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| No | Competition Date | Deadline | Title | Section | Judge | Definitions / Results | Gallery / PhotoEntry** |
|---|
| 1 | 2 Oct 2023 | 18 Sep | Open, PDI | Sections Separate | Sue Sibley | Results | Gallery |
| 2 | 13 Nov 2023 | 30 Oct | Open, Prints | Sections Separate | Peter Weaver | Results | Gallery |
| 3 | 4 Dec 2023 | 20 Nov | PDI, Emotions | Sections Separate | Steve Hallam | Results | Gallery |
| 4 | 5 Feb 2024 | 22 Jan | Mono, Prints | Sections Separate | Tim Booth | Results | Gallery |
| 5 | 4 Mar 2024 | 19 Feb | Nature, PDI | Sections Separate | Ralph Snook | Results | Gallery |
| 6 | 22 Apr 2024 | 8 Apr | Negative Space, Prints | Sections Separate | Paul Mitchell | Results | Gallery |
| 7 | 13 May 2024 | 29 Apr | Creative, Print | Sections Separate | Jim Pascoe | Results | Gallery |
* Definitions:
1 - PSA Monochrome definition applies
2 - The 1 June 2014 Common Nature definition of the PSA, FIAP & RPS applies (NB Wildlife definition does not apply)
see Competition Rules, Guidance & Definitions for more details
** - Link to upload your entries to the PhotoEntry System.
Results for Competition 1 Open Digital – Advanced and Club Separate
Judged by Sue Sibley ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/b BPE3 on 2 October 2023
(50 entries Advanced Section, 29 entries Club Section).
| Award | Title | Photographer |
|---|
| Advanced Section | | |
| First | Brown Hare | Jenny Warr |
| Second | City Vision Skywards | Helen Gibson |
| Third | Tango Performance Live | Peter Yendell |
| HC | Endangered | L:isa Bukalders |
| HC | Good Hair Day | Helen Jones |
| HC | Little Blue Heron | Jane Lee |
| HC | Red Arrow | Russ Hoban |
| HC | Taking the Jump | Peter Yendell |
| HC | The Afghan Veteran | Stephen Jones |
| Club Section | | |
| First | Can You Hear Voices | Sarah Mcnultys |
| Second | Atmospheric Dockland | Lisa Rendall |
| Third | Little Egret | Jill Bramley |
| HC | Impressions on a beach | Shirley Swain |
| HC | Rainbow over Keills | Peter Downton |
| HC | Refuge from the flood, Puddletown | Phil Whiffing |
| HC | Skimming the surface | Shirley Swain |
| HC | Sunset Over Jura | Peter Downton |
| HC | Touchdown. Black Tailed Godwit | Sarah Mcnulty |
Results for Competition 2 Open Prints – Advanced and Club Separate
Judged by Peter Weaver APAGB, CPAGB, LRPS, on 13 November 2023
(41 entries Advanced Section, 14 entries Club Section).
| Award | Title | Photographer |
|---|
| Advanced Section | | |
| First | Ivory Gull Take-off | Stephen Lee |
| Second | Steamy Yellowstone | Dee Wareham |
| Third | Drum Master | Stephen Jones |
| HC | Avocet Embrace | Susan Buckland |
| HC | Fire Dancer | Cheryl Connor |
| HC | Battle Ready | Helen Jones |
| HC | Determined to Win | Stephen Jones |
| HC | On the Rooftop | Jane Lee |
| HC | Washed Up | Jane Lee |
| HC | Joan with her Embroidery | Penny Piddock |
| HC | Surgeonfish and Reflection | Spike Piddock |
| Club Section |
| First | Oh Will You Be Quiet. | Sarah McNulty |
| Second | Trust In Me. | Sarah McNulty |
| Third | Pedal Power | Norman Marsh |
| HC | Grassland | Jill Bramley |
| HC | Spider Web | Stephen Hester |
| HC | Focused | Jeffrey Hutson |
| HC | St David's Cathedral | Michael Martin |
| HC | Window at Cragside | Phil Whiffing |
Results for Competition 3, Emotions Digital – Advanced and Club Separate
Judged bySteve Hallam LRPS on 4 December 2023
(47 entries Advanced Section, 14 entries Club Section).
