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Who are the Champions 2008
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This year's competition was held before a packed hall on 14 January 2008. The Judge Peter Gennard gave the marks as follows; Winners-
Wigan 10 63pts A big thank you to Keith Suddaby for putting this all together and for traveling over from the North East to run it |
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Man
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'Solitude' |
'Taken
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Well
done Southport PS
in the L&CPU Print Championships, judged last Saturday
(Slide Judging next Saturday)
In
the 3 print sections SPS came 1st equal with Wigan 10
in the Natural History section in which Derek Openshaw was in 3rd
place
and runner up to Wigan 10 in the
General Colour and Monochrome sections
Natural
History Prints
=1st Southport PS 48pts
=1st Wigan 10 Foto 48pts
General
Colour Prints
1st
Wigan 10 Foto 51pts
2nd
Southport PS 49pts
Monochrome
Prints
1st
Wigan 10 Foto 57pts
2nd
Southport PS 48pts
The following SPS Members also won awards;
Alex
Anderson
Noel McQueen
Derek Openshaw
Dianne
Owen
Peter Pauwels
Kathryn Scorer
Full results can be found on the L&CPU website
Thanks
also to Gordon Jenkins and Ed Roper for getting the full results posted
on the L&CPU website the day after the Judging! MP
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Leyland Invitation Trophy Exhibition 2006
This exhibition is
open to all members of the following clubs and societies:
Blackburn and District CC, Chorley PS, Darwen CC , Leyland PS
Preston PS , Ribblesdale CC , Southport PS , Wigan PS
Spouthport PS did very
well again in this years exhibition with a third of
the prints on show being from SPS members. One of our members has either
won or come 2nd
in the last 3 or 4years!
This years award winners
and list of entrants is below with photo's taken
by Lynn Bentley
2nd
Kathryn Scorah
3rd Dianne Owen
H Comm. Paul Bentley
H Comm. Vincent Hey
H Comm. Dianne Owen
H Comm. Kathryn Scorah
Comm. Ted Yates
Comm. Paul Bentley
Comm. Tony Howard
Comm. Ian McLean
Comm. Kathryn Scorah
Selected;
Tony Duffey
Patricia Hey
Nicholas Hilton
Fiona Lea
Cliff Martin
Noel McLean
Roger Moss
Peter Pauwels
Mike Pollitt
Ted Stevens
Brian Tarr
Tony Thompson
David Wareing
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Well done everyone
and thanks to Ian McLean for delivering our massive entry
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‘Who
are the Champions 2006’
The World 11 comprised
4 images from Wigan 10:-
‘The Winner’ by Christopher Charnock
‘Little Deuce Coupe’ by David Butler
‘King Penguins’ by Colin Smith
‘Uppercut’ * by Maurice Jones
(* also chosen as ‘Man of the Match’)
2 images from Southport PS:-
‘Banded Demoiselle’ by Alex Anderson
‘The Engine’ by Kathryn Scorah
 ‘Banded Demoiselle’ by Alex Anderson |
‘The Engine’ by Kathryn Scorah |
2 images from St Helens
CC:-
‘Allonby Fence’ by Colin Douglas
‘Baltic Wet’ by Tilman Kleinhans
and one image each from:-
Lytham St Annes PS ‘Aerial Force’ by Paul Killiner
South Liverpool PS `Full Throttle’ by Martin Reece
South Manchester PS ‘A Guy with Attitude’ by Paul Davies
The club results were:-
1. Wigan 10 63 points
2. SLIC 54 “
3. Lytham St Annes 52 “
4. St Helens 51 “
5. Southport 50 “
6. South Manchester 45 “
7. South Liverpool 43 “
8. North Cheshire 39 “
Other Southport PS high scorers were:-
‘Incapsulated’ by Dianne Owen
‘I Hope He Comes Home Soon’ by Trevor Davenport
‘A Splash of Colour’ by Mike Pollitt
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I Hope He Comes
Home Soon’ |
‘Incapsulated’
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‘A Splash
of Colour’ |
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Inter-Merseyside Competition 2005/6
Southport PS win the Trophy - yet again! Thrashing old rivals South Liverpool PS into second place
The
final was held on Thursday evening 18 May 2006, with over a dozen SPS members
attending, almost outnumbering the 'home crowd'
With the final top 3 scores being;
3rd, St Helens CC 1055
pts
2nd, South Liverpool PS 1073
pts
1st, Southport PS 1123
pts
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Southport image 'Hanjar'
Was the top points
scoring
Well done Trevor |
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Southports entry with scores were as follows;
PRINTS
'Looking
in' by Trevor Davenport;
16,18,18,18,15,14.18.20 = 137 pts
'Who's in the box?' by Martin Woods; 17,13,18,19,1720,19.15
= 138 pts
'Triathlon
Runner' by Mike
Pollitt; 16,11,16,16,18,18,16,15 = 126 pts
'Golden Eagle in blizzard' by Derek Openshaw;
19,14,18,17,19,18,19,18 = 142 pts
SLIDES
'Swallowtail
newly emerged' by
Fiona Lea; 19,14,18,16,20,20,18,16 = 141 pts
'Zap Cat Racers' by Mike Pollitt; 18,16,16,17,18,17,18,17
= 137 pts
'Hanjar' by Trevor Davenport; 19,20,20,20,20,19,19,19,19
=156 pts
'Herd by the great tree' by Derek Openshaw; 19,17,19,18,19,17,19,18
= 146 pts
Top print was 'Robin'
from a Heswall worker with 151 pts.
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North
Cheshire Competitions 2006
We have won the Digital Print Competition in the last two years, but this
year had to settle for fifth place alongside SLIC, who were speaking at Southport
Digital Group the very same evening. At North Cheshire, the winners were the
hosts themselves, followed by Dumfries CC, Crewe CC, Carluke CC, and then
Southport & SLIC. Twenty four clubs entered. The judge, Barry Colquhoun
marked out 19, saving his 20 for the top print (from Carluke). Two Southport
images scored 19, Gary Parker's 'Girl on a Train', and Derek Openshaw's 'Red
Squirrel in Snow', with Derek's 'Snow Bunting' scoring 18. Our other two entries
were both accepted in the London Salon, but did not get into the top marks
this time.
