With the North West Fed in full swing, our second round match was hosted by us last night (23rd November) with four members from Pinner CC and Terri Adcock from Watford CC in attendance (Watford also meet on a Thursday night). The competition was judged by Mark Buckley-Sharp with Judy his wife also with him.

We started the evening off with the print section, five prints from each club so only 15 in total. They all seemed to really come to life under our light box as opposed to on the dimly lit stand where Mark initially saw them and must have made his decisions as he scored his two 20’s (not a prerequisite that there only be two in this competition) before seeing the final five images under the light box. Not a usual practice and I couldn’t help wonder if this might have left some authors feeling a little upset. Most of his comments were fair and appropriate although I felt although there were several oddities in his conclusions.

Despite this, Ealing fared remarkably well and it’s not very often I get to say that we beat Watford overall!!

We also did very well with 20’s and therefore the stars. (For anyone who isn’t aware in this competition two images in the print section and two images in the PDI section in each match must be awarded a star. These starred images will then go on to be entered in a starred image final for both print and PDI on Finals Day.)

Results:

Prints

EHH 88
PIN 86
WAT 88

Top scoring print images were

Winskill Tree by Annie Hackett EHH - 20 and a star
Courting Razorbills by Natalie Levy PIN - 20 and a star

Other Ealing top scorers were

60’s Vibes by Kris Mason - 19
Lady Of The Manor by Paul Mason 18

PDI’s

EHH 90
PIN 87
Wat 87

Top Scoring PDI Images were

An Anxious Wait by Mike Lloyd EHH - 20 and a star
Ball Watching by Simon Peters WAT - 20 and a star

Other Ealing top scorers were