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Do you know of a good contest venue?

If you know of a venue near you which you think may be suitable for Quartet Prelims (or any other LABBS event) please use the forms below to check it out and fill in the relevant information, then please forward the form to a member of the Convention Team.
- Prelims Venue Criteria form
- Convention Venue Criteria form

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Convention 2012 - Telford
The International Centre, Telford
26 - 28 October

General Information

The International Centre, Telford, situated in the West Midlands, is accessible from the M6 and the M54.

For help with accommodation, visit: www.reservation-highway.co.uk/conference_info.php

For more information on the surrounding area and places to visit, please view the following document:

Contest Entry Forms

Download entry forms below and submit by the deadline:


Quartet Prelims 2012

Quartet Prelims will take place on Saturday 23rd June.

More info to follow soon... including venue (Birmingham area).

This is a qualifying round for convention. If you intend to compete at Convention 2012, you must attend Prelims and qualify. The usual quartet and membership registration rules apply.

  • Quartet Contest Entry form - Deadline for receipt: Saturday 11th February 2012 (quartets must already be registered by 31st Jan)

As part of quartet prelims there will also be a Novice Quartet Contest running concurrently for all registered "novice" LABBS quartets who wish to gain experience.
"A Novice quartet is considered to be one which has never previously competed (in a quartet competition organised by any barbershop organisation) and shall include no medallists. A novice quartet may include no more than two members who have previously competed in a quartet contest." Please ensure that all relevant contest experience is declared on the entry form.


Quartet Champions Contest 2012

As there is a European Barbershop Contest scheduled in 2013, this year a contest will be run for past Quartet Champions to compete for the QCs Trophy and to represent LABBS at European Convention in 2013. The contest will run as part of the main Semi Finals contest at Convention in Telford on Friday afternoon, 26th October 2012.

All past quartet champions who are registered as a LABBS Gold quartet are invited to enter:

  • QC Contest Entry form - Deadline for receipt: Saturday 11th February 2012 (quartets must already be registered by 31st Jan)

Convention Team

  • For general information about Prelims/Convention, please contact Anne Potter: convention@labbs.org.uk
  • For enquiries regarding the competition, please contact Norma Head/E&J: eandj@labbs.org.uk
  • For other members of the convention team, please visit the committees' area: Convention Team

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