In the slides, which we have also won in recent years,
the judge was Peter Gennard, who eliminated 70 of the 105 slides entered in
the first round! Twelve of the twenty one clubs present were therefore out
of it by the end of round two. We did reasonably to come sixth along with
Wilmslow Guild. Leek CC were first by a distorted margin of 5 points, Wigan
10 were second, Crewe PS and South Manchester equal third, and Chapel CC were
one point ahead of us as fifth. Both Trevor Davenport's 'Pushkar Sunset' and
Kathryn Scorah's 'Ribbon of Light' reached the 3rd round
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Leyland
Invitation Trophy Exhibition 2005
This exhibition is open to all members of the following clubs and societies:
Blackburn and District CC, Chorley PS, Darwen CC , Leyland PS
Preston PS , Ribblesdale CC , Southport PS , Wigan PS
A selection of images from the opening can be seen on the Leyland Photographic
website
by clicking HERE
Leyland Invitation Trophy 2005 and a Southport PS member gain 2nd place after
gaining 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the last two years. Mike Pollitt was 2nd
with ‘In the Meadow’ after finishing in first place last year, (next
year 3rd place?)
What we missed out on in the first three we made up for in the rest of the
Exhibition with 4 of the 5 Highly Commended and 3 of the 5 Commended images
with;
Narendra Hirwani – Professional 2005 Heaton CC, by Paul Bentley, H-Comm
Swan Mouement by Tony Howard, H-Comm
Dockers Reading Rooms by Mike Pollitt, H-Comm
The Forest by Kathryn Scorah, H-Comm
And
Secret Police by Roger Moss, Comm
Canal Calm by Keith Suddaby Comm
My Darling Clementine by Brian Tarr Comm
'In the Meadow'
by Mike Pollitt ARPS
Out of the 90 prints making up the Exhibition, 44 were
from SPS members.
Members with work accepted are;
Alex Anderson
Paul Bentley ARPS
Alan Bond
Roy Dorkins
Tony Duffey CPAGB
Patricia Hey
Vincent Hey
Nick Hilton
Tony Howard LRPS CPAGB
Fiona Lea
Peter Maddon LRPS
Clifford Martin ARPS DPAGB
Roger Moss
Richard Nutter CPAGB
Berek Openshaw ARPS
Peter Pauwels CPAGB
Mike Pollitt ARPS
Kathryn Scorah LRPS CPAGB BPE2*
Brian Tar
Ted Stevens
Keith Suddaby FRPS MPAGB ABPE EFIAP
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-: Who are The Champions? 2005 :-
Wigan 10, of course! Nine clubs came to Southport on Monday November 14th
2005, and a record attendance of over 130 people assembled in Emmanuel Church,
since our usual hall was not available due to work on the floor. The referee
for the evening, Keith Brown of Sheffield, was seen in the pulpit wearing
a dog collar. He did a super job, meeting the tight time deadline with great
fairness.
The club results were:-
1. Wigan 10 77 points
2. Southport PS 60 “
3. South Manchester PS 58 “
4. North Cheshire PS 56 “
5. Lytham St Annes PS 54 “
6. St Helens CC 53 “
7. SLIC 52 “
8. South Liverpool PS 48 “
9. Bebington PS 38 “
MAN OF THE MATCH was Tony Lawler of St Helens CC with ‘The Horse’s
Mouth’, scoring 10.
The top Southport image was ‘Girl on a Train’ by Gary Parker, being
in the final ‘World 11’and scoring 9..
Others in the ‘World 11’ were ‘Wild Water’ by Kevin Barnes
of Bebington, ‘Arctic Tern’ by Michael Spillane of SLIC, ‘Female
Orange Tip’ by Eric Garnett of South Liverpool, ‘Flying High’
by Paul Davies and ‘The Red Shed’ by Tom Bowett, both of South Manchester,
and four from Wigan 10, ‘Danny Ward’ by Maurice Jones, ‘Mud
Lark’ by Colin Smith, ‘Puffin in Flight’ by Roy Rimmer, and
‘Robin’ by Geoff Winrow.
Southport’s other top scorers were ‘An Early Bath’ by Brian
Tarr, ‘Camel Fair at Sunset’ by Trevor Davenport (both with 8 points),
and ‘Exhilaration’ by Alex Anderson with 7 points. All our entries
contributed to our excellent team score.
Thank you to everybody.
MAN OF THE MATCH
Tony Lawler of St Helens CC
with
‘The Horse’s Mouth’
Top Southport image
was
‘Girl on a Train’
by Gary Parker
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Warwick 2005 – The PAGB Inter-Club Slide
Championships
A party of nine members went to Warwick on Saturday July 9th, and are pleased
to report a pretty good result.
After the first round of eight slides Southport Ps had scored 85 and we were
placed equal 12th out of the 33 top clubs who were there, representing the
very best of their Federations across Britain, covering more than 1100 clubs.
Our next eight slides improved our score with 87, so that we were now lying
equal 10th. Only the top eight clubs go into the Final, as we have done on
the last two occasions we have been to Warwick. We missed out this time by
only four points. No shots from India, nor any portraits scored high, and
some of Trevor Davenport’s excellent slides were at least those four
points below expectations.
So we were in the ‘Plate’ competition and scored 95 with eight slides,
including four new ones. This made us equal runners-up with Paisley Colour
PS, and we are very pleased to congratulate South Manchester PS who won the
Plate with 97 points. All of us finished ahead of Smethwick PS (94) and Ordnance
Survey PS (87) who were last year’s 1st and 2nd clubs in the main competition.
