News

2009-2010 Season

  • Inter-Club Competition - 22 Feb 2010
    A really good competition took place on Monday 22nd Feb with visiting group Huddersfield Photo Imaging Club.  Judged by Brian Hemsworth CPAGB (thanks go to Brian as a late stand-in for original judge Ray Bramall), the competition was good but Stocksbridge emerged the winner in both the digital images and prints section.
  • Club Annual Competition - 1 Feb 2010

    A great selection of images and prints gave the judge, Gerry Padgett LRPS APAGB DPAGB, a tricky task to sort out the winners.  He was quoted as saying it was one of the best club competitions he had been asked o judge.  There were 4 sections in the competition - two print sections and two digital image sections.  In the Colour prints section - the winner was Andy Barnes with his Sri Lankan Woman shot. In the Monochrome prints section, Andy Barnes was again the  top prize winner with his Lady at Number 33 shot. In the digital images Beginners section, new this year Brian Collier scooped the top award with his Wind of Change shot and in the Open section the winner was Kath Barnes with her School's Out shot.  Well done to all the winners and all those that received commended certificates. All the digital projected image entries can be seen in the competition galleries page HERE.

  • Wath Salon - 3 Dec 2009
    This year's Wath Salon saw a good selection of submissions from Stocksbridge.  David Stubbs did well, receiving two Commendations for his projected images Saprring Polar Bears and Stoke Spitfire.  Andy Barnes had 3 prints accepted.  Andy Barnes had 1 projected image accepted, Judi Pennock had 3 accepted, Kath Barnes had 3 accepted.  Well done all.
  • Stocksbridge vs Dearne Valley - 2 Nov 2009
    The first inter-club competition saw a victory for Stocksbridge over Dearne Valley - with wins in both the digital image and print categories.  Top scores were received on images by Kath Barnes, Pete Revitt, Andy Barnes and Marilyn Roberts, and there were also top scores for prints from Andy Barnes (2) and Marilyn Roberts.  Judging was performed by Keith Brown FRPS MPAGB EFIAP who kept us all involved with his insights and observations on all the images and prints.
  • First Seasonal Competition - 26 Oct 2009

    A bumper crop of images and prints gave the judge, Tony Elliott APAGB a hard task in sorting out the winners - but he did and chose some great shots. In the Digital Projected Image Section, the winning shot was Schools Out by Kath Barnes, who also took 2nd and 3rd place.  In the Prints section, John Bailey took 1st place with his Kittiwake With Young. He also took 2nd place with Andy Barnes taking 3rd place. All the digital projected image entries and winning / commended shots are shown in the competition gallery HERE.  The images of the winning prints will be added later.

2008-2009 Season

  • Gold Medal Success

    Congratulations to Judi Pennock on winning double gold at the Photo2009 Exhibition hosted by the Vale of Evesham Camera Club. Judi had five images accepted and won the PAGB Gold Medal in the Monochrome Section with 'Appleby Fair' and the PAGB Gold Medal in a very strong Natural History Section with her 'Mother and Cub Polar Bears'.

    Congratulations also to David Stubbs who had three images accepted - no mean feat out of 2727 entries. All the images can be viewed at www.photo2009.net.

     

  • LRPS Award
    Congratulations to Judi Pennock on gaining the LRPS Award
  • PAGB Success
    Frank and Marilyn Roberts were both successful in gaining the PAGB Distinction at the recent adjudication held in Gateshead.
  • Second Seasonal Competition 2008-2009

    Our 2nd Seasonal Competition was held on the 27th April and was judged by David Halstead who did an excellent job of sorting out the winners on the night and giving helpful feedback.

     

    There were 21 prints entered and the winner was 'Trotting' by Judi Pennock. Highly commendeds were awarded to Stan Gregory for 'Packhorse Bridge' & David Stubbs for 'Snailholm Tower'

     

    There were 30 Projected Images and the winner was David Stubbs for 'Horse Washing, Appleby Fair'. Commendeds went to Stephen Murphy for 'Derbyshire Stream' & 'Foxy'; Judi Pennock for 'Arctic Fox with Lunch' & Frank Roberts for 'Over the pole' & 'Halloween Two'

  • Sheffield Digital Image Knockout Triumph
    The Sheffield Photographic Society Digital Image Knockout Competition was held on the 20th March 2009. 22 Clubs entered and Stocksbridge won with a margin of 5 points over their nearest rivals to take the Tom Grounsell Trophy. Congratulations to John Bailey who won the prize for the best image in the competition with his 'Barn Owl Hunting'.

  • Competition with Huddersfield Photo-Imaging Club

    The competition was held on the 18th February 2009 and was judged by Andrew Rothery. In the Colour Prints category, Stocksbridge scored 216 to Huddersfield's 197. Frank Roberts scored 20 with two prints 'Speed Skaters 2' and 'Burrowing Owl'.

     

    The category for Projected Digital Images was also won by Stocksbridge with a score of 215 to Huddersfield's 202. David Stubbs scored 20 for his image 'Bus Stop'.

     

    The overall score meant a win for Stocksbridge with a total of 431 to Huddersfield's 399; an excellent result considering their membership advantage.