The Crouch Shield for Digital Projected Images was held on 12 March 2010 and hosted by Henfield Camera Club. The judge for the evening, Bob Webzell is a past president of Brighton Hove Camera Club and lectures and judges throughout the south of England.
In the first round, Paul Hayward scored 17 points for his image entitled 'Hard Times'. This put us in 6th place at the end of Round One. Could it get better?
Round two took us further down the 'pecking' order. Derek Grieve's 'Early morning view from San Gimignano' was awarded only 16 points. We were now in joint penultimate place along with Horsham, Mid-Sussex and Henfield (who were eventually to come joint last along with Littlehampton).
Peter Michell to the rescue in round three. 'Katie' was given 19 points and we were joint 5th. Could we maintain our 2009 showing when we came joint 5th?
Round four and optimism ahead. Anne Nagle's 'Great Spotted Woodpecker' scores 18 points and we move up to 4th.
Round five and we slip to joint 6th, when Jane Coward's 'Hammer and Anvil' only score 15. Surely it was worth more than that. All is not lost.
It is now! 'Echinacea Purpurea Magnus' by John Gauvin achieves only 17 points to leave us languishing in 8th place. Three points short of 5th place and a full 11 points off the winning club's score of 113.
The winning images can be seen on the Regnum Crouch website.
Results
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Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Round 4 |
Round 5 |
Round 6 |
Total |
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1 |
Chichester |
15 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
18 |
20 |
113 |
|
2 |
Steyning |
20 |
20 |
18 |
17 |
15 |
19 |
109 |
|
3 |
Southwick |
20 |
18 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
107 |
|
4 |
Horsham |
19 |
14 |
19 |
16 |
20 |
18 |
106 |
|
5 |
Worthing |
16 |
19 |
16 |
19 |
17 |
18 |
105 |
|
6 |
Bognor Regis |
15 |
19 |
19 |
15 |
16 |
19 |
103 |
|
6 |
Midhurst |
18 |
16 |
15 |
20 |
16 |
18 |
103 |
|
8 |
Storrington |
17 |
16 |
19 |
18 |
15 |
17 |
102 |
|
9 |
Mid Sussex |
18 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
18 |
19 |
100 |
|
10 |
Henfield |
16 |
17 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
17 |
98 |
|
10 |
Littlehampton |
14 |
14 |
14 |
19 |
19 |
18 |
98 |
The 2011 competition will be hosted by Littlehampton Camera Club in March. We will not be hosts until 2015, so have plenty of time to prepare.