Wyndham Brickfest 2025

Rules

1.  All models should be completed before attending Wyndham Brickfest 2025 using the bricks you own or can borrow. Wyndham Brickfest will not supply bricks or baseplates for your model. While we may accept a display of a collection of sets or modified sets, to be considered for eligibility for the competition your design must be primarily your own design and creation.

2.  There are five categories of competition entry:

I.     For the 12 and under, 17 and under, and Adult categories – Model must fit on a standard 48 x 48 baseplate.

II.   All Ages Large Display – For all larger model displays that will fit on one table. Must be smaller than 60cm x 120cm.

III.    All Ages XLarge Display – For models greater than a single table.

3.  Models too large for the Under 12, Under 17, and Adult categories will be placed into the Large or XLarge Display Category regardless of the builder’s age.

4.  Each builder can enter a total of two models into Wyndham Brickfest in either their age category or an Open category, any further builds will be considered a Large Display/Open entry and displayed as one model.

5. Each build will be provided two entry tickets per day regardless of the number of builders.

6. Models in each category will be subject to two voting rounds.

I.     People’s Choice Voting – Patrons attending Wyndham Brickfest will be asked to vote on their favourite model in each category. The Model with the most votes (First past the post voting) at the conclusion of Wyndham Brickfest will be declared the winner. In the case of a tied vote the President of Wyndham Brickfest will have a casting vote.

II.    Committee Award – Members of the Brickfest Committee will vote on their preferred model. Voting by committee members will be an exhaustive preferential system. A winner of the People’s Choice Voting cannot win the Committee Award and committee members and their families are excluded from this vote.

III.   Further voting rounds may be considered including but not limited to special guest awards and prizes.

7. All builders and their supporters should show respect and be courteous at all times during Wyndham Brickfest. Degrading another builder, arguing with Wyndham Brickfest Volunteers or damaging models will result in an immediate disqualification.

8. Models can be delivered to Wyndham Brickfest at Hoppers Crossing Secondary College and must be set up between 5pm and 10:00pm on Friday 4 July 2025. A further setup period will be allowed between 7:30am and 8:45am on Saturday 5 July 2025.

9. Models can be removed from 4pm on Sunday 6 July 2025 and must be gone by 6pm the same day.

10. Prizes for winning entries will be announced at 3:30pm on Sunday 6 July 2025 at Hoppers Crossing Secondary College, 2 Fraser Street Hoppers Crossing Victoria 3029.

11. The decision of prize allotment is at the discretion of the Wyndham Brickfest Committee based upon collected votes and is final.

12. Wyndham Brickfest reserves the right to remove a model at anytime that is deemed inappropriate by the committee.

13. Please remember that those involved in Wyndham Brickfest are volunteers, so confirmations may take some time. So please keep on building as though you will be displaying.

14. In the event that we get an overwhelming number of applications, we may close applications early. If this happens we will try to give reasonable warning before we close applications.