The Exhibition Judge Returns

Tony Pioli returned on Tuesday 16 February to present the Trophies won by members and comment upon images chosen by the members present (two of their own images, prints or PDIs).

Bill had arranged members’ prints around the room in competition number order to facilitate this process, and was amused to discover that several members apparently could not recognize their own labeling. The prints were considered first. After the refreshment interval President Roger Dye projected the thumbnails of the PDIs (in author folders) for members to choose an image for the judge to comment on. The system worked efficiently and our judge concluded promptly at 10.00pm.

Bill proposed the vote of thanks. He had enjoyed the evening. Tony had been consistent and convincing in his comments. Bill noted that Tony had been working hard for the Society over the past few weeks. He had finished his judging in record time, allowing us to bring forward by a week the consideration of how the prints should be displayed on the stands; which in turn had given more time for the production of the catalogue. The Sunday lunch, at the Beijing restaurant, had been enhanced by the presence of Tony with his wife Pat. However no-one was perfect and Bill had to report that Tony had failed to give Bill even one Commendation in the Exhibition. The audience clapped wildly on hearing this news.


Presentations of trophies and certificates

Trophy or Certificate For Awarded to
Certificate Best Intermediate PDI Mariusz Nurkiewicz
Certificate Best Intermediate Print Barclay Marshall
Joan Allen Cup Best Pictorial PDI Dorothy Redford
Charles Bowker Trophy Best Pictorial Print Tony Redford
Stanley Cooper Trophy Best Portrait PDI Geoff Robinson
Joyce Whitehead Cup Best Portrait Print Geoff Robinson
80’s Cup Best Photojournalism PDI John Ade
The Fallows Cup Best Photojournalism Print Martin Currie
The "21" Trophy Best Record PDI Brian Turnbull
The President's Trophy Best Record Print Kate Garner
Natural History Cup Best Natural History PDI Jonathan Bawden
The Nature Cup Best Natural History Print Gordon Robson
Certificate Best Colour Print (Not awarded)
Bernard Sellars Trophy Best Monochrome Print Kate Garner
Cedric Hepple Trophy Best PDI in Exhibition Dorothy Redford
Founding Committee Cup Best Print in Exhibition Geoff Robinson
Prism Trophy Best Perfomance in Exhibition Geoff Robinson

Presentations by Tony Pioli


"Best Intermediate Print" to Barclay Marshall


"Best Pictorial PDI" to Dorothy Redford


"Best Pictorial Print" to Tony Redford


"Best Portrait PDI" & "Best Portrait Print"
to Geoff Robinson


"Best Record Print" & "Best Monochrome
Print" to Katie Garner


"Best PDI in the Interclub knock-out"
to Ian Bramham


Not presented because of absence:

Best Intermediate PDI - Mariusz Nurkiewicz
Best Photojournalism Print - Martin Currie
Best Natural History PDI - Jonathan Bawden


Report: Bill Chadband
Photographs: Jon Allanson
Extra material: Barry Pearson


"Best Photojournalism PDI" to John Ade


"Best Record PDI" to Brian Turnbull


"Best Natural History Print"
to Gordon Robson