The first round of the Rosebowl kicked off last night (Monday November 9th) for EHHPS who were drawn against Stockenchurch, Witney and Watford. Stockenchurch were originally billed as hosts but as they didn’t feel Zoom Savvy enough we offered to host the evening on their behalf .

I have to say Burgess excelled, playing role of Chairman, Webmaster, Zoom Host and even did the Vote of Thanks at the end!!! So he wore many hats and it was his first external competition but you’d never have guessed it as it all went seamlessly. The evening was well attended with approximately 34 attendees, including, from Ealing, Paul and Kris Mason, Dennis Durack, Karina Limburg, David Bowater, Jenny Fenton, Burgess and myself.

Our judge was Damon Guy who offered up plenty of advice for improvements, complimenting the good bits and scrutinising the details as you would expect. Ealing and Hampshire House I’m pleased to say did exceptionally well which surprised me as I know how good Watford are. I considered them our main competition in this round and it was a close match throughout but we won!

Ealing had five images held back and scooped the two starred images of the night. Our top scorers were

Queen Of Spades by Mike Lloyd: 20 and a Star

Bobcat In Snow by Karina Limburg: 20

Duo Form by Kris Mason: 20 and a Star

En Pointe In Pink by Dennis Durack scored 19

Battersea Power Station At Night also by Dennis Durack scored 19

The Final Score of the night was

4th Stokenchurch: 241
3rd Witney: 261
2nd Watford: 262
1st EHHPS: 269

Click on the summary below for the full scoresheet.