It was wonderful to be able to meet again. The new venue was cosy and comfortable.
The night began with a Life Membership awarded to Bob Lawrence, who gave a short speech.
After some general housekeeping, the excellent Judge, Dean, presented awards to the winners of the Annual Competition, beginning with the Projected and Print images of the year.
Anne receives the Beatrice Cohn Memorial Trophy for the Projected Image of the Year 
Matt receives the Frank Kennedy Memorial Trophy for the Print of the Year
The judge continued to present awards for the best images in each of our five categories, with certificates for the best print and the best projected image in each category, and a trophy for the overall winner in each category.
The winning images are currently featuring on the home page sliding gallery.
Bob wins the Best Landscape Projected 
Will wins the Best Portrait Print 
Will wins the trophy for Best Portrait 
Will wins the inaugural Garry Paterson for the Best Photojournalism image 
Mal wins the Best Creative Print 
Bob wins the Best Landscape Projected 
Matt wins the inaugural Coral and John Simons trophy for the Best Landscape image 
Matt wins an award for the Best Nature Print 
Mal receives a calendar as an honorary award for one of his images
Matt announced the winners of the aggregates from our bi-monthly competitions.
Coral awarded First in Set Subject Projected Aggregate 
Glynn awarded Third in Set Subject Projected Aggregate 
Pauline awarded First in Set Subject Prints Aggregate 
Will awarded Second in Set Subject Prints Aggregate 
Matt and Garry share equal Third in Set Subject Prints Aggregate 
Flic awarded First in Open Projected Aggregate 
Les awarded Third in Open Projected Aggregate 
Ron awarded First in Open Prints Aggregate 
Will and Matt awarded second and third (respectively) in Open Prints Aggregate 
Ron and Will awarded equal First in Open Monochrome Prints Aggregate 
Ron and Will have fisticuffs over their equal First in Open Monochrome Prints Aggregate 
Esther presents Matt with his Second in Open Monochrome Prints Aggregate 
Garry gets Third in Open Monochrome Prints Aggregate
The Photographer of the Year award went to Will.
Congratulations to all!
Finally, here are some images of the group enjoying a chance to catch up and chat.
Thanks to Flic for organising such a lovely venue, the seating, and the challenging photography quiz which was won by Table One.
It was an all-together very pleasant evening.
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