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The Winners of the October 2023 Monochrome Challenge for the Colin Williams Trophy were as follows:
1st – Heidi Stewart – The Winter Oak (see below)
2nd – Robert Evans – Looking Up and Looking Down
3rd – Alan Shepherd – The flag bearer
The competition was judged by Peter Young LRPS CPAGB AFIAP HonPAGB.
There is just one competition left and it’s tight at the top but we won’t be publishing the Merit Table until our ‘Picture of the Year’ evening in December.
The Winners of the October 2023 Open competition were as follows:
1st – Chris Tidman – The Lady Loves to Dance (see below)
2nd – Leigh Woolford – House on Eyjafjordur
3rd – Alec Stewart – Shag
The competition was judged by Ken Jacob.
There are just two competitions left and it’s tight at the top but we won’t be publishing the Merit Table until our ‘Picture of the Year’ evening in December.
The Winners of the September 2023 Open competition were as follows:
1st – Gwynfryn Jones – Open Water Swimmer (see below)
2nd – Leigh Woolford – Gesto Farm
3rd – Jeff Thomas – Aquatic Peace Offering
The competition was judged by Les Loosemore ARPS AWPF DPAGB.
We won’t be publishing the Merit Table until our ‘Picture of the Year’ evening in December.
Gwynfa finished near the top of a tightly fought 2023 Rhondda Open Battle on 26th September.
We achieved the same number of points as eventual winners, Rhondda, but finished second as they had more scores of 20 than us, two to one.
Congratulations to everyone who had an image selected to represent the club.
The final scores can be seen here.
The judge was Ed Cloutman EFIAP Hon. FWPF.
Thanks to Rhondda CC for organising the event.
The themed competitions for 2024 will be as follows:
April 25th – for the Jim Davis Trophy – “Pairs”.
Nov 28th for the Freespirit Sheild – “X”.
And to save you asking, ‘X’ means whatever you want it to mean!
Gwynfa finished joint 5th in the Plate final at the National PDI Championships at Warwick. We qualified by winning the WPF Ace of Clubs back in February.
This is a great achievement as 5th in the Plate means that we finished joint 13th overall against the best 41 clubs in the UK. We also finished as top Welsh club ahead of Bridgend, Mold and Beaumaris & Menai Bridge. (Note, the top 8 clubs after rounds 1 and 2 go into the final, the other 33 clubs contest the plate).
The event was judged by Steven LePrevost FRPS MPAGB AFIAP FIPF (SCPF), Sue Sibley ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/s BPE4 (SCPF) and Libby Smith MPAGB EFIAP HonPAGB HonSPF (SPF).
The Plate Final scores were:
1st = Doncaster Camera Club 102
2nd = Smethwick Photographic Society 100
2nd = Beyond Group 100
2nd = Oldham Photographic Society 100
5th = Keswick Photographic Society 99
5th = Gwynfa Camera Club 99
5th = Bristol Photographic Society 99
5th = Nottingham and Notts Photographic Society 99
One more point and we’d have equalled our best result of 2nd in the Plate Final.
Gwynfa’s individual scores can be seen here: Rounds 1 & 2 The Plate Final
Overall results and individual awards can be seen here.
Thanks to Gary Welsby for organising our entry and to our team of selectors, Heidi Stewart, RobBob Beynon, Lynda Beynon & Dave Owen. Thanks also to Dave Owen for the photos below.
The Winners of the June 2023 open competition for the President’s Trophy were as follows:
1st – Gwynfryn Jones – Tempation
2nd – Margot Rowlands – Got My Eye On You
3rd – Margot Rowlands – Make a Wish
The competition was judged by Jenny Hibbert MPAGB EFIAP/g AWPF.
The PAGB Inter Federation Competition took place on Saturday 3 June and was organised by Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union.
The Competition was for prints in three categories: Mono, Colour and Nature. The judges were: Jenny Hibbert MPAGB EFIAP/g AWPF, Roger Parry ARPS MPAGB EFIAP HonPAGB and Nick Hilton DPAGB EFIAP/b BPE5 and the objective was to select the PAGB InterFed Exhibition. Prints were mostly selected from the recent Welsh Salon.
Gwynfa photographers were well represented in the competiton with 14 prints, although we had only one acceptance in Mono: “Duel in the Rain” by Leigh Woolford.
The other Gwynfa photographers who made it into the competition, which is a real achievement in itself, were: Glenn Porter, Gary Welsby, Chris Tidman, Trevor James and Gill Jones.
The complete scoresheets can be viewed below. (Note, scores are out of 15).
Colour Print Scores Mono Print Scores Nature Print Scores
Very well done to all those who had prints selected to represent the WPF in this competition. The PAGB Inter Fed Competition has a very high standard indeed.
We recently received sad news of the passing of a ex Gwynfa Member Haydn Morgan. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
His funeral will be held at Glyntaff Crem on Monday, 12th June at 2.15 pm.
Thanks to Chris Tidman for letting us know.
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