The NCPF Club Championships for 2026 took place at Clara Vale on Sunday 22^nd  February.

There are 42 clubs in  the NCPF with the number of clubs entering increasing from last year as follows :-

Year	Number of Clubs entering PDI Competition	Number of Clubs entering Print Competition
2025	30	22
2026	30	23

There was an excellent turnout with many Club members attending the championships and seeing an impressive array of over 1000 images produced by the clubs.

The results in the Competitions were:

Print

1^st Place        Keswick PS               276 Points    

2^nd Place        Saltburn PS            259 Points                

3^rd Place        Tynemouth PS        253 Points                                        

Keswick PS and Saltburn PS be nominated to represent the NCPF in the PAGB Inter-Club Print Championships. 

Projected Digital Image

1^st Place        Keswick PS               273 Points    

2^nd Place        Gosforth CC          261 Points                

3^rd Place        Richmond CC        257 Points    

Keswick PS won the plate at the PAGB Inter-club PDI Championships in 2025 and therefore pre-qualified for the 2026 PAGB Inter-club PDI Championships.  Consequently the NCPF will be nominating Keswick PS, Gosforth CC and Richmond CC to represent the NCPF in the 2026 PAGB Inter-club PDI Championships.

Good luck to all the clubs nominated to represent the NCPF at the PAGB Inter club championships.

The winning images selected by the judges on the day were:

Best Print       Andrew Lings          Stokesley PS            ‘Wintry Hunt’

Best PDI        Bob Given                 Keswick PS               ‘Focused on the finish line’

Thanks to the judges for the competitions who were Keith Snell, Lynda Golightly and Bill Broadley.  Also a big thanks all the members of the Competition Sub committee and volunteers who enable the Federation to hold these competitions.

We hope to see all of you at the competition next year.

John Fare
Chairman, Competition Sub committee