PAT WINS FIRST ARTHUR REDWAY MEMORIAL TROPHY COMPETITION

When our much loved member, Arthur Redway, sadly died last year, he left a legacy to the Circle, which the committee decided to use for an annual competition for a Trophy in his name.  As Arthur wrote mainly in the gothic style it was decided that this would be the theme of the competition.

The first winner of the trophy was Patricia Pycraft with her story ‘Love amongst the Gargoyles’ telling the charming story of a wedding where the bride couldn’t see her mother (or could she?).  Runner-up was ‘An erotic incident at Mandrake Hall’ by Joyce Robinson, outlining the delights and results of spending an evening with a phantom.  In third-place, a much darker piece by Duncan Howard ‘Dead Man’s Morn’, giving the last evocative thoughts of a prisoner condemned to be burnt at the stake.

The prizes were presented by Kathryn Redway, Arthur’s widow and the judging was by members themselves.  As the circle is now too large for all entries to be read out on one evening, they were all displayed anonymously on the Circle website so that members could read them before the evening at their leisure.  It also meant that members who couldn’t attend the presentation evening could also cast their votes.