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This years SCPF Championships took place on 17th March and were hosted by Bognor Regis Camera Club.
The judges were: Professor David Wheeler FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/d3 MFIAP (MCPF) David Smith LRPS CPAGB BPE1* (SPA) Cherry Larcombe EFIAP ARPS DPAGB BPE5* (KCPA)
Thirty five clubs entered images into the PDI section and 21 clubs entered prints. BCG entered the PDI section.
In First place was New Forest Camera Club with 181 points and in 2nd place Southampton Camera Club with 176 points.
Beaulieu Camera came 17th with a total score of 167. This was an excellent result, as not only are we one of the smaller clubs in the Federation but we also used images from 10 different members, unlike many other top clubs with large memberships.
Three of our images were awarded scores of 13: "Bridge of Lines" by Vanessa Bateson and "Meadow Pipit with Lunch" and "Sailing Boats ICM" both by Maggie White CPAGB.
Congratulations to them and to all our members whose work was selected and helped to achieve this outstanding result for Beaulieu Camera Group.
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Congratulations to Beaulieu Camera Group member, Gordon Garrett who has had his image of snowdrops at Damerham Church published in the February 2024 edition of Hampshire Life magazine.
The magazine cover and article can be seen below together with a copy of Gordon's image.
Well done Gordon.
Sue Dunham Chairman BCG
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Maggie White CPAGB, a member of Beaulieu Camera Group, has won the Beaulieu River Photo Competition for the third time.
She beat hundreds of entrants with her image "Messing About on the River" which was selected by Lord Montagu to be featured on the cover of the 2024 Beaulieu River Tide Times and Information booklet. Maggie was also a runner-up with her other entry of Autumn colours on the River. Maggie will be presented with her prize, a canvas of the image, plus £200 at Buckler's Hard Yacht Harbour shortly.
A report of the competition was published in the Southern Daily Echo on 16th January 2024 and is included below with a copy of her winning image for this year. Congratulation Maggie!
Sue Dunham Chairman BCG
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Third place was awarded to "I Wonder" by Sue Berkeley ARPS CPAGB
Gordon awarded eight Highly Commended Certificates to the following: "Forest Reflection", "Reflections" and "Singing Whitethroat" by Bob Abbot, "Dawn at Vestrahorn" by Ian Bateson, "Decisions" by Hilary Flaxman CPAGB, "I've Told You Before" and "Plaza de Espana" by Alan Price ARPS and "Sunset at Acres Down" by Maggie White CPAGB.
Congratulations to the award winners and to all the Beaulieu Camera Group members whose PDI images were awarded Seals of Merit during the year.
The full size images of all these can be viewed in The Gallery
Sue Dunham Chairman BCG
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The SCPF Exhibition is held in January each year. It is an inter-club event, open to all member clubs. The panels of prints showcasing 35 panels of clubs in the Federation (six images in each) will be exhibited in the Young Gallery, above Salisbury Library, together with a panel from the judge. There is also a television screening of all the PDI entries. The exhibition will be opened at the preview evening on 5th January 2024 by this years judge Alan Walker MPAGB, ARPS, EFIAP, MPSA, BPE4*.
The Judging took take place at Sparsholt Memorial Hall on Sunday 19th November 2023 with scores out of 10 and awards given to those images of Alan's choice.
Print Results: 1st Place Winchester PS: 2nd Place Gosport CC: 3rd Place SCC
Highly Commended Panels: Beaulieu Camera Group (!), Yateley CC and BH PC,
PDI Resuts: 1st Place Yateley CC: 2nd Place BH PC: 3rd Place Chichester CC. HCs: Basingstoke CC, Wimborne CC, Winchester PS. BCG finished in 21st place out of the 37 clubs taking part.
This is a wonderful achievement for BCG who are one of the smaller clubs in the Federation. We have an ethos of inclusivity and images are selected from the whole membership to represent the Group in external competitions. Congratulations to all our members whose work was used for the SCPF Exhibition.
Here is our print panel: "Rush Bush" Alan Price ARPS, "Arches and Shadows" Gordon Garrett, "Female Dartford Warbler" Ian Hutchinson, "Great Crested Grebe Family" Bob Abbott, "Summer Wilderness" Maggie White CPAGB, "Glacier, Iceland" Hilary Flaxman CPAGB
To see the images entered by BCG into the Print and PDI sections of the Exhibition, please click on this link: Gallery of images
Further details about the SCPF Championship results including the winning panels can be seen by clicking on this link: https://southerncountiespf.org.uk/2023/11/november-newsletter-3/
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