2023 SCPF Championships 26th March

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The SCPF Championships 2023 took place on 26th March and were hosted by Lymington Camera Club at Brockenhurst Village Hall.

This is a one-day inter-club event, run under PAGB patronage, open to all member clubs and hosted each year by a different SCPF club. Three judges from outside our Federation score the images between 2 and 5. In each class they then choose a gold medal winner and each selects a “judge’s choice” image for a silver medal. The entry being up to 15 images in both the print and PDI classes with no more than 3 per member in each class. 
The two clubs with the highest overall score in each section go on to represent the SCPF at the PAGB National Championships.

The judges were: Roger Reynolds Hon FRPS FBPPA APAGB FBPE, Sue O'Connell FIPF DPAGB EFIAP/d3 ABPE, Peter Brisley DPAGB EFIAP BPE2*

Thirty eight clubs entered images into the PDI section and 20 clubs entered prints. BCG entered the PDI section and achieved a total score of 159, the same as Southampton CC, Newbury PC and Horndean CC which was a tremendous achievement. Technically, this put us in joint 7th place but with the "countback" system in place, Beaulieu Camera Group finished in 10th place overall. We beat Salisbury PC, Chichester CC, Basingstoke CC and many other top clubs with large memberships.

Two of our images were awarded scores of 12*(one judge gave a score of 5): "Sea Pool" by Bob Abbott and "The Stoker" by Sue Dunham and "Water Dog" by Maggie White scored 12: Congratulations to them and to all our members whose work was selected and helped to achieve this outstanding result for Beaulieu Camera Group.

Bob Abbott Sea PoolSue Dunham CPAGB APAGB The StokerMaggie White CPAGB Water Dog

In 1st place was Fordingbridge Camera Club with a score of 169 and Blandford Forum Camera Club took 2nd place with 167.
To see the full list of positions and total scores please click on this link:pdfSCPF Championships 2023 PDI Final Placings and Scores
To see Beaulieu Camera Groups' entry of the 15 PDI images please click on this link: Gallery
 
The Print section was won by Chichester Camera Club with a total score of 176 and New Forest Camera Club were 2nd with 175.
To see the full list of positions and total scores please click on this link:pdfSCPF Print Championships 2023 Final Placings and Scores
 
Many thanks to Tony Darnell and Ian Hutchinson who were there to represent BCG and kept us informed of the results.
Sue Dunham, Chairman BCG