Our top scoring individual slides with 14 out of 15 were ‘Zap Cat Racers’
by Mike Pollitt ARPS, and ‘African Elephant Herd’ by Derek Openshaw
ARPS. Other slides which were used and all contributed to the excellent showing
were from Trevor Davenport, Fiona Lea, Noel McQueen, Peter Pauwels, Kathryn
Scorah, Keith Suddaby and Margaret Suddaby. Our average score out of 15 was
11.875 in the Plate, and 11.12 overall. A score of 12 was hard earned by any
society, and others of ours which did so were ‘Hanjar’ by Trevor
Davenport (the top scoring portrait of the day), ‘Swallowtail Newly Emerged’
by Fiona Lea, ‘Red Squirrel in Snow’ & ‘Wren on Mossy Stump’
by Derek Openshaw, and ‘Single Sculls’ by Keith Suddaby. ‘The
Triathlon Winner’ by Mike Pollitt, ‘End of the Line’ by Kathryn
Scorah, and ‘Portrait of a Marriage’ by Keith Suddaby all scored
11, a very respectable score on such a day.
In the main final 2005, we are delighted to report that Wigan 10 won overwhelmingly
with 251 points, averaging 12.55 (Christopher Charnock averaged 13 with his
four slides in the Final, at the age of 17). Amersham PS and Stokesley PS
(remember Sandy Furniss who spoke to us?) were equal 2nd with 232 points,
and Southampton PS were 4th with 228 points.
Southport PS have been congratulated by Wigan 10 on our success, and certainly
the whole day was very good for the L&CPU.
We are a real presence at the highest level but we do need more ‘award
‘ level slides which will score 11’s and 12’s and more; lots
of our members can do it!
Southports two top scoring slides are below;‘African Elephant Herd’
by Derek Openshaw ARPS
‘Zap Cat Racers’
by Mike Pollitt ARPS
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Report on the L&CPU Annuals 2005
Our points total was our best ever for the five sections involved, but we
only came 2nd!
Congratulations to Wigan 10 with an amazing 279 points
we were 2nd with our record 266 points,
3rd Lytham 245 points,
4th Poulton-le-Fylde PS 239 points,
and equal 5th Chapel CC and St Helens PS with 238 points.
We were 2nd in all sections except nature slides where both we and Wigan 10
were equal 3rd, one point behind
the joint winners Chapel CC and Poulton-le-Fylde PS.
Our overall entry was 249 images, of which 17 were selected for the PAGB 2005
Competitions
(‘The Alliance’), and 49 for the Folios.
Both these figures are higher than any previous year except last year when
we won all seven sections
including creative (now discontinued).
So once again Southport’s success was due to many members. All marks
can be found on the L&CPU website
with a link from our club website.
Individual highlights follow (print & slide photographer of the year details
will be made available soon):-Award Winners
(15 in all, second only to last year)
1st in Monochrome Prints ‘Mr Patel’ by Marco Pozzi.
3rd in Monochrome Prints ‘End of the Line’ by Kathryn Scorah
3rd in Open Slides ‘End of the Line’ by Kathryn Scorah
Certificates of Merit
Trevor Davenport’s ‘Pilgrim at Pushkar’, Derek Openshaw’s
‘Snowscape, Lapland’,
‘Siberian Jay’ & ‘Red Squirrel in Snow’, Peter Pauwel’s
;’Lingering Leaves’ & ‘Rannoch Moor’,
Marco Pozzi’s ‘Home with Window’, ‘Miss Malay’ (
2:as a print & as a slide),
‘Meditating in Varanasi’ & ‘The Game’, and Kathryn
Scorah’s ‘The Forest’.
Selected to represent the L&CPU in ‘the Alliance’ British Championships
Prints (9)
Tony Foster’s ‘One-eyed Beggar’, Derek Openshaw’s ‘Snowscape,
Lapland’ & ‘The Blizzard’,
Marco Pozzi’s ‘Home with Window’, ‘Miss Malay’, ‘Mr
Patel’ and ‘Watching’,
Kathryn Scorah’s ‘End of the Line’, and Martin Woods’
‘Who’s in the Box?’
Slides (8)
Trevor Davenport’s ‘Pilgrim at Pushkar’, Derek Openshaw’s
‘Siberian Jay’ & ‘Red Squirrel in Snow’,
Peter Pauwel’s ‘Rannoch Moor’, Marco Pozzi’s ‘Miss
Malay’, ‘Morning Prayers’ & Meditating in Varanasi’,
and Kathryn Scorah’s ‘End of the Line’.
Selected for the Folios (49 in all, including some from above, not listed
again)
Mono Prints:
Dianne Owen’s ‘Hammers’, Mike Pollitt’s ‘Wheelies’,
Kathryn Scorah’s ‘Graphic Design’,
Keith Suddaby’s ‘Single Sculls’ & ‘Operatic Operators’,
and Martin Woods’ ‘Blown by the Wind’ &
‘Wind in the Dunes’.
Colour Prints:
Paul Bentley’s ‘Cofidis Sprinter’, Vincent Hey’s ‘Dawn
Mist’, Cliff Martin’s ‘Crinkle Crags’,
Ian McLean’s ‘Indian Country’, Roger Moss’s ‘Close
to the Edge’ & ‘Secret Police’,
Richard Nutter’s ‘Fighting the Rapids’, all 3 of Mike Pollitt’s
entry ‘Zap Cat Racers’,
‘The Triathlon Winner’, & ‘Dockers’ Reading Rooms’,
Kathryn Scorah’s ‘Birches and Bracken’, and Martin Woods’
‘Beauty Fades’.
Nature Prints:
Trevor Davenport’s ‘Tripe Fungus’, Ian McLean’s ‘Bee
Orchid;’ & ‘Great Crested Grebe’,
Richard Nutter’s ‘Yellow Bellied Marmot’ & ‘Bittern
in Flight’,
Derek Openshaw’s ‘Golden Eagle with Arctic Hare’,
Mike Pollitt’s ‘Octopus with Russell’s Snapper’, Marco
Pozzi’s ‘Ghost Crab’ & ‘Resting Sea Lion’,
Kathryn Scorah’s ‘Dryad’s Saddle’, Keith Suddaby’s
‘Injured Sea Lion Bonding’,
and Martin Woods’ ‘Pond Skater eating Prey’.
Open Slides:
Trevor Davenport’s ‘Sadhu’, Tony Duffey’s ‘Shell
Fishing in Portugal’, Tony Foster’s ‘Floating Away’,
Patricia Hey’s ‘Towards the Peaks of Fjordland’, Malcolm Mentha’s
‘Snowscape in Swaledale’,
Dianne Owen’s ‘Yellow and Black’, Kathryn Scorah’s ‘Winter
Pines’,
Keith Suddaby’s ‘Shipwreck Coast’, and Jim Wright’s ‘Charlott-E’.
