Category: PAGB

As a result of Inn Focus’ remarkable performance in reaching the final last year, for the first time ever, three WPF clubs made the journey to Warwick to take part in the PAGB National DPI Championships.

Full Results                          Awards

Ebbw Vale, making their first visit, and Tenby (former ‘Plate’ winners) found the going a little tough finishing in the bottom six of the plate competition. Inn Focus failed to repeat the achievement by just four points but despite their disappointment they went on to win the Plate competition by three points from Beyond Group, Dundee and Southampton!

Ian Munro’s photograph entitled ‘The Irony of Ironing’ won one of the judges choice awards (from Libby Smith).

A report on the day by Ian Munro of Inn Focus can be seen below.

Many thanks to Ian Munro for submitting this report of Inn Focus’ day at the National DPI Championships at Warwick.

For Inn Focus Warwick and Connah’s Quay are both priority each year and it’s easy to see why when you get there. After leaving on Friday afternoon we arrived in Warwick the evening before where we set out to destroy a few beers and an Indian meal. We try and make it a big social event and try and get the wives and friends involved. This was our second year in succession and we felt we had a stronger image base to compete. Also it had a different feel because Tenby were there again and also for the first time Ebbw Vale were there to help the Welsh represent at this level, which was great.

Continue reading “Warwick 2013 – the view from Inn Focus”

Inn Focus have won the ‘Plate‘ competition at the National DPI Championships at Warwick. Well done to them! More details when someone sends us a report. (Hint!)

The WPF has great pleasure in announcing that we now have three of our very own judges on the PAGB approved judges list. Their names will appear in the new PAGB handbook to be published shortly. I am sure that you will join me in congratulating them and wishing them well when they are invited to cross the water. They are in alpha order:  Jan Cawley EFIAP/s  HonFWPF, Brian Coleman AFIAP AWPF and Ian Ledgard LRPS EFIAP PPSA AWPF.

We have heard that Bridgend Camera Club came 4th in the plate competition at the PAGB National Print Championships at Connaghs Quay. The first place club had 66 points, two clubs tied for second with 65 and Bridgend finished on 64. Well done to them for a creditable performance. Tenby finished just 4 points behind Bridgend in the Plate competition having beaten them by 9 points in round one. Overall winners of the main competition were, you’ve guessed it, Wigan 10 with Smethwick in second place. You can see the Wigan 10 images here. The full set of results can now be seen here.

Edgar Gibbs FRPS, AFIAP-AV and Linda Gibbs AFIAP-AV of Gwynfa Camera Club have jointly achieved their MPAGB, the top AV award at the PAGB awards adjudication at the Civic Centre Braunstone, Leicester last Saturday. We send our hearty congratulations to them for achieving yet another AV milestone. They had to convince the three assessors of their work for their success, Martin Fry FRPS, APAGB, Keith Brown FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP, APAGB and Richard Brown FRPS, EFIAP, APAGB. We suspect, but have not been yet able to confirm, that is the first MPAGB for any WPF member. Other PAGB AV Awards for Photographic Merit can be seen here.

The WPF featured very well in the recent inter-federation PDI competition finishing 7th from 14 federations in both the Nature and the Open sections, not far off the pace in either category. Continue reading “2012 PAGB Inter Federation PDI Competition Results”

The Inn Focus group feature in this month’s PAGB E-news. You can see it here.

On Saturday the two clubs representing The WPF made history.  Inn Focus scored really well in the first two rounds with a total of 203 for 16 images. To put this in perspective Wigan 10 the eventual trophy winners (again) scored 208. The final Trophy rounds which needed another 20 images (10 could be from the earlier rounds but 10 had to be new) gave them a final score of 246 for these images whereas Wigan 10 scored a total of 267 to take the trophy. Continue reading “Warwick 2012 Results”

Inn Focus finished joint fifth in the final of the National DPI Championships at Warwick, a remarable effort being (we believe) the first ever WPF club to reach the final eight. Also Tenby won the plate final by 2 points. So effectively this means that Inn Focus were 5th and Tenby 9th out of the top 35 or so camera clubs in the UK. What a great day for the WPF clubs. More details to follow when we have them. Wigan 10 returned to winning ways after missing out last year.