Annual competition awards 2025

The annual club competition for 2025 was held a little while ago and winners were selected from Nature, Open Colour and Open Monochrome in both print and DPI formats. The results were as follows:-


Prints Best in show- Sue Riley, Farzama, score 20/20


Nature Prints 2025

1st Tom Gandy (LRPS), Pairing Gannets, score 20/20

2nd Tom Gandy (LRPS), Arctic Tern with Sand-Eel, score 20/20

3rd Keith Barber (PABG,LRPS), Tawny Owl with Prey, score 20/20

4th Bob Stokoe, Mating Ladybirds, score 19/20 VHC

5th equal Tony Cowcill (LRPS), Storm Clouds over Mnweni Pinnacles, score 19/20 HC

5th equal Dennis Flynn, Preening European Shag, score 19/20 HC

7th equal Keith Barber (PABG,LRPS), Rainbow Agama, score 18.20 C

7th equal John Riley, Bracket Polypores, score 18/28 C

7th equal John Riley, Lily of the Incas, score 18/20 C

7th equal, Sue Riley, Blue Morpho underside, score 18/20 C

 

Open Colour Prints 2025

1st Sue Riley, Farzama, score 20/20

2nd Bob Stokoe, Crazy Race, score 20/20

3rd Dennis Flynn, Sea, Sand and Solitude, score 20/20

4th equal Keith Barber (PABG,LRPS), Pirate Jack Sparrow, score 19/20 VHC

4th equal Dennis Flynn, The Nanny, score 19/20 VHC

4th equal Bob Stokoe, Weird Cocktail, 19/20 VHC 7

th equal Tom Gandy (LRPS), Black Rock cottage and Rainbow, score 19/20 HC

7th equal Bob Stokoe, Gone, score 19/20 HC

9th equal Keith Barber (PABG,LRPS), Lone Tree Sunset, 19/20 C

9th equal Tony Cowcill (LRPS), Last Light, Iceland, 19/20 C

 

Open Monochrome Prints 2025

1st Albert Moore, The Molecule, score 20/20

2nd Tony Cowcill (LRPS), Maiden Moor from Dale Head, score 20/20

3rd Tony Cowcill (LRPS), National Museum of Scotland, score 20/20

4th Dennis Flynn, Hartland Abbey, score 19/20 VHC

5th Tom Gandy (LRPS), Lindisfarne Lock-Up, score 19/20 HC

6th John Riley, Lancashire Boilers, score 18/20 HC

7th equal Dennis Flynn, Evening at Bamburgh, score 18/20 C

7th equal Dennis Flynn, Lindisfarne, score 18/20 C


Now, moving on to DPIs        


DPIs best in show 2025- Ron Davies (FRPS) Screaming Eagle, score 20/20

1 and Best In Show (Ron Davies FRPS) Screaming Eagle web


DPI Nature 2025

1st Ron Davies (FRPS) Screaming Eagle, score 20/20 (see image above)

