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Members
of the Ivybridge Camera Club finished the club year
with a busy and exciting two weeks. The annual general
meeting held on December 6th was supported by almost
all members and was followed later the same evening
by the Best of Year competition in which the first-placed
images from the year’s competitions are judged
to ascertain the best photographs of the year. A week
later the club held its annual presentation evening
and dinner at the Furzleigh Mill Country Hotel, where
nearly fifty members, spouses and friends attended for
a convivial and enjoyable evening.
At the AGM members
voted unanimously to change the name from Ivybridge
Camera Club to Ivybridge and District Camera Club. The
move follows the club’s wider catchment over the
last year or so and also reflects the move to the new
venue at Bittaford. After a few other changes to the
rules and constitution were agreed, the rest of the
AGM was dispensed with fairly speedily and members moved
on to the Best of Year competition.
The best Colour
Print of the year was taken by John Trussell of Ivybridge
with his image of an owl entitled ‘Hogwarts Express’.
The best Black and White of the year was awarded to
Robin Empsall of Ivybridge with his ‘Venice Backwater’
print and the Best Slide of the year was won by David
Rayner, also from Ivybridge with his crimson seaside
sunset entitled ‘Man and Dog on the Beach at Wembury’.
Presentations
of cups, trophies and shields for all the year's prize-winners
in the various categories and competitions were made
at the dinner evening held on December 13th. Guest of
Honour, Mrs Ann Owens of Liskeard Camera Club kindly
made the presentations, with competition secretary Keith
Mullin making the announcements. The awards spanned
winners who, for the most part, have already been mentioned
in this column throughout the year. However the Merit
League Table for which points are collected from all
competitions are only resolved at the end of the year,
so members were on tenterhooks to discover the results.
Merit League
Table Shields were awarded to members coming top of
the league with prize vouchers for second and third
places. Keith Miller of Ivybridge took first place in
the Slide category, with David Rayner of Ivybridge coming
second and Clive Brown, also from Ivybridge coming third.
The Colour Print shield was won by David Rayner and
second place went to Bob Pike of South Brent, who shared
the position with Keith Miller. Keith Mason from Ivybridge
took third place. The Black & White shield was shared
by Bittaford man, Peter Pearce and David Rayner, while
Keith Mullin ranked second and Keith Mason came in third.
Winning members
in other sections also received money vouchers to be
spent on camera equipment, kindly part-donated by Dave
Hall of Plymouth London Camera Exchange.
A raffle of
donated presents was held, which raised over £70
for the Royal National Institute of the Blind. An appropriate
charity, it was thought, considering that photographers
need something the blind cannot distinguish - light.
The evening finished
with a rousing vote of thanks for our Guest of Honour,
Ann Owens, Competition Secretary Keith Mullin, and the
organisers and helpers not only of the presentation
evening but also of the many events that had been held
throughout the year.
The new season
starts on January 10th with a talk on Contemporary Photography
by Mr Rod Fry BSc APRS CPAGB. Visitors are welcome to
attend from 7:30 pm at the Community Hall, Jubilee Terrace,
Bittaford. Further information and directions are available
elsewhere on this website.
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Ivybridge
member John Trussell receiving his award from
Ann Owens at the club’s presentation dinner.
To the left is John’s Best of Year print
‘Hogwarts Express’. |
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