U.S.M. October 2003 meeting - Competition Night

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U.S.M. October 2003 meeting - Competition Night

The October (2003) meeting of the Ulster Society of Magicians was Competition night. Two competitions were held, one for the Trick of the Year Trophy and the other was for the Jim McCall Cup for Close-up Magic.

In total there were thirteen performers (six for the Jim McCall Cup Trick and seven for the Trick of the Year Trophy).

The competitions were organised and presented by the Society's Treasurer, Jim Harvey. Below are a few photographs of the night.


Competition organiser and MC for the evening, Jim Harvey. (Above) Entrants for the Jim McCall Cup were;- 1 - Des Callaghan 2 - Eamonn Carlisle 3 - Stephen McCann 4 - Jimmy Hanrahan 5 - Alan Kennedy 6 - George Bleeks (Below) There were seven entrants for the Billy Nicholl "Trick of the Year" Cup. 1 - George Bleeks 2 - Eamonn Carlisle 3 - Alan Wilson 4 - Andrew McManus 5 - Trevor Price 6 - Alan Kennedy 7 - Jimmy Hanrahan Congratulations to George Bleeks who emerged the winner of both competitions. Above (left) George receiving the "Billy Nicholl, Trick of the Year trophy" from Billy Nicholl and (right) the Jim McCall Cup from Des Glass, President of the Ulster Society of Magicians.