Category: Competitions (WPF)

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2017 A Pair of Aces – Results

A Pair of Aces took place on 19th February, 2017. The results can be seen here.

Inn Focus Group have already qualified to compete in the PAGB Print and PDI Club Championships.  As a result of this year’s Pair of Aces Competitions, Tenby & District CC and Gwynfa CC will be invited to compete at the PAGB PDI Club Championship.  Western Valley CC and The Vale CC will be invited to compete at the PAGB Print Club Championship.  Bridgend & District CC won the Plate in both the Ace of Clubs and the Ace of Prints.  The WPF congratulates those clubs on their success.

The WPF thanks the clubs for entering, the judges, Bob Moore Hon.FRPS MPAGB Hon.PAGB, Sue Moore FRPS MPAGB and Peter Siviter DPAGB EFIAP, all those who helped in however great or small a way and for all the club members who attended the competitions.  It was a good day with some great photography and is something to plan to attend and participate in 12 months’ time.

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2017 Memorial Trophy Results & Report

A full report on the Competitions including the winning photographs from Inn Focus and Rhondda can be seen by clicking here.

Results Summary.

The Walter Morgan Memorial Trophy                
1st    Rhondda CC
2nd    Inn Focus
Best Print    Jack Frost    Jason Chapman    Swansea CC
Best Portrait    Portrait of a Photographer    Gordon Maclaren    Cardiff CC

The WPF Memorial Trophy                
1st    Inn Focus    76 marks
2nd    Gwynfa CC    75 marks
Best Print    Dark Days    Susan Plant    Port Talbot CC
Best Portrait    Rich for a Day    Ian Munro    Inn Focus

The Gwyn Morgan Memorial Trophy                
1st    Inn Focus    76 marks
2nd    Western Valley CC    73 marks
Best Print    Blue on Blue    Guy Butler-Madden    The Vale CC
Best Portrait    On the Home Front    Margot Rowlands    Gwynfa CC

Individual scores can be seen below:

The WPF Memorial Trophy  

The Gwyn Morgan Memorial Trophy  

Please note, the Water Morgan Trophy did not involve scores.

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Inn Focus win 2016 Stanley Chell

Aberdare  Camera club once again provided a warm welcome and a very enjoyable afternoon for the 2016 Stanley Chell competition.

Congratulations go to the Inn Focus Group who came away with a well-deserved win closely followed by Ebbw Vale camera club with Gwynfa in third place.

21 clubs took part with 88 top quality prints being shown.  The judge, Rob Mitchell, MA Photography kept everyone entertained providing a thorough and concise critique.

Results         Full Scores

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Pixels 2016 Results – The Battle of the Vales

Pixels 2016 took place at Talbot Green Community Centre on Saturday 5th November 2016 and was a tense and exciting but low scoring affair. It was a particularly good day if you have the word ‘Vale’ in your club name. The Vale Photographic Club (69 points) were very narrow winners ahead of Ebbw Vale Camera Club (with 67 points).

The Vale photos were: Cycle Racing by Paul Tromans (15), Aim by Terry Verrinder (20), Male Shelducks Fighting by Nick Craddock (16) and Not Me Ref by Mike Davies (18). Click on the links to see the photographs.

Third place went was shared by three clubs on 65 points, Cwmbran, Tenby & Gwynfa.

The judge was David LOWE ARPS DPAGB from Smethwick PS who gave an excellent critique of all the entries. He was concise, humorous and informative. David also selected Red Fox in Snow by Andy Teesdale of Clwb Camera Caernarfon as Best Monochrome Photograph and Not Giving Up by Huw Fairclough of Ebbw Vale Camera Club as Best Colour Photograph.

Gwynfa Camera Club would like to thank everyone who attended the competition and all the clubs who entered. Without you, this would not be possible.

Click here to see the final Pixels 2016 score sheet.

We also wish to thank everyone from team Gwynfa who helped out on the day and Christine Langford for her help in publicising the even to the NWPA clubs.

Huge thanks also to caterers ‘The Old Bakery, Llantrisant’, and all those who donated raffle prizes including Fotospeed, Permajet and Crystal Vision Locks and Trophies (who donated a lovely tankard presented to David Lowe and provided the beautiful Pixels Trophies).

A slideshow of all the photographs entered can be seen below.

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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. Continue reading “Barrian Cup 2016 Results”

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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

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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)
Wiseman’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.

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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.

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