The Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union (L&CPU) is the umbrella body for camera clubs and photographic societies in the North West. The L&CPU organise an Individual competition and two inter-club competitions, one in an open format where all images are scored in one viewing, and one a knockout format, where images are gradually knocked out and score more the further they progress. All these competitions are open to members of affiliated clubs.
November 2021
Darwen entered the L&CPU Club Digitally Projected Images knockout competition, held at Elm Bank Conference Centre, Eccles. The competition was judged by Howard Tate from the Yorkshire Photographic Federation. Darwen came 20th out of 42 clubs. Les Price's image "Kestrel Pruning" made it through to round 7 and was one of the top 8 images overall.
L&CPU Club Competition 2021
March 2021
Digitally Projected Images
In the Annual club Digitally Projected Images competition, Darwen finished 37th out of 41 clubs in the Open category, 32nd out of 40 in the Nature category and 36th out of 42 overall. The pandemic was a factor in our decision not to enter the prints competitions this year.
Here are our competition entries in the Open category:
| No | Image | Photographer | Score |
| 1 | Foggy Morning Walk | Ken Tebay | 16 |
| 2 | Earnsdale Reservoir Reflections | Jim Horsfield | 14 |
| 3 | Perfect End of the Day | John Cowburn | 16 |
| 4 | Squrran An Fheidain | Ken Tebay | 15 |
| 5 | Birth | Bill Nairn CPAGB | d/q |
| 6 | The Arch | Alex Dawson | 15 |
| 7 | Steam Carpet | David Fowler | 16 |
| 8 | Spiral | Iain Houghton | 14 |
| 9 | Rainbow Dawn | John Cowburn | 16 |
| 10 | Valetta, Malta | Rochelle Boardman | 16 |
| 11 | Abandon Ship | Rochelle Boardman | 15 |
| 12 | Three Swans Flying | Bill Senior LRPS CPAGB | 16 |
| 13 | Playtime | Bill Nairn CPAGB | 14 |
| 14 | Approaching Storm...... | John Cowburn | 16 |
| 15 | Crucifixion | Dave Crabtree | 14 |
| 16 | Eurofighter takes off | Martin Powell | 16 |
These were our images in the Nature category:
| No | Title | Photographer | Score |
| 1 | Seals | Alex Dawson | 15 |
| 2 | Heron, Early Evening Flight | Les Price | 16 |
| 3 | Just Before Sunrise | Jean Price | 14 |
| 4 | Idea malabarica, butterfly | David Crabtree | 15 |
| 5 | Dolphins | Alex Dawson | 14 |
| 6 | Meerkat Dawn Lookout | Jean Price | 14 |
| 7 | Young Gull Catching Tiddler | Les Price | 16 |
| 8 | Cabbage White Larvae Feeding | Bill senior LRPS CPAGB | 14 |