Nature Slides:
Fiona Lea’s ‘Swallowtail Newly Emerged’, Marco Pozzi’s
‘Blue Footed Boobies Mating’.THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED - ANY
IMAGE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUCCESS.
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Southport
PS win the Inter-Merseyside Competition - Again!
The Final evening was judged by Christine Widdall at South Liverpool PS on
Thursday May 19th, when Southport PS was represented by
Deirdre Frost and Dianne Owen. They were delighted to receive the winners’
trophy, and also the cup for the best slide.
Results from all the nine judging evenings are as follows:-
1st Southport PS 1235 points
2nd South Liverpool PS 1198 “
3rd Hoylake PS 1135 “
4th Birkenhead PA 1119 “
5th Heswall PS 1109 “
6th St Helens PS 1085 “
7th Crosby CC 1073 “
8th Halton PS 979 “
9th Maghull PS 903 “
Best Print with 167 points was ‘Brown Hare’ by Penny Boyd of South
Liverpool PS.
2nd - 166pts ‘In the Doorway’ by Marco Pozzi of Southport PS
3rd - 165pts ‘End of the Line’ by Kathryn Scorah Southport PS
Best Slide with 162 points was ‘Ottovalena Girl’ by Marco Pozzi
of Southport PS
2nd - 160pts ‘Holy Man’ By Trevor Davenport Southport PS
3rd - 159pts ‘Emerald Damselfly’ by Eric Garnett of South Liverpool
PS
Southport’s eight entries averaged 17.11 points out of 20 from the nine
separate judges, an average only exceeded
twice by our club since the competition began. Our other entries were from
Fiona Lea, Ian Little, and Keith Suddaby.
Over the past four years Southport PS has won twice, and South Liverpool PS
twice.
Honours are similarly shared over many years, and thanks are due to ‘The
South’ for organising this unique
and splendid competition for all the clubs on Merseyside.
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Firing on all cylinders
Southport showed that last year's win at the North Cheshire Digital Print
Competition was no flash in the pan. We were certainly firing on all cylinders
on Wednesday 9th February 2005 when we again took on the best and won.
Competing against the likes of South Manchester, Dumfries and SLIC was never
going to be an easy task. But we proved once again a force to be reckoned
with.
With 25 clubs competing the number of entries was restricted to four. Mike
McNamee had the un-enviable job of judging all the images.
We started with a bang when Mike Pollitt's print "The Docker's Reading
Room" scored a maximum mark of twenty out of twenty. Well done, Mike!
The next Southport picture was "Dance Devotees" by Marco Pozzi which
also achieved maximum marks. Keith Suddaby's "Infant Class" was
awarded eighteen. This put us in with an excellent chance of winning if only
our last print could score more than 17. In fact, Kathryn Scorah's "End
of the Line" was awarded yet another twenty out of twenty!
Mike chose Marco's picture as the best of the night. Fantastic!
We proved that when Southport PS is firing on all cylinders we can reach 0
- 60 in record time!
The following evening saw another long trek to Poynton for the North Cheshire
Challenge Trophy where this time we were competing with slides in a knockout
competition. Malcolm Kus ARPS EFIAP/b travelled from Cannock to show, once
again, why he is one of the best judges on the photographic scene. His skill
as a photographer and his sense of humour shone through, as found reasons
to eliminate slides in four rounds leaving only five slides from which to
choose a winner at the end of the night.
All our slides survived round one. But with Wigan 10 competing against us
we were kicking ourselves when the first of ours to bite the dust was Fiona
Lea's natural history shot of a lizard in round two. This was quickly followed
by Keith Suddaby's "Shipwreck Coast". Round three saw Trevor Davenport's
"My Front Door" eliminated. The cull continued in round 4 when "Dryad's
Saddle" by Kathryn Scorah was kicked into touch. "Home with Window"
by Marco Pozzi was one of only four other slides to make it through to the
final round.
The final results saw Wigan 10 beating Leek by the narrowest of margins. Both
clubs scoring 20 but with Leek having a slide knocked out in one of the earlier
rounds, Wigan 10 were deemed the winners. Southport came a creditable third
on 16 points.
Kathryn Scorah LRPS CPAGB BPE 1*
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Sliding To SuccessAn amazing year for Southport PS within the L&CPU was
finished off in style last Saturday (27th November) when we won for the very
first time ever the 5 Slide Knockout. This means that this year we have won,
or are joint winners with our old friends Wigan 10, every single trophy in
the L&CPU! (Not including the AV trophy, for which we don't compete.)
Poynton was the venue for the battle royal. The rules state each club must
use 5 slides from different workers plus a reserve (our reserve was "White
Tulips" by Dianne Owen) and that all images should be "new"
to the federation. Malcolm Kus, ARPS EFIAP of Midland Counties was the judge.
He brought humour as well as considerable expertise to bear. Eliminating the
weaker slides first he still found something positive to say about all the
work.
We didn't loose any in the first couple of rounds, but a cull in the third
when Mal got ruthless meant we saw Kathryn Scorah's "Dyad's Saddle"
and Ron Bartle's "Beach Barbecue" bite the dust. "Shipwreck
Coast at Sundown" by Keith Suddaby succumbed in round 4 and a cracking
shot by Trevor Daveport entitiled "Sadhu in Nepal" made it through
to the 5th. After a short debate Malcolm decided he would go on to select
a 6th round which meant he had only 4 slides left from which to choose the
overall winner. Amongst his selection was "Miss Malay" by Marco
Pozzi. (No mean achievement!)
Our final score of 21, beating Lytham St Anne's P. S. by one mark and Chapel
C. C. into third place on 18, means we have our name engraved on all the trophies
in the federation along with the year 2004!
We know our strength lies in prints so to win a slide competition is even
more exciting. Let's hope that next year we don't let success slide through
our fingers!
Kathryn.
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Leyland Invitation Trophy Exhibition 2004
SPS took 1st, 2nd & 3rd places! - AGAIN!
(1st, 2nd & 3rd in 2003)
1st. 'Full steam ahead'
by Mike Pollitt
2nd. 'Sunrise, Oxbow Bend'
by Ian McLean
3rd. 'Good old gossip'
Keith Suddaby
Other SPS members who were
present with their prints.
SPS had 25 acceptances out of the 85 prints
in the Exhibition including;
The top three prints
2 out of the 3 Very Highly Commended
and 4 out of the 6 Commended
Well done
everyone!
Very Highly Commended
Richard Nutter Puffin flapping
Kathryn ScorahEnd of the line
Commemded
Cliff Martin Cascade
Vincent Hey Dawn mist
Richard Nutter Orangutan with baby, Indonesia
Keith Suddaby Ghosts at daybreakOthers Selected
Alan Bond
Roy Dorkins
Tony Duffey
Cliff Martin
Ian McLean
Richard Nutter
Roger Moss
Kathryn Scorah
Keith Suddaby
Paul Williamson
Doug Wright
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A little aside concerned with my winning image:
I subscribe to an internet based monthly competition on a website in Australia
and
'Full Steam Ahead' won the June round, just ahead of a chap from Melbourne
called Andrew.
After all images have been judged, members can add their comments to the images
on show
and below are the comments I had from Andrew followed by my reply to him!
From: Andrew S. (VK2TWO) (vk2two) (Jun 22, 2004 00:35 EST)
This image needs to have the bank straight, the boats and background are not
straight, and this is very distracting/offputting. unless the river is on
an angle? It also is over sharpened, or the filter applied has had to much
take on the image itself, their is no detail in the image? its just a blury
mess of dull colour? i understand it won, but these aspects meant it didnt
get any of my votes.
From: Mike Pollitt (mikelpollitt) (Jun 22, 2004 01:57 EST)
I'm sorry you didn't vote for my picture Andrew and also very sorry the Judge
liked mine more than yours. The 'river' is a canal, that's why they are called
'canal boats' and a lot of the canals in the UK are all sloping. As a motor
sport photographer I thought you would have noticed the boat is leaning because
it is going round the bend far too fast. I don't see how it can be over sharpened
and blurred at the same time though and also we get a hell of a lot of dull,
colourless day's here in the North of England. Sorry
I found this rather amusing,
Mike
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National Print Championships 2004
Giving the others a chance.
Following our amazing success in this competition last year we knew we had
an uphill struggle in order to repeat that tremendous achievement. But we
certainly didn't disgrace ourselves!
Our aim as in previous years had been to get through to the final 8. Despite
the overall tendency for low marks we did this with ease. We were not alone
in suffering a deficit of marks for prints that previously won awards in national
and international competitions. Other top clubs were wringing their hands
as 10 after 10's were given to some gold medal winning images!
After the first round in which only a couple of 15's were award, the first
to "Mother and Son" by Marco Pozzi, we found ourselves in 5th position.
Because of a tie for the eighth and last place in the final there were actually
nine clubs who went on to this stage of the contest.
Lunch time saw frenzied activity as the prints for the final round were selected
and the paperwork was completed. The battle continued in the afternoon but
it soon became evident that we were scoring less than other clubs. Thinking
we had only come 9th we listened to the results being read out in reverse
order and were pleasantly surprised to find out we had actually come 7th.
Smethwick had been on top form - winning the competition easily.
( It's only fair we give other clubs a chance!) Our congratulations go to
them.
We had achieved what we had set out to do and returned with increased determination
to do even better next year!
Kathryn.
PS: We should have known our luck was out when we looked at the catalogue,
the organisers had missed us off the list of clubs taking part - US, THE DEFENDING
CHAMPIONS - we had to pencil SPS in at the bottom!!!!!!
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Report
on the L&CPU Annuals 2005
Our points total was our best ever for the five sections involved, but we
only came 2nd!
Congratulations to Wigan 10 with an amazing 279
points
we were 2nd with
our record 266 points,
3rd Lytham 245 points,
4th Poulton-le-Fylde PS 239
points,
and equal 5th Chapel CC and St Helens PS with
238 points.
We were 2nd in all sections except nature slides
where both we and Wigan 10 were equal
3rd, one point behind
the joint winners Chapel CC and Poulton-le-Fylde PS.
Our overall entry was 249 images, of which 17
were selected for the PAGB 2005 Competitions
(‘The Alliance’), and 49 for the Folios.
Both these figures are higher than any previous year except last year when
we won all seven sections
including creative (now discontinued).
So once again Southport’s success was due to many members. All marks
can be found on the L&CPU website
with a link from our club website.
Individual highlights follow (print & slide photographer of the year details
will be made available soon):-
Award Winners
(15 in all, second only to last year)
1st in Monochrome Prints ‘Mr
Patel’ by Marco Pozzi.
3rd in Monochrome Prints ‘End
of the Line’ by Kathryn Scorah
3rd in Open Slides ‘End
of the Line’ by Kathryn Scorah
Certificates of Merit
Trevor Davenport’s ‘Pilgrim
at Pushkar’, Derek Openshaw’s ‘Snowscape,
Lapland’,
‘Siberian Jay’ & ‘Red Squirrel in Snow’, Peter
Pauwel’s ;’Lingering Leaves’ & ‘Rannoch Moor’,
Marco Pozzi’s ‘Home with Window’, ‘Miss Malay’
( 2:as a print & as a slide),
‘Meditating in Varanasi’ & ‘The Game’, and Kathryn
Scorah’s ‘The Forest’.
Selected to represent the L&CPU in ‘the
Alliance’ British Championships
Prints (9)
Tony Foster’s ‘One-eyed Beggar’,
Derek Openshaw’s ‘Snowscape, Lapland’
& ‘The Blizzard’,
Marco Pozzi’s ‘Home with Window’, ‘Miss Malay’,
‘Mr Patel’ and ‘Watching’,
Kathryn Scorah’s ‘End of the Line’, and Martin
Woods’ ‘Who’s in the Box?’
Slides (8)
Trevor Davenport’s ‘Pilgrim
at Pushkar’, Derek Openshaw’s ‘Siberian
Jay’ & ‘Red Squirrel in Snow’,
Peter Pauwel’s ‘Rannoch Moor’,
Marco Pozzi’s ‘Miss Malay’, ‘Morning Prayers’
& Meditating in Varanasi’,
and Kathryn Scorah’s ‘End of the Line’.
Selected for the Folios (49 in all, including
some from above, not listed again)
Mono Prints:
Dianne Owen’s ‘Hammers’, Mike
Pollitt’s ‘Wheelies’, Kathryn
Scorah’s ‘Graphic Design’,
Keith Suddaby’s ‘Single Sculls’
& ‘Operatic Operators’, and Martin Woods’
‘Blown by the Wind’ &
‘Wind in the Dunes’.
Colour Prints:
Paul Bentley’s ‘Cofidis Sprinter’,
Vincent Hey’s ‘Dawn Mist’, Cliff
Martin’s ‘Crinkle Crags’,
Ian McLean’s ‘Indian Country’, Roger
Moss’s ‘Close to the Edge’ & ‘Secret Police’,
Richard Nutter’s ‘Fighting the Rapids’, all
3 of Mike Pollitt’s entry ‘Zap
Cat Racers’,
‘The Triathlon Winner’, & ‘Dockers’ Reading Rooms’,
Kathryn Scorah’s ‘Birches and Bracken’,
and Martin Woods’ ‘Beauty Fades’.
Nature Prints:
Trevor Davenport’s ‘Tripe Fungus’,
Ian McLean’s ‘Bee Orchid;’ &
‘Great Crested Grebe’,
Richard Nutter’s ‘Yellow Bellied Marmot’ & ‘Bittern
in Flight’,
Derek Openshaw’s ‘Golden Eagle with
Arctic Hare’,
Mike Pollitt’s ‘Octopus with Russell’s Snapper’,
Marco Pozzi’s
‘Ghost Crab’ & ‘Resting Sea Lion’,
Kathryn Scorah’s ‘Dryad’s Saddle’, Keith
Suddaby’s ‘Injured Sea Lion Bonding’,
and Martin Woods’ ‘Pond Skater eating
Prey’.
Open Slides:
Trevor Davenport’s ‘Sadhu’, Tony
Duffey’s ‘Shell Fishing in Portugal’, Tony
Foster’s ‘Floating Away’,
Patricia Hey’s ‘Towards the Peaks of Fjordland’, Malcolm
Mentha’s ‘Snowscape in Swaledale’,
Dianne Owen’s ‘Yellow and Black’, Kathryn
Scorah’s ‘Winter Pines’,
Keith Suddaby’s ‘Shipwreck Coast’, and Jim
Wright’s ‘Charlott-E’.
Nature Slides:
Fiona Lea’s ‘Swallowtail Newly Emerged’,
Marco Pozzi’s ‘Blue Footed Boobies
Mating’.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED - ANY IMAGE
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUCCESS.
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Southport PS win the Inter-Merseyside Competition - Again!
The Final evening was
judged by Christine Widdall at South Liverpool PS on Thursday May 19th, when
Southport PS was represented by
Deirdre Frost and Dianne Owen. They were delighted to receive the winners’
trophy, and also the cup for the best slide.
Results from all the nine judging evenings are as follows:-
1st Southport PS 1235 points
2nd South Liverpool PS 1198 “
3rd Hoylake PS 1135 “
4th Birkenhead PA 1119 “
5th Heswall PS 1109 “
6th St Helens PS 1085 “
7th Crosby CC 1073 “
8th Halton PS 979 “
9th Maghull PS 903 “
Best Print with 167 points was ‘Brown
Hare’ by Penny Boyd of South Liverpool PS.
2nd - 166pts ‘In the Doorway’ by Marco Pozzi
of Southport PS
3rd - 165pts ‘End of the Line’ by
Kathryn Scorah Southport PS
Best Slide with 162 points was ‘Ottovalena
Girl’ by Marco Pozzi of Southport PS
2nd - 160pts ‘Holy Man’ By Trevor Davenport
Southport PS
3rd - 159pts ‘Emerald Damselfly’ by Eric Garnett
of South Liverpool PS
Southport’s eight entries averaged 17.11 points
out of 20 from the nine separate judges, an average only exceeded
twice by our club since the competition began. Our other entries were from
Fiona Lea, Ian Little, and Keith Suddaby.
Over the past four years Southport PS has won twice, and South Liverpool PS
twice.
Honours are similarly shared over many years, and thanks are due to ‘The
South’ for organising this unique
and splendid competition for all the clubs on Merseyside.
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Firing
on all cylinders
Southport showed that last year's win at the North
Cheshire Digital Print Competition was no flash in the pan. We were
certainly firing on all cylinders on Wednesday 9th February 2005 when we again
took on the best and won.
Competing against the likes of South Manchester, Dumfries
and SLIC was never going to be an easy task. But we proved once again
a force to be reckoned with.
With 25 clubs competing the number of entries was restricted
to four. Mike McNamee had the un-enviable job of judging all the images.
We started with a bang when Mike
Pollitt's print "The Docker's Reading Room" scored a maximum
mark of twenty out of twenty. Well done, Mike! The next Southport picture
was "Dance Devotees" by Marco Pozzi
which also achieved maximum marks. Keith Suddaby's "Infant
Class" was awarded eighteen. This put us in with an excellent
chance of winning if only our last print could score more than 17. In fact,
Kathryn Scorah's "End of the Line" was
awarded yet another twenty out of twenty!
Mike chose Marco's picture as the best of the night. Fantastic!
We proved that when Southport PS is firing on
all cylinders we can reach 0 - 60 in record time!
The following evening saw another long trek to Poynton
for the North Cheshire Challenge Trophy where
this time we were competing with slides in a knockout competition. Malcolm
Kus ARPS EFIAP/b travelled from Cannock to show, once again, why he is one
of the best judges on the photographic scene. His skill as a photographer
and his sense of humour shone through, as found reasons to eliminate slides
in four rounds leaving only five slides from which to choose a winner at the
end of the night.
