Les Revell was one of the founder members of Test Valley Turners.
He was a long serving committee member, resigning finally at the 2002 AGM due to ill health. He was always very supportive of new and younger turners and extremely keen to help them to develop their turning skills.
Following his untimely death in February 2002, the club instituted a competition to honour his contribution to woodturning. The competition was to be judged on the basis of the entries to the monthly gallery and would be awarded annually
The inaugural ceremony was marked by the donation of a permanent trophy in the form of a large candlestick (see picture) turned by John Sanders and coloured by his wife Jan, and its presentation to John Davis.
At the presentation, John and Jan both recalled tales of teaching Les to turn.
Les is also remembered by the award of a trophy in his name by Hampshire Woodturners.
Les Revell Trophy Winners
| 2002 John Davis | 2012 Arnold Catterall | ||||||
| 2003 Dennis Hutchinson | 2013 Steve Jones | ||||||
| 2004 Eric West | 2014 Alf Riley | ||||||
| 2005 Dennis Hutchinson | 2015 Dave Reynolds | ||||||
| 2006 Harry Williams | 2016 Mark Lyman | ||||||
| 2007 Don Donaldson | 2017 Paul Patterson | ||||||
| 2008 Adrian Smith | 2018 Gerald Ruddick | ||||||
| 2009 Graham Barnard | 2019 Andy Matthews | ||||||
| 2010 Eric West | |||||||
| 2011 Matt Carter | |||||||
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