Last night was the September competition which had a huge number of entries and the meeting was really well attended - the room was nearly full to bursting!! It was great to see many of the members both new and old, also a couple of new faces, everyone was welcomed by Peter T (Chair). I thought there was quite a 'buzz' in the room and I certainly didn't get a chance to talk to many people!

There were some great images entered in many different genres in both sections of the competition. Our judge, Andy Francis rattled through the images, giving a valuable critique on each, he managed it within the time allotted time!! No mean feat. The Theme was a Literary one, - book title, quotation, poem etc. It was fun to see how this was interpreted in different ways by entrants and there were some really inventive and interesting images.

The open section also contained some great images, again in many different genres

Results - Themed
1st - The remains of the day - Martin Cumper
2nd – Scoop - Steve Wilcox
3rd - Love is a short word - Diane Rowe
Highly Commended
The Ballad of the White Horse - Quinton Vidal-Taylor
Road to hell - Chris Mowthorpe
No way home - Chris Mowthorpe
Little Red riding hood - Nick Farnham
Commended
Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee -Brian Tobin
Fly Fishing by J R Hartley – Brian Tobin
Incy-wincy-spider – Huw Thomas


Open
1st - Looking left, right and straight ahead - Polly Knowles
2nd - By bus to work - Peter Tickner
3rd - Lakeside sanctuary - Lynne Thomas
Highly Commended
Nowhere to scoot - Peter Ellison
Grasstrack – Martin Cumper
Brown Hare – Graham Treharne
Commended
For hire – Mike Barrow
Fish Supper – Rachel Carter
Sunset over Wheal Coates – Chris Bowyer
Don’t smell it - hit it – Steve Wilcox

The League table after the first competition
1st Martin Cumper 12 Points
2nd Steve Wilcox 10 points
3rd Polly Knowles and Chris Mowthorpe 9 points

Congratulations to all and well done and thanks to everyone who entered. A great start to the season! Thanks also to everyone who helped in such a busy meeting, especially Mike who gets everything ready and tidