FOCUS	October 2000
The Newsletter of North Cheshire Photographic Society

	The Committee meeting September 2000 [Empty]. Bill Chadband
	The Battle with Chapel-en-le-Frith Club Bob Dennis from the Wirral judged this exciting battle. Bob proved to be a colourful fellow with a penchant for drab frames. Several of our masterpieces fell foul of Bob's "framing law" -" Black is good, else try off-white, else beware - ! " Bob also felt that the title was important in letting the judge know what was in the photographers mind. It was therefore unfortunate that one of our prints was untitled. The first print shown, Gerald's "The Ceiling of St Cuthberts" was put to one side without a mark. Oh dear! Was this a good or bad omen? Worse was to follow. Sheila's "The power of flight" was also put to one side. As the prints were dealt with one by one the scores mounted but Chapel were gradually pulling ahead. After the last prints were shown the score was Chapel 154 to NCPS's 116. But wait! Two of the NCPS prints were yet to be marked. The "Ceiling" was then given 19, and "The Power of Flight" received a 20. Giving NCPS a lead of one at 155. And time for tea. The slide competition was equally nail-biting. Again three slides were withdrawn, unmarked, - two of ours and one of Chapel's. The scores rose to Chapel 141, NCPS 123 before these last three were considerd. It was by now clear that those withdrawn were the best slides. Bob gave 3rd place (and 18 marks) to Steph's "Night Heron"; 2nd place (and 19 marks) to Chapel's "Great Spotted Woodpecker", with 1st place (20 marks) to Gordon's "Far Eastern Poverty" This gave NCPS a slide total of 161 to Chapel's 160. The final score was a win for NCPS by the narrowest of margins (316 -314). The Individual NCPS marks are given below: PRINTS The Ceiling, St Cuthbert's (Gerald Hallworth) 19 Zebras in the Masai Mara (Gordon Robson) 17 New York Stories (Tony Redford) 13 Footprints in the Sand (Bill Chadband) 13 No Title (Brian Turnbull) 14 The Power of flight (Sheila Edwards) 20 Pastel Petals (Dorothy Redford) 17 Sun Pattern (Gordon Robson) 15 Lyme Landscape (Brian Turnbull) 14 Stone Faced Expression (Tony Redford) 13 SLIDES Grange Bridge (Alan Bromage) 15 Initial Individual (Dave Ackers) 14 Indian Children (Jon Allanson) 17 Winter (Bill Chadband) 15 Polar Bears (Steph Clack) 17 Scholars (Tony Redford) 17 Out to Grass (Colin Pickles) 12 Far Eastern Poverty (Gordon Robson) 20 Night Heron (Steph Clack) 18 Canalside Artist (Gerald Hallworth) 16
	2nd Quarterly Competition Results of the 2nd Quarterly here.
	Photographer of the Year Table 2000/2001           (after 1st Quarterly Comp)                 No. NAME Ent C HC VHC Best Print Slide Total 4 Tony Redford 2 3p s ps p 16 8 24 5 Dorothy Redford 2 ps 0 2ps p 16 7 23 24 Frank Hutchinson 1 s 2s 0 s 0 14 14 29 Colin Pickles 2 p4s 0 p 0 7 9 16 41 Jill Hargreaves 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 42 Sheila Edwards 1 4p 0 0 0 9 0 9 47 David Akers 1 s 0 s 0 0 7 7 52 Grahame McIntosh 2 s p 0 0 4 3 7 63 Brian Turnbull 2 p p2s 0 p 11 7 18 66 Bill Chadband 2 ps s 0 s 3 11 14 67 Kath Anderson 1 0 s 0 0 0 4 4 104 Gordon Robson 2 4p2s p2s 0 s 12 16 28 105 Joyce Robson 1 0 p 0 0 4 0 4 108 Gerald Hallworth 1 p 0 0 0 3 0 3 120 Jon Allanson 1 p p 0 0 6 0 6