Kevin Lomax

What a fantastic start to the season!  Having regained the Robertshaw Trophy in October, last night we won the High Peak Trophy.  We hosted the event which takes place between Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Bramhall.  The judge was Keith Barber of Swinton and District Photographic Society.  The evening was very well attended by the other clubs.

The competition is split into a prints round with 8 images submitted by each club and then a DPI round with 8 images per club.  The club with the highest combined score for the two rounds is the winner.  At the end of the prints round, Macc and Stalybridge were tied for first place with 147 points each.  Chapel had 134 points and Bramhall had 126.  In the DPI round, Macc forged ahead finishing with 150 points while Stalybridge had 141, Bramhall had 137 and Chapel had 132.

The overall results were: Macclesfield – 297, Stalybridge – 288, Chapel-en-le-Frith – 266, Bramhall – 263.

The individual print scores and names of Macc’s authors can be found here.

The individual DPI scores and names of Macc’s authors can be found here.

Special congratulations go to David Tolliday who’s image, Safe Return, was selected as the best in the competition.

“Safe Return” by David Tolliday

Tonight (Monday 20th November) we will be hosting the 2017 High Peak Trophy.  This is an annual inter-club competition between Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Bramhall.  There are two separate sections – DPIs and prints.  In each section, each club must submit 8 images.  Overall, an author can only submit two images.  The High Peak Trophy is awarded to the club which gains the most points across the DPI and print sections.  The judge tonight is Keith Barber FIScT CPAGB LRPS of Swinton and District Photographic Society.  Please come and support us!