| Award | Title | Photographer |
|---|
| Advanced Section | | |
| First | Ecstasy and Agony | Jane Lee |
| Second | First Love | Helen Jones |
| Third | I don't know whether to laugh or cry | Steve Lord |
| HC | Alone in the Crowd | Susan Buckland |
| HC | Fire Dancer | Cheryl Connor |
| HC | Great Crested Grebe's Violent Encounter | Tim Downton |
| HC | It’s the Pits | Helen Jones |
| HC | Made It - The Hard Way | Stephen Jones |
| HC | Proud Owner | Jane Lee |
| HC | Joan with Bears for the Children's Hospice | Penny Piddock |
| Club Section | | |
| First | Reflecting | Jeffrey Hutson |
| Second | Determination to win. | Lisa Rendall |
| Third | Loving Hands 1933 to 2023 | Phil Whiffing |
| HC | Goodtime boys | Norman Marsh |
| HC | All the Thrills at The Fair | Lisa Rendall |
| HC | Ello Mum | Phil Whiffing |
Results for Competition 4, Monochrome prints – Advanced and Club Separate
Judged by Tim Booth on 5 February 2024
| Award | Title | Photographer |
|---|
| Advanced Section | | |
| First | Avocets Feeding | Tim Downton |
| Second | Frosty Morning at Antelope Flats | Jane Lee |
| Third | Warnscale Bothy with Approaching Rain | Tony Gill |
| HC | Boutique Hotel | Stephen Jones |
| HC | Nautilus. A Living Link to the Past | Penny Piddock |
| HC | Passing By | Jane Lee |
| HC | Portrait of Photographer RANKIN at his Studio | Neil Crick |
| HC | Spiral | Robert Williams |
| HC | TAKING A SNEAKY DRAG | Paul Clarke |
| HC | Thorney Mill | Robert Williams |
| HC | Turnworth Tree | Tony Gill |
| Club Section | | |
| First | Getting Steamed Up | Jeffrey Hutson |
| Second | The Woodcarver. | Phil Whiffing |
| Third | Lone Tree And Limestone Pavement | Peter Downton |
| HC | Eleven Forty Niine at Waterloo | Chris Parvin |
| HC | Fast and furious | Lisa Rendall |
Results for Competition 5, Nature Digital – Advanced and Club Separate
Judged by Ralph Snook ARPS, EFIAP/s, DPAGB on 4 March 2024
| Award | Title | Photographer |
|---|
| Advanced Section | | |
| First | Black Veined Whites on Burnt Tip Orchid | Annette Beardsley |
| Second | Diving Short eared owl | Garry Prescott |
| Third | Magpie Inkcap | Robert Williams |
| HC | Kestrel with vole | Garry Prescott |
| HC | Arctic Fox Icy Stare | Jane Lee |
| HC | Avocet in Flight | Tim Downton |
| HC | Bearded Tit Eating Seeds | Jenny Warr |
| HC | Clear Off ! | Cheryl Connor |
| HC | Great Crested Grebe's Courtship Display | Tim Downton |
| HC | Leopard cub early morning feed | Peter Yendell |
| HC | Lionfish Hunting | Spike Piddock |
| HC | Polar Bear on Arctic Ice | Jane Lee |
| HC | Whistling rat | Lisa Bukalders |
| HC | White Tailed Eagles Fighting | Susan Buckland |
| C | Bee Wolf with Bee | Susan Buckland |
| C | Brown Hare | Jenny Warr |
| C | Fuligo septica Slime Mould on the Move | Penny Piddock |
| C | Grizzly Mother and Cub With Salmon | Carole Zimmerman |
| C | Little Owl resting Wing Portland Bill | Spike Piddock |
| C | Polar Bear with Cubs on Ice Floe | Stephen Lee |
| Club Section | | |
| First | Broad-bodied Chaser on Honeysuckle | Jeremy Lee-Potter |
| Second | Blue Tit | Vanessa Hart |
| Third | Little Egret - Cleared for Landing | Alan Symes |
| HC | Mute Swans fighting | Shirley Swain |
| HC | Spiny Mason wasp with weevil grub | Shirley Swain |
| HC | Spoonbill lifting off | Jayne Brooks |
| C | Cheetah - Five Brothers at Breakfast | Alan Symes |
| C | Razor Bill | Vanessa Hart |
| C | Wash and Fluff Up | Stephen Hester |
Results for Competition 6, Negative Space, prints – Advanced and Club Separate
Judged by Paul Mitchell FRPS on 22 April 2024
| Award | Title | Photographer |
|---|
| Advanced Section | | |
| First | Alone in the Pool | Peter Yendell |
| Second | Ethereal Walk | Helen Lord |
| Third | Solitary | Stephen Lee |
| HC | Beached | Jane Lee |
| HC | Becalmed | Jane Lee |
| HC | Dawn Ruin | Tony Gill |
| HC | Lone Tree in Winter | Dee Wareham |
| HC | Solitude | Stephen Jones |
| HC | Walking the Dog | Graham Lawrencen |
| Club Section | | |
| First | Yellow | Jill Bramley |
| Second | The Geography Field Trip | Phil Whiffing |
| Third | Be calm, be still | Lorayne Hudson |
| HC | Contemplation | Maggie Lawrence |
| HC | Freedom at last | Lisa Rendall |