2nd Bob Stokoe, Bee on Borage, score 19/20

2 (Bob Stokoe) Bee on Borage web

3rd equal Rebecca Anne Entwistle, A Bug Eating, score 19/20

3 Joint (Rebecca Entwistle ) A bug eating web

3rd equal Bob Stokoe, Bee on Cranesbill Flower, score 19/20

3 Joint (Bob Stokoe) Bee on Cranesbill Flower web

5th Stephen Ryan, Red Squirrel, score 19/20 VHC

5 Stephen Ryan VHC Red Squirrel web

6th equal Keith Barber, Male African Swallow Tail Butterfly, score 18/20 VHC

SONY DSC

6th equal, Sue Riley, Blue Morpho Underside score 18/20 VHC

6 Joint (Sue Riley) VHC Blue Morpho Underside web

8th equal, Audrey Astbury, Gannets, score 18/20 HC

8 Joint (Audrey Astbury) HC Gannets web

8th equal, Tom Gandy (LRPS), Little Egrets, score 18/20 HC

8 Joint (Tom Gandy LRPS) HC Little Egrets web

8th equal, Tom Gandy (LRPS), Puffins Bonding, score 18/20 HC

8 Joint (Tom Gandy LRPS) HC Puffin's Bonding web

11th equal, Audrey Astbury, Heron with Tiddler, score 18/20 C

11 Joint (Audrey Astbury) C Heron with tiddler web

11th equal, Rebecca Anne Entwistle, Jay Bird, score 18/20 C

11 Joint (Rebecca Entwistle) C Jay Bird wbe

11th equal, Stephen Ryan, Siskin, score 18/20 C

11 Joint (Stephen Ryan) C Siskin web


And now Open Colour 2025

1st Phil Burns, Sweet Sixteen, score 20/20

1 (Phil Burns) Sweet Sixteen web

2nd Albert Moore, Malham Smithy, score 19/20

2 (Albert Moore) Malham Smythie web

3rd Keith Barber (PABG, LRPS), A Well Read Gentleman, 19/20

3 (Keith Barber PAGB, LRPS) A Well Read Gentleman web

4th equal Phil Burns, Aphrodite Rocks, score 19/20 VHC

4 Joint (Phil Burns) VHC Aphrodites Rocks web

4th equal Ron Davies (LRPS), Dolomite Storm, score 19/20 VHC

4 Joint (Ron Davies FRPS) VHC Dolomite Storm web

4th equal Albert Moore, Cley Mill at Sunset, score 19/20 VHC

4 Joint (albert Moore) VHC Cley Mill at Sunset web

7th equal Colin Bookman, You got food?, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Colin Bookman) HC You Got Food web

7th equal Ron Davie (FRPS), Lonesome Again, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Ron Davies FRPS) HC Lonesome again web

7th equal Dennis Flynn, This Way, Lads, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Dennis Flynn) HC This Way, Lads web

7th equal Bob Stokoe, Red Hot, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Bob Stokoe) HC Red Hot web

11th equal Tom Gandy (LRPS), Old Man of Storr, score 18/20 C

11 Joint (Tom Gandy, LRPS) C Old Man of Storr web

11th equal Albert Moore, Lace Maker, score 18/20 C

11 Joint (Albert Moore) C Lace Maker web


And finally Open Monochrome 2025

1st Sue Riley, Anna and the Unicorn, score 20/20

1 (Sue Riley)Anna and the Unicorn web

2nd Keith Barber, (PABG, LRPS), Charlie Chaplin, score 19/20

2 (Keith Barber PAGB, LRPS) Charlie Chaplin web

3rd Phil Burns, Shipwreck, score 19/20

3 (Phil Burnes) Shipwreck web

4th equal Colin Bookman, American Falls, Niagara, score 19/20 VHC

4 Joint (Colin Bookman) VHC American Falls Niagra

4th equal Sue Riley, Road to the Hills, score 19/20 VHC

4 Joint (Sue Riley) VHC Road To The Hills web

4th equal Stephen Ryan, Fairy Pools in the Clouds, score 19/20 VHC

4 Joint (stephen Ryan) VHC Fairy Pools in the Clouds web

7th equal Keith Barber ( PAGB, LRPS), Snowing in Worsley, score 18/20 HC

SONY DSC

7th equal Ron Davies (FRPS), Mountain Stream, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Ron Davies FRPS) HC Mountain Stream web

7th equal Ron Davies (FRPS), Joe Billingbimbi, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Ron Davies FRPS) HC Joe Billingbimbi web

7th equal Ron Davies (FRPS), Michael, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Ron Davies FRPS) HC Michael web

7th equal Ron Davies (FRPS), Bro, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Ron Davies FRPS) HC Bro web

7th equal Tom Gandy (LRPS), Lindisfarne View, score 18/20 HC

7 Joint (Tom Gandy LRPS) HC Lindisfarne View web

13th Tony Cowcill (LRPS), Tuscan Landscape, score 18/20 C

13 (Tony Cowcill LRPS) C Tuscan landscape web

14th Bob Stokoe, Specs, score 17/20 C

14 (Bob Stokoe) C Specs web