The new club season at Paignton Photographic Club kicks off on September 23rd with various members taking the opportunity to discuss some of the new and exciting highlights of the coming season  together with a retrospective of the clubs successes in 2018.  As always, throughout the season you can join us at the hall behind the Methodist Church in Palace Avenue, Paignton from 7:30pm. Non members are always welcome but of course, we hope that you will consider joining the club and helping us make it one, if not the best, photographic club in the region. As a member you will be able to enter club competitions and to represent the club with your images in inter-club and regional competitions. With groups for every level of ability from beginner to advanced, you can feel comfortable that your work has ever opportunity of success within the many competitions that we run throughout the season. More than that, you can be assured of support and help in every aspect of your photography from highly proficient photographers with many years experience to share. Please come along and get involved.

Here are the results of the first WCPF Inter-Club Print Competition held on Sunday 11th August at Dorchester. Congratulations to Torbay on winning the competition, closely followed by Bristol (2nd) and Dorchester (3rd). Full club ranking follows, with Individual Award winners below. A printable version of the results, a full individual score sheet and image galleries are available on the WCPF Website. The competition was very successful and it will now become an annual event. 

1st 182 Torbay

2nd 181 Bristol PS

3rd 180 Dorchester

4th = 175 Nonpareil

4th = 175 Taunton

6th 174 Wadebridge

7th 173 Launceston

8th = 170 Camborne Redruth

8th = 170 Truro

10th = 169 Frome Wessex

10th = 169 Newton Abbot

10th = 169 Sidmouth

13th 168 Barnstaple

14th = 167 Exmouth

14th = 167 Lincombe Barn

16th 166 Bath

17th = 165 Paignton

17th = 165 Tyndale

19th = 164 Mid Somerset

19th = 164 Wellington

21st = 163 Backwell

21st = 163 Hanham

21st = 163 Liskeard

24th 162 Tavistock

25th = 161 Stroud

25th = 161 Swindon

27th = 160 Kingsbridge

27th = 160 Kingswood

29th 159 Chard

30th 157 Bridgwater

31st 156 Penwith

32nd 154 Crediton

33rd 153 St Austell

34th 151 Colyford

35th = 148 Nomad Photo Group

35th = 148 Sherborne

37th 146 Royal Wootton Bassett

38th 145 Bleadon

39th 144 Bideford

 

Individual Awards:

OPEN

Best in Class: Flight of Fancy - Ray Grace - Nonpareil

Judges Awards: 

Bleak Mid Winter - Rachel Domleo - Lincombe Barn (Caroline Colegate)

Summer's Gone - Mike Martin - Bristol (Glyn Edmunds)

Old Boats - Peter Haworth - Bath (Jean Brooks)

 

MONO

Best in Class: Three Bridesmaids - Richard Lawrence - Liskeard

Judges Awards: 

Bison on the Ridge - Jane Lee - Dorchester (Caroline Colegate)

Path t the Loch - Elizabeth Restall - Tyndale (Glyn Edmunds)

Other Wordly - Wendy Allard - Camborne & Redruth (Jean Brooks)

 

NATURE

Best in Class: Chaffinch Aggression - Pauline Watling - Taunton

Judges Awards:

Boxing Hares - Graham Pears - Bristol (Caroline Colegate)

The Glum Family - Russell McGowan - Torbay (Glyn Edmunds)

Eyelash Pit Viper - Sheila Haycox - Exmouth (Jean Brooks)