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Archive for December, 2014
CPAGB FOR ROB
Thursday, 18 December 2014 09:04
More Success at the 2014 Stanley Chell
Monday, 08 December 2014 11:39
Gwynfa narrowly failed to win the Stanley Chell trophy for the third consecutive year, finishing joint 4th on 73 points behind Inn Focus (78), Ebbw Vale(77 and Gwent (75).
However, it was a very successful day for a couple of the girls. Lynda Beynon (Female Azure Damselfly) and Heidi Stewart (Storm Chaser) both got 20 points and Lynda walked off with the Glyn John Trophy for the Best Colour Print of the competition.
Gwynfa scores were: Stokesness & Vestrahorn 16 (Leigh Woolford), Under Attack 17 (Gwynfryn Jones), Storm Chaser 20 (Heidi Stewart), Female Azure Damselfy 20 (Lynda Beynon). Full results can be seen here.
Other winners were:
Stanley Chell Memorial Trophy (Best set of 4)- Inn Focus Group
The Hans Hoyer Trophy – Best Monochrome – Ebbw Vale – “Agoraphobia” by Gary Howells
The Glyn John Trophy – Best Colour Print – Gwynfa – “Female Azure Damselfly” by Lynda Beynon
The Glan Mair Trophy – Best Landscape – Cwmbran – “Tuscan Dawn” by Dave Kitson
The Doris Chell Memorial Trophy – Best Image – Neath & District - “Good Samaritan” by Brian Callard
Terry is Photographer of the Year
Friday, 05 December 2014 15:07
The 2014 Gwynfa Photographer of the Year is Terry Donnelly with a total of 192 points from his ten best scores, an incredible average of 19.2 per photo. Leigh Woolford was runner up, just one point adrift.
The final merit table for 2014 can be seen here.
2014 Picture of the Year goes to Heidi
Friday, 05 December 2014 15:05
The 2014 Picture of the Year was won by Heidi Stewart with her print entitled ‘Storm Chaser‘. This photograph will appear on the front of our 2015 handbook. The runner up was ‘Dynamo‘ by Ian Natt. The photo will appear on the greetings card we present to judges and lecturers. Here are the top five photographs in each section.
Prints
Storm Chaser (Heidi Stewart) – 30 votes
Winter Storm (Steve Littlewood) – 7 votes
Stokksnes & Vestrahorn (Leigh Woolford) – 6 votes
The Lookout (Gwynfryn Jones) – 5 votes
The Plainsman (Adrian Lant) – 5 votes
DPI
Dynamo (Ian Natt) – 20 Votes
Isn’t She Lovely (Terry Donnelly) – 18 votes
Storm Waves (Steve Littlewood) – 6 votes
Walk Over – Margot Rowlands – 6 votes
Waves at Vik (Leigh Woolford) – 5 votes
Congratulations to everyone who had a photograph get through to our ‘Picture of the Year’ competition.
Other 2014 Awards
Friday, 05 December 2014 15:02
The following trophies and awards were also presented during our ‘Picture of the Year’ evening.
Leigh Woolford – Photographer of the Year (Runner Up)
Ian Natt – Picture of the Year (Runner Up)
Rob Beynon – Special Merit Award for achieving his AWPF
Lynda Beynon – Special Merit Award for achieving her AWPF
Trevor James – Special Merit Award for achieving his AWPF
Terry Donnelly – Colour Projected Images Challenge
Leigh Woolford – Mono Projected Images Challenge
Lynda Beynon – The Colour Print Challenge Trophy
Steve Littlewood – The Colin Williams Trophy / MPC
Trevor Aldrich – The Freespirit Images Shield
Adrian Lant – The President’s Trophy
Jennine Boon – The Jim Davies Award