All our slides survived round one. But with Wigan 10 competing
against us we were kicking ourselves when the first of ours to bite the dust
was Fiona Lea's natural history shot of a lizard
in round two. This was quickly followed by Keith Suddaby's
"Shipwreck Coast". Round three saw Trevor
Davenport's "My Front Door" eliminated. The cull continued
in round 4 when "Dryad's Saddle" by Kathryn
Scorah was kicked into touch. "Home with
Window" by Marco Pozzi was one of only four other slides to make
it through to the final round.
The final results saw Wigan 10 beating Leek by the narrowest
of margins. Both clubs scoring 20 but with Leek having a slide knocked out
in one of the earlier rounds, Wigan 10 were deemed the winners. Southport
came a creditable third on 16 points.
Kathryn Scorah LRPS CPAGB BPE 1*
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Sliding
To Success
An amazing year for Southport PS within the L&CPU was finished off in
style last Saturday (27th November) when we won for the very first time ever
the 5 Slide Knockout. This means that this year we have won, or are joint
winners with our old friends Wigan 10, every single trophy in the L&CPU!
(Not including the AV trophy, for which we don't compete.)
Poynton was the venue for the battle royal. The rules state each club must
use 5 slides from different workers plus a reserve (our reserve was "White
Tulips" by Dianne Owen) and that all images should be "new"
to the federation. Malcolm Kus, ARPS EFIAP of Midland Counties was the judge.
He brought humour as well as considerable expertise to bear. Eliminating the
weaker slides first he still found something positive to say about all the
work.
We didn't loose any in the first couple of rounds, but a cull in the third
when Mal got ruthless meant we saw Kathryn Scorah's "Dyad's Saddle"
and Ron Bartle's "Beach Barbecue" bite the dust. "Shipwreck
Coast at Sundown" by Keith Suddaby succumbed in round 4 and a cracking
shot by Trevor Daveport entitiled "Sadhu in Nepal" made it through
to the 5th. After a short debate Malcolm decided he would go on to select
a 6th round which meant he had only 4 slides left from which to choose the
overall winner. Amongst his selection was "Miss Malay" by Marco
Pozzi. (No mean achievement!)
Our final score of 21, beating Lytham St Anne's P. S. by one mark and Chapel
C. C. into third place on 18, means we have our name engraved on all the trophies
in the federation along with the year 2004!
We know our strength lies in prints so to win a slide competition is even
more exciting. Let's hope that next year we don't let success slide through
our fingers!
Kathryn.
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Leyland
Invitation Trophy Exhibition 2004
SPS took 1st, 2nd & 3rd places! - AGAIN!
(1st,
2nd & 3rd in 2003)
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1st.
'Full steam ahead'
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The Presentations
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2nd.
'Sunrise, Oxbow Bend' |
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3rd.
'Good old gossip' |
Most of the award
winner were
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Other
SPS members who were Well
done |
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Very
Highly Commended
Richard Nutter Puffin flapping
Kathryn ScorahEnd of the line
Commemded
Cliff Martin Cascade
Vincent Hey Dawn mist
Richard Nutter
Orangutan with baby, Indonesia
Keith Suddaby
Ghosts at daybreak
Others Selected
Alan Bond
Roy Dorkins
Tony Duffey
Cliff Martin
Ian McLean
Richard Nutter
Roger Moss
Kathryn Scorah
Keith Suddaby
Paul Williamson
Doug Wright
***
A
little aside concerned with my winning image:
I subscribe to an internet based
monthly competition on a website in Australia and
'Full Steam Ahead' won the June round, just ahead of a chap from Melbourne
called Andrew.
After all images have been judged, members can add their comments to the images
on show
and below are the comments I had from Andrew followed by my reply to him!
From:
Andrew S. (VK2TWO) (vk2two) (Jun 22, 2004 00:35 EST)
This image needs to have the bank straight, the boats and background are not
straight, and this is very distracting/offputting. unless the river is on
an angle? It also is over sharpened, or the filter applied has had to much
take on the image itself, their is no detail in the image? its just a blury
mess of dull colour? i understand it won, but these aspects meant it didnt
get any of my votes.
From:
Mike Pollitt (mikelpollitt) (Jun 22, 2004 01:57 EST)
I'm sorry you didn't vote for my picture Andrew and also very sorry the Judge
liked mine more than yours. The 'river' is a canal, that's why they are called
'canal boats' and a lot of the canals in the UK are all sloping. As a motor
sport photographer I thought you would have noticed the boat is leaning because
it is going round the bend far too fast. I don't see how it can be over sharpened
and blurred at the same time though and also we get a hell of a lot of dull,
colourless day's here in the North of England. Sorry
I found
this rather amusing,
Mike
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National
Print Championships 2004
Giving the others a chance.
Following our amazing success in this competition last year we knew we had
an uphill struggle in order to repeat that tremendous achievement. But
we certainly didn't disgrace ourselves!
Our aim as in previous years had been to get through
to the final 8. Despite the overall tendency for low marks we did this
with ease. We were not alone in suffering a deficit of marks for prints
that previously won awards in national and international competitions. Other
top clubs were wringing their hands as 10 after 10's were given to some gold medal
winning images!
After the first round in which only a couple of 15's were award,
the first to "Mother and Son" by Marco Pozzi, we found
ourselves in 5th position. Because of a tie for the eighth and last place
in the final there were actually nine clubs who went on to this stage of the
contest.
Lunch time saw frenzied activity as the prints for the
final round were selected and the paperwork was completed. The battle continued
in the afternoon but it soon became evident that we were scoring less than
other clubs. Thinking we had only come 9th we listened to the results being
read out in reverse order and were pleasantly surprised to find out we had
actually come 7th.
Smethwick had been on top form - winning the competition
easily.
( It's only fair we give other clubs a chance!) Our congratulations go to
them.
We had achieved what we had set out to do and returned with increased determination
to do even better next year!
Kathryn.
PS:
We should have known our luck was out when
we looked at
the catalogue, the organisers had missed us off the list of clubs taking part
- US, THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS - we had to pencil
SPS in at the bottom!!!!!!
