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.
Several successes for Jenny
Jenny Hibbert has had an image selected for the BBC Countryfile Calendar. It was one of just 12 prints selected from over 33,000 images entered. A great achievement. Well done Jenny. All the money from sales of the calendar goes to children in need.
She has also gained her EFIAP, had 3 prints selected for Edinburgh International, Selectors medal in the Beyond Group International. BOFK HM Ribbon in the Arctic International, NCPF Ribbon Commended in the Northern Counties, & 2 SIEP Commended in Sydney International.
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.
2015 FIAP Biennial Results
Here are the full results for the FIAP Biennial held in Smethwick.
Whilst Wales only managed 13th place congratulations go to both Dave Edwards with his Adelie Penguins  & Alan Jenkinson with his Early Tarn, both of whom were awarded FIAP Honourable Mentions for their prints.
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.
Ian gets four crowns
Ian Ledgard of Towy Valley CC has just gained his Four Crowns award, UPI-Cr4 from UPI.
United Photographers International sponsor many international salons along with PSA and FIAP.
Further details on the UPI can be found at www.upiphoto.eu
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.