Irish Woodturners Guild

There are a number of 1 day seminars been ran by different chapters. The chapters running a 1 day seminar are Cork on April 13th demonstrator Joe Laird, East Central on April 13th Demonstrator Max Brosi,,Dublin on 4th May demonstrator Pat Carroll .South East on 16th June Demonstrator Willie Creighton.More details to follow.

The journal is gone to print and should be with the membership next week. Profile of 3 Demonstrators for the national seminar, hotel details and booking form are in this issue. Please note the changes to the booking form which states that you can pay for the seminar now and if you are unable to attend any monies paid will be refunded minus any charges incurred by the IWG. All rates for the seminar and hotel are the same as last year and are not affected by the 4% VAT rise in the 2018 budget.

The 2019 Craobh Eo woodturning seminar will take place on 23rd February 2019 and will be held in the Gateway hotel in Swinford, Co Mayo.
Cost €60 for day including dinner.
Demonstrators will be Liam O’Neill (Galway), and Seamus Cassidy (Meath).
Woodturning & Woodworking suppliers attending on the day will be Stanley Raitt (Stranorlar), The Hut (Dublin) & Martin Lodge timber supplies (Galway).
We look forward to welcoming all our members and supporters for what will be a great weekend of woodturning and meeting up with old friends and friends we’ve yet to make.

The Annual General Meeting of The Irish Woodturners' Guild will take place on Sunday 17th February 2019 at 2:00 pm in The Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone.

Journal 86 is now printed and should be received in members home from Wednesday 19th December on.

Congratulations to the Limerick and District Chapter on winning the Chapter Challenge at our 2018 National Seminar. The Chapter Challenge is a competition for collaborative work made by chapters of the IWG. The competition this year was to make a fairground ride.

More photos and competition results from our Seminar will follow soon...