Meeting report

Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 19 July 2016

Present:  Dave, Mairead, Beryl, Jim, Dick, Mel, Richard, Liliane, Di, Barry, Jane, Cathy,
Apologies: Gerry, Ann, John, Steve

Business: 
No business element at all this time. Perhaps the stifling heat had something to with it, and none of us could think of anything businesslike to say!

Anyway, we moved straight on to hearing the competition entries read – all eleven of them. And the standard was even higher than usual for this competition.

Thanks must go to Beryl and Dick for, as usual, doing all of us writers proud, and reading out our stories superbly.

Readings over, we were faced with voting for our favourite three pieces of work – and it was an incredibly difficult task. The variety of styles and themes was tremendous. Once we’d voted, Dave calculated the results. He informed us that no less than seven of the stories had received at least one ‘first place’ vote – this must be something of a record, and certainly testifies to the quality of everyone’s work.

Results:
Jane came a well deserved first with her story ‘A packet of Durex and some pickled onions’ – a clever, laugh out loud piece that we all enjoyed

Cathy was second with ‘I believed’

Richard took third place with ‘Who was that?’

The remaining stories, in order of reading out, were
Mrs Kat, by Jim
I can’t sleep, by Mel
Code 1 Alert, by Dave
After the murders, by Liliane
Who said cheats never prosper, by Dick
The photograph, by Beryl
The Oyster Club, by Barry
Manoeuvres, by Di

Once photographs had been taken of the cup presentation, and congratulations given, the meeting drew to a close. Another excellent evening.

Next meeting
This will be on 2 August, when the theme for the 1000 word homework is ‘The barbecue’.
A reminder, too, that the following meeting, 16 August, will be the Jack Wilkinson trophy evening – details on the weblog for those unfamiliar with this competition.