Mike
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SOUTHPORT
PS WIN
The County Print Championship (L&CPU Annual) 2004
AND SLIDE SLIDE CHAMPIONSHIP!
** WE REALLY ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!
**
Southport PS came first
in every single section of the 2004 L&CPU Print and Slide Championships
and so we are the overall undisputed winners. Many congratulations to everyone
concerned.
Open Colour Slides
1st= Southport PS 54 points
Wigan 10
3rd= Heswall 49 points
Kendal
Lytham
Poulton-le-Fylde
Natural History Slides
1st Southport PS 52 points
2nd Wigan 10 51 points
3rd= Blackburn 48 points
Bolton
Chapel
Chorley
St Helens
Creative Slides
1st Southport PS 51 points
2nd Wigan 10 49 points
3rd= Kendal 42 points
Lytham
More good news. Marco is not only Print Photographer
of the Year, he is also Slide Photographer of the Year - a really fantastic
achievement - well done Marco.
Slide Photographer of the Year competition
1st Marco Pozzi Southport PS 77 points
2nd= Phil Charnock Wigan 10 72 points
Colin Smith Wigan 10
4th= Keith Suddaby Southport PS 70 points
Fiona Lea Southport PS
Gwen Charnock Wigan 10
Ed Roper Wigan 10
14= Ian Little Southport PS
The Championships are essentially a competition between clubs, but it is great
that individual Southport members have done so well, as well as contributing
to our overall result.
As well as the above, Doug Wright was 1st in Creative Slides with 'Lowry Centre',
Trevor Davenport was 2nd in Nature Slides with 'Tripe Fungus' and also 2nd
in Open Colour Slides with 'Doorway', and Richard Nutter was 3rd in Nature
Slides with 'Puffin Flapping'
There may be other certificates etc. - they will appear on the website later.
Many congratulations to everyone - we had more entries than ever this year,
so it was a real club effort.
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The
County Print Championship (L&CPU Annual) 2004
Virtually a clean sweep for Southport PS!
More (and amended) results:-
SOUTHPORT STILL NO.1 IN ALL PRINT SECTIONS
(amended following computer corrections;
previously South Liverpool and Wigan PS were omitted)
-Mono
Prints-
1 Southport PS 52 points
2 South Liverpool PS 50 points
3 Poulton-le-Fylde PS 49 points
4= Wigan PS 48 points
4= Kendal PS 48 points
6= St Helens PS 47 points
6= Sale PS 47 points
6= Wigan 10 47 points
-Colour Prints-
1= Southport PS 54 points
1= Wigan 10 54 points
3 Oldham PS 50 points
4= St Helens PS 48 points
4- Kendal PS 48 points
4= South Liverpool PS 48 points
-Creative Prints-
1 Southport PS 54 points
2 Wigan 10 51 points
3 Oldham PS 49 points
4= Hoylake PS 47 points
4= St Helens PS 47 points
-Nature Prints-
1= Southport PS 52 points
1= Wigan 10 52 points
3 South Liverpool PS 50 points
4 Poulton-le-Fylde PS 48 points
5 Lytham PS 47 points
AND Southport PS members:-
Won 19 Awards (previous best 13, which was last year)
Had 54 prints picked for the Folios (compare 30 previous best)
Had 14 prints picked for the Alliance (compare 10 previous best)
Award Winners
Jimmy Burke 3rd in Mono with 'Crested Macaque', and 2 certificates for 'Gran'
and 'Apothecary Lady'.
Trevor Davenport 2nd in Nature with 'Vicuñas'.
Marco Pozzi 2nd in Mono with 'Miguel', 2nd in Colour with 'Waiting', and 5
Certificates for 'Portrait of a Marriage', Ottovaleña Girl',
'Family Tree', 'At Home' and 'Indian Child'.
Kathryn Scorah 3rd in Creative with 'Hint of Pink' and 2 Certificates for
'The Tree' and 'The Changing Room'.
Keith Suddaby Certificate for 'Thomas and the Tank Engine'.
Doug Wright 3 Certificates for 'Preparing the Table', 'Palestinian Rally'
and 'Reg Coleman after Dali'.
Ted Yates Certificate for 'Missed It'.
Other members who contributed to our club scores:-
Mono
Tony Foster 'Portrait of a Mermaid', Bill Hughes 'Leanne', Ian Little 'Abandoned
Fireside', Keith Suddaby 'Fernery Door' and Doug Wright 'Scrambler'.
Colour
Total score from awards.
Creative
Keith Suddaby 'Morning Shopping'.
Nature
Ian Little 'Honey Fungus', Ian McLean 'Small Skipper' and 'Common Blue', Cliff
Martin 'Painted Lady', Richard Nutter 'Pacific Golden Plover' and 'Rock Wren',
and Marco Pozzi 'Lava Heron Eating Crab'.
Apart from those named above, the following will have work in the Folios which
come round next season:-
Lynn Bentley, Alan Bond, Roy Dorkins, Fiona Lee, Dianne Owen and Peter Pauwels.
Many other members achieved pleasing scores.
Thanks everyone for your support.
-Print
Photographer of the Year-
1 Marco Pozzi Southport PS -109 points
2= Christine Widdall Oldham PS -97
2= Eric Garnett South Liverpool PS -97
4 Phil Charnock Wigan 10 -94
5 Keith Suddaby Southport PS -93
6 Doug Wright Southport PS -92
7= Gwen Charnock Wigan 10 -91
7= Mike Lawrence Oldham PS -91
9= Mike Pollitt Southport PS -89
9= Bernadette Kitchingman Kendal PS -89
11 Tony Collier Poulton-le-Fylde PS -87
12= Derrick Holmes Chapel CC -85
12= Robert Devenish Hoylake PS -85
14 Ian Little Southport PS -84
15= David Butler Wigan PS -83
15= Carol Tipping Hoylake PS -83
17= Norman Piper SLIC -82
17= Andrew Charleworth Nantwich CC -82
19 Andrew McKenzie Ulverston PS -80
20= Ian Gregory Chorley PS -79
20= Keith Wright Wigan PS -79
and 13 others with 'full entries' including Eb Swarbrick, Reg Coleman, Malcolm
Tavlin and Verna Piper.
