On 27th November Cramlington Camera Club were the host of the North Tyne Print Competition, the first leg of a two part competition with the PDI leg in March 2026.
We were joined by representatives of Gosforth Camera Club, Ponteland Photographic Society, Whitley Bay Photographic Society and Tynemouth Photographic Society.
President Colin Livingstone welcomed all guests and members and introduced Bill Broadley of Blyth as our judge for the evening. Bill started out by giving a brief biography and his approach to evaluating each image and said how pleased he was with the quality and variety of the images presented to him. He then went on to show each image and give his constructive comments before awarding a score out of 30 points. As this was a print competition Bill did comment many times on the paper selection that was used by photographers, and the creativity and planning of some of the entries.
The scoring was quite tight, never going below 22 points. Three images scored 29 points:
St Mary’s in the Mist (John McGuiness, Tynemouth)
Ice Queen(Lesley Hughes, Gosforth) and
Sir Nigel (Colin Livingstone, Cramlington).
The highest score on the night with 30 points went to The Preacher by Arthur Smith of Tynemouth Photographic society.
With the final image over, Colin then collected the scores from Paul Dunn and read them out.
The final scores were:-
1st place with 217 points: Tynemouth Photographic Society
2nd place with 212 points: Gosforth Camera Club
3rd place with 199 points: Cramlington Camera Club
4th place with 195 points: Whitley Bay Photographic Society
5th place with 193 points: Ponteland Photographic Society
Colin then asked Bill to present the awards. The Shutterspeed Trophy for the winning club was presented to Howard Wilson of Tynemouth Photographic Society and Howard was also presented with the Warren Trophy on behalf of Arthur Smith.
Howard Wilson, as is customary, thanked Bill Broadley for his hard work, critique and presentation. He then thanked Cramlington for hosting the event.
Colin Livingstone then closed the event by thanking Bill, Howard and everyone who attended and participated.
Members and guests were now free to mingle, catchup with friends and chat about the images and partake in the refreshments provided.
Colin Livingstone
President
Northern Counties Photographic Federation 