After Sunday’s 2016 N&EMPF DPI competition held in Arnold, external competition secretary Lester Woodward presents his report after a brief message from club chairman George Reilly.
Another great competition in which the NOPS members have to be impressed with these results.
18 clubs entered and we’ve come 9th missing out by 1 point from going through to the second round.
For a club with a small membership, it’s clear we have a great “bulldog spirit” and I hope that 2016 brings on more challenges.
My thanks to Lester for arranging the necessary entries and paperwork and for those that attended, representing NOPS.
A great result. Well done to one and all.
-George Reilly
This Sunday saw us compete at the 2016 NEMPF DPI competition held at the Arnold Leisure Centre. A total of 18 clubs entered. Each club submitted a bank of 40 images, 16 of which are shown in the first round. Each image is scored by 3 judges (Ray Brammall, Keith Long and Bob Underhill) each judge giving a score between 2 and 5.
So to the scores, our 16 images scored as follows;
| TITLE
|
AUTHOR | SCORE |
| ASHES OF ROSE | George Reilly | 7 |
| BBC | John Purchase | 11 |
| CALOTES CALOTES | Lester Woodward | 12 |
| CONSPIRATORS | John Hodgkinson | 11 |
| GRANDAD ARE WE READY YET | Lois Webb | 9 |
| HAIR FLICK | Sue Jackson | 10 |
| INDIAN PRINCESS | Lester Woodward | 9 |
| IVE DROPPED MY CAP | Lester Woodward | 10 |
| LONG TAILED TIT | John Purchase | 10 |
| LOOKING BACK | John Hodgkinson | 10 |
| SHIPWRECK & AURORA | Jack Worsnop | 10 |
| THE RACE | Sue Jackson | 10 |
| TOWER BRIDGE | Paul McKinley | 10 |
| TUBEWAYS | John Purchase | 10 |
| WARMING UP | John Purchase | 10 |
| WORLDLY WEATHERED | Lois Webb | 9 |
| 157 |
So the first round concluded, interestingly no scores of 15 were given and only 2 scores of 14.
Natural history scored very well as did most of the “artistic” images and the continuing trend of landscapes scoring poorly continued.
So how did we do.
| 1st Round | 1st Round Pos | Final Round | ||
| Arnold and District CC | 148 | 16 | ||
| Axholme CC | 154 | =13 | ||
| Beeston CC | 156 | =10 | ||
| Bolsover CC | 154 | =13 | ||
| Chesterfield PS | 162 | 7 | 200 | |
| Clay Cross PS | 158 | 8 | 196 | |
| Deepings CC | 165 | =5 | 204 | |
| Horncastle and District PS | 137 | 17 | ||
| Ilkeston photo 2000 club | 170 | 4 | 200 | |
| Long Eaton CC | 136 | 18 | ||
| Matlock CC | 151 | 15 | ||
| Newark and District PS | 155 | 12 | ||
| Nottingham and Notts PS | 180 | 2 | 216 | |
| Nottingham Outlaws PS | 157 | 9 | ||
| Peterborough PS | 156 | =10 | ||
| RB Lincoln CC | 165 | =5 | 207 | |
| Rolls-Royce Derby PS | 187 | 1 | 240 | 1st |
| Worksop and District PS | 177 | 3 | 217 | 2nd |
So as you can see we missed out on the final 8 by 1 point, which is a shame but it saved me from scurrying around picking images for the final round, and top 10 finish is pretty good for a club our size.
I urge you all to attend events like these, as you can see the sorts of images that do well and the styles that are in vogue, it gives you loads of ideas. Plus you get to chat with other keen toggers, I had a very interesting chat with the members from Axholme and Worksop, giving you even more ideas.
Oh and for the overall image winner “fox hunting” by Steve Williams, a great natural history shot of a fox arching into a leap on some small unsuspecting prey.
-Lester Woodward