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2017/18 POTY 6 Autumn
This week we had the critique / image review session for the penultimate POTY round. This was a themed Autumn and PDI The winner was Julie Holbeche-Maund with “Autumn Fashion” From Steve Bexon in 2nd with “Lower Padley” And in joint 3rd Micheal Dawe with “Autumn Leaves” & Peter Lawrance with “Autumn Light” Click for full table of results Click for Gallery...
2018 Des Ong – Nature and wildlife photographer
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2018 Ashby CC Interclub
Last night saw the annual Ashby CC Interclub. This year hosted by the Ashby CC at Smisby. The comp was a 20 print open theme judged by Ralph Bennett who gave some quite insightful comments on the images. ESCC eventually squeezed into 1st spot piping Ashby 333 to 331 Special mention should go to both Sally Thearle of Ashby CC for her image “Gentle Billy” and Phil Mallin of ESCC for his image “Lu Lu” which both scored 20 although when asked for an overall winner the judge did favour “Lu Lu” Ashby CC Earl Shilton CC Clubs Image Author Title Score Score Title Author 1 John Picken Are we nearly there yet 16 17 120Mph For An Eighth Of A Second Steve Bexon 2 Clive Bew Black Headed Gull & Chicks 17 18 A Touch Of Frost Robin Astle 3 Sally Thearle Black on Black 18 16 Antique Restorer Peter Lawrance 4 Valerie Hope Contemplation 16 15 Autumn Light At Shenton Peter Lawrance 5 Clive Bew Dunlin at Sunset 16 15 Cauldron Falls Julie Holbeche-Maund 6 Katie Picken Damsel in distress 16 18 Conflict John Smith 7 Clive Bew Ennerdale Lake 19 15 Douglas Super Dc 3 Julie Holbeche-Maund 8 John Picken Frozen 15 17 Food Fight Ian Waite 9 Sally Thearle Gentle Billy 20 18 Harvest Mouse Ian Waite 10 Nigel Shaw Into the Unknown 17 18 Light And Shadows John Smith 11 John Picken Lets Dance 15 12 Long Tail Tit Chantal Cooper 12 Julia Picken...
2018 Graham Heywood
This week we had a guest speak Graham Heywood who presented a talk entitled “Fresh Imaginations” that covered images he has taken over the last 4 years and was present in a relaxed meaner interspersed with AV presentations. To see more visit his...
2018 Hinckley PS 50 50 Mix & Match
Tonight Hinckley & District PS hosted a 50 image mix & match competition. This consists of the lead club selecting and image and the other club trying to match that image in some respect. Upto 5 points being given for the match and a further 5 for quality. The lead swaps after every 3 rounds. There is a judge but he does get heckled by the teams in regard to the decisions made but all in good humour and a fun and light heated evening was had with Earl Shilton CC eventually emerging victors having scored 168.5 v 161 after 21...
2017/18 POTY 5 Leicestershire & Warwickshire Churches
Last night was the review evening for the 5th round of internal competition. It was a PDI round themed “Leicestershire & Warwickshire Churches” Entry was down on previous rounds with only 33 images but Peter Lawrance came first with his image “Staunton Harold Church” From Gary Wood with “Autumn Colour All Saints Peatling Parva” From Dave Crowson in 3rd with “St Marys De Castro” Click here for Full Results Click here for...
2017/18 POTY 4 Chairmans Panel Competition
Last night we held an impromptu selection evening for the 50 images needed for the forth coming interclub fun evening at Hinckley & District PS on 16 March 2018. This was followed by a review of the panels results from the previous weeks 2018 POTY 4 Chairmans Panel Competition. Entry was down to only 15 panels probably as a result of not running POTY this year so the was no requirement on entering as it didn’t effect the league table. The winner was Steve Bexon with “Brick Lane Surveillance” From John Smiths “Curves” And Gary Wood with “Monochromatic Cumbrian Fencing” For full Full table of results click here To view the Gallery click...