2009 Gauteng
14th SA National Model Railway Convention
- Competitions -

1) Model Contest
The judging was done by Karl Saayman (Aviation Shop), Paul Mollison (MTE), Lionel Penning (Cape), Frank Graham (Durban) and Johnny Everitt (Durban). The scoring was done by N.M.R.A. recommended standards.

• Dioramas click here to see the entries
  14 entries from 9 entrants
  1st Prize: "Stalingrad 1942" - Herman Steyn (Prize sponsored by Rinke's Hobby World)
  2nd Prize: "Port Abel" - Doug Langford (Prize sponsored by Sinji Trading)
  3rd Prize: "Bietschtal Bridge" - Johan Leeflang (Prize sponsored by Sinji Trading)
  Highly Commended: "Winelands Cape Farm" - Diederick Janse v Rensburg (Prize sponsored by Sinji Trading)
  
  
• Modules click here to see the entries
  23 entries from 15 entrants
  1st Prize: "Drakensberg Foothill Farm" - Frank Gardiner (Prize sponsored by Rinke's Hobby World)
  2nd Prize: "Snow Module" - Jude Cheketri (Prize sponsored by Hobby Tech)
  3rd Prize: "European station & turning-circle" - John & Robin van den Barselaar (Prize sponsored by Hobby Tech)
  Highly Commended: "Douglasdale Station" - Doug Langford (Prize sponsored by Hobby Tech)
  
  
• Loco / Rolling Stock click here to see the entries
  13 entries from 7 entrants
  1st Prize: "OO gauge SAR 4-6-2" - Jean Dulez (Prize sponsored by Rinke's Hobby World)
  2nd Prize: "DD2 SAR wagon" - Johnny Prinsloo (Prize sponsored by Aviation Shop)
  3rd Prize: "SF 1 SAR wagon" - Johnny Prinsloo (Prize sponsored by Reiseners Hobbies)
  
  
• Structures / Buildings click here to see the entries
  11 entries from 5 entrants
  1st Prize: "New England Prototype" - Herman Steyn (Prize sponsored by Rinke's Hobby World)
  2nd Prize: "Castle Brewery" - Herman Steyn (Prize sponsored by Model Railroad Specialist)
  3rd Prize: "Shreks House" - Herman Steyn (Prize sponsored by Reiseners Hobbies)
  
  
• Special Equipment click here to see the entries
  7 entries from 3 entrants
  1st Prize: "Harbour Dredger on barges" - Johan Leeflang (Prize sponsored by Rinke's Hobby World)
  2nd Prize: "Machines" - Wynand Coetzer(Prize sponsored by Hobbies & Models)
  3rd Prize: "Plasser & Theurer Maint. Vehicle" - Johan Leeflang (Prize sponsored by Hobbies & Models)
  
  
• Youngest Entrant
  "African Desert Theme" - Isabella Leslie-Miller 11 years old (Prize sponsored by Model Train Exchange)
  
  
• First Model Entrant
  Diederick Janse v Rensburg (Prize sponsored by Model Train Exchange)
  

Youngest Entrant
"African Desert Theme" - Isabella Leslie-Miller
Prize sponsored by Model Train Exchange

2) Photo Contest
The judging was done on 16th September at Tshwane University of Technology by the chief lecturer of the Photographic Department namely Flip Du Toit, Hennie Heymans, an avid amateur longstanding train enthusiast, author and photographer and Johan Leeflang, a professional photographer for 33 years.

• Prototype click here to see the entries
  33 entries from 13 entrants
  1st Prize: "Pride of Africa at night" - Chris Janisch (Prize sponsored by Q-Photo)
  2nd Prize: "Shuttering the dawn" - Chris Janisch (Prize sponsored by Q-Photo)
  3rd Prize: "Steam Train" - Allan Labuschagne (Prize sponsored by Q-Photo)
  Highly Commended: Andre Kritzinger; Allan Labuschagne; Andrew Johnson
  Commended: Andre Kritzinger; James Attwell; Jean Dulez; Tertius Coetzee
  
  
• Model click here to see the entries
  32 entries from 12 entrants
  1st Prize: "Awaiting their fate" - Ronnie Silverwood (Prize sponsored by Q-Photo)
  2nd Prize: "Village and Mountain" - Eckart Kruger (Prize sponsored by Q-Photo)
  3rd Prize: "Loading at Marble Factory" - BJ Burger (Prize sponsored by Q-Photo)
  Highly Commended: BJ Burger; Eckart Kruger
  Commended: BJ Burger; Eckart Kruger; Herman Steyn
  
  
• Portfolio
  3 entries from 2 entrants
  1st Prize: "Ti-Train Reunion Island" - Herman Steyn
  2nd Prize: "Bygone" - Jannie de Lange
  3rd Prize: "Muizenberg" - Jannie de Lange
  
  

Highly Commended
"Kruger Millions" - Andrew Johnson