The theme for this year’s competition was “time”, and we received some very imaginative entries.
Congratulations go to Kieley Evans for her first competition win, along with James Moore and Kerry Crowther.
1. Kieley Evans
2. James Moore
3. Kerry Crowther
The Rapson Cup is a digital triptych competition, Each entry consists of three images, which must all work as individual images, as well as forming a coherent panel.
Congratulations go to Martin Hanson for taking the top two spots, with Helen Moore taking third place.
1. Inverted Freesias - Martin Hanson
2. Hot Chillies - Martin Hanson
3. Working Dogs - Helen Moore
Finally we' managed to meet in person, in our new venue!
Going forward we’ll be meeting in Hillfort Primary School, now from 7pm - 9pm on Tuesday evenings (not 7:30pm as we have in the past).
The first week saw the Oatey Cup, where we show your favourite shots from over the summer break, congratulations go to Helen Moore, Alan Murtough and Richard Lawrence for taking the top spots!
1. Helen Moore
2. Alan Murtough
3. Richard Lawrence
The final competition of the season! The Tony Briard Trophy is for your best digital image of the year.
Congratulations go to Steve Fitchett, James Moore and Martin Hanson for taking the top spots!
1st. Steve Fitchett - “Whilst the world keeps turning“
2nd James Moore
3rd Martin Hanson “Storm Warning”
It’s the final competitions of the season! The Ken Beard Trophy is for your best shot of the last 12 months, while this is usually a print competition we have translated this to a digital competition this year.
Congratulations go to Helen Moore, David Crawley and Andy Birtwistle for taking the honours!
1. Helen Moore
2. David Crawley - “Life Cycle of a Dandelion“
3. Andy Birtwistle
The Bill Mammatt Cup is a competition that excludes members who’ve recently won a competition, congratulations go to Martin Hanson and Jenny Lauder for taking the top spots!
1. Martin Hanson - Stamen Tulipa
2. Martin Hanson - Odd One Out
3. Jenny Lauder - Reflection with Instagram Colour
The results are in for The John Armstrong Salver and it’s a big win for the Moore family with Helen Moore taking 1st and 2nd and James Moore taking 3rd place!
Congratulations also go to Martin Hanson for collecting a Highly Commended and Richard Lawrence for taking home two Commended shots
1st - Macaque - Helen Moore
2nd - Cucumber Spider attacks Solier beetle - Helen Moore
3rd - Red Squirrel - James Moore
The Haworth Cup is traditionally our printed natural history competition, but this year it has been moved to a digital competition.
Congratulations go to Dave Taylor, Alan Murtough and Tim Gilbert for taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively, with Richard Lawrence collecting a Highly Commended.
1st - Honey Bee and Lavender - Dave Taylor
2nd - Fox Moth - Alan Murtough
Joint 3rd - Bee collecting pollen - Tim Gilbert
Joint 3rd - Fly on Hawthorn - Tim Gilbert
The results of the Harry Wiltshire competition are in!
Traditionally this has been a print competition but obviously the pandemic has forced us to convert this into a digital image competition, this is a triptych competition which means that each panel of 3 must work as individual images, but also work together as when taken as a whole.
The winner this year is David Crawley with his fabulous shots of the Red Arrows, closely followed by Richard Lawrence and James Moore, with Helen Moore taking a Highly Commended.
1st - “Smoke On” - David Crawley
2nd - “The Old Livestock Fence” - Richard Lawrence
3rd - “Mission Possible” - James Moore
