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FOLKESTONE CAMERA CLUB AWARDS NIGHT

On Friday 6th May, we held our Annual Dinner and Awards Night, which concludes our 2004\2005 photographic season.

It was a very successful evening with our guest speaker, Mr Clive Tanner giving us a very interesting talk mostly about his photographic experiences. 

Clive is a very experienced photographer and his ‘forte’ is church and catherdral interiors.   It was so entertaining, in fact, that you could hear a pin drop and I know we all could have listened to him and seen more of his prints,  for a lot longer.  

After his speech, we asked him to present the awards to the winners of the various trophies, which were:-

Len Charles Trophy
(Holiday Task –slides with commentary)
Robert Brisley

Peter Heritage Trophy
(Set Subject –Modern Technology)
Jerry Watson

Reg Walker Trophy
(Best of This Seasons Slides)                   
Brian Collins

St Aubyns Trophy
(Best Landscape Print)
Frank Barraclough

Challenge Trophy
(Highest Scorer in Slides & Prints in all Competitions)
Dave Turner

MONTHLY COMPETITIONS:- Overall winners

PRINTS;-
NOVICE   - James Wraight
INTERMEDIATE  - Michael Chalk
ADVANCED   - David Hughes
  
PORTRAITS;-
NOVICE  - Glen Yorke
INTERMEDIATE - Muriel Hilliard
ADVANCED  - Marie-Laure Stone

SLIDES;-
MONOCHROME  - David Hughes
NOVICE   - Glen Yorke
INTERMEDIATE  - Bill Grudgings
ADVANCED   - Robert Brisley
MEDIUM FORMAT  -  Vic Fowler
 
Many of the above winning photographs, can be seen o­n our website at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk  where we also have many Links to Photography related and other Shops.

On 5th May we had the annual Eurotunnel Battle with Gateway, Deal and Canterbury Camera Clubs at Gateway (Dover), where Gateway won by a very close lead – we came 3rd, but we have won it for the last two years, so it is o­nly fair that we let others win sometime !

Our next venture will be our annual outing, which is to be to Hendon R.A.F. Museum o­n 5th June.we all look forward to an enjoyable day.

The Annual General Meeting will be held in July.

Our new season will commence in September at the United Reform Community Hall, Castle Hill Avenue,  Folkestone at 7.45pm.  New members are always welcome, if interested please phone Mrs Jenny Barraclough (Press Officer) 01303 245399, or e mail jenny-bar@btconnect.com