FOCUS articles within FOCUS editions, 1999 to 2004

Editions of FOCUS are in reverse-chronological order. Articles within each FOCUS are in reverse order.

November 2004	To Hell with the President! Ray Grover Entertains! Annual Exhibition, 9 – 11th February 2005 Wilmslow Guild Interclub Competition -16th Oct Aeroplanes with a Difference! First Quarterly Results - 21st Sept 2004 Optical Illusion? Aeroplanes Galore! The 2nd Meeting of the new Session 2004/5 First Meeting of the New Season Committe Meeting Report - 11th August
August 2004	NCPS Meet with Sheffield PS Sunday 25th July Tuesday 29th June 2004 - Lowry Centre / Harry Ramsden's Inter-club Creative Digital Print Competition for the Martin Avery Trophy The AGM on Tuesday 11th May 2004 Tell-Tales from Prague NCPS Trip to Prague The Final Meeting Tuesday 4th May 4th Quarterly Competition Tuesday 27th April
April 2004	Digital Imaging Course (Oct 04 - May 05) Inter-club Slide Competition (Friday 23rd April 2004) Bredbury & Romily Digital and Imaging Club Inter-club Print Competition (Thursday 22nd April 2004) Late NEWS The Committee Meeting Wednesday 21st April 2004 An Evening with Barry Colquhoun FRPS( 20th April 2004) Shadows & Reflections - Members choice evening Welsh Weekend 26th - 28th March Landscapes Through my Camera Eye Home Entertainment Altrincham & Hale Photographic Society Slide Knockout competition On Line Paper The Third Quarterly Competition The Digital Forum III (2nd March) The New Digital Projector The Two Jonathans
February 2004	Late NEWS The Two Jonathans (hot off the press - will appear in next printed focus) Annual Exhibition 4th-6th February 2004 Base Camp comes up Trumps Macro Meddling On the Trail of the Great Bear The Committee Meeting held Wed 14th January 2004 South to Patagonia Update 2004 And From the Other End of the Table Xmas Dinner 2003 in Downtown Bramhall Committee Meeting held Wed 3rd December Meeting Tuesday 2nd December
December 2003	The 2nd Quarterly Competition 25th November 2003 The Meeting 18th November 2003 The 3-Way Battle with Wilmslow PS and South Manchester PS The Meeting 11th November 2003 Keswick Weekend and Inter-Club Print Battle Inter-club Print Panel Comp. & Inter-club Slide Battle Bramhall 6th Nov 2003 The Battle with Chapel-en-le Frith Camera Club Digital Cinema The RPS Digital Group Meeting Sunday 26th October
October 2003	The Committee meeting held Wed 22nd October 2003 A Slide Show of India L&CPU Big Day 2003 Looking Forward The Southport P.S Champions Competition Keith Suddaby FRPS – A Very Good Place to Start First Quarterly Competition of the Session The New Session Begins Don’t Forget to Calibrate Your Printer
August 2003	The Committee Meeting held Thursday 14 August 2003 Twenty Years On A New Look Website – www.ncps.org.uk Steph Clack wins PAGB Colour Print Gold Medal Who wants to be a Judge? The Annual General Meeting held Tuesday 20 May 2003 The Romiley Club Interclub Slide Competition
May 2003	Graham McIntosh Greetings from Barcelona NCPS in Barcelona (or a Saga Rather Familiar) The Rosalind Bramley Pictorial Monochrome competition Clubman of the Year The Martin Avery Digital Invitation Competition 2003 The 4th Quarterly Competition Water, water, everywhere The Committee Meeting held Wednesday 16th April Simple Astro-Photography The EGM on Tuesday 1st April 2003
April 2003	The Battle with Wigan 10 The Altrincham & Hale Inter-club Slide Knock-out www.ncps.org.uk Clubman of the Year Totals to date What Happened to January In Bloom? 3rd Quarterly Competition - 11th March 2003 Lake District Weekend "Who are the Champions" The Views of a 'newbie'. The Print & Slide Competition with Chapel Camera Club
February 2003	Unknown Pleasures How to remain a Virgin From the Exhibition Secretary Annual Exhibition 2003-02-06 A Photographic Challenge Notice of proposal for Ann Exhibition Rule change re AGM 2003 Update Christmas Dinner
