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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.

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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).

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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.

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WPF Finish Second in 2014 PAGB Nature Competition

Following a revision to the result caused by an ineligible image being entered by mistake, the WPF finished second to the Midland Counties Photographic Federation in the Annual Inter-Federation Nature PDI competition. Well done to everyone who had an image selected. We shall eandeavour to get hold of the full scores…

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Ian Gets Bronze

At Pixels 2103 Jan Cawley, President of the WPF, took the opportunity to present Ian Ledgard with his recent FIAP Bronze Medal for his photograph entitled “Conducting the Choir”.

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MFIAP for Mervyn

At Pixels 2103 Jan Cawley, President of the WPF, also presented Mervyn Pugh with his MFIAP Certificate. It is the first MFIAP ever to be awarded in the Welsh Photographic Federation. A slideshow of Mervyn’s MFIAP panel can be seen here.

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Results from Warwick 2013

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.

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