TENBY and District Camera Club held its 3rd Open Competition on April 2 with 27 members coming to appreciate 39 digital entries and 18 print entries.

Judge for the evening was Mike Clatworthy who stepped in at short notice. Club members expressed to Paul Branchflower good wishes for a speedy recovery and thanked Francis White, the club’s external competition secretary, for his efficient response in reorganising the judging.

An excellent judge and no stranger to the club, Mike gave all the images constructive critique, noting patience, skill and creativity. He praised the standard of photos several times during the evening, boosting confidence all round.

In the Prints section, the Gold medal was won by Dave Bolton for ‘The King & I’; Silver by Cheryl Hewitt for ‘Sanderling Synchrony’ and Bronze by Charlie Kidd for ‘Lynx on the Hunt.

There was one Highly Commended Print: Charlie Kidd’s ‘Bee Eater with Moth’.

Jan Sullivan and Rob Cox were Commended for ‘Splashdown’ and ‘Dragonfly at Rest’, respectively.

In Digital Images, the Gold Medal was won by Jan Sullivan for ‘Dawn Crossing’; Silver Medal by John Slater for ‘Echoes of a Forgotten Past’ and Bronze Medal by John Powell for ‘Barney’.

Highly Commended were Charlie Kidd’s ‘Goshawk in the Rain Fighting for Prey’ and Dave Bolton for ‘A Hunting Swallow in the Long Grass’

There were five Commended images: Rob Cox’s ‘Dipper Returns to the Nest’, Gary Mayhew’s ‘Heron Fishing’, Jan Sullivan’s ‘On The Wing’, John Powell’s ‘Portrait of a King’ and Dave Bolton’s ‘Snatch and Run’.

Thanks go to Mike Clatworthy for his time and dedication and all who entered this contest; congratulations to the winners.

In the recent Welsh Salon event, four Tenby Club members achieved excellent results with awards. They were Charlie Kidd (Best Image in PDI Section for ‘Goshawk…’), Paul James (Best Portrait for ‘Judge, Secretary and Treasurer’ and Phone PDI Best Portrait for ‘Sisters and Friends’), Jan Sullivan (Phone PDI Judges Award for ‘Light on the Fallen’; PDI Best Nature for ‘The Fly By’) and Jayne Crocker (Phone PDI Best Landscape for ‘Forged City’).

Jayne had all four of her entries in the Open Phone PDI Section accepted; Jan had six entries accepted and Charlie had nine entries accepted.

Tenby and District Camera Club is affiliated to the Federation and relies on this national body for judges, photographic awards and a basic co-ordinating role for some 39 South Wales Clubs. At the recent AGM they recognised Tenby chairman Dave Lewis with the award of an Honorary Fellowship of the WPF.

Dave has supported photography in Wales over many years and from the club’s point of view has been an invaluable link between Tenby and the WPF. The club’s success is of course down to its members’ high quality work but Dave Lewis’s contribution has very much helped to keep Tenby’s profile high at a national level.