Our battle with Locksheath & Sarisbury took place this week. This is a new competition for the club, this being the second year that it has run. Last year it was a very close contest and this year was expected to be no different. The contest takes place over 2 legs, home & away. The same set of photographs are presented at each leg but scored by different judges. Our Judges this year were:
Roy Lambeth APAGB DPAGB, AFIAP, BPE2* at Locksheath & Sarisbury
Gareth Martin AWPF, CPAGB at Cardiff
Locksheath & Sarisbury were first to host and the contest was indeed very tight with Cardiff a whisker ahead by a slender 3 points at the close of play. It was all to play for on home turf. At half time it was still pretty tight with Cardiff only able to extend their advantage to a measly 6 points. However, in the second half things took a decisive turn and Cardiff ran out comfortable winners. The final scores were:
| Host | Cardiff | Locksheath & Sarisbury |
|---|---|---|
| Locksheath & Sarisbury (1st leg) | 333 | 330 |
| Cardiff (2nd leg) | 361 | 346 |
| TOTAL/FINAL SCORE | 694 | 676 |
A number our photographs were well liked by the judges scoring maximum marks…
- “Owl” & “The bay at Eight” by Chris Chinnick
- “Lone tree #1” by Dave Russell
- “Harrier landing” by Jeff Howe
- “Mystic Tresaith” by Tim Stephens
- “The Pirate” by Andre Van de Sande
The full scorecard is below:
| Photograph title | Club | Locksheath & Sarisbury | Cardiff |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Beautiful Body | LHS | 16 | 17 |
| Autumn Fruits | LHS | 17 | 16 |
| Beorly | LHS | 18 | 15 |
| Blue Emperor Dragonfly | CAF | 15 | 16 |
| Cake Smash | CAF | 14 | 17 |
| Castle combe #1 | CAF | 16 | 17 |
| Chalkhill Blue | LHS | 17 | 20 |
| Cheeky Chappy | LHS | 20 | 18 |
| Connemara dream | CAF | 12 | 16 |
| Fireworks at Winchester Cathedral | LHS | 20 | 20 |
| Flamingo | LHS | 16 | 14 |
| Friendly Batman Hoverfly | LHS | 15 | 17 |
| Harliquin | CAF | 17 | 17 |
| Harrier Landing | CAF | 17 | 20 |
| Jeff | CAF | 14 | 19 |
| Langur Monkey Sri Lanka | LHS | 14 | 18 |
| Line of Duty | LHS | 14 | 18 |
| Lone Tree #1 | CAF | 20 | 19 |
| Lonely as a Cloud | CAF | 14 | 17 |
| Male lion | CAF | 19 | 18 |
| Macbeth the King | LHS | 15 | 16 |
| Looking at you | LHS | 14 | 14 |
| Misty morning | CAF | 16 | 16 |
| Mystic Tresaith | CAF | 18 | 20 |
| One Step Up | LHS | 15 | 19 |
| Owl | CAF | 17 | 20 |
| Pianist | CAF | 18 | 17 |
| Poser | LHS | 16 | 20 |
| Rainy Day Scotsman II | LHS | 18 | 18 |
| Rhinoceros beetle | CAF | 16 | 19 |
| Shadow Dancer | LHS | 16 | 18 |
| Snow leopard cub | LHS | 18 | 18 |
| Starlet | LHS | 18 | 17 |
| Subway Drama | CAF | 18 | 19 |
| The Bay at Eight | CAF | 17 | 20 |
| The only way is back | LHS | 17 | 17 |
| The pirate | CAF | 19 | 20 |
| The Power and the Glory | CAF | 18 | 17 |
| The Tennis Trophy | CAF | 18 | 17 |
| Viking Warrior | LHS | 16 | 16 |