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Mar 22

New Club Exhibition at Teggs Nose Gallery

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Starting on 21st March, we are running an exhibition of recent club prints in the Teggs Nose gallery. This was put together at very short notice after Martin, the Ranger, contacted us asking if we could help after his planned exhibitor dropped out. It’s a great opportunity to showcase some of the prints that have been entered into recent competitions. There are 26 prints in total and prints are included from 10 different club members.

The exhibition runs until 19th April so why not go up there to see a great selection of prints. There’s also a very good tea-room next door!

Feb 28

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Fourth Internal Competition 2017-18 – ‘Open’ Print

By Kevin Lomax Competitions, News No Comments

We held our fourth internal competition of the season on Monday. This was an open competition for prints only. There were 47 entries from 16 entrants. Thanks to all who submitted prints.

The competition was judged by our own Brian Law. Thanks to Brian.

Congratulations go to Paul Scott who was the only entrant with a top-scoring image. Also congratulations to Anthony Gosling and David Boam who didn’t quite achieve 20 points but both had prints scoring 19 points (two separate prints in Dave’s case).

The full competition results can be found here.

The latest 2017-18 competition league table can be found here.

‘Going Underground’ by Paul Scott. Scored 20 points.

Jan 24

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Third Internal Competition 2017-18 – ‘Architecture’ DPI

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We held our third internal competition of the season on Monday. This was a DPI-only competition on the theme of ‘Architecture’. Thanks to all who entered images. We had 56 entries from 19 entrants in total.

The competition was internally judged with Ian Morison and Howard Self being the judges. Both had clearly done additional research which added to their critique. Thank you to both of them for their comments and scoring.

Congratulations go to Conor Molloy and Malcolm Brunt who each had an image which scored 20 points.

A full list of the scores can be found here.

The overall league table after three competitions can be found here.

‘Last Light of the Day’ by Conor Molloy

‘Jevington Lost Victoriana’ by Malcolm Brunt

Jan 23

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Success at the PAGB

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We submitted entries in both the Nature Cup as well as the Small Clubs Cup. This was judged over the weekend of the 20th January 2018. The Nature Cup allows us to submit a maximum of 21 images which a maximum of 3 per author, and the Small Clubs Cup a maximum of 10 images with 4 authors and a maximum of 4 per author. Well we did quite well. In the Nature category we’ve up’ed our game from sharing 23rd to 20th in our own right!, but that’s not all! In the Small Clubs we’ve leapt from 39th to 8th and only a couple of points for making it into the top 5 in the country. So well done all and to those who provided images, please keep on up’ing our game.

The full scores can be found here: gbcup_2018

The GB Cup for Small Clubs 2018 Open

Your 10 Highest Scoring Images
1	Leading The Field	Conor Molloy		13
2	Defying Time	Paul Scott		12
3	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow	Kristina Kokocova		12
4	Ebb And Flow	Anthony Gosling		12
5	Steadfast	Anthony Gosling		12
6	Splitting The Defence	Conor Molloy		12
7	Safe Return	David Tolliday		10
8	Marrakech Market	Dave Boam		10
9	Mad Hatters Tea For One	Irene Lea		10
10	Portrait Of A Footballer	Conor Molloy		10
			Total	113

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The GB Cup for Nature 2018 Nature

Your 10 Highest Scoring Images
1	Juvenile African Jacana On Lily Pads	Conor Molloy		15
2	Carmine Beeeater	Conor Molloy		13
3	Bearded Reedling With Nesting Material	David Tolliday		13
4	Fish Offer	Steve Gresty		12
5	Common Snipe	David Tolliday		12
6	Pied Kingfisher	Steve Gresty		12
7	Puffin With Nesting Material	Kevin Lomax		12
8	Crested Tit	Steve Gresty		11
9	White Peacock	Kevin Blake		10
10	Swallowtail	Kevin Blake		10
			Total	120

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Jan 16

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Success for Alison in “Women Behind the Lens” Competition

By Kevin Lomax Competitions, Members Successes, News No Comments

Congratulations to Alison Lomax who had an image shortlisted in Picfair’s “Women Behind the Lens” competition. The competition was open to all women photographers and attracted over 4,000 entries from more than 40 countries. The aim was to raise the profile of female photographers as currently only 2% of photographers on the books of major commercial agencies are female.

Images were entered into four categories – Portrait, Nature, Street Level and Architecture – with five images being shortlisted in each category. Alison’s entry, “Sunflower Close-Up”, was entered and shortlisted in the Nature category.

All shortlisted images were displayed in the entrance gallery of The Guardian’s offices in London.

A selection of images which didn’t quite make the shortlist were displayed electronically in the gallery. Congratulations also go to Louise Acton for having one of her images in this selection.

Alison’s image and all other shortlisted images can be viewed here.