Near Misses at Bramhall

A number of NCPS members visited the Village Club in Lumb Lane for the opening event of the Bramhall P.S. Annual Exhibition on Wednesday 29th October.. As well as having the opportunity to peruse at leisure their impressive array of prints and enjoy their usual hospitality, there was a chance to win cash prizes in the invitation print competition held in the second part of the evening.

Despite a strong entry from a number of well known club photographers from a fairly wide area, the North Cheshire contingent did very well, with Colin Pickles proving to be our most successful entrant with his super quality "Sacre Coeur" print. This won Colin second prize, sandwiched between two Bramhall members who collected first and third awards. Well done Colin!

Perhaps unluckiest of all was Alan Saunders whose "Gannet in Flight" was the only print to acquire a top score of 15 from the three judges in the first run-through. Strangely, it slightly fell from favour subsequently and failed to make the top three in the end. However, all Alan's bird entries were highly praised and finished near the top.

Prints from Dorothy and Tony Redford also featured strongly with Tony's "Matching Flavours" finishing in the top six and Dorothy's "Trucking" making the final ten during the judges' whittling down process.

NCPS rarely come away from Bramhall empty handed. Colin's success with his second prize print, plus Dorothy collecting a raffle prize, meant our record was maintained. However, with such a hefty number of near misses, we felt it should have been better.

Tony Redford