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PAGB Inter Federation Results 2016

Welsh Photographic Federation Results – Please note, our overall score was taken from our top 10 scoring images. You can see a full list of individual scores here. Note, scores are out of 15.

Colour Print Section / 133 points / 4^th Position / 13 accepted in exhibition

Mono Print Section / 122 points / = 8^th Position / 2 accepted in exhibition

Open Digital Section / 130 points / = 6^th Position / 9 accepted in exhibition

Nature Digital Section / 128 point / 10^th Position / 6 accepted in exhibition

Well done to everyone whose images were entered.

Special congratulations to Nick Walton (Inn Focus) who got overall winner in the colour print section with The Numismatist and Coltrane Koh (Inn Focus) who won a Judges Choice Award in the same section with Pride and Joy. Also congratulations to Alan Jenkinson (Bridgend) for winning a PAGB Ribbon with Pen y Fan Resident.

The scores reveal a few interesting points.

We came 4^th in the Colour Print section with score of 133 points. There were 3 clubs tied for 1^st place with a score of 134. (Blast!!!!!!)

We came 6^th in the Open Digital Competition but were only 4 points behind the winning Federation.

We have 30 acceptances in the exhibition compared to 10 last year, so we have really upped our game.

The exhibition will be in Arts Central Barry in October. I will let you have more details later.

As soon as I receive your prints from the organisers, I will get them back to you.

Regards,

Martin Nagle (CELO)

2016 PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championships Results

Here are the results from the PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championships at Warwick on Saturday 16th July. (Revised on 25th July).

Overall Results and AwardsÂ Â Â Â Â Final Scores

Congratulations to all three WPF Clubs that took part: –

Inn Focus came 3rd in the final, noth 4th as previously reported. They were moved up one placed when a scoring error with another club was reported.

Tenby and District came joint 5th in the Plate with 99 points and Gwynfa who came 15th with 95 points!

Well done everybody for representing yourselves and the WPF so well – pretty good considering there were 39 Clubs taking part!

Barrian Cup 2016 Results

It was an excellent day of photography. The judge for the day was Michael Krier ARPS, MA (photography) from the Cotswolds. He was one of the best judges we have had at the Barrian Cup he was concise and to the point and had something positive to say about all the prints. Having spoken to him during the day he said the photography was of a very high standard and a lot of the prints would gain awards and acceptances in international exhibitions.

Competition was close with Cwmbran and The Vale on 90 points with Bridgend and Cymru Mono sharing 3rd place with 92 points, in second place with 93 was Inn Focus but in 1st place with 96 points the winner of the Barrian Cup was Gwynfa CC.

Gareth Martin won the Dave Cowdrey Trophy for the best Landscape Seascape print for the second year running. Congratulations to the winners.

We would like to thank all clubs for entering and a big thank you to all the members who turned up on the day and made this years Barrian Cup a great success.
We would like to apologise for the mix up with the Raffle and will be giving a free raffle ticket to members attending next year.

Regards
Mike Lewis Hon. FWPF
Chairman Barry Camera Club

Sue gets her LRPS

This from John Campbell at Swansea.

Congratulations to Sue Ashford from Swansea Camera Club who was recommended for her LRPS at the recent RPS Assessment at Barry. Sue was one of only 4 out of 20 who passed.

2016 Welsh Salon Results

Here are the results of the 2016 Welsh Salon of Photography amended as at 30th May, 2016.

Awards

Accepted Monochrome Prints

Accepted Colour Prints

Accepted PDIs

The Gwyn & Walter Morgan trophies (club awards) for Best Print Panel and Best PDI Panel both went to Inn Focus Group.

Oakdale becomes Sirhowy Valley PC

Oakdale PS has now changed its name to Sirhowy Valley Photography Club.

2016 Bridgend 5-8 Results

The judging for the 2016 5 to 8 Competition took place on Monday 14th March. Our judge, Malcolm Imhoff FRPS FACI(M), commented on the excellence of the sequences with a high standard of photography, good choice of music and excellent production. A close fought competition was decided as follows:

Winner
Searching for the Light – A Norwegian Quest by Jane and Stephen Lee (Dorchester)

Joint Runner Up
Reflections – a Feeling of Eternal Longing by Bill Bruce (Norway)
Wisemanâ€™s Wood by Ian Bateman (Exemouth)

Joint Highly Commended
Winter Light at Waddesdon Manor by Ian Bateman (Exemouth)
Under Norfolk Skies by Brian Harvey (Norwich)

Commended
Colours of Spring by Malcolm Moorehead (Antrim)
Alpine Seasons by Malcolm and Jenny Gee (Norwich)

Bridgend CC would like to thank all who supported the evening and in particular the many members of the RPS South Wales AV group who attended.

2016 Ace of Clubs Result Confirmed

ACES OF CLUBS – Hosted by Newport PC on 20 February 2016

Judges: Peter Cheetham APAGB (N&EMPF), Pete McCloskey FRPS APAGB (WCPF) & Graham Reeves FRPS AFIAP (WCPF)

Full results below.

