Category: External Competitions

2019 Memorial Trophy Results

Monday, 11 February 2019 12:59

Here are the results from the 2019 WPF Memorial Trophies. The judge was Martin Fry of Cheltenham who did an excellent job.

Past President’s Memorial Trophy – Colour Prints
1st= Bridgend & District (74)
1st= Inn Focus (74)
3rd Gwynfa (73)
4th Kidwelly (69)

Gwyn Morgan Trophy for a set of four Mono Prints (only three places awarded).
1st Inn Focus
2nd Abergavenny
3rd Swansea

Walter Morgan Trophy for PDI images
1st Inn Focus (75)
2nd Western Valley (71)
3rd Afan Nedd (70)
4th Gwynfa (69)

2019 Bridgend 5 to 8 Competition

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 09:27

Bridgend CC 5 to 8 Competition.

The 2019 5 to 8 Competition for digital Photo Harmony audio visuals is open for entries from 23rd November 2018 until 18th February 2019. Entries can be made online or by post.

This years judges are:

Joan Ryder Rathband FRPS FPSSA AFIAP DPAGB and Clive Rathband FRPS FPSSA EFIAP DPAGB

Judging takes place on Monday 18th March at Bridgend’s usual venue and all are welcome. Full details, rules and entry forms are available on Bridgend CC website.

PAGB APM – Advice at the NEC

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 09:27

Are you planning on attempting to obtain a CPAGB, DPAGB or MPAGB? You may wish to get some advice….

Gwynfa Joint 2nd in 2018 Rhondda Battle

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 21:56

Gwynfa finished second in the 2018 Rhondda battle which was judged by Tony Byram ARPS AWPF DPAGB EFIAP of Kingswood PS.

The final placings were: Rhondda (109), Gwynfa (105), Pyle & Porthcawl (105), Afan Nedd (103), Bridgend (103), Cyrmu Mono (101), Port Talbot (99), Western Valley (95) and Aberdare (90).

Gwynfa third in the 2018 Barrian Cup

Tuesday, 12 June 2018 09:20

The Barrian Cup was won by The Inn Focus Group (95 points) with Tenby second (92 points) and Gwynfa third (88 points).

Angela De Roy Jones of Gwent won the Dave Cowdrey Trophy for Best Landscape/Seascape with Deganwy Winter Walk and Coltrane Koh won the inaugural Mike Lewis Trophy for the Best Print in Competition with Settle Down.

The full score sheet can be seen here and the award winning photographs can be seen on the WPF website here.

Results from the RGB Battle – Gwynfa on top

Friday, 09 March 2018 14:52

At the annual Rhondda/Gwynfa/Barry battle, hosted this year by Gwynfa, the results were as follows:

1st – Gwynfa – 213 points
2nd – Rhondda – 204 points
3rd – Barry – 193 points

Best Print went to ‘The Historian’ by David Norton of the Rhondda and Best DPI went to ‘Onlooker’ by Barbra Archdale-Smith of Barry.

The judge was Fred Davies of Cardiff who did an excellent job of assessing the photographs.

The full scoresheet can be seen here.

Results from Vale 7-Way – Gwynfa second

Saturday, 10 February 2018 10:04

After a rather remarkable evening of top quality photography and high scoring Gwynfa finished second to worthy winners, the Rhondda in the 2018 Vale 7-way battle. Gwynfa’s scores were as follows:

Colour Prints
20   Hairy Dragonfly on Horsetail by Rob Beynon
20   Mirage Fighter Jets by Steve Littlewood
20   Hard Times by Gwynfryn Jones
20   The Apple Woman by Gwynfryn Jones

Monochrome Prints
19   Last Light by Dave Lingham
20   Isolation (No. 1) by Leigh Woolford
18   Into The Light by Alan Stokes
18   Menno by Leigh Woolford

Dropping just 5 points from a possible 160 would be hard to beat you might think. But no. Rhondda dropped just three points and scored 20 a remarkable six times and also had a 19 and an 18 to pip us by two points. Scoring was high across the board too. Judge Brian Swinyard MA(Photo), ARPS, EFIAP/b, DPAGB, BPE3*, PPSA gave 24 scores of 20 from the 56 prints entered!

Final Scores were: Rhondda 157, Gwynfa 155, The Vale 153, Pyle & Porthcawl 150, Bridgend 148, Morriston 145 and Barry 137.

Best Monochrome Print went to Richard Crays of Pyle and Porthcawl for “Concrete Titanic” and Best Colour Print went to Gwynfryn Jones of Gwynfa for ‘The Apple Woman’.

As usual our hosts at the Vale did a superb job or organising the competition and welcoming (and feeding) their visitors and everyone enjoyed an evening of terrific photography.

Seven of the eight Gwynfa entries can be seen below. Sadly we don’t yet have a digital version of Into The Light by Alan Stokes.

Results from the 2018 WFP Memorial Trophy

Sunday, 28 January 2018 16:00

The 2018 WPF Memorial Trophy for Colour Prints.

1st – Tenby and District Camera Club (**Later withdrew from event)
2nd – Inn Focus Group
3rd – Gwynfa

Scores here.

Judges: Rod Wheelans MPAGB MFIAP FIPF HonPAGB HonSPF and Anne Greiner MPAGB.

** Note, Tenby later realised they had used a photo that should not have been used and thereforedropped down the order. Gwynfa therefore finished second.

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