Dr John Jennings ARPS from Arnside, who is well known to the club as a regular speaker and judge in the past, was welcomed as judge for the fifth and last of the club’s competitions, which contribute to the main trophies at the end of the season. This took place, as usual, at the United Reformed Church at Halton on Tuesday 4th March. In coming to his decisions as to the order in which the entries were to be place, John gave a thorough briefing as to why he had come to his judgements and it was very apparent that he had taken a lot of time and trouble with his deliberations. He stressed that in some cases his individual preferences as regards subject matter guided his choices but it was evident that quality of image and composition largely won the day.

A full complement of over twenty five members and acquaintances enjoyed seeing an excellent and diverse selection of entries, both in the set subject and in the open categories. The range of entries in each section was fairly constant with a high of 12 in the ‘digital image’ and a low of 8 in the ‘Set prints’. It is always interesting to see the variety of subject matter and there is always much for everyone to appreciate.

The leading entries are set out below:-

Prints – Nature’s Patterns and Textures	Prints – Open
1st Winter Wood Tints ~ Dave Parkinson	1st Morecambe in its best light ~ Dave Parkinson
2nd Three o’clock ~ Dave Taylor	2nd Predator & Prey ~ Tom Wallace
3rd Sand Creature ~ Dave Parkinson	3rd Pocket of Pebbles ~ Dave Taylor

Slides – Natures Patterns and Textures	Slides – Open
1st A Face in Gritstone ~ Tom Bowker	1st Descending the Schwarzkegel ~ Tom Bowker/td>
2nd Tide Lines ~ Eric Smith	2nd Meadow Brown Butterfly ~ Tom Wallace
3rd Natures Palette ~ George Smith	3rd “Ave Maria” ~ Herbie Hart

Projected digital Image – Open

1st River Dance ~ Malcolm Morrison

2nd Cockerel ~ Herbie Hart

3rd Wave Bank ~ Dave Parkinson

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