Category: Competitions (WPF)

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The Memorial Day Competitions 2024

Entry now closed….

The Memorial Day Competitions will take place on Sunday 18th February 2024. All Clubs are invited to enter and the competitions are as follows:

Past Presidents Trophy (4 colour prints)
Entry form:     PDF     Word Doc

Gwyn Morgan Trophy (4 Monochrome prints):
Entry Form     PDF     Word Doc

Walter Morgan Trophy ( 4 PDIs):
Entry Form     PDF     Word Doc

The entry rules can be found here.

Closing date for entries is 10 February 2024

PDI Entries should be sent to memorialday@thewpf.co.uk by 10th February.

Print entries must be brought to Talbot Green on 18th February before 9.15am.

Competition Entry is £20.00 (which is for entry into all the trophies). The preferred method of payment is by Bank Transfer (details in rules). Any queries and entry forms are to be sent to memorialday@thewpf.co.uk

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Cwm Rhondda Battle Live on YouTube

The Rhondda Camera Club is pleased to confirm details for the forthcoming “Cwm Rhondda Battle” on Saturday, 18th November, commencing at 15:00 GMT. There will be clubs competing from U.K, Ireland, Canada and South Africa.

The judge will be Roger Parry ARPS, EFIAP, MPAGB, Hon PAGB.

The competition is an exclusively online event and can seen live on YouTube at this location. https://youtube.com/live/Ck4H-05wVW0?feature=share

You can also watch it later if you aren’t able to watch live.

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Ace of Prints Entry Reminder

The Closing Date for this Competition is 18th June 2023 with the Competition taking place on the 2nd July at the Briton Ferry Community Hall, Briton Ferry, SA11 2NS.

24th May – Change of instructions: please send your entries to Peter Young peterayoung@outlook.com

For completeness I have again attached the Rules (Word or PDF) and the Entry Form (Word or PDF) for your use. You’ll also need to arrange a payment of £10 entry fee to the WPF Treasurer David Condon.

The Competition is in two Rounds. Round 1 for 12 prints and Round 2 for 15 prints. You will need to have selected your first Round of 12 prints in time to Email me the completed form prior to midnight on the 18th June, you will need a printed copy to accompany the prints in the carrying box in the correct sequence– they need to be delivered at 9.00am on Saturday 2nd July 2023 to the Judging Venue in Briton Ferry. (Because choosing the Second Round only takes place after Round 1 is Judged there would be a need for attendance at the Event by one or more of your Committee members.

When the first round has been judged you will then make your selection of the 15 prints for Round 2 – you will need to fill out 3 copies of the Round 2 entry form – one to accompany the prints, in sequence, one to give to the team running the Judging and one for yourself. You should by now  have a better appreciation of what the Judges preferences and predilections are to better select your Round 2 entry – timing will be announced on the day.

The top two Clubs on the day will be invited to represent the WPF at the PAGB Inter Club Print Competition normally held in Blackburn in October.

Roy Thomas Roy17@btinternet.com 01639644757 / 07880710908

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2023 Ace of Clubs Results

Eleven Clubs entered the 2023 Ace of Clubs although one of them (Rhiwbina) was not in attendance and so couldn’t take part in round 2 and the final.

With so few clubs entering, all clubs progressed to the final. Therefore, rounds one and two became an excercise in assessing the judge’s preferences ready for the decisive final round.

Congratulations go to Gwynfa and Bridgend who finished first and second in the final and have been invited to represent the WPF at the PAGB Inter Club PDI Championship in Warwick later this year.

The full results can be seen below.

Round 1 Results
Round 1 Detailed Scores
Round 1 Detailed Scores in Club Order

Round 2 Results
Round 2 Detailed Scores
Round 2 Detailed Scores in Club Order

Final Round Results
Final Round Detailed Scores
Final Round Detailed Scores in Club Order

Special thanks go to our Judges for the day:
John Tilsley ARPS DPAGB APAGB,
Ralph Snook ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/s,
Peter Weaver LRPS CPAGB APAGB
They performed well as a team and calmly put up with our equipment issues and selection and loading pauses.

Of course my thanks to all the WPF teams and others who helped in many ways on the day.

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Invitation to enter the 2023 Ace of Prints

Your Club’s is invited to compete in the annual WPF Ace of Prints competition on 2nd July, 2023.

The location is yet to be confirmed but will probably be in Talbot Green or Briton Ferry, unless there is a Club out there that would host the event for us. If you have a hall available and are interested contact Roy Thomas (details below).

Closing date for entries will be 18th June 2023. Please notified Roy Thomas of your intention to enter as soon as possible.

The competition is in two rounds. Round one is for 12 prints and the list of prints for must be given to Roy Thomas by the closing date. Round two is for 15 prints and this list is to be prepared on the day, after seeing the first round judging.

Each club may bring an unlimited ‘bank’ of prints but please read the  conditions of entry relating to their use.

Prints can be delivered to Roy Thomas or brought to the venue by 9.00am on the day of the competition. The competition would then start following sorting and interleaving of all Club prints. (Note, all prints need to be labelled with Club name, photographer’s name and title).

The top two Clubs in the competition will be invited to represent us at the PAGB Inter Club Print event held every year in Blackburn.

Roy Thomas
Roy17@btinternet.com
01639 644757 / 07880 710908

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2023 Memorial Trophy Results (Corrected)

Here are the results of the 3 Memorial Trophy competitions that made up an entertaining day at New Quay!

The Gwyn Morgan Trophy was won by Bridgend & Dist. CC – Results Here Note, the results of the Gwyn Morgan Trophy were corrected on 21st February.

The Past Presidents’ Trophy was won jointly by Afan Nedd CC and Bridgend & Dist. CC – Results Here

The Walter Morgan Trophy was won by Tenby & Dist. CC – Results Here

Big thanks must go to the members of the New Quay Camera Club who looked after us so well on the day and to the members of the WPF Executive that came along and helped carry out the slightly modified sequence and kept everybody’s spirits up! But especially to our Judge for the day John Tilsley who whilst on his feet all day gave us an excellent appraisal of all the images and kept the audience in rapt attention throughout – Thanks John!

Bridgend Market Exhibition – the detail sheets will show that in the mono competition 6 Clubs will be exhibited (24 prints) and in the colour print competition 23 prints will be exhibited (Those scoring 17 or more points).

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2022 Stanley Chell Results

The winners of the 2022 Stanley Chell competition, organised by Aberdare Camera Club, were Bridgend & District CC.  Second were Cwmbran and third, Neath. The judge was Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB AV-AFIAP APAGB of Exmouth.

The Doris Chell Memorial Trophy for Best Overall Image was won by Jenny Hibbert of Bridgend with her image “Brown Bear Guarding Kill.

The Glyn John Trophy for The Best Colour Print was won by Kevin Morgan of Cwmbran with image entitled “What You Looking At”.

The Hans Hoyer Trophy for Best Monochrome print was “The Girl the Fan” from Chris Tidman of Gwynfa.

Glan and Mair Trophy for best landscape was won by Julie Morgan of Abergervenny with the image entitled “Misty White”

The full Scoresheet can be seen here and the other awards winners can be seen here.

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