Cardiff took part in the Bridgend 5-way battle against Baglan Bay, Bridgend, Rhondda & Swansea last night (9th November 2020). Due to the pandemic this annual competition was digital (rather than the normal print) and took place as a video conference. The judge for the evening was Carol McNiven Young FRPS EFIAP DPE4* CPAGB
As always it was a hard fought contest with some very high quality photographs on show. We were never in contention for first place but had quite a tussle with Bridgend for second place. At half time we were just a single point behind Bridgend (in third). In the second half and with 2 photographs to go we were now in second place with a 3 point lead over Bridgend. Unfortunately for us, Bridgend finished incredibly strongly scoring maximum points for their 2 final photographs. So, in the end, we finished in third place just one point behind. The final positions and scores are shown below:
| Position | Club | Final Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhondda | 175 |
| 2 | Bridgend | 171 |
| 3 | Cardiff | 170 |
| 4 | Baglan Bay | 161 |
| 5 | Swansea | 160 |
Our photographs were made by Chris Chinnick, Jeff Howe, Trevor Waller, Andre Van de Sande & Dave Russell. Special mention goes to Trevor Waller who achieved a commended award for his image “The basketball player”. The individual scores for our entries are shown below.
| Photographer | Title | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Trevor Waller | Jeff | 17 |
| Chris Chinnick | Sign of the times | 15 |
| Jeff Howe | The power and the glory | 17 |
| Trevor Waller | The basketball player | 18 |
| Dave Russell | Castle Combe #1 | 16 |
| Dave Russell | Malachite Kingfisher | 16 |
| Chris Chinnick | Owl | 17 |
| Andre Van de Sande | The pirate | 18 |
| Jeff Howe | Harrier landing | 18 |
| Andre Van de Sande | Bright eyes | 18 |
