{"id":2302,"date":"2016-02-22T17:20:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T06:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2025-01-20T19:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T08:33:08","slug":"plank-competition-3rd-feb-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=2302","title":{"rendered":"Plank Competition &#8211; 3rd Feb 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We had some marvelous entries at this year&#8217;s Plank Competition &#8211; a credit to all participants, and hopefully an inspiration for new entrants in next year&#8217;s competition!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The planks sourced were of Indonesian maple 2m long, 310mm wide and 25mm thick.  The wood was quite variable, some with joints, some with woodworm &#8211; so planks were allocated by lottery.  A great challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Entrants were free to make whatever they liked from their plank, however a majority of the plank had to be consumed.  Non-plank material for drawer bottoms and backs and fixtures such as knobs etc was acceptable, but the dominant external material presented to the viewer had to be plank material.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Competition-Judges.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Competition-Judges-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Competition - Judges\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Competition-Judges-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Competition-Judges-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Competition-Judges-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Competition-Judges.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>Members Enjoying the Evening<\/center><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Grp 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2317\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Plank Grp 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-Grp-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><center>Eight Planks &#8211; Eight Masterpieces<\/center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2307\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-1-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"Plank 1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2307\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2308\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Plank 2\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2308\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2309\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-3-150x144.jpg\" alt=\"Plank 3\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2309\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-4-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"Plank 4\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2310\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2311\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-5-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"Plank 5\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2311\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2312\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-6-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"Plank 6\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2312\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-7.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-7-150x87.jpg\" alt=\"Plank 7\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2313\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-8.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-8-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"Plank 8\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2314\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<center><strong>And The Winners Were<\/strong><\/centre><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-1st-Prize-John.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-1st-Prize-John-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Plank - 1st Prize - John\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2304\" \/>1st Prize &#8211; John<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-2nd-Prize-Chris.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-2nd-Prize-Chris-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Plank - 2nd Prize - Chris\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2305\" \/>2nd Prize &#8211; Chris<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-3rd-Prize-Mick.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2306\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Plank-3rd-Prize-Mick-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Plank - 3rd Prize - Mick\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2306\" \/>3rd Prize &#8211; Mick<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had some marvelous entries at this year&#8217;s Plank Competition &#8211; a credit to all participants, and hopefully an inspiration for new entrants in next year&#8217;s competition! The planks sourced were of Indonesian maple 2m long, 310mm wide and 25mm thick. The wood was quite variable, some with joints, some with woodworm &#8211; so planks <a href='https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=2302' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","category-38-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}