L:ast night saw our annual Cedar’s Challenge which is a competition between Hinckley & District P S, Broughton Astley P S, Lutterworth Coop P S and ourselves. It was held on Zoom for obvious reasons but there was good representation from all clubs with 55+ participants. Each club entered twelve images that were judged by Dave Tucker EFIAP/G, DPAGB, CPAGB, BPE3* who gave some very insightful comments and in the majority of cases had to be quite hard on the judging purely because there wasn’t much wrong with many of the images. The results were

 

Club Clubs Image Author Image Title BAPS ESCC HDPS LPSC
      0          
BAPS 1 Steve Burgess 1 Gloucester cathedral 17      
ESCC 1 Peter Lawrance 2 Battling On   16    
HDPS 1 David G 3 And in the End     18  
LPSC 1 Alan Shean 4 Bird Watching       15
BAPS 2 Karen Collison 5 Portrait of a Spanish Horse 20      
ESCC 2 James Botterill 6 Crow Point   19    
HDPS 2 R Jacques 7 Curvy Stairs     15  
LPSC 2 Michael Vernon 8 Body Sculpture       16
BAPS 3 Steve Burgess 9 Dark Hedges in Ireland 16      
ESCC 3 Steve Bexon 10 Electric Power   17    
HDPS 3 Chris D 11 Got Air     16  
LPSC 3 Rawdon Bottom 12 Dirt Riders       17
BAPS 4 Polly Hall 13 The Night Feed 17      
ESCC 4 Debbie Lowe 14 Fun In The Township   16    
HDPS 4 R Jacques 15 Haw Frost     20  
LPSC 4 Jill Frankham 16 Emperor Dragonfly       18
BAPS 5 Karen Collison 17 Dog Tired 17      
ESCC 5 Ian Waite 18 Harvest Mouse   18    
HDPS 5 Martyn Fisher 19 Mountain Hut     17  
LPSC 5 Paul Wiles 20 Hornet Profile       19
BAPS 6 Andy Pearson 21 In The Groove 14      
ESCC 6 Phil Mallin 22 Maruia Falls   17    
HDPS 6 David G 23 Old Man     15  
LPSC 6 Louise Beech 24 Hunting Kestrel       17
BAPS 7 Andy Pearson 25 Dinner! 16      
ESCC 7 James Botterill 26 Mill Rock Moon   19    
HDPS 7 G Holt 27 Ryde Pier     17  
LPSC 7 Dave Hunter 28 Juvenile Goldcrest       18
BAPS 8 Rich Pedley 29 Gone Fishing 17      
ESCC 8 Steve Bexon 30 Nightime On Tower Bridge   17    
HDPS 8 Ray D 31 Shambles at Night     16  
LPSC 8 Ian Achison 32 Lone Swimmer       15
BAPS 9 Polly Hall 33 and Relax 17      
ESCC 9 Graham Townsend 34 Powder Puff   16    
HDPS 9 Ray D 35 Sywell Hangar     15  
LPSC 9 John Haddon 36 Small Heath on grass stem       19
BAPS 10 Rich Pedley 37 Can’t Get me Here 16      
ESCC 10 Julie Holbeche-Maund 38 Saltwick Wreck   19    
HDPS 10 A Holt 39 The Embrace     14  
LPSC 10 Andy Gordon 40 Swan Reflections       17
BAPS 11 Alan Rowe 41 Sunrise in Norway 16      
ESCC 11 Isobel Chesterman 42 Tides Out   17    
HDPS 11 John S 43 The Need For Speed     17  
LPSC 11 Peter Sands 44 Winter Sunrise       17
BAPS 12 John Palmer 45 Woman on a Beach 16      
ESCC 12 Julie Holbeche-Maund 46 Wanaka in the Breeze   19    
HDPS 12 G Holt 47 Vintage Racer     16  
LPSC 12 Trudy Haddon 48 Winters Day       20
                 
        Totals 199 210 196 208
               

With Earl Shilton just managing to hold on to the Trophy with a very narrow win over Lutterworth.

Special mention should go to

Karen Collison from Broughton Astley for her image “Portrait of a Spanish Horse”,

Trudy Haddon from Lutterworth for her image “Winters Day”

and R Jacques from Hinckley and District for their image “Haw Frost”

All 3 scored the top mark of 20