21st May
Following on with the club’s campaign to keep up morale, another mini competition was held recently . With an Open theme, it was impressive to have 38 entries, covering all manner of material including flowers, landscapes, creatives and wildlife. Our judge tasked to cast an experienced eye over the images was member Mike Cullis, who is a circuit judge too . Mike was impressed with the standard and variety and was also pleased that new members had entered for the first time .
There were 2 highly commended images which were Ali Rees and “ Black Redstart checking the crevices” and Liz Wallis with “ What’s up Doc?” .
In third place was Dave Bundock with “Wolverine, and in second place Jo Wakeman with an owl in flight “ On the Hunt” .
In first place was Dave Marriott with “Llyn Dinas in the Mist” a beautiful misty
landscape.
Many thanks to Mike for giving his time to judge and well done to everyone who won and to those who entered.
One of the last awards to be given out this season is the Ray Hine Memorial Trophy . This Award is In memory of founder member Ray Hine, a stalwart of the club, popular and sorely missed by us all.
This award is given to the photographers who scored the most points in the Open Competitions. There are 3 Opens held each season, digital and prints, so the maximum score for each category is 120.
The Print award was won by Gill Mackay who scored 115 points , followed by Charlie Kidd with 109 points. Runners up were Dylan Harries & Jan Sullivan both with 105 points and John Whitehurst 104 points .
The Digital award was won by Gill Mackay who scored 111. Charlie Kidd was second with 109 points. Runners up were Jan Sullivan and Ali Rees both scoring 107 , Cheryl Hewitt and Roy Peters both scoring 106.
The next step was to combine the print and digital scores for an overall winner . Gill Mackay having won both sections was declared the Ray Hine Memorial winner with 226 points ( from a possible score of 240 ) . Charlie Kidd was a worthy runner up with 218 points. Excellent scoring from both of these talented members whose style & specialism are very different to each other.
Well done to all the members who entered throughout the season and I am sure Ray would have been most impressed with the standard of his Memorial .
There were 2 highly commended images which were Ali Rees and “ Black Redstart checking the crevices” and Liz Wallis with “ What’s up Doc?” .
In third place was Dave Bundock with “Wolverine, and in second place Jo Wakeman with an owl in flight “ On the Hunt” .
In first place was Dave Marriott with “Llyn Dinas in the Mist” a beautiful misty
landscape.
Many thanks to Mike for giving his time to judge and well done to everyone who won and to those who entered.
One of the last awards to be given out this season is the Ray Hine Memorial Trophy . This Award is In memory of founder member Ray Hine, a stalwart of the club, popular and sorely missed by us all.
This award is given to the photographers who scored the most points in the Open Competitions. There are 3 Opens held each season, digital and prints, so the maximum score for each category is 120.
The Print award was won by Gill Mackay who scored 115 points , followed by Charlie Kidd with 109 points. Runners up were Dylan Harries & Jan Sullivan both with 105 points and John Whitehurst 104 points .
The Digital award was won by Gill Mackay who scored 111. Charlie Kidd was second with 109 points. Runners up were Jan Sullivan and Ali Rees both scoring 107 , Cheryl Hewitt and Roy Peters both scoring 106.
The next step was to combine the print and digital scores for an overall winner . Gill Mackay having won both sections was declared the Ray Hine Memorial winner with 226 points ( from a possible score of 240 ) . Charlie Kidd was a worthy runner up with 218 points. Excellent scoring from both of these talented members whose style & specialism are very different to each other.
Well done to all the members who entered throughout the season and I am sure Ray would have been most impressed with the standard of his Memorial .