Category: Competitions (WPF)

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Gwynfa Grab 2015 Stanley Chell

For the third time in four years Gwynfa Camera Club has won the Stanley Chell Cup.

It was a very tense affair with the result in doubt until the very end. Both Gwynfa & Tenby scored a maximum of 40 in the first two rounds. Both clubs were still level (on 58 points) after three rounds. The final round provided a tense finish with Gwynfa scoring 19 and holding their collective breath until the Tenby score of 18 was announced. The final top three places were:

1st place – Gwynfa – 77 points (20 – 20 – 18 – 19)
2nd place – Tenby – 76 points (20 – 20 – 18 – 18)
3rd place – Inn Focus – 72 points (18 – 17 – 17 – 20)

The complete final score-sheet and final placings can be seen if you click the links.

The other awards were:
Hans Hover Trophy (Best Monochrome Print) – The Orphanage by Dave Bolton (Tenby).
Glyn John Trophy (Best Colour Print) – Halfpenny Penalty by Gareth Jenkins (Inn Focus).
Glan and Mair Trophy (Best Landscape) – Grasses & Dunes by Leigh Woolford (Gwynfa).
Doris Chell Memorial Trophy (Best Image) – Brown Eyed Girl by Margot Rowlands (Gwynfa).

Thanks to the judge Peter McCloskey FRPS APAGB who did a fantastic job and also to Aberdare Camera Club for putting on an excellent and very successful event and lovely buffet, as they always do.

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Abertawe defend 2015 Ken Adams Memorial Trophy

Gower PS had its largest attendance in many years when it hosted the 29th Ken Adams Memorial Trophy on 4 November. Congratulations go to Abertawe who successfully retained the Trophy with 212 points, closely followed by Gower on 207 and Morriston on 202.

Many thanks to Ian Ledgard for judging so well and to everyone else from the three clubs who helped make it such a memorable evening.

The photo shows Ian Ledgard (on the left of photo) presenting the trophy to Mike Evans (Abertawe).

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Pixels 2015 Results – Llandudno pip Mold

Pixels 2015 took place at Talbot Green Community Centre on Saturday 7th November 2015 and was a tense and exciting affair. It was also a particularly good day for the North Wales Photographic Association (Cymdeithas Ffotograffig Gogledd Cymru) with two of the three trophies heading north.

Llandudno Photographic Society (75 points) were very narrow winners ahead of Mold Camera Club (also with 75 points). As per the rules of the competition the result was decided on countback. So Llandudno, with a score of 20 for one of their photographs, pipped Mold who had 19 as their highest scoring image.

The Llandudno photos were: Cobbled Street by Alan Williams (19), Chai Lady by Philip Chadwick (19), The Pensive Laundrymaid by Robert Jones (17) and Ethereal by Sharon Prenton-Jones (20). Click on the links to see the photographs.

Third place went to Carmarthen Photographic Society (74 points) who were also top placed WPF club. Well done to them. A further eight clubs finished on 73 points (Gwynfa, Port Talbot, Bridgend, Tenby, Western Valley, Rhondda, Gwent and Ebbw Vale).

The judge was Colin Harrison FRPS FIPF FBPE MFIAP MPAGB EFIAP/p EPSA from Cheltenham who gave an excellent critique of all the entries. He was concise, humerous and informative. The high standard of photography meant that his marks were generous with 8 scores of 20 and 25 of 19.

Colin also selected Pretty Maids All in a Row by Amanda Sims of Deudraeth Camera Club as Best Monochrome Photograph and Mysterious Encounter by Gwynfryn Jones of Gwynfa as Best Colour Photograph.

Gwynfa Camera Club would like to thank everyone who attended the competition and all the clubs who entered. They would especially like to thank Mold Camera Club for for making the long journey south to attend on the day. They so narrowly missed walking away with the trophy.

Click here to see the final Pixels 2015 score sheet.

Gwynfa wishes to thank the organising team and everyone who helped out on the day especially, Leigh Woolford, Rob Beynon, Lynda Beynon, Steve Littlewood, Heidi Stewart, Meg Davies, Meryl Natt, Ian Natt and Christine Langford for her help in publicising the even to the NWPA clubs. Huge thanks also to judge Colin Harrison, caterers ‘Lunchbox’, and all those who donated raffle prizes including Fotospeed, Permajet and Crystal Vision Locks and Trophies (who donated a lovely tankard and provided the beautiful new Pixels Trophies.

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

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A slideshow of other photos from the day can be seen below.

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Gwynfa Grab 2015 Bridgend 12-Way

This from Gareth Martin…

October 5th saw the second Bridgend 12 Way print battle sponsored by Fotospeed. The judge was Tony Byram ARPS, AWPF, DPAGB, EFIAP from Bristol,.

What a great night excellent turnout from all clubs and congratulations to Gwynfa for winning. It was very close right to the end.  They now join Ebbw Vale as winners of this Trophy.

The Bottom three clubs drop out every year and three new clubs take their place next year. There is a long waiting list to get into the battle but if your club is interested then drop me a line Gareth Martin cortez34@virginmedia.com

You can read a report and view the Gwynfa winning images plus the individual winners of two boxes of Fotospeed paper each on this link. 

