EMAVG COMPETITION RESULTS – 2011/2012 season
Annual Competition
The Caroline Trophy
1st – Peggy Franks CPAGB & Peter Lucas CPAGB - "Innse Gall"
2nd – John Hickling FRPS - "Roche Abbey"
Highly Commended - Malcolm Imhoff FRPS – "In Search of Paradise"
The Ken Abbott Memorial Trophy
1st – Malcolm Imhoff FRPS - "An Autumn Adagio"
2nd – Judy Longthorn - "Canine Allstars"
Highly Commended - Brian Jeffs FRPS - "Coventry Cathedral"
The Elston Trophy
1st – Marie Thompson - "They called it Wipers”
2nd – Graham Neville CPAGB - "The Seedsowing Network"
Highly Commended - Andy Hollingbery - "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"
Commended – Bob Mercer - "Lincoln”
The Camp Trophy
1st – Marie Thompson - "When Autumn Leaves..."
2nd – Sandra Johnson - "In Flanders Fields"
Highly Commended – David Johnson LRPS CPAGB - "The Beach"
The Foursome Trophy - Audience Vote
1st – Marie Thompson - "They called it Wipers"
2nd - John Hickling FRPS - "Roche Abbey"
3rd – Graham Neville CPAGB - "The Seedsowing Network"
60-Second Competition
1st – Sandra Johnson – “The Rose Garden”
Joint 2nd – John Bevan - “Messing Around”
and - Malcolm Imhoff - "Tree"
The Friendship Trophy
The AV with the most votes was "The Beach" by David Johnson. This was subsequently withdrawn.
Two joint winners were declared: "My Day My Way" by Sandra Johnson
and "Pie Jesu" by Judy Longthorne.
The special anniversary competition on the theme of "Celebration" was won by Joan Horne with "The Fascination of AV"
MidPhot 2012
The new organisers paid tribute to Peter Brown for his support to enable them to take the event forward at the new venue. EMAVG members had a good presence in both the entries and on the day. Malcolm Imhoff was Commended for "An Autumn Adagio". The full results can be seen here.
Inter-Club Competitions
2011: EMAVG v. Leeds AV Group, judged by Howard Bagshaw (Leeds), Clive Atkins (Leicester)
Winner: Leeds
The Jessops Rose Bowl AV Competition 2011
Under new management and at a new venue, Smethwick, this was a very enjoyable and successful day. There were fourteen entries, six from EMAVG, and all were of a very high standard. The comments by Ian Bateman FRPS were extremely detailed and much appreciated by the audience.
Malcolm Imhoff came Third with "Gnossienne No1", Brian Jeffs gained a Highly Commended for "Back to Everest", and Marie Thompson was awarded a Commended for "They Called it Wipers"
Smethwick International 2010
Malcolm had three images accepted in this prestigious exhibition: "On the Edge", "Fallen Tree", and "Nepalese Girl".
The Intercities Trophy
The INTER CITIES TROPHY is a major Midlands photographic competition so it was a revelation that last year's contest was scooped by a group specialising in making audio visual productions, the East Midlands Audio Visual Group .
The winning panel was made up of Howard Fisher's "The Conductor", "Nepalese Girl" by Malcolm Imhoff, John Currant's "Docklands Light Railway", and "Lakeland Farm" by Peggy Franks.
Some more images from this year's Intercities Competition:
Annual Competition
The Caroline Trophy
1st – Peggy Franks CPAGB & Peter Lucas CPAGB - "Innse Gall"
2nd – John Hickling FRPS - "Roche Abbey"
Highly Commended - Malcolm Imhoff FRPS – "In Search of Paradise"
An Image from "Innse Gall"
An Image from "Roche Abbey"
An Image from "In Search of Paradise"
The Ken Abbott Memorial Trophy
1st – Malcolm Imhoff FRPS - "An Autumn Adagio"
2nd – Judy Longthorn - "Canine Allstars"
Highly Commended - Brian Jeffs FRPS - "Coventry Cathedral"
An Image from "An Autumn Adagio"
An Image from "Canine Allstars"
An Image from "Coventry Cathedral"
The Elston Trophy
1st – Marie Thompson - "They called it Wipers”
2nd – Graham Neville CPAGB - "The Seedsowing Network"
Highly Commended - Andy Hollingbery - "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"
Commended – Bob Mercer - "Lincoln”
An Image from "They called it Wipers"
An image from "The Seedsowing Network"
An image from "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"
An Image from "Lincoln"
The Camp Trophy
1st – Marie Thompson - "When Autumn Leaves..."
2nd – Sandra Johnson - "In Flanders Fields"
Highly Commended – David Johnson LRPS CPAGB - "The Beach"
An Image from "When Autumn Leaves..."
An image from "The Beach"
The Foursome Trophy - Audience Vote
1st – Marie Thompson - "They called it Wipers"
2nd - John Hickling FRPS - "Roche Abbey"
3rd – Graham Neville CPAGB - "The Seedsowing Network"
60-Second Competition
1st – Sandra Johnson – “The Rose Garden”
Joint 2nd – John Bevan - “Messing Around”
and - Malcolm Imhoff - "Tree"
An image from "The Rose Garden"
An image from "Messing Around"
An image from "Tree"
The Friendship Trophy
The AV with the most votes was "The Beach" by David Johnson. This was subsequently withdrawn.
Two joint winners were declared: "My Day My Way" by Sandra Johnson
An image from "My Day My Way"
and "Pie Jesu" by Judy Longthorne.
An image from "Pie Jesu"
The special anniversary competition on the theme of "Celebration" was won by Joan Horne with "The Fascination of AV"
An image from "The Fascination of AV"
MidPhot 2012
The new organisers paid tribute to Peter Brown for his support to enable them to take the event forward at the new venue. EMAVG members had a good presence in both the entries and on the day. Malcolm Imhoff was Commended for "An Autumn Adagio". The full results can be seen here.
Inter-Club Competitions
2011: EMAVG v. Leeds AV Group, judged by Howard Bagshaw (Leeds), Clive Atkins (Leicester)
Winner: Leeds
The Jessops Rose Bowl AV Competition 2011
Under new management and at a new venue, Smethwick, this was a very enjoyable and successful day. There were fourteen entries, six from EMAVG, and all were of a very high standard. The comments by Ian Bateman FRPS were extremely detailed and much appreciated by the audience.
Malcolm Imhoff came Third with "Gnossienne No1", Brian Jeffs gained a Highly Commended for "Back to Everest", and Marie Thompson was awarded a Commended for "They Called it Wipers"
An image from "Gnossienne No1"
An image from "Back to Everest"
Smethwick International 2010
Malcolm had three images accepted in this prestigious exhibition: "On the Edge", "Fallen Tree", and "Nepalese Girl".
On The Edge
Fallen Tree, Bryce Canyon
Nepalese Girl
The Intercities Trophy
The INTER CITIES TROPHY is a major Midlands photographic competition so it was a revelation that last year's contest was scooped by a group specialising in making audio visual productions, the East Midlands Audio Visual Group .
The winning panel was made up of Howard Fisher's "The Conductor", "Nepalese Girl" by Malcolm Imhoff, John Currant's "Docklands Light Railway", and "Lakeland Farm" by Peggy Franks.
"The Conductor" by Howard Fisher
"Nepalese Girl" by Malcolm Imhoff FRPS
"Docklands Light Railway" by John Currant
"Lakeland Farm" by Peggy Franks CPAGB
Some more images from this year's Intercities Competition:
"Evening on the Icebergs" by David Johnson LRPS CPAGB
"Pollution" by Peggy Franks CPAGB
"Temple Guardian" by Malcolm Imhoff FRPS