Many thanks to Peter Cox from Tring Camera club who judged for us last night.  Peter’s erudite, constructive and helpful critiques were much appreciated.

Congratulations to Avril Candler for winning the Nature trophy with ‘Black Bear Clam Hunting’.  Judith Gimber’s ‘Worm Catcher’ and ‘Razor Bills with Sandeels’  were second and third respectively.  YC Wei’s ‘Osprey’ was commended.

Nature Trophy Winner by Avril Candler

This year’s Print of the Year competition entries comprised members’ personal choice of their prints that had been shown either in monthly of specialist competitions during our 2022/23 season.  In a very close race for first, congratulations to Alan Colegrave whose ‘Princess, Guatemala’ was awarded the Trophy;  Judy Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Dressed for the Occasion’ was second and Alan’s ‘Religious Event, Guatemala’ third.  Highly commended were ‘Finlay’ by Judith Gimber,  Judy Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Open Late’ and  ‘Under the Bridge’ by YC Wei,  and ‘Yurt Mother and Child Kyrgyzstan’ by Alan Colegrave.  Commended were Alan’s ‘Wet Wet-Neck’ , and ‘Reflection Brackets’ and ‘Water (Algarve Pool)’ by Peter Polkinghorne.

Print of the Year Trophy winner by Alan Colegrave

We thank Peter for his excellent judging and everyone who entered and came along last night.   All the images may be viewed on Facebook.

Our 2022/23 competition year is now ended and we look forward to our 2023/24 programme with its mixture of Zoom and face-to-face meetings – the latter in our new home – Century Bowling and Sports Club.

Have a good summer and hope to see you in September!