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2015 Ace of Prints Results

We’ve heard that the Inn Focus Group won the Ace of Prints competition from Tenby (second) and Bridgend (third).

Final Round          Round One

Congratulations to Inn Focus once again. As they were automatically invited back due to their performance last year the WPF will be represented by three clubs (Inn Focus, Bridgend and Tenby) at this year’s National Print Championships to be held at Chatfield Theatre, 164 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 6EA ON 25TH October 2015.

 

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Swansea Win Pixels 2014

Pixels 2014 took place at Talbot Green Community Centre on Saturday 8th November 2014 and Swansea Camera Club (71 points) were clear winners ahead of Gwent Photographic Society and Neath Photographic Society (both on 67 points).

The Swansea photos were: Fighting Fire by Steven Jones (15 points), Waiting NYC by Jason Chapman (20 points), The Driver by John Pile (17 points) and Dead Peace Lily by Dennis Russ (19 points).

Judge Tony Potter from Cumbria selected Waiting NYC by Jason Chapman of Swansea as Best Monochrome Photograph and Bleak Grazers by Alan Jenkinson of Bridgend & District as Best Colour Photograph.

Click here to see the final Pixels 2014 score sheet.

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

Some other photographs of the event and the presentation photos are here.

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Ace of Prints 2014 – Awards

We have recevied this from Dave Paskin, CELO.

I would like to congratulate the winners of the Ace of Prints. The Winners were:
1st – Ebbw Vale
2nd – Tenby
3rd – Western Valley
     
Ebbw Vale and Tenby Will represent the WPF at the PAGB Inter-club Print Championships at Ormskirk in October. Western Valley were awarded the Plate as there was no separate Plate Competition.

Other awards:
Best Mono – Standing Room Only – Peter Stickler – Swansea
Best Colour – Tess – Jill Baxter – Tenby
 
Judges’ Choices:
John Chamberlain – Alone In The Woods by John Cooke of Western Valley
Roger Parry – Agoraphobia by Gary Howells of Ebbw Vale.
Judith Parry – No You Can’t by Eric Williams of Newport. 

Competing Clubs: Bridgend, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Llanelli, Newport, Port Talbot, Swansea, Tenby, The Vale, Towy Valley and Western Valley.

I Would like to take this opportunity to thank the clubs that entered this year’s Ace of Prints competition, it  would be nice to see a longer list of entries for next year. Maybe one of the federation clubs could host the event to bring it to your local area. If your club would like to host one the Memorial Trophy or the Ace of Clubs, please let me know.

Dave Paskin.

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2014 Barrian Cup Report

This from Mike Lewis at Barry Camera Club.

The 2014 Barrian Cup on Saturday 14th June was a great success, with a packed Millennium Hall Brian Swinyard judged the 105 prints with constructive and positive comments and made the point that there were a lot of high scores due to the very high quality of work on show.

The Winners of The Barrian Cup were Western Valley C.C. with 97 points, followed by Ebbw Vale C.C. 93, Merthyr Tydfil C.C  93, Gwynfa C.C. 92 and Hanham P.S. from Bristol 92 points. The Winner of the Dave Cowdrey Trophy for the best Landscape/Seascape print went to Roger Walding of Dean P.C.with his print Severn Twilight.

Barry Camera Club would like to thank all the Clubs who entered with a special thank you to all the people who attended on the day, we hope you enjoyed the photography and the refreshments at the end. We look forward to seeing you again next year

Thank you for supporting the Barrian Cup.

Mike Lewis
Chairman
Barry Camera Club

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Bridgend 2014 5 to 8 Competition Results

The results of the 2014 5 to 8 Competition for PhotoHarmony digital AV sequences are as follows:

Winner – Wantage Camera Club – One Day Like This

Runner-up – Malcolm Imhoff  – On Higher Ground

Runner-up – Adri van Oudheusden – One Fine Day (South Africa)

Highly Commended – Ian Bateman – Catalunyan Morning

Highly Commended – Nellian Bekker – Fantasie d’Eau (South Africa)

This years winning sequence was a joint entry by members of Wantage Camera Club, I hope this will encourage other clubs to consider entering. The winning entry will shortly be available to view on the Bridgend CC website. Our Judges this year, Edgar Gibbs  FRPS MPAGB AV-AFIAP and Linda Gibbs MPAGB AV-AFIAP, provided expert critique of all the sequences and helped make the evening very stimulating and enjoyable. Edgar and Linda commented that the standard was very high and the final results were very close. Bridgend CC would like to thank them for all their hard work. The presence of visitors from other clubs and the South Wales RPS AV group was much appreciated. A DVD of sequences and the judges critique will be sent to clubs via the WPF portfolio service. Bridgend CC hope that other clubs will find this entertaining and with the Judges comments enclosed an informative disc. Details of the 2015 competition will be on the Bridgend CC website in the near future, If anyone has any queries about this competition please contact us at: 5to8@bridgendcameraclub.co.uk

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