We had two tremendous meetings in June.

The first meeting of the month was on the 9th when Garry Seagraves hosted our annual competition for Close-up magic, The Bill Duncan Cup. Once again it was a brilliant night with excellent and highly entertaining magic on display. We had five competitors, in order of appearance: Dave Anderson, Jono Geary, Scott Clegg, James Dickson and Paul Rae. Norn was our timekeeper and the judges were Jenny Seagraves, Jim Aitken and Dave Goulding. Garry introduced the acts and filled in the bits between them with some gags, mainly provided by Kenny Watt. After everyone had performed, the judges score cards were collected and totalled and an incredibly close result saw Jono Geary as the winner of both trophies on offer, namely the Bill Duncan Cup and the Presidents Plate. Photos were taken and thanks were proffered.

Nicolas Maulet made his hosting debut with Sponge Magic on the 23rd. Nicolas presented and hosted a superb evening of magic involving sponge props, predominantly Sponge Balls. He related a very interesting history of them and demonstrated his own skill in their handling. He invited members to show their own uses of the prop and, as usual, they rose to the occasion admirably. Nicholas gave us a great evening for which he had diligently prepared and managed very well.

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