At last, after a two-year postponement, it was great to meet up again (Covid compliant of course) after the last event held at Watford in 2019. How nice it was to see people in reality rather than on a monitor at home and see they had bodies as well as heads and shoulders! The event was held at the Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbott, Devon, hosted by the Western Counties Photographic Federation who were very well organised and everything ran smoothly.
It was quite a journey for those of us travelling from East Anglia, but I am pleased to say that several EAF applicants made their way down there and the successful ones were able to have their badge presented to them by the PAGB President, Roger Parry, ARPS, MPAGB, Hon.PAGB, EFIAP. We originally had 17 applications over two categories (there was no Masters adjudication this time), but unfortunately 3 withdrew at a very late stage.
From those remaining 8 were successful, as follows:
Credit Prints – Stephen De Havilland CPAGB from Melbourn & DPC, Desmond King ARPS, CPAGB from Buxton PC and Judith Wells CPAGB, from North Norfolk PS.
Credit PDI – Diane Le Count CPAGB from Bishops Stortford CC, Roger Bradshaw CPAGB, BPE3* from Biggleswade & DCC, Carole Harvey CPAGB, BPE1* from Rushton & DPS and Jo-Anne Kelly CPAGB, BPE3* QPSA from March CC.
Distinction Prints – June Sparham DPAGB from Welwyn Garden City PC.
Distinction PDI – Gillian Steyn DPAGB, BPE3* PPSA from the Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO).
Our sincere congratulations go to them all and commiserations to those who were unsuccessful, but please don’t give up - try again.
Successful CPAGB Applicants: Stephen De Havilland from Melbourn & DPC is first left on the back row. PAGB President, Roger Parry is in the centre of the back row.
Successful DPAGB Apllicants: Gillian Steyn from the Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO) is second from left on the back row next to Roger Parry, PAGB President