We had the pleasure of attending this lively event held at Century. A fun day for parents and children, with a shot at bowling, thorough health checks and if you were lucky, sitting in the cab of a fire engine or police car (no handcuffs!). Whilst it was primarily the Mayor’s event we were delighted to be given space to set up a small print display and have the opportunity to talk with  Madam Mayor, Cllr Orleen Hylton, Dr John Licorish, Deputy Director of Public Health,  other health and well-being professionals and some keen photographers.  We are looking forward to attending similar events across the borough, forging the relationship and growing membership.

Grateful thanks to the Century team and Cllr Hylton.

Smiling with Cllr. Hylton, Mark Buckley-Sharp and Avril Candler (by Judy Buckley-Sharp).

This week heralded our first time in our new venue.  It was an ‘orientation’  meeting where our plans were put into practice;   logistics and timing of the set-up, storage, equipment testing and most importantly making the coffee!  We are very fortunate to have the luxury of space, access to an commercial equipped kitchen, ‘facilities’ and soft chairs!

We look forward to greeting competing club members on the 25th September for the Ron Wake Trophy print competition.

Before that,  next week (the 18th) is the first of our projected image competitions, the specialist section is Nature and  the Open section is anything else.  This will be a Zoom meeting and the competition is being judged by Daan Olivier FRPS EFIAP.

In the meantime, have a good week.

P.S. Century Bowling & Sports Club is hosting the Mayor of Brent’s Wellness day this Saturday, 16th,  from 11am to 4.00pm and members of our club will be there too, so if you’re wondering what a photography club is all about, do pop in for a chat.

This week we enjoyed our first meeting of the 2023/24 season over Zoom on Monday evening.

Several members took the time and effort to produce short talks on their projects, some of which are on-going.

With subjects as varied as ‘Things Found in Mud’, ‘Brutalist Architecture’, ‘Pelicans’, ’50:50′, ‘Sywell Airfield’, ‘Carnival’, ‘Maiden Tower Istanbul’ , ‘Wide Angle’ and ‘Yerebatan’ we had a very interesting and lively evening.  The discussions were both entertaining and informative.  Some of the images may well appear in competitions over the coming months.

Huge thanks to everyone who produced their talk and to those who participated in this thought-provoking and enjoyable event.

Next week we meet at our new home, Century Bowling & Sports Club for a ‘meet and greet’ evening.