2025 - 2026 CLUB PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITIONS

High-scoring entries from across all 3 of our competition classes.

MAKING FISH TRAPS, MEKONG DELTA by Collette Patto

1st Place

TYNE BRIDGE AND GLASSHOUSE AT DAWN by Maurice Ford

2nd Place

JAZZ by David Wragg

Highly Commended

MAKING FISH TRAPS, MEKONG DELTA by Collette Patto

1st Place

2026 Exhibition

DATE:

JUDGE:

3 June 2026

Rosemary Wilman HonFRPS ABPE AFIAP APAGB

Best in Show

MATING MARBLED WHITES by David Hughes

3rd Place

IBERIAN LYNX KITTEN AT SUNRISE by Collette Patto

Highly Commended

ACER ON FIRE by Elizabeth McCormick

Commended

MATING MARBLED WHITES by David Hughes

3rd Place

PDI OF THE YEAR

DATE:

JUDGE:

27 May 2026

Roger Reynolds FBPPA APAGB FBPE

Winners of the Season's PDI competitions

TYNE BRIDGE AND GLASSHOUSE AT DAWN by Maurice Ford

1st Placed

NECK AND NECK by David Hughes

2nd Placed

BEE-EATER WITH DRAGONFLY by David Hughes

Commended

TYNE BRIDGE AND GLASSHOUSE AT DAWN by Maurice Ford

1st Placed

PRINT OF THE YEAR

DATE:

JUDGE:

13 May 2026

Paul Graber ARPS

Winners of the Season's Print Competitions

BLUEBELLS AT DAWN by Julia Van Gend

WRAY CASTLE BOATHOUSE, WINDERMERE by David Culley

BEE-EATER WITH DRAGONFLY by David Hughes

BLUEBELLS AT DAWN by Julia Van Gend

PRINT 5 - OPEN

DATE:

JUDGE:

29 April 2026

Rob Bonfield

No set theme or rules

THE SHARD AFTER A LIQUID LUNCH by Andrew Butter

ORANGE EYES by Alistair Fulton

HEBRIDEAN PALETTE by Karen McKeogh

THE SHARD AFTER A LIQUID LUNCH by Andrew Butter

PDI 5 - CREATIVE

DATE:

JUDGE:

15 April 2026

Lawrence Homewood CPAGB EFIAP BPE2

PRINT 4 - ARCHITECTURE

DATE:

JUDGE:

4 March 2026

Graham Mansfield

PRINT 4
Architecture

SPITZKOPPE AT DAWN - NAMIBIA by Allan Gasson.jpg

REFUGEE FROM MOZAMBIQUE - FEEL THE PAIN by Allan Gasson.jpg

BEACH HUTS GIUDECCA by Brian Houghton.jpg

SPITZKOPPE AT DAWN - NAMIBIA by Allan Gasson.jpg

PD1 4 - OPEN

DATE:

JUDGE:

11 February 2026

Simon Street FRPS FIPF

Open theme - restricted to 2 different genres per photographer

THE LOOK by John Daniels.jpg

DETERMINATION by Mike Rowe.jpg

SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO FASTER by Sally Sherfield.jpg

THE LOOK by John Daniels.jpg

PRINT 3 - PEOPLE

DATE:

JUDGE:

28 January 2026

Peter Merry

People & portraits

LILY (LEONTOPITHECUS ROSALIA), A DAILY JOY by James Leyshon.jpg

AFRICAN PENGUINS (SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS) by Alistair Fulton.jpg

ENERTHENEMA PAPILLATUM SLIME MOULD by Tim Clarke.jpg

LILY (LEONTOPITHECUS ROSALIA), A DAILY JOY by James Leyshon.jpg

PDI 3 - Nature

DATE:

JUDGE:

14 January 2026

Ann Healey FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/g A.APS BPE5

Nature Photogaphy

AGGY by Marie Patchell.jpg

BISON GRAZING, YELLOWSTONE by Mark Rolfe.jpg

SURFACE TENSION by Steve Walsh.jpg

AGGY by Marie Patchell.jpg

PRINT 2 - OPEN (Restricted)

DATE:

JUDGE:

26 November 2025

Steve Kingswell ARPS AFIAP

PRINT 2 - Open Restricted (different genre required for each image)

ACER ON FIRE by Elizabeth McCormick.jpg

AFTER THE STORM by Andrew Butter.jpg

WINKWORTH ARBORETUM by Marie Patchell.jpg

ACER ON FIRE by Elizabeth McCormick.jpg

PDI 2 - Landscape

DATE:

JUDGE:

29 October 2025

Justin Cliff ARPS

Projected Image #2 - Landscape

THE WINNING MOVE by John McAleely.jpg

SPIRIT IN THE SKY by Jeremy Belasco.jpg

JOY by David Wragg.jpg

THE WINNING MOVE by John McAleely.jpg

PRINT 1 - Monochrome

DATE:

JUDGE:

8 October 2025

Eddie Hyde FRPS

Print #1 - Monochrome