I have belatedly been asked to write this report as both our Print and PI secretaries are away on holiday - lucky devils missing all this gloomy weather!
Our old friend Eric Burchell (steam engine enthusiast) judged this competition for us in his own experienced style giving mostly quite high marks. There were Four 20s; Eight 19s; and Fifteen 18s out of a total entry of 54 PIs.
The overall best P I of the evening was awarded to Anne Nagle for her 'Parental Duties' which was a wonderful shot of a mother Tern with a small fish in its beak for its waiting baby which was screaming its head off as they do. Very well done Anne. Anne is currently second in this annual competition.
Second was Charmaine Hayes' 'Land Speed Record' - a picture of a couple of children tearing down a path on their toboggan clearly really enjoying themselves, and third was my picture of two male Fallow deer having a go at each other during 'The Rut'.
The final 20 went to Tim Hulbert's 'Crash landing' which was of a Hawk just landing back on its perch with its wings outstretched. A wonderful moment of 'action' captured expertly. Tim carried out the projection duties during the evening without any trouble at all which I thought worthy of a special mention since, as far as I know, he had never done anything like this ever before. Well done Tim on both scores.
19s were awarded to Daisy Kane (two 19s and an 18 and as we speak second in the Photographer of the Year competition); Peter Picthall (who also got an 18); Paul Hayward (a 19 an 18 and a 17 and currently our leader in ALL the competitions); Ruth Calvert-Smith (and an 18); Jane Coward (and an 18); Martin Tomes; and finally Charmaine Hayes.
18s were awarded to Daisy, Tim, Derek, Peter Picthall, Paul Hayward, Ruth, Peter Michell (two and currently third in the annual Competition), Jane, John Gauvin, Jean MacWhirter, Liz Barber, James Heath (two), and Paul Setford. Well done to all of them.
The highlight of the whole evening was undoubtedly one of our most recent new members Charmaine Hayes getting both a 20 and a 19 in her first ever competition entry. What a brilliant result!