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Swinton P.S. Inter Club Competition 2018
We hosted the annual inter club competition between Swinton PS and ourselves on Thursday 12 July 2018, and welcomed Jane Lines MPAGB BPE5* LRPS to be the judge.
The 10 prints from each club were shown fist, and after a run through Jane gave her insightful comments and scores. Jane held back 6 prints, and the full 20 points were awarded to two prints, namely “Marlborough Point” by Peter Thomasson and “Puffin with Sand Eels” by Brian White, both members of Bolton CC
"Marlborough Point" by Peter Thomasson
"Puffin with Sand Eels" by Brian White
The scores for the print section were Swinton 165, Bolton 181 points. A small margin, considering Swinton have a reputation for pulling back with their PDIs, so it was still all to play for after the break.
The PDIs were shown and again we enjoyed the benefit of Jane’s comments and opinions. Four PDI were held back, with the full 20 points going to two of them, “The Kiss” by Sue Tydd (from Swinton) and “Waiting for the Fog to Lift” by Alan Bromiley (from Bolton).
"Waiting for the Fog to Lift" by Alan Bromiley
Jane added that “The Kiss” was her favourite image at this competition.She particularly liked the "very good make up" and "the good use of an arm for framing"
"The Kiss" by Sue Tydd from Swinton
Image published here with kind consent from Sue Tydd
The PDI scores were very close, with Swinton on 172 and us on 173
The total scores were 337 points for Swinton and 354 for Bolton.
This competition lived up to its usual very high standard of images, which Jane commented on several times during her judging.
We look forward to next year’s inter club competition, to be hosted by Swinton.
All the scores can be seen on the attached pdfs by clicking the link below.
 PDI Score Sheet | [ ] | 17 kB |
| Print Score Sheets | [ ] | 17 kB |
June 2018 Print Competition
June 2018 Open Print Competition
On Thursday 21st June the club held their third print competition of the year with the judge being on this occassion Diane Magor.
In the Club Level competition Diane awarded 4 prints maximum points they were
"Cromer Pier" by Dave Bell "Sunset in Iceland" by Isobel Prause
"Tranquil" by Peter Corser "Llandudno in the Rain" by Chris Hutchinson
In the Intermediate Level competition again Diane awarded 4 images maximum points, and they were
"Isle of Jura Stag" by Eric Grindle "Spa Day, Indian Water Buffalo" by Eric Grindle
"Female Kingfisher regugitating pellet" by Pat Berry " Sunset" by Jian Huang
In the Advanced Level competition Diane again awarde 4 images maximum points, and these were
"Home Safe" by Alan Bromiley "Puffin with Sand Eels" by Brian White
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"Great Crested Grebes Mating" by Richard Towell "Kingfisher with Fish" by Richard Towell
| 2018 Club level Leaderboards June .pdf | [ ] | 127 kB |
| 2018 Intermediate Leaderboards June .pdf | [ ] | 127 kB |
| June 2018 Advanced Level Print Scores.pdf | [ ] | 26 kB |
| June 2018 Intermediate Level Print Scores.pdf | [ ] | 27 kB |
| June 2018 Club Level Print Scores.pdf | [ ] | 26 kB |
| 2018 Advanced Leaderboards June .pdf | [ ] | 127 kB |
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