Bishop             Steve Dean

10.          Photos of Gastropod shell, while alive      Jack Hannan             -                            -

11.          Photos of other marine life                      Jack Hannan             -                            -

12.          Conchologists of America Award             Ian Mattiske              -                             -