About Us
| Affiliations | Committee | Archive | Roll of Honour | History |
Club meetings are held on Monday evenings at the The Brownsword Hall, Pummery Square, Poundbury Dorchester, Dorset DT1 3GW http://www.brownswordhall.org.uk/. There is a lift for easy access to the first floor meeting room and there are accessible toilet facilities on the ground floor.
Arrive from 7.15pm - Meetings start promptly at 7.30 pm and finish around 10pm, with a short interval for tea, coffee and chat. Club nights feature a range of external speakers, competitions, members' evenings and social events. The club also hosts special events and workshops, with some outdoor meetings in the summer. See our programme for more details.
Annual subscription for the 2020-21 season is to be decided. (2019-20 season was £45.00).
The WCPF and PAGB
The club is affiliated to the Western Counties Photographic Federation (WCPF). See their website for information on events including inter-club competitions and competitions for individual members (see Dates for your Diary). There is also a WCPF Facebook Group that you are welcome to join.
The club is also affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) via the WPCF. The PAGB co-ordinates specific activities for photographic clubs in the 15 UK Federations (e.g. Western Counties). The PAGB organises national inter-federation & inter-club competitions and offers distinctions (awards for photographic merit) direct to qualifying club members. Subscribe to the PAGB's regular eNewsletters.
List of Officers and Committee Members
Chairman | Helen Jones ARPS CPAGB |
Vice Chairman | Val Brierley LRPS |
Secretary | Stephen Lee DPAGB EFIAP |
Treasurer | Graham Lawrence |
Membership Secretary | Jane Lee DPAGB EFIAP |
Programme Secretary | Penny Piddock DPAGB EFIAP |
Club Competitions Secretary | Malcolm Macnaughtan |
External Competitions Secretary | Helen Jones ARPS CPAGB & Stephen Jones LRPS DPAGB dorcamext@gmail.com |
Exhibitions Secretary | David Whitton |
WCPF Representative | John Tilsley APAGB DPAGB ARPS |
Members Representative | Janine Scola |
Other officers | |
President | John Tilsley APAGB DPAGB ARPS |
Vice-President | Penny Piddock DPAGB EFIAP |
Digital Competition Organiser | Stephen Jones LRPS DPAGB di4dorcamclub@gmail.com |
Webmaster | Stephen Jones LRPS DPAGB dorcamweb@gmail.com |
Raffle | Jane Tearle LRPS and Val Brierley LRPS |
Contact email (unless stated otherwise) | dorcamclub@gmail.com |
Archive
An archive of selected pages from previous yearsArchive of galleries - Club Competitions
Archive of Club Competition Results
Club History and Roll of Honour
Our club was founded in 1936. Here are three documents that record the history of our club and members - all are available as pdf downloads that are suitable for downloading and printing- Club History, kindly written and updated by Keith Hooper.
- Roll of Honour [Work in Progress] lists the names of our trophy winners, going back to the early days of our club.
- Roll of Honour - Distinctions [Work in Progress] lists the distinctions gained by club members.