AUSTRALASIAN CHALLENGE 05

RULES & REGULATIONS

 

AUSTRALASIAN CHALLENGE 05 is being held as part of Mandurah 2010. This is a National One Frame Exhibition being held in Mandurah, Western Australia, 19-21 November 2010.

 

The appropriate Australian State Councils and the New Zealand Philatelic Federation will make formal entries to the Challenge.  For Australian entries, it is the responsibility of State Councils to select the participants and to arrange for the completion and submission of the individual entry forms, payment of frame fees through their Commissioner/Judge and to ensure delivery of the exhibits to the Exhibition.  For the Youth entries, there are no frame fees.

 

1.      Composition of a Team Entry

 

Each team must have a total of 6 entries comprising:

-         4 adult entries, each from a different class

-         1 adult ‘Novice’ entry

-         1 Youth entry

 

-         Each team member can only enter one exhibit.

-         No member of the Jury or close relative can enter an exhibit in the Challenge.

-         Each adult entry must comprise a total of five (16 sheet) frames; the only exception is that the novice entry can be in the range of 3-5 frames.

 

2.      Classes - Traditional, Postal History, Postal Stationery, Aerophilately, Astrophilately,

Maximaphily, Thematics, Revenues, Open, Polar, Cinderellas, and First Day Covers.

Literature entries will not be accepted.

 

Time Periods - Some classes have three time periods within the class, but it is not permissible to enter, in a single class, two or more exhibits of different time periods.

 

3.      Novice Exhibitor:

-         `Novice’ is defined as an adult exhibitor who has not previously obtained 70 points or more in a National Show (in Australia, New Zealand or elsewhere). This means an earlier exhibit in any class except 1-frame, literature or Postcards.

-         The novice entry can be from any of the classes listed above, even if there is another adult entry in that class.

-         The novice entry can be in the range of 3-5 frames.

-         Novice entries submitted to an earlier Australasian Challenge cannot be re-entered as a novice entry in this Australasian Challenge.

 

4. Youth entry:

-         This can be from any of the accepted FIP/APF/NZPF classes listed above.

-          The number of frames must accord with the range appropriate to the age of the exhibitor, as described in FIP/APF/NZPF rules.

-          Youth competitors who entered an earlier Challenge can also enter this Challenge, provided they remain within the age limits.

 

5.      Re-entry of Exhibits displayed in Challenge 1, 2, 3 and/or 4.

The APF has decided, with the exceptions listed below, that exhibits entered in Challenge 1, 2, 3 or 4 can be re-entered in Challenge 5.

 

The exceptions are that the two exhibits that gained the highest marks in the winning team in each earlier Challenge cannot be re-entered in this Challenge, i.e.:

Challenge 1 in 2002 (Western Australia)

                        J Dibiase          – Fiscals of Western Australia

                        R Todd            - Indian Airmails 1911-1934

Challenge 2 in 2004 (ACT)

T Frommer       - Australia’s Contribution to World Airmails

D Fuller            - Leeward Is Postal Stationery

                        Challenge 3 in 2006 (New Zealand, North Is.)

                                    J Banfield         - Airmails from Iraq

                                    A Still               - Mourning Memorabilia

                        Challenge 4 in 2008 (New South Wales)

                                    J Sadler            - Australian Air Mails 1914 – 1934

                                    A Gray             - The Stamp Booklets of Australia 1904 -1935

It is, however, permissible for these exhibitors to enter different exhibits in Challenge 5.

 

6.      Judging:

All exhibits will be judged at National level using the FIP (or other approved APF) rules, regulations and marking scheme. The marks for each of the six entries will be totaled and the Team with the highest number of marks will be declared the Champion.

 

Each individual entry will receive a Mandurah 2010 medal and certificate appropriate to the class achieved by the entry; in addition, mark sheets and critiques will be provided for individual entries.

 

The jury will comprise accredited National judges from Australia and New Zealand. The Judge/Commissioners from Australia and New Zealand have been approved by the APF. Jury members will be selected to provide an overall balance of expertise appropriate to the exhibits and in relation to the geographical areas of the competing teams.

 

7.      Winning Team:

The winning Team will receive the Ed Druce Memorial Trophy. This perpetual trophy was awarded in March 2002 to Western Australia, March 2004 to the ACT, in March 2006 to North Island, NZ and November 2008 to New South Wales. Winners of Challenge 5 will hold the trophy until Challenge 6 is held.  A mini trophy will be awarded to each of the 6 winning members.

 

Queries: In the first instance, any questions concerning these rules should be sent to Glen Stafford (email stafford@southwest.com.au ), copy to John DiBiase (email john_dibiase@yahoo.com  ). If a query should raise major issues, the matter will be decided in consultation between the APF and NZPF.

 

Glen Stafford

Co – Chair Mandurah 2010