The WPF Executive would like to congratulate Leigh Woolford and Jenny Hibbert who have now been officially accepted as PAGB judges. This means the WPF now have seven accredited PAGB judges. Leigh and Jenny will join the other five judges in the next PAGB Handbook.
2015 Celtic Challenge Results
Below are the result sheets for this year’s Celtic Challenge.
WPF Scores
The WPF finished 3rd from six. Out highest score was 19 for ‘The Storm Chase’ by Heidi Stewart of Gwynfa.
Well done Inn Focus
Congratulations on running Wigan 10 so close. It’s great to see a WPF club up there with the top clubs. It won’t be long before a Welsh club is the top of the tree.
Your club has again done us proud and on behalf of myself and the WPF. Many many thanks and I look forward to you and your members reaching the pinnacle of the best of British photography.
Once congratulations on your achievements.
Vince Penticost AWPF,
President of the WPF.
Warwick 2015 – Almost Inn Focus
The PAGB National PDI Championships at Warwick very nearly saw a first win for a Welsh club with the Inn Focus Group finishing the final round tied on 243 points with Wigan 10, three points ahead of the third placed club, Dumfries.
For a short while we thought they had won but the otherwise flawless team behind the scenes projected one incorrect image from Wigan 10 in the final round. The re-projection of the correct image got one more point than the one it replaced. This saw them move from 242 to 243. All above board or course but tantalising nonetheless.
Locked together the two teams headed in to a nail-biting tie break of five new photographs from five different photographers. The tension built – both clubs scored 13 (from 15) with their first image, then 12 each, then 12 each once more. It was the fourth image that saw Wigan sneak ahead 13 to 12. Ten each in the next round sealed the Wigan 10 win by a single point. Well done to them.
When presenting the Silver medal to Ian Munro of Inn Focus, Roy Thomas, former President of the WPF and now President of the PAGB, expressed his pride at their achievement. They also received quite an ovation for coming so close. Indeed it is probably fair to say that, in the great British underdog tradition, everyone other than Wigan 10 was rooting for Inn Focus. However, the team from up t’North proved to be a tough nut to crack yet again. They are multiple winners of this trophy which makes the Inn Focus effort all the more worthy.
The other WPF club, Gwynfa, had a midfield day but thoroughly enjoyed seeing they fellow WPF friends do so well and the Welsh contingent created quite an atmosphere.
Here are the full results and the awards.
2014 Results from Warwick
Smethwick Photographic Society (265 points) were resounding winners of the final of the PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championships in Warwick on 12 July. They beat Wigan 10 (257 points) by a clear 8 points.
The WPF representatives were Tenby and Inn Focus. Inn Focus narrowly missed getting into the final round, finishing in joint 9th after two rounds. Both clubs progressed to the plate competition where Tenby were placed joint 24th and Inn Focus were joint 11th from 30 clubs.
2014 PAGB Inter-Federation Competition Results
Here are all the results from the PAGB Inter-Federation Competition held at Talbot Green on Sunday, 8th June 2014.
Individual awards for WPF members at 2014 PAGB Cup
At the recent PAGB Cup, four WPF members received individual recognition. Congratulations to them all.
In the open competition:
Best Imaginative – Mystery at Manor House by Matthew Jones of Ebbw Vale Camera Club
Best Humour – The Irony Of Ironing by Ian Munro of Inn Focus Group
Chairman’s Award – King of the Islands by Coltrane Koh of Inn Focus Group
In the small clubs competition:
Best Landscape – Winter Tarn by Alan Jenkinson of Bridgend
Rhondda finish 4th in the 2014 PAGB Cup for small clubs
Very well done to Rhondda who were top Welsh club in the recent PAGB Cup for small clubs. Welsh scores (both WPF and NWPA) were:
Rhondda Camera Club 119 4th=
Llandudno Photographic Society 119 4th=
Dwyfor Camera Club 112 8th=
Clwb Camera Caernarfon 108 16th=
Swansea Camera Club 107 18th=
Mold Camera Club 101 37th=
Conwy Camera Club 101 37th=
Bridgend 99 42nd= ***
Merthyr Tydfil Camera Club 98 48th=
Full results here.
*** Note, Bridgend were docked points and demoted to 42nd due to a member entering the same photograph at two clubs. We do not know how many points they were docked.
Other posts give info about the large club and nature competitions.
WPF clubs feature in the 2014 PAGB Cup.
Welsh clubs placed very well among the 110 clubs that entered the 2014 PAGB Cup (Open section for large clubs). Inn Focus Group finished a creditable 5th and Gwynfa were 9th from the 100 biggest clubs in the UK.
The four Welsh clubs who entered this competition achieved the following scores:
Inn Focus Group 175 5th
Gwynfa Camera Club 168 9th ***
Ebbw Vale Camera Club 164 16th=
Cardiff Camera Club 151 48th=
Top club was Wigan 10 with 186 points. Full results here.
*** Please note, Gwynfa were later docked 11 points and dropped to 29th place due to a member entering the same photograph to two different clubs.
Please see separate posts for the ‘Nature’ competition and the ‘Open for small clubs’ competition (when available).
2014 PAGB Cup for Nature Results
Welsh clubs didn’t feature too highly among the 94 clubs that entered the 2014 PAGB Cup for Nature achieving the following scores for their 10 best photos:
Inn Focus Group 111 (Joint 29th)
Western Valley 110 (Joint 37th)
Bridgend 106 (Joint 52nd)
Ebbw Vale 106 (Joint 52nd)
Gwynfa 105 (Joint 57th)
Swansea 101 (Joint 72nd)
Cardiff 100 (Joint 79th)
Full results here.
The story was better elsewhere. Please see separate posts for the other two PAGB Cup competitions.