Archive for November, 2019

Gwynfa 4th in Stanley Chell

Monday, 25 November 2019 11:57

This years Stanley Chell Trophy was won against fierce competition by Llanelli Camera Club. Twenty five clubs entered with a range in scores from 75 to 66. Afan Nedd were second followed by Cymru Mono in third. Gwynfa finished joint fourth.

The Hans Hoyer Trophy for best monochrome was won by Gabor Horvath for “Desolation of The King”.
The Glyn John Trophy for best colour print was won by Neil Thomas for “Kingfisher in Flight”.
The Glan and Mair Trophy for best landscape was won by Dave Marriott for “Sunrise at Llyn Padarn”.
The best picture of the day and winner of the Doris Chell Trophy was “Remembrance” by Jennifer Williams.

The judging was Rob Mitchell. Well done to Aberdare CC for all their hard work in staging this years competition and especially the catering team.

Final score sheet and winners list here.

Gwynfa Wins Rhondda 12-Way Battle

Wednesday, 13 November 2019 11:30

Gwynfa won the Rhondda 12-Way battle on 12th November. The results were:-

1st Gwynfa – 111
2nd Bargoed – 109
3rd Bridgend & Cymru Mono – 107

The Gwynfa images were:- Hairy Dragonfly & Exuvia by Lynda Beynon, Emerging-through the dust by Adrian Lant, Fallen Angel by Chris Tidman, Woman in Red by Gwynfryn Jones, Surfing Vision by Glenn Porter and Heron on the Weir by Alec Stewart.

Alec Stewart won Best Colour Image with ‘Heron on the Weir’. Best Mono was won by Cymru Mono with a picture titled ‘Childhood’. The judges were Peter Brisley, ARPS, DPAGB, BPE1 and Sue O’Connell ARPS, EFIAP/p, BPE5 from Bristol.

Results from October 2019 Monthly Open

Wednesday, 13 November 2019 10:52

The winners of the October monthly open competition were as follows:

1st – Margot Rowlands – Spiderman (DPI) (See below)
2nd – Gary Welsby – Rufous Tailed Hummingbird Incubating Egg (DPI)
3rd – Chris Tidman – The Girl with the Sunflower Tattoo (Print)

The competition was judged by Harry Gardiner of Tenby.

Jan Cawley (1949-2019)

Tuesday, 12 November 2019 10:46

We have received this very sad news from Ed Cloutman regarding the sad passing of our old friend Jan Cawley.

It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that my partner and best friend of over thirty years passed away peacefully today on 11th November 2019 – Armistice Day. How appropriate that it happened today, close to 11am, a day that meant so much to Jan as every year while she was president of the St Athan WI she would stand at the war memorial in the village while the service took place for all those brave men and women. When she could no longer stand for the service she would listen to it on the television.

RPC win Pixels 2019 – Full Results Below

Monday, 04 November 2019 12:09

Pixels 2019, the 15th running of the competition, took place at Talbot Green Community Centre on Saturday 2nd November and was a very well attended and enjoyable competition.

It was a high scoring affair and a particularly good day for RPC who, with 79 points from a possible 80, won by one point on the very last picture of the competition. They finished one point ahead of Mold CC on 78 with Gwent PS third on 75 points. Three more clubs finished tied for 4th place, Gwynfa CC, Rhondda CC and Cyrmu Mono.

Click here to see the final Pixels 2019 score sheet.

The RPC photos were: Love Hate Relationship by Emma Woodhouse (20), My Meat, Keep Away by Carl Jones (19), Marcel Hug by Allan Squires (20) and First bend by Alan Jones (20).

The Pixels 2019 judge was Michael Krier ARPS AFIAP MA (phot.) who kept the audience entertained with his inciteful critique and humourous comments . He made the job of judging 156 images look easy and his entertaining approach meant that time flew.

Michael selected Memories by Sharon Prenton-Jones of ISO as Best Monochrome Photograph and The Plasterer by John Bell of Mold Camera Club as Best Colour Photograph.

Gwynfa Camera Club would like to thank everyone who attended the competition (we counted over 100 people) and all 39 clubs that entered. Without you, this event would not be possible.

We’d also like to thank very much indeed everyone who supported the event by buying raffle tickets as this is a significant part of helping us to finance the event. Huge thanks to all those who donated raffle prizes especially Fotospeed, Permajet, Paper Spectrum and Carmarthen Cameras. Also special thanks to Crystal Vision Locks and Trophies for providing the Pixels Trophies and to Fun Fillings & Valley Catering for providing such a tasty (and plentiful) buffet.

We also wish to thank everyone from Gwynfa who helped to organise and run Pixels 2018. It was a real team effort.