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2016 Ace of Prints Result Confirmed

Ace of Prints – Hosted by Newport PC on 20 February 2016

Judges: Peter Cheetham APAGB (N&EMPF), Pete McCloskey FRPS APAGB (WCPF) & Graham Reeves FRPS AFIAP (WCPF)

Full results below.

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IFG & Gwynfa shine in the 2016 GB Cup

Inn Focus Group and Gwynfa have finished 4th and 6th respectively in the GB Cup for large clubs from the 95 clubs that entered.

Inn Focus were top WPF club beating Gwynfa by just three points but both finished above some of the most prestigious clubs in the UK, including Wigan 10, Edinburgh and Dumfries.

Gwynfa also finished 20th (out of 96 clubs) in the GB Cup for Nature.

The final placings can be found here. Well done both!

2016 Memorial Trophy Results

Thanks to Rob Beynon of Gwynfa for this information.

Another successful day out for Gwynfa, this time at the WPF Memorial trophy in Kidwelly. They finished joint 1st with Tenby (72 points) but Gwynfa won the trophy due to two 20’s being scored.

‘Brown Eyed Girl’ by Margot Rowlands of Gwynfa won the trophy for Best Colour Print. The trophy for Best Monochrome Print was won by Brian Merry of the Rhondda for ‘Be Very Afraid’.

Results

Final Scores for all prints

Great hospitality from Kidwelly camera club made for an entertaining day with some outstanding prints being shown from 24 clubs. The competition was expertly judged by Leo Rich ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/g, APAGB.

Amman Valley club activities on hold

We’ve received this sad news from Jackie Domingo at Amman Valley.

It is with great regret I have to announce that the Amman Valley Camera Club have suspended all Club activities for the remainder of this Season as from 13th January 2016. We dramatically lost most of our Membership and do not feel we can advertise or promote ourselves in order attract new members until we have safe and proper storage facilities on-site for our equipment at the Community Centre.

We have not finished as a Club, but hope this major issue can be resolved and we can start back in early September, picking up where we left off.

John Gray FRPS

Fellow photographers will be saddened to hear that John Gray FRPS has died in Cardiff at the age of 83. During 2015 he learnt that he had terminal cancer but faced the inevitable outcome with great bravery and he was keen to talk about photographic issues right to the very end.

Most of his working life was spent at Rolls Royce as a compressor designer, first in Cardiff and then at Filton near Bristol. He was a member at one time of Bristol PS before he became a long standing and highly respected member of Cam and Dursley CC. On retirement he returned to Cardiff where he became a member of the local club.

John’s talents were many ( in his early years he was a racing cyclist ) but he will be best remembered in the photographic world for his highly creative images which enjoyed huge success in the 1980’s and 90’s. and for which he has awarded the Fellowship of the RPS. He won award after award for his high impact creations which were technically perfect. He developed his own techniques of copying slides through textured plastic to create ‘impressions’ and of projecting slide images into puddles of water which led to their distortion and the creation of many unusual effects. He was rightly proud of an exhibition of his prints displayed at the RPS in Bath in 2012. In his retirement he enjoyed travelling and produced many fine images on these journeys.

John was an eloquent speaker and delivered many absorbing talks to local clubs where he was in great demand. He always explained in detail how he had achieved his images and listeners were left in awe of his technical expertise. John also turned his design skills to making many beautiful objects in wood where his patience and skill again shone through.

Above all, John will be remembered as a highly respected man of great charm and courtesy who had a wonderful creative mind which was particularly expressed in his photography. He will be sorely missed by his wife and family but also by his many photographic friends and acquaintances who were truly privileged to have known him.

John Chamberlin FRPS

Trevor Owen

Pyle & Porthcawl PS have informed us of the death of Trevor Owen.

He was Vice Chairman of the club, the current holder of their Photographer of the Year trophy and known to many in the camera club scene. Trevor was 71, a keen (and very good) wildlife photographer.

He became ill on the 28th December at a family wedding, was rushed into hospital for an emergency operation but sadly passed away on New Year’s Eve.

Gower calls it a day!

It is with regret we have to inform you that Gower Photographic Society has sadly decided to close down after well over 30 years.

The club is currently selling off its club assets, including the clubâ€™s custom made exhibition print display stands. The club hopes that they will find a good home with other WPF Clubs or members. (Full details are in the For Sale section of the news WPF Newsflash letter).

Success for Mike Cullis

‘Mike Cullis ARPS has been named a finalist in the wildlife section of the Wanderlust Travel Photography Competition. Ten finalist prints selected from an entry in thousands will be on display at the 3 day Adventure Travel Show at Olympia and on 5 February Â the results will be announced in the theatre at 4pm. The first prize is a commission for photography in Western Australia including a partner. Â The competition is sponsored by Nikon, Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers and the Australian Travel Board ; so good luck Mike! Here’s the successful image:

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