On Sunday 16th February, 23 clubs took part in the PDI Championship at Fulbourn near Cambridge. Each club showed 15 images in Round One, aiming for a place in Round Two. The top scoring 11 clubs progressed to Round Two, showing us a further 10 images with all 25 images counting towards the final positions.
There was one clubs (Upminster CC) who had not previously entered this competition.
The final results were:
Winning club gaining the EAF Trophy – Beyond Group
Runner up club gaining the Eric Saul Memorial Trophy – Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO)
Third placed club receiving a certificate – Bury St Edmunds PS
Best "Rookie Club" - Upminster CC who finished in 17th place.
The EAF representatives at the PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championship to be held in Warwick in July will be PICO and Beyond Group who have already qualified by reaching the final last year, along with Bury St Edmunds and Melbourn. It is a good event, and our representatives would welcome some support. Tickets need to be bought in advance through the PAGB website.
The judges selected the following images as their personal choices and their joint choice as the best image in the Championship:
Best PDI of the Championship: “Little Crake” by Robin Lee of Bishops Stortford Camera Club
Personal selection of David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5 CPAGB/av: "Marbled White Pair" by Andre Neves of Melbourn & DPC
Personal selection of Gary Langley DPAGB: "Chambers taking the Victory" by Colin Bradshaw of PICO
Personal selection of Louise Langley CPAGB: "Sammie Kinghorne in the Rain" by Peter Milsom of Beyond Group
The Scoresheet is available on the Downloadable Documents Page or click HERE
The Award Winning images can be viewed HERE