December 2002	The Committee Meeting Wed 4th December Black & White Print Competition at Oldham CC - Thursday 28th November 2002 50th Anniversary Dinner Photos on CD L&CPU Annual Slide Knockout Competition 2002 Digiscoping and Biniscoping 2nd Quarterly Competition - Tuesday, 26th November L&CPU Annual Slide Knock-out Competition - Saturday 23rd November 2002 3-way Print and Slide Competition at S. Manchester The Trip to the Lakes Sunday 10th November 2002 The Bramhall P.S. Annual Exhibition The Committee Meeting Wed 23rd October
October 2002	The Diaphanous Digital Discourse- Sunday 13th October Our World of Photography Creative Print Competition at Southport 1st Quarterly Competition - Tuesday, 24th Sept 02 The Committee Meeting Wed 18th September The Story to Date Is the Syllabus to your liking? Club Trip to the Lake District Sunday 10th November
August 2002	Committee Meeting Wed 31st July "AWAY BATTLES" From a Past President (After 6th July 2002!) The Summer Programme 2002 L & CPU DELEGATES MEETING AND ANNUAL EXHIBITION The King is dead, long live the Queen! The Bredbury & Romily interclub slide competition The 4th Quarterly Competition Brugge Quiz The Club Trip to Brugge (Bruges!) 26th April 2002 Quarterly Competitions
May 2002	Summer Programme The Committee Meeting 10th April 2002 Travels with a Camera www.ncps.org.uk PAGB Interclub Print Championship 2002 From the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union The 3rd Quarterly Competition Portraiture by Don Stafford L&CPU Inter-club Slide Challenge Effortless Digital The 15x15 battle with Leek CC AGM of L&CPU 50th Anniversary Luncheon Altrincham & Hale Inter-Club Slide Competition Recent Club Meetings
March 2002	Committee meeting Wednesday 20th February Rosalind Bramley Trophy competition Gordon Writes: The Annual Exhibition 2002 Notes from a New Boy Next Year's Syllabus N.C.D.S
February 2002	'STATE OF THE UNION QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY' Committee Meeting Wed 16th January Divertimento with David and Anna Drackley UpDate by Brian Bower 8th Jan 2002 Christmas Dinner Thurs 20 December 2001 The 3-Way Battle on 11th December 2001 LIGHTNING DOES STRIKE TWICE!
December 2001	2nd Quarterly Competition 27th November The Battle with Chapel en le Frith Club How to Become Photograper of the Year L&CPU Slide Knockout Competition Bramhall's Annual Exhibition The Committee Meeting held Thurs 15th November 2001 Digital Imaging - Norman Piper A Trip to Ullswater - Sunday 4th November Photography- Scientific and not so Scientific Cappadocia - John Coles Gerald Hallworth Interclub Battle with Leek C.C.
October 2001	NCPS Christmas Dinner 20th December 2001 1st Quarterly Competition Forthcoming Competitions The Club Christmas Dinner on Thursday 20th Dec "Success breeds more success" The Committee Meeting held 26th September 2001 Just Prints West Cumbria Group Launch New Session 50th Anniversary Celebration What sex is your computer? Rules for the Natural History Section
September 2001	Frank's Millipede The Committee Meeting held Wed 15th August 2001 Visit to the Lowry (Salford Quays) Forthcoming Competitions "Success breeds success" L&CPU Delegates Meeting Williamson Art Gallery The 2001 L&CPU Annual Print & Slide Competition Results NCPS provide Commentary for next Mono Print Folio 50th Anniversary Celebration Welcome to the New (2001-2002) Session
June 2001	First Committee Meeting of the New Session Summer Activities 2001 for NCPS Poynton Show - Sat 25th August 2001 The AGM of NCPS Tuesday 22nd May 2001 50 YEARS OF CLUB PHOTOGRAPHY (THE EARLY YEARS) Photographer of the Year Table 2000/2001 Rosalind Bramley Trophy Giant Daffodil Frightens the Judge Ratings Reversal at Romily!
May 2001	The Committee meeting Wednesday 25th April 2001 The On-line Gallery Version 2! The Trip to Paris (Fri 20th to Mon 23rd April 2001) Photographer of the Year Table 2000/20001 The Digital Print Competition at Southport The “Centenary Slide Knockout Competition” The Third Quarterley Competition Bar-Bar My Slides Have Foot and Mouth Disease Dubious Judging?
March 2001	And Finally: Photographer of the Year Table 2000/20001 The Print and Slide Battle with South Manchester CC The Committee meeting Wednesday 14th February 2001 Exhibiting to the World The Inter-Club Slide Competition The Inter-club Digital Print Competition. Annual Exhibition What's in a name?
January 2001	Rules for the Annual Exhibition Sponsorship NCPS Christmas Party and Christmas Dinner Club Funds The Committee Meeting Wednesday 3 January 2001 The 15x15 Battle with Wigan 10 Library Display The Committee meeting Thursday 30th November 2000 Trash and Treasure Sale Annual Exhibition Programme
December 2000	The Committee meeting Thursday 30th November 2000 Have you noticed that... Tuesday Night is Poynton Night Re: Drug Abuse & Digital Abuse The Three-way Battle with Wilmslow Guild and Liverpool L&CPU Slide Knockout Competition 2nd Quarterly Competition Bits and Pixels
November 2000	Lake District Trip 5/11/00 Michael Leach 28th October Barmouth - To Be or Not To Be Bramhall P.S. Annual Exhibition A Trip to the Lakes Drug Abuse & Digital Abuse: A case to Answer? OH TO BE A WILDFOWL PHOTOGRAPHER! - THE HERON Dumb & Dumber The Battle with Chapel-en-le-Frith Club The Committee meeting Wed 18th October 2000
October 2000	Photographer of the Year Table 2000/2001 2nd Quarterly Competition The Battle with Chapel-en-le-Frith Club The Committee meeting September 2000
August 2000	Committee meeting on Wednesday 19th July Publicity Poynton Millennium Arts and Crafts Festival Michael Leach to star in the Extravaganza Out and About Dates for your Diary Barmouth Weekend 29th Sept - 1st Oct 2000 The AGM 23rd may 2000 The Committee meeting on Wednesday 7th June The New Syllabus Poynton Show, August 26th The New President Speaks
May 2000	Club Photographer of the Year - Results Table Answer to Quiz 1st Quarterly Competition of next session Barmouth Weekend Sat 29th September-Sunday 1st October A Resolution for the next AGM Digital Imaging & Club Photography. Extracts from L&CPU Competitions Sec Report to AGM 19 Feb 2000 Results of the Bredbury & Romiley CC Photoshow Trophy Interclub Knockout Slide Competition 7th April 2000 More Details on the Oldham CC Knockout Slide Competition 2000 Inter-club Digital Print Competition at South Liverpool P S on 25th April Results of Altrincham & Hale PS Centenary Knockout Competition 2000 Question: Who said the following? The 4th Quarterly Competition Poynton Millennium Arts and Crafts Exhibition, June 19th. - 25th. From the President's Office
April 2000	Photographer of the Year - results table Letters to the Editor What's the Secret to becoming a successful Judge? The Oldham Knockout Slide Competition Fri 3rd March Syllabus Notes 10 x 10 battle with Altrincham & Hale P.S. at Timperley Library ,3rd March 2000 3rd Quarterly Competition Tuesday 29th February Results of the 3rd Quarterly Competition The Print and Slide Battle with South Manchester C C www.ncps.org.uk
January 2000	Now there's a Funny Thing Letter's to the Editor In Committee The 15-15 Battle with Bramhall P.S. From the new editor Will no one protect us from progress? Annual Exhibition 2000
December 1999	And finally (2)…. Pen and Camera Club of Methodism And finally (1)…. A Visit to the City of Bath Half Way through the Quarterly Competions The Battle with Southport Report on the P.A.G.B’s “Big Day” at Lancaster University - 24th October 1999 The First Quarterly Competition, (or Did the Judge go on too long?) From the President
September 1999	And finally…. Christmas is Coming Bits ‘n’ Pieces Syllabus From the President
May 1999	And finally… Summer outings Syllabus Annual General Meeting – 25th May President’s bit ... ‘Does the camera ever lie?’
March 1999	And finally….. Syllabus Secretary’s bit Annual Exhibition President’s bit ... "What do they Want?"