This from John Campbell at Swansea.
Congratulations to Sue Ashford from Swansea Camera Club who was recommended for her LRPS at the recent RPS Assessment at Barry. Sue was one of only 4 out of 20 who passed.
IFG & Gwynfa shine in the 2016 GB Cup
Inn Focus Group and Gwynfa have finished 4th and 6th respectively in the GB Cup for large clubs from the 95 clubs that entered.
Inn Focus were top WPF club beating Gwynfa by just three points but both finished above some of the most prestigious clubs in the UK, including Wigan 10, Edinburgh and Dumfries.
Gwynfa also finished 20th (out of 96 clubs) in the GB Cup for Nature.
The final placings can be found here. Well done both!
PAGB APM Successes for WPF Members
The PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit were recently hosted by the WPF in Neath. 116 applications from all over the UK were received and 65 were successful. Ten of those successes were for WPF photographers. Details below:-
Of 29 applications at DISTINCTION (DPAGB) PRINT level 11 were successful.
The sole WPF success was: Leigh Woolford AWPF EFIAP, Gwynfa CC
Of 15 applications at DISTINCTION (DPAGB) PDI level, 5 were successful.
The sole WPF success was: Matthew Jones, Ebbw Vale CC
Of 63 applications at CREDIT (CPAGB) PRINT level, 42 were successful.
The WPF successes were:
Moira Evans LRPS, Swansea CC
Gwynfryn Jones AFIAP, Gwynfa CC
Norman Lemon, Neath & District PS
Anthony Llewellyn, Morriston CC
David Norton AWPF, Rhondda CC
Peter Stickler ARPS AWPF, Swansea CC
Of 9 applications at CREDIT (CPAGB) PDI level, 7 were successful.
The WPF successes were:
Jason Chapman, Swansea CC
Gary Jenkins, Tenby & District CC
Congratulations to everyone who was successul and commiserations to those who were not.
For those interested in pursuing the same awards, full explanations can be found here.
Inn Focus Win 2015 GB Trophy for Prints
Only two clubs represented the WPF in the inaugural GB Trophy for Prints held in Pontefract. They were Swansea and the Inn Focus Group.
It was a decent day for Swansea who finished in the midfield in both the Open and Nature sections of the competition. However, the Inn Focus Group managed to carry off the Open trophy with a convincing win by seven points from Chorley PS with Arden third a further three points back. Also, Ian Munro won the award for Best Colour Print – Humour for ‘The Irony of Ironing‘.
Some 52 Clubs entered the Open Competition and 30 entered the Nature Competition.
Well done to them!
Jenny & Leigh go on the list
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 Norman
Congratulations to Norman Lemon of Neath PS who, at the recent Cotswold Salon, received a selectors award from Barbie Lindsay for his print ‘SA1-1AS‘ (see below).
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.
Alan gets Cotswold Silver
Alan Shepherd of Gwynfa Camera Club not only had 5 out of 9 prints accepted in the 2015 Cotswold Salon, he also had a highly commended and a Silver Medal for ‘Steelworks Reflection. Well done Alan.
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.
