Our current clubroom is based at the Richard Herrod Centre, Carlton which is currently being used as a vaccination centre and is due to continue to the end of the year. We are therefore looking for somewhere new and will trail a few meetings from September at St James Church Hall on Marshall HIll Drive. […]
Opposite Papplewick Pumping Station there is a small area of pools called Papplewick ponds. Several NOPS members had a socially distanced meeting to explore this area. The pond has a lot of wildlife and is surrounded by reeds, silver birch trees and gorse bushes. The evening finished with a lovely sunset behind the pond.
On 27th May we held our third open PDI competition via Zoom and we welcomed Les Loosemore as our judge for the evening. There were 40 entries overall, covering a range of subjects. Scores of 17 were scored by Patrick Wallis, Nigel Stewart, Malcolm Nabarro, Chris Houldsworth, Jack Worsnop, Lester Woodward, Brian Thorley, Lois Webb […]
29th April saw the first of our combined theme and open PDI competitions as we make our way back to post-Covid normality. Our judge for the evening was Steve Walters and he did a great job, bringing some interesting and very constructive comments to the task.
29th April saw the first of our combined theme and open PDI competitions as we make our way back to post-Covid normality. Our judge for the evening was Steve Walters and he did a great job, bringing some interesting and very constructive comments to the task.
Many of NOPS Outlaws members have been recently exploring a local ancient woodland. Ploughman Wood is situated near the village of Lambley. It is owned and managed by Notts Wildlife Trust. The wood dates back to the 13th century.
We held our first PDI Outlaw of the Year Open competition on Thursday 25th March as a Zoom meeting. We were pleased to welcome Sue Hartley back to the club as our excellent judge.
We held our first ‘Outlaw of the Year’ 2021 PDI competition with the theme of ‘Street Life’ on Thursday 25th February. There were 42 excellent images and we were very happy to welcome Paul Radden to judge them.
We held our annual Members’ Choice competition via Zoom on 28th January. There was a larger than usual entry this year with a total of 45 entries and the standard of images was high. Members enjoyed an evening of viewing images and ranking their top six.
As we draw toward the end of another years Outlaw of the year competition in what has been most certainly a challenging and different experience due to the Covid epidemic, internal competition secretary John Young presents his report on the final PDI event and announces the winner of this section…
