There were thirteen competitors for the Quick Trick round of the Simpson Shield. Brian Wilson performed a trick using D'lites and a tambourine (35 seconds), Roland Tuplin pushed a coin into a Lucazade bottle (19s). David Hand performed a quick card trick (42s). Jim Hyman showed a Dissolving Knot (9s). Rex Stott had a version of a Coin Matrix (40s). Gordon Stow showed a Ring and Lace Penetration (17s).Domanic Li had a signed card appear in his pocket (39s) and Vik showed Triple Impact by Matt Ellison (1m 6s). Walt Lees transferred dots onto a scarf (40s). Eddie Dawes pulled a green silk from a Dollar Bill (19s). Malcolm Bromwich penetrated a silk through a ring (1m 3s). Danny Hargreaves changed his Prediction Card (31s) and Brian Waltham also showed a changing card trick (36s).Eddie timed all the competitors and declared that it was the fastest competition ever; Jim had the quickest time at just 9 seconds and Vik the longest at 1 minute 6 seconds. The competition resulted in a win for Brian Wilson with Vik in second place.

Jonathan Gaines and James Ashford perform close-up for corporate and private audiences, and gave us their view of what works, and more importantly what makes it special. This was clearly demonstrated with some of their regular items and they shared with us their thoughts about the use of magic in entertainment. James only performed simple tricks, so that he could concentrate on the presentation. James asked the question 'What is magic?' and gave his view that we perform tricks, the MAGIC is what the spectator remembers - the feeling of amazement. Both James and Jonathan tried to tailor each show to their audience, getting names, photos and telephone numbers from the host to personalise each show. They demonstrated how effective these ideas are. Jonathan also made up a personalised prediction effect especially for the lecture involving members of HMC. James showed his Yorkshire Opener, a variation of the classic Red Hot Mama. James believed that tricks could be too unbelievable, and cited Out of this World as an example. In his view this effect could be improved by including a mistake. Jonathan finished with his favourite book test - a variation of Marc Paul's Any Time, Any Place, Any Book, which Brian Wilson thought was based on an item of Chan Canasta’s. This lecture gave members plenty of ideas to think about, as well as a number of tricks, simple to execute but stunning to the audience. Eddie Dawes thanked Jonathan and James for their instructive evening, from two experienced performers, which had many ideas for us to contemplate.