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This year's SCPF Championships were held on 22nd March at Littleton Memorial Hall with Winchester Photographic Society hosting the event.
There are two sections in this competition, Prints and PDIs (Digital images) and clubs who are members of the SCPF (Southern Counties Photographic Federation) are eligible to submit up to 15 images in each section. Beaulieu Camera Group entered the PDI section with an entry of 15 images. The three judges this year were Sandie Cox EFIAP ARPS DPAGB (Western Counties PF), Eddie Hyde FRPS (Surrey PA) and Ralph Snook EFIAP/s ARPS DPAGB (Western Counties PF). Each judge can award a mark of between 2 and 5 giving a range of between 6 and 15. The marks for each club are added together for the final table of results .
A total of 41 clubs entered the PDI section and Beaulieu Camera Group is delighted that we finished in 8th place. This is a tremendous result as we are one of the smallest clubs in the SCPF but have so many great photographers producing a large range of work to choose from. Images fom eleven different BCG members were in our selection, confirming our ethos of inclusivity within the Group.
Congratulations to all our members whose work represented BCG. Both Bob Abbot with "Bearded Reedling Portrait" and Vanessa Bateson with "Evening in New York" achieved a score of 12* meaning that one judge gave a score of 5. Four other members achieved a score of 13 - Ian Bateson "Matera Sunset", Hilary Flaxman CPAGB "Mother and Cubs, Arctic Ocean", Ian Hutchinson "Herring Gull Dispute" and Rob Snellgrove LRPS "The Hooded Man".
To see the images of BCG's entry, please click on this link:Gallery
The Scoresheet with the table of results can be seen by clicking this link: 
SCPF PDI Championships 2026 Final Results
The individual scores for each image in BCG's selection can be viewed here:SCPF PDI Championships 2026 Individual Results
The full report of the event, including the award winning images in both the Print and PDI sections can be seen by clicking this link to the SCPF April 2026 Newsletter: SCPF Newsletter 2026
Sue Dunham Chairman
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An overall winner is chosen by Lord Montagu and receives a cash prize of £200. The winning photo will also be featured in the 2026 Beaulieu River Tide Times & Information booklet.
We are delighted to report that Maggie White CPAGB and a valued member of Beaulieu Camera Group has won the Competition with her wonderful shot of a seal and her pup on the riverbank, Maggie will be presented with the prize and a framed photograph of her image at the award ceremony. Maggie has also been very successful in previous years with wins in 2022 and 2023,
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The SCPF Annual Exhibition is held each year with affiliatied clubs in the Federation invited to take part in the two sections, Prints and PDIs, with a panel of 6 prints and 8 PDI images.
The entries were judged this year by John Tilsley ARPS DPAGB APAGB, a past President of the Western Counties PF and also a member of the Dorset Independent Photogrphers.
There were Print entries from 28 clubs and 33 in the PDI section and these will be on display in The Young Gallery at The Salisbury Library every day except Sunday, from Tuesday 6th January to Saturday 31st January.
Beaulieu Camera Group once again submitted an entry in both the Print and PDI sections, achieving some excellent marks and also receiving two Awards.
In the Monochrome Print section, Bob Abbott was awarded 2nd Place for his image "Young Jackal" and Alan Price ARPS received the John Hodge Memorial Award with his print "Come This Way". Many congratulations to them and also to the other members of BCG whose images were part of our entries.
The Shield for the Best Club Entry was awarded to Chichester Camera Club with Winchester Photographic Society in 2nd place and Yateley Camera Club in 3rd place.
In the PDI section, The Best Club Entry Shield was awarded to Chichester Camera Club, and Highcliffe and Infinity PC and Wareham Camera Club were joint 2nd place.
To see the images from Beaulieu Camera Group"s Print and PDI panels, please click on this link:
https://beaulieucameragroup.co.uk/galleries/2026/2026-external-competition-entries
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Our judge for the event was Glyn Paton ARPS CPAGB from Winchester Photographic Society who has visited BCG on many occasions and we always look forward to seeing him. Glyn remarked on how highly the standard of the nature images from Beaulieu Camera Group is regarded.
Glyn had the unenviable task of assessing the fifty six images and selecting the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners and choosing some Highly Commendeds. The images were not scored but given a critique by Glyn with very good explanations as to his reasoning behind his decisions. Glyn "held back" sixteen images for further consideration before choosing his final selections.
The winner of the PDI of the Year trophy was Ian Park for "Glass".
In 2nd Place was "Blue Tit in Autumn" by Emma Port.
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3rd Place was awarded to "The Hooded Man" by Rob Snellgrove LRPS..
Glyn awarded Highly Commended Certificates to the following:
Bob Abbott "A Passing Glance" and "Bearded Reedling Portrait", Ian Bateson "Warbarrow Bay", Tony Darnell "Follow the Light" and Ian Hutchinson "Grey Phalarope, Breakfast Buffet" and "Redshank and Chick".
Congratulations to all the award winners and to all those members whose images were awarded Seals of Merit during the year. It was a wonderful evening with a superb showcase of the Group's work.
To see the list of Seal Winning images, please click on this link: BCG PDI of the Year 2025 List of Seal Winners
Sue Dunham, Chairman BCG
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SCPF 2026 Exhibition Results.pdf