COMPETITION Round 7 – 10th March 2026

FUN AND GAMES - DIGITAL

JUDGE – Erica Oram

This evening’s Judge Erica Oram is no stranger to the club having judged many competitions over past years.

In the colour section 18 members entered 31 digital images. Erica held back 6 for further discussion and marking. Her winning image scoring 20 was Paul Lancaster’s “Get your weight over the inside”.

In the mono section 12 entrants entered 23 digital images. Erica held back 4 further consideration and marks. She awarded 20 to Steve Parrish’s “The Puppet Master”

After viewing the 2 winning entries, 1 from the colour and 1 from the mono section. Erica made her final choice as the winner

Steve Parrish’s “The Puppet Master”.

 

Bob Fish receiving the Monthly Tropey from Mike Bennet

EP6  FESTIVALS – PRINTS

JUDGE – Mike Bennet

The Chairman introduced Mike Bennet, on his first visit to the club to judge the members prints. As there were not as many entries as usual this month, this gave him more time to view and talk about each of the prints.

 

 

 

The Chairman thanked him for his for his comments and his final selection of the winner image. Hoped he would come back again in the future to judge another competition. Wished him a safe journey home to Cleethorpes.

 

 Mary Fish receiving the Monthly Tropey from Bob Fish

 

COMPETITION Round 5 – 21st January 2026

OPEN – PRINT

JUDGE – Steve Dormer DPAGB BPE3 AFIAP

The Chairman sent his apologise for his absence this evening, his deputy David Neale introduced Steve Dormer to judge round 5 of the competition, open prints.

19 members attended to hear the judges’ comments and marks on the second of the years open competition. In the colour section 13 members entered 25 prints giving Steve a difficult choice in selecting the winning entries from such diverse subjects. After holding back 12, he gave 3 maximum 20marks.

His final selection of the winner image in the colour section was “Kestrels Perch Dispute” Mary Fish.

The mono section, 11 members entered 21 images, Steve holding back 9 images, giving 2 maximum 20 marks. His final choice was “Back-to-Back” Sue Cross.

After giving the two winners considerable attention his final choice was “Kestrels Perch Dispute” Mary Fish.

The Chairman thanked him for a difficult evening judging an unusual, titled competition and giving some good comments that hopefully members would find useful for the future.

 

 

 

FRAMES, DOORS & WINDOWS (Digital)

 JUDGE Grahame Dunkin

 

The Chairman introduced Grahame Dunkin to judge the 4th round of the competition. Grahame has been before to judge previous competitions.

 

22 members attended to hear Grahame’s comments and marks on a not so easy competition.

 

In the colour section 19 members entered 37 digital images giving Grahame a difficult choice in selecting the winner. After holding back 16 his final selection of the winner in the colour section was Sue Cross’s “The Music Room”.

 

The mono section, 17 members entered 30 images. Grahame held back 12 giving 3, 20 marks and selecting George Fiddler’s “The Busker” as the winner.

 

After giving the two winners considerable attention his final choice was Sue Cross’s “The Music Room”.

 

Sue received the monthly trophy from Grahame as can be seen on the Home page of the website.

 

The Chairman thanked him for a difficult evening judging an unusual, titled competition and giving some good comments that hopefully members would find useful for the future.

Fur and Feathers print   JUDGE Peter Jones

 The Chairman introduced Peter Jones, no stranger to the club to judge round 3 of the competition, Fur and Feathers.

 19 members attended the evening to hear the comments of the judge for the colour section and his scoring for each of the photos. 15 entries, 30 photos the judge held back 14 to look at again before making his final choice. Narrowing these down to 5 final photos all receiving 20 marks each and giving his winner too Robert Fish for his photo “Bearded Tit in Flight”

 In the mono section 11 members entered 19 photos. The judge held back 6 photos giving 3 a maximum of 20 marks. His final winner was Mary Fish for her photo “Tawny Owl Landing”

 After considering both winning photos from the colour and mono sections he chose Robert Fish’s photo “Bearded Tit in Flight” as the overall winner.

 The Chairman thanked Peter Jones for giving his personnel comments and marking each photo out of a possible 20 marks.