1st Open Competition October 8th 2025

Our latest meeting was the 1st open competition of the 2025/26 season .
Richard Speirs DPAGB , APAGB , BPE2* was our judge for the evening.
He again commented how much he looked forwrd to judging our images due to the high quality of the work submitted.

His “best images of the night” were:
Best overall image and best pdi: Simon Roberts – “Albatross Argument”

Best Print: Ronnie Gilbert – “Bonelli’s Eagle landing on stump”

Best People (pdi.): Julie Walker – “Incarcerated ”

Best Creative (pdi.): Julie Walker- “Lady Jane and Pony”

Best Nature (pdi.): Fred Bell -“Peregrine with Red Grouse”

Best Landscape (pdi.): Fred Bell- “Valley of Shadows”

Best People print: David Price – “Appleby traveller with best friend”

Best Nature (pdi): Tony Marsh – “Lapwing”

Best Creative (pdi.): Jo Knight – “None so Blind”

Best Landscape (print.): Tony Melling – “Afterglow”

All the submitted images can be viewed on our gallery pages:

2025-2026 Competitions