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Ivybridge & District Camera Club season ended early
this year, but what a busy and entertaining finale it
has been! On the 2nd of December the club held its fast-paced
AGM which welcomed two new members to the committee;
Margaret Martin and Alan Davey. This was followed on
the same evening by the Best Photograph of the Year
Competition, an event stirring keen anticipation for
those successful enough to reach this stage in the year.
The best colour
print of the year was judged to be ‘Great Blue
Heron’ from Bernard Howley of Saltash while the
best monochrome print of the year accolade went to Robin
Empsall of Ivybridge with his ‘Ruin at Pompeii’.
The best slide of the year was voted ‘The Net
Mender’ from Keith Mullin of Ivybridge and the
best digitally projected image of the year award went
to Stuart Barnes of Plymouth for ‘Storm Clouds
Brewing’.
In a move that
continued the suspense for another week, votes were
not counted until after the meeting and members had
to wait until the presentation evening and annual dinner
to find out who were the top photographers of the year.
Some sixty members
and guests attended the presentation evening which was
held in the Town Hall and graced by two Guests of Honour;
Deputy Town Mayor, Mrs Frances Reeve and Councillor
P Dredge. The venue was kindly made available by the
Ivybridge Town Council Office for which the club gives
its keen appreciation.
As well as the
best of year awards mentioned above, the Deputy Town
Mayor presented cups and shields to many other members
for achievements in our various competitions throughout
the year. Their names have been recorded in these pages
throughout 2008.
The raffle raised
£107 which this year has been given to Shelter
Box. Many thanks are due to all those who brought tickets
and donated the prizes and especially to John and Joyce
Trussell who organised this and all our raffles through
the year. Many thanks are also due to Tony Clements
for the organisation of the evening along with his many
helpers during the day. The event was topped off by
a special ‘bring prints on the night’ competition
with the theme Spirit of Christmas won by Colin Lennox-Jones
with a festive picture of his granddaughter, while Tony
Clements took second place - a just reward for all his
hard work.
Visitors are
always welcome to club meetings and we meet at Bittaford
Community Hall from 7:30 pm on the second and fourth
Tuesdays in the month plus occasional other Tuesdays.
Our programme, members’ photographs and much more
are all available on the club website: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ivybridgecameraclub
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Christmas Surprise!
Tthe winning entry
in the Spirit of Christmas Competition, won
by Colin Lennox-Jones
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Deputy
Mayor Mrs Frances Reeve presents the ‘Spirit
of Christmas’ second place award to Tony
Clements at the Ivybridge & District Camera
Club’s annual presentation dinner. Photo
by Graham Buckler. |
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After the party! The
Chairman in the 'Chair'
LtoR: Joyce Trussell;
Betty Mason; John Trussell; Tony Clements; Dave
Rayner (not paying attention); Keith Miller
(front); Gert Landers; Keith Mason; Lyn Miller
(front); Jean Mullin; Sylvia Wilson; Pam Rayner;
June Clements (Front). Photo by Keith Mullin.
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