Tudor Rose Woodturners plan Paul Hannaby demo and threaded challenge night
Paul Hannaby’s demo and a threaded chairman’s challenge put Tudor Rose Woodturners’ 2026 club night squarely on the workbench.
Tudor Rose Woodturners kept its 2026 momentum going with a club night built around a clear practical brief: a Paul Hannaby demonstration and a chairman’s challenge set for a threaded item. For turners who like a meeting to end with a blank already in mind, it was the sort of night that turns a calendar entry into something to make.
Hannaby brought a strong specialist fit for the job. Based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, he offers woodturning tuition, workshops and demonstrations, and says he has been turning wood since just before the end of the last century. That kind of long-running demonstrator profile is exactly why clubs book him for a focused evening, especially when the challenge piece asks members to come back with a threaded turn rather than a general show-and-tell item.
The meeting also sat within a busy Tudor Rose Woodturners season that included its annual WOODWORKS show on Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2, 2026. The show at Daventry Leisure Centre, Lodge Rd, Daventry NN11 4FP, was free to attend and drew a line-up of demonstrators that included Simon Hope, Rob Till, Emma Cook, Steve Heeley and Chris Parker. Burcot Woodturners said 13 clubs attended with stands, demonstrators, trade stands and competitions across the two days, giving the event the kind of club-to-club energy that keeps local woodturning networks visible well beyond one branch.
Tudor Rose also used the show to reinforce the competitive side of the club. Its competition pages list best stand, best piece and three different pieces turned at the show, with cups for each competition and a shield for overall show winners. That sits neatly alongside the monthly challenge format, which gives members a reason to finish a piece, bring it in and compare work against familiar faces rather than waiting only for the annual event.
The club’s website rollout pointed in the same direction. New members are welcome, the first two visits are free, and the club says it is enjoying building the new site even while keeping the physical meeting programme moving. With a public show, regular challenges and named demonstrators like Hannaby, Tudor Rose has made it easy to see where to turn up, what to make and how to stay involved.
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