Our monthly Zoom meeting, “Give it a Go” (previously known as the Chairman’s Challenge), serves several important purposes within our club.

It gives every member the opportunity to get into the workshop and make something based on the same theme as everyone else. It’s also a chance to share our work and receive feedback from fellow club members, encouraging the exchange of ideas, techniques, tooling and finishing methods.

Photographs of members’ creations are shared during our Zoom “chinwag” on the first Tuesday of each month and are also displayed at our in-person club meeting on the third Thursday.

There are no separate categories for beginners or more experienced turners, and certainly no prizes to be won. The idea is simply to encourage everyone, whatever their level of experience, to have a go, try something different, share what they’ve made and, most importantly, enjoy their woodturning.