There were 307 entries in the Club's Annual Exhibition this year from 16 entrants. Well done to all those who entered and thank you to everyone who contributed their time in organising the Annual Exhibition.
Scores out of 10 were awarded for each image from 3 judges; Lydia Sutton, Peter Maystrenko and John Seidel; giving a combined score out of 30 for each image.
The award winning images from the Annual Competition can be viewed below:
Champion Print – ‘In a World of My Own’ by Ross Lamb
Champion Digital Image –
‘African Fish Eagle With Fish 2’ by John Hodgson
Top Classic Portrait –
‘Thoughtful’ by Terry Gooley
Top Mono Open Print –
‘Two Bows and a Boy’ by Jan Pudney
Top Mono Portrait Print – ‘Indigenous’ by Scott Carr
Top Colour Open Print –
‘Crane Invasion’ by Chris Woods
Top Colour Portrait Print –
‘In a World of My Own’ by Ross Lamb
Top Digital Open Image – ‘Towering’ by John Hodgson
Top Digital Portrait Image –
‘Thoughtful’ by Terry Gooley
Top Landscape Image –
‘Lake Albert’ by Suzanne Opitz
Top Nature Image –
‘African Fish Eagle with Fish 2’ by John Hodgson
Top Experimental Image – ‘Splash’ by Des Berwick
Top Travel Image – ‘Business As Usual’ by Chris Woods
Top B Grade Open Image –
‘Rainbow Crossing’ by Russell Flower
President’s Trophy –
‘Art and the Alien’ by Jan Pudney
The encouragement award is awarded to a B grade member showing promising improvement in their images. This year Alicja Pliszko was the recipient of this award.
Aggregate awards are also presented at the Annual Exhibition, which are based on the accumulated scores throughout the year's monthly competitions in each of the 3 categories. This year the recipients of the Aggregate Awards were as follows:
- A Grade Mono Prints : Suzanne Opitz
- A Grade Colour Prints : Chris Woods
- A Grade Digital : John Hodgson
- B Grade Mono Prints : Rhonda Puxley
- B Grade Colour Prints : Rhonda Puxley
- B Grade Digital : Julie Deer
We also have five B graders promoted to A grade for next year; Julie Deer, Russell Flower, Kevin Harris, Lance Perryman & Rhonda Puxley. Congratulations!