Upcoming Competitions 2012

Creative Writing Competition

Title:  A Mystery to be Solved (maximum 1000 words)

Entry Fee:  €5.00 - Please make cheques payable to ICA Contests

Closing Date:  17th February 2012, Central Office

Inter Federation Cup for Crafts

Craft:  Bookmark - 3 Categories (CrossStitch/Blackwork/Embroidery) - No Size Restriction

Entry Fee:  €5.00 - Please make cheques payable to ICA Contests

Closing Date:  17th February 2012, Central Office

Baumann Cup for Art

Art:  A Winter Garden Scene - Unmounted (Acrylics) - No Size Restriction

Entries must not be mounted or framed.

Entry Fee:  €5.00 - Please make cheques payable to ICA Contests. 

Please include your name, address, telephone number, guild and federation on a separate piece of paper and stamped addressed package for return.

Closing Date:  23rd March 2012, Central Office

Baumann Shield for Music

Theme:  Two Songs about Love/Romance (Song can be about either)

Group of 4 - 10 singers (need not all be from same guild)

Accompanist need not be an ICA member but all singers must be paid up members.

No backing tracks allowed.

Costumes will not gain marks.

Entry Closing Date:  23rd March 2012, Central Office

National Final: 28th April 2012

Eleanora Gibbon Shield

Theme:  Two Simple Songs (As Gaeilge)

Group of 4 - 10 singers (need not all be from same guild)

Accompanist need not be an ICA member but all singers must be paid up members.

No backing tracks allowed.

Costumes will not gain marks.

Entry Closing Date:  23rd March 2012, Central Office

National Final: 28th April 2012

Patsy Lawlor Cup for Set Dancing - Full Set  / Patsy Lawlor Sheild for Set Dancing - Half Set

Teams will be required to dance two figures of their chosen set.

Marching on and off floor not permitted.

Dancing shoes (jig, hornpipe, batter) not permitted.

Uniforms will not gain extra marks

Teams need not all be from same guild.

There will be a musician at the National Final to play for the sets.

Details of Federation winners with name of set being danced to Central Office by 23rd March 2012.

National Final: 28th April 2012

Gempack Recipe Competition National Final - 24th March 2012 at An Grianán

Dinner for a Family of Four to include a Starter, Main Course and Desert using as many Gempack Products as possible.

Proof of Gempack Purchases is required at Federation and National Level.

The names and recipes of the Federation winners of the Gempack Recipe Competition must be submitted to Central Office by 27th February 2012. 

Gempack Baking Competition National Final - 24th March 2012 at An Grianán

Simnel Cake (Maximum Size 8 inches Round).  Proof of Gempack Purchases is required at Federation and National Level.

The names and recipes of the Federation winners of the Gempack Cake Baking Competition must be submitted to Central Office by 27th February 2012. 

National Table Quiz Final

24th March 2012 at An Grianán - Names of Federation Teams to be submitted to Central Office by 27th February 2012. 

Out of the entry fees for the table quiz we are asking federations to pay dinner and B&B for their winning team in An Grianán.

Information Pack will be forwarded to Federations in Early March 2012.

Tivoli Make and Model Competition

Theme: One Item to wear on a Spring Outing - Proof of Tivoli Wool Purchase is required at Federation and National Level.

The maker of the outfit must model it herself at Federation Final and at the National Final in An Grianán.

Names of Federation Winner to be submitted to Central Office by 27th February 2012. 

Information Pack will be forwarded in Early March 2012

National Final will be held on 24th March at An Grianán