Kevin Lomax

We had a very successful night in the Robertshaw Trophy last night regaining the trophy and also having the best image in the competition.  The competition was hosted by Crewe P.S. and judged by Bob Dennis of Bebington.  The evening was well attended by all clubs with Kevin Blake, Anthony Gosling, Chris Aggersbury, Keith Parker, Alan Bardsley and Kevin Lomax reprsenting Macc.  The overall standard was very high.  The final clubs scores were Macc 205, Leek 198, Blythe Bridge 197, Holmes Chapel 192 and Crewe 190.

The 12 images from Macc scored as follows:

Defying Time by Paul Scott scored 19,  Feeding the Birds by David Tolliday scored 16,  Descend by Anthony Gosling scored 15,  Four-Spotted Chaser by Kevin Lomax scored 16,  Running Impala by Alison Lomax scored 18,  Limoncello by Steve Bolton scored 17, Little Owls by Conor Molloy scored 17, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by Kristina Kokavcova scored 20, Early Morning Beijing by David Tolliday scored 15, Ebb and Flow by Anthony Gosling scored 18, Grey Heron Confrontation by Steve Gresty scored 18 and Swallowtail by Kevin Blake scored 16.

All 12 images can be viewed here.

Special congratulations go Kristina Kokavcova who’s image, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, was selected as the best in the competition.

“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by Kristina Kokavcova

Well done to all the camera club members who entered our Annual Exhibition competition which closed today. The entered images were judged by Robert Millin. The cup winners were Conor Molloy (winner of the Open PDI class, the Landscape PDI, the Natural History PDI and the Natural History Print),  Kristina Kokavcova (winner of the Monochrome PDI class), Anthony Gosling (winner of the Open Print class and the Landscape Print class), David Boam (winner of the People & Portraits PDI class), Denis Jones (winner of the Monochrome Print class) and Ian Morison (winner of the People & Portraits Print class).

The overall best PDI was judged to be Great Grey Owl Hunting by Conor Molloy and the overall best print in the exhibition was Twr Mawr Lighthouse by Anthony Gosling. The public voted for Mia by Paul Scott as their favourite image over the course of the exhibition.

Congratulations to all the category winners and thanks to everyone who submitted entries.  A full list of the winning, highly commended and commended prints can be found here (2017 Exhibition PRINT results).  A full list of the winning, highly commended and commended PDIs can be found here (2017 Exhibition PDI results).

For anyone who missed the exhibition, the best prints are now on display in the Tegg’s Nose gallery.

Great Grey Owl Hunting by Conor Molloy

Congratulations to Anthony on taking first place in our annual competition league.  Going into the final round, Paul Scott and Anthony were in joint first place, each with 138 points.  In last night’s competition, Anthony moved one point ahead of Paul to a score of 139.  (Remember that each person’s lowest scoring round is dropped from the final total).  Given the range of competition themes over the five rounds, this shows great consistency.

Also, well done to Paul who was second with 138 and to David Boam who came third with 136.

Finally, thanks to all who have entered images into this season’s competitions.  The full league table can be found here (MCC Scores After Round 5).

Here’s one of Anthony’s highly commended entries from last night.

Thanks to all those who submitted entries for the final round of this season’s internal competitions.  The theme was ‘Advertisement’ and it attracted some very creative entries.  Thank you to Geoff Reader of Alsager Camera Club for his comments on all the submitted images and for his selection of the winning entries.

Congratulations to David Boam who came first with “Blockbuster”, Stephen Bolton who came second with “Limoncello” and David Boam (again!) who came third with “Gin”.

The full list of scores can be accessed here (Advertisement Scores).