last night the Gerry Coyle Memorial Competition was judged.

This comepetition was for best print.

Large turn out of 44 prints

A wide variaty of subjects & shooting styles using multiple devices. The club has seen a large surge of mobile phone images in recent seasons. We know dedicate a night to phone photography (more on that later in the season)

Results

Commended

Spooning Leads to Forking by Stephen Farmer

Sunflower Ecstacy by Mark Ellis

Solitude at Baker Stree by Mike Smith

Ice By Simon Coates

Jude By Graeme Webb

Highly Commended

Lonely Riders by Dariusz Renke

Foggintor Quarry, Dartmoor by Andrew SWan – Highly Comm

3rd Place

South Georgia by Simon Coates

2nd Place

Beach Huts by Ian Andrew

1st Place

Market Stall Umbrellas by David Cunnane

As always we start our opening night with our Summer Challenge “An English Summer”

Some perspective new members joined us, we hope they enjoyed the night as much as we did and see them joining us again soon.

We had a wide variety of subjects shot with different styles.

Everyone was competing for the Jack Hemming Memorial Trophy for the PDI’s & The Simon Coates Trophy for the prints.

Prints

1st Place Fielder In Full Flight by Simon Coates

2nd – Beach Huts by Ian Andrew

3rd – Give Us a Lick by Warren Strickland

DPI

1st – Rain Stops Play by Graeme Webb

Joint 2nd – Anne Hathaway’s Cottage by Ian Maxwell

Joint 2nd – No Summer Vacation For Me by David Cunnane

Here is the exciting trailer for our newest season

we look forward to seeing members new and returning at any stage of the season

the first merit competition of the season results are in and Simon Coats has taken and early lead in print and DPI

Mark, David & Andrew are right behind Simon and will no doubt be gunning for top spot