Entries Invited for the 2025 Barrian Cup

Barry Camera Club are pleased to announce that they will be running the Barrian Cup event once again in June 2025.

They invite your club to participate and hope that you will join them on Saturday 7th June 2025 where once again clubs can meet to enjoy each other’s photography, friendship and healthy competition.

They are delighted to confirm that Gareth Martin will be the judge this year, so it promises to be another entertaining event.

All the entry details and how to pay can be accessed here and the entry form can be downloaded directly from either of the links below:

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The closing date for entries is Saturday 10th May 2025.

Stanley Chell Update

Due to limited resources, Aberdare CC has decided not to host Stanley Chell in 2025 but they hope to restart the competition in 2026.

2025 Memorial Trophies – Results

The 2025 Memorial Trophy Competitions took place on the 25th January at The Bridges, Monmouth and a very big thank you goes to Monmouth PC for hosting the event. The co-ordinators Keith and Lyn Sharples with the team of Monmouth members did a splendid job in doing all the background tasks involved in putting on the event. It was a major factor in having such a good time. The Bridges was a very comfortable venue to be in and thank you to their staff for the welcome and assistance on the day.

John Tilsley ARPS DPAGB APAGB was the judge for the day, and his communication on the work that he saw was spot on. You did not make it easy for him because, as he said, the quality of the images was clear to see. So thank you John for such a great commentary.

Bringing the competition together is a complex series of tasks and I thank Gerry O’Neill for shadowing me, Del Jones for fronting the day, Gareth Martin for the photos and David Lewis for transporting the equipment.

Another very big thank you to all the clubs that entered and to all the people attended.  Seeing you all there makes the effort worthwhile.

Congratulations to the winners of the competitions who were:
The Walter Morgan Trophy for PDIs – Bridgend and District CC
The Past Presidents Trophy for Colour Prints – Tenby and District CC
Gwyn Morgan Trophy for Monochrome Prints – Monmouth PC

All the scores can be seen by clicking the links below:
The Walter Morgan Trophy for PDIs
The Past Presidents Trophy for Colour Prints
Gwyn Morgan Trophy for Monochrome Prints

I hope you will all join us next year for the Memorial Day competitions, every club and member is welcome.

Dave Condon

Results from of 2024 Stanley Chell

The 2024 Stanley Chell Memorial Trophy was jointly won by Gwynfa and Cwmbran with both finishing on 75 points. The two clubs could not even be separated by countback: both scored two 20s, one 18 and one 17. Third placed Afan-Nedd also scored 75 but finished third as they only had one print scoring 20. The detailed scoresheet can be seen here.

Judge was Ralph Snook ARPS, EFIAP/b, DPAGB. also made the following individual awards:

The Hans Hover Trophy for Best Monochrome Print was won by Iain Blacklock of Aberdare CC for ‘Marilyn’.

The Glyn John Trophy for Best Colour Print was won by Jenny Hibbert of Bridgend for ‘Golden Eagle Moving Magpies On’.

The Glan and Mair Trophy for Best Landscape was won by Leigh Woolford of Gwynfa for ‘Lone Photographer’.

The Doris Chell Memorial Trophy for Best Image in the Competition was also won by Leigh Woolford of Gwynfa for ‘Lone Photographer’ which can be seen below.

Aberdare Camera Club thanks all clubs that entered and all those who attended. The greatest victory of the day was meeting friends and enjoying one hundred remarkable prints. Thank also you to judge Ralph Snook for giving very clear and precise critique’s.