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  Michael Adler (ISM 001) who founded the International Society of Meccanoman in 1989, has generously donated a sum of money to fund "The Michael Adler Founder's Prize".
"The Founder’s Prize shall be awarded in recognition of excellence in the use of the Meccano construction system (expressed in terms of a mechanism or a scale construction or construct of the imagination) so as to give delight and inspiration"

The Society is grateful to Michael Adler for his generous gesture in providing the necessary funds to found the Prize.
We hope that the members will be stimulated to ever-greater heights of imaginative Meccano constructions. 


To enter for the Prize, you will need an Entry Form, which you can obtain from Adrian Williams.
The closing date for entries for the Founder's Prize 2022 is 31 December 2022.

The rules that apply to this Founder's Prize can be found here.


Winners so far are:
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2003 John Oyzer-Key (UK)
Alvis Stalwart. Fully rc, 6 wheel drive and rc operating crane. 
2004 Joseph N. Attard (Malta)
150 Ton Level Luffing Crane 

2005 Richard Payn (UK)
Oshkosh PLS (Palletised Load System) Vehicle 

2007 Philip Edwards (USA)
Radio-controlled Rikshaw 

2008 Michael Whiting (UK)
Orreries
Ϯ 29th December 2021 

2009 John Thorpe (UK)
Tornado Aircraft 

2011 John Oyzer-Key (UK)
KATO KA 900 Mobile Telescopic Crane 

2012 Les Megget (NZ)
Liebherr Xompact Crane LTC 1045-3.1 

2013 John Sharp (UK)
Fork lift truck 

2014 Nick Rodgers (UK)
Mercedes Benz Bulk Cement Carrier 

2015 Mark Bridle (UK)
Marion 204-M Electric Rope Shovel 

2016 John Wilson (UK)
Newcomen Engine 

2017 Howard Somerville (UK)
Davy Hatorn Non-rotative Stem Pumping Engine  

2019 Steve Briancourt (UK)
USS Missouri 

2020 Maylands Meccano Club (AUS)
Little Joe and Tricky Track.
(complete modelplan download here)  

2021 Steve Briancourt (UK)
Penny Falls amusement arcade machine

An overview of all winning models look here**
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THE MICHAEL ADLER FOUNDER'S PRIZE

The Provisions in this form were first published in International Meccanoman
No.67, December 2012, page 11 and 12

For clarity and brevity, the prize will be referred to in the following paragraphs as the Founder's Prize. In all cases, the masculine terms 'he', 'Chairman', and so on include the feminine.)

1. The Founder’s Prize shall be awarded in recognition of excellence in the use of the Meccano construction system (expressed in terms of a mechanism or a scale construction or construct of the imagination) so as to give delight and inspiration. That excellence is to be judged by reference to a single Meccano construction, or to a documented body of work on a theme that is represented by a single Meccano construction which, apart from the inclusion of “Standard Constructions,” is the entrant’s own design and work.

 2.The Founder’s Prize is open to all, whether members of ISM or not.

 3. The Founder’s Prize shall be in the form of a decorative plate inscribed with the name of the winner and the year of the Prize, and shall be presented to the prizewinner to be kept by him.

 4.Entries for the Founder’s Prize shall be considered annually. No more than one Founder’s Prize shall be made each year. If no entry is put forward that, in the opinion of the jury, deserves the Prize, no Prize shall be awarded in that year.

 5. The closing date for entries for the Founder’s Prize is 31 December of each year.

 6. An entry that does not win the Founder’s Prize in one year may be entered in future years.

 7. The nature of the entry shall be a description of a construction (or a set of constructions linked by a theme), together with a statement of where (if at all) the construction has been exhibited, either privately or publicly. The entry may also include modelplans and photographs of constructions and prototypes. The entry may be submitted by mail or by email.

 8. Each year, the Chairman of ISM shall invite a member of ISM to be Chairman of the Founder’s Prize jury. The Jury Chairman shall then invite four other ISM members to join the jury. The identity of the jury members shall remain confidential until the Prize Winner is announced, when their names shall also be made known.

 9. The use of parts other than parts within the Meccano construction system shall not disqualify an entry, provided that the proportion of non-Meccano parts or their importance in the construction is not so great as to make the entry ineligible, in the judgement of the Founder’s Prize jury.

 10. If a construction has not been exhibited previously (see Provision 7), the jury reserves the right to invite a Meccanoman to inspect and report on it to the jury, so as to assure the jury that the actual construction meets the claims made for it in the entry-documentation.

11. By entering for the Founder’s Prize, entrants agree that International Meccanoman and the ISM WebSite may publish details of their entries and background documentation.

12. The decision of the jury shall be final and not subject to appeal.


Adrian Williams Secretary to the Founder's Prize Jury 2016     28 June 2016

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