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.
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.
Gwynfa achieved a narrow victory in Friday’s RGB Battle against Rhondda CC and Barry CC, securing the win with a last round score of 20.
The final result was: Gwynfa 218, Rhondda 206 and Barry 201.
The photo shows Alan Shepherd receiving the RGB Trophy from our old friend Mr Brian Coleman AFIAP AWPF APAGB Hon.FWPF who was guest judge for the evening.
Huge thanks to Barry Camera Club for hosting the evening and for looking after us so well.
We look forward to seeing everyone next year when it is Gwynfa’s turn to host the event.
Gwynfa won the 2023 Ace of Clubs from Bridgend in second place. Both clubs have been invited to represent the WPF at the National PDI Chamionships in Warwick in July.
With so few clubs entering, all clubs progressed to the final. Therefore, rounds one and two became an excercise in assessing the judge’s preferences ready for the decisive final round.
Congratulations to the following members who all achieved maximum scores of 15 during the event: Gary Welsby (twice), RobBob Beynon (twice), Gill Jones and Glenn Porter. We achieved countless scores of 13 and 14 and in the final round of 20 images our average score per image was 12.75.
The full results can be seen below.
Round 1 Results
Round 1 Detailed Scores in Club Order
Round 2 Results
Round 2 Detailed Scores in Club Order
Final Round Results
Final Round Detailed Scores in Club Order
Special thanks go to the Judges:
John Tilsley ARPS DPAGB APAGB,
Ralph Snook ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/s,
Peter Weaver LRPS CPAGB APAGB
Gwynfa finished a creditable fifth in the 2022 Stanley Chell competition organised by Aberdare Camera Club.
The Hans Hoyer Trophy for Best Monochrome print winner “The Girl the Fan” from Chris Tidman of Gwynfa. THe photo below shows Heidi accepting the trophy on Chris’ behalf from judge Ian Bateman.
The winners were Bridgend, congratulatons to them. The full Scoresheet can be seen here and the other awards winners can be seen here.
Gwynfa was very pleased to come out on top in the 2022 Rhondda Open battle hosted by Rhondda Camera Club on Tusday 1st December.
The final scores were:
| 1st | Gwynfa | 78 |
| 2nd = | Bridgend | 73 |
| 2nd = | Rhondda | 73 |
| 4th = | Western Valley | 70 |
| 4th = | Afan Nedd | 70 |
| 4th = | Morriston | 70 |
Glenn Porter also won Best Overall for his image ‘Pro Surfer’ (see below).
The full scoresheet can be seen here.
Huge thanks to Rhondda for organising the event and to judge David Knight for his adjudication.
Well done to Tenby and Gwynfa who made the journey to Warwick to represent the WPF in the National Inter-Club PDI Championships.
In the WPF grudge match, Tenby finished the Plate competition in joint 5th (15th overall) place on 103 points and Gwynfa just two points behind in joint 10th place (20th overall).
The winners of the event were Rolls Royce Dery & Wigan 10 who shared the title. Thirty five clubs competed in the event, representing all the UK photographic federations. A full report can be seen in this edition of PAGB News.