Category: External Competitions

2020 Masters of Print Open For Entries

Monday, 11 January 2021 10:44

The 2020 Masters of Print is now open for entries. This year there cannot be a physical exhibition, but it still have the same prestige, the same high standards, the same distinctive badge and, best of all, a fabulous ‘coffee table’ catalogue for every entrant. Full details here.

Since we will not be mounting or framing the accepted prints, there will be less constraint on size and format. In fact, any shape or size you like on A3 or 12”x16” paper!

Dates:
Closing Date Online is 08 Mar 2021
Receipt of Prints must be by by 15 Mar 2021
Judging & Results by 15 Apr 2021
Catalogue by 31 May 202

2020 RGB Battle – Results. A Gwynfa Win.

Monday, 09 March 2020 09:51

Gwynfa won the 2020 RGB Battle versus Rhondda and Barry. The final scores were Gwynfa (223), Barry (214) and Rhondda (210). The judge was Jenny Hibbert MPAGB, EFIAP/s, AWPF of Bridgend. Our individual scores can be seen below.

Ace of Clubs 2020 – Results

Friday, 21 February 2020 10:15

Please find below the reports from the 2020 Ace of Clubs. Gwynfa finished second and will represent the WPF at Warwick.

Congratulations to Alec Stewart who had his image Banded Demoiselle Pair chosen by judge Ralph Snook as his favourite of the day. You can see it below.

Full results below.

Rounds 1 and 2 Club Scores

Round 1 – Individual Scores

Round 2 – Individual Scores

Final – Club Scores

Final – Individual Scores

The judges were Colin Harrison FRPS MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/d3; Ralph Snook ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/b and Peter Young LRPS CPAGB APAGB AFIAP.

They jointly chose – “Safely over the bar” by Brian Merry of Rhondda CC as the best image overall.

Ralph Snook chose – “Banded Demoiselle Pair” by Alec Stewart of Gwynfa as his personal favourite.

Peter Young chose – “Alone on the Moor” by Jan Sullivan of Tenby as his personal favourite.

Colin Harrison chose – “Graveyard Run” by David Hopes of Bridgend as his personal favourite.

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 2019 Inter-Federation Competition

Monday, 22 July 2019 09:33

The WPF finished fairly low down in the order but WPF club members we did achieve some individual successes.Leigh Woolford and Gwynfryn Jones both had images chosen for the exhibition (which will be coming to Maesteg Library in October).

The overall results can be seen here. Further details can be found in this edition of PAGB e-news.

Full WPF scores can be seen below:-

Mono Prints Colour Prints PDI Open PDI Nature

Three WPF workers will have mono prints in the exhibition. They are:-

Gillian Mackay (Tenby) – The Last Tram
Leigh Woolford (Gwynfa) – The White Hut
Nick Craddock (The Vale) – London Experience

Three WPF workers will have colour prints in the exhibition. They are:-

Gareth Martin (Afan Nedd) – In Need of a Wash
Gillian Mackay (Tenby) – Looking Out
Jenny Hibbert (Bridgend) – Water Vole About To Enter Water

Two WPF workers will have Open PDIs in the exhibition. They are:-

Dave Lewis (Tenby) – Catch Me If You Can
Gwynfryn Jones (Gwynfa) – Mean Street

Four WPF workers will have Nature PDIs in the exhibition. They are:-

Dave Rees (Western Valley) – Crested Tit
Dave Edwards (Neath) – Lynx on the Skyline
Neil Thomas (Afan Nedd) – Cukoo with Caterpillar

Phil Morgan (Inn Focus) achieved a PDIs Judge’s Award for:- Red Throated Diver.

Congratulations to them all.

Gwynfa Second in 2019 Ace of Prints

Monday, 08 July 2019 20:34

Gwynfa finished 2nd in the WPF Ace of Prints Competition on Sunday.

With each photo able to score a maximum of 15 points we averaged 13 points per image in the final round and lost by just 4 points to ISO (195 to 199). Tenby were third on 186

All our images are shown below.

2019 Inter-Federation Competition Results

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 09:43

The WPF finished fairly low down in the order but did achieve some individual successes. Gwynfa members did particularly well generally scoring very well. Note, scores are out of 15 and full WPF scores can be seen below:-

Mono Prints Colour Prints PDI Open PDI Nature

The overall results can be seen here and further details can be found in this edition of PAGB e-news.

Three WPF photographers (inlcuding one from Gwynfa) will have mono prints in the exhibition. They are:-

Gillian Mackay (Tenby) – The Last Tram
Leigh Woolford (Gwynfa) – The White Hut (See below)
Nick Craddock (The Vale) – London Experience

Three WPF photographers will have colour prints in the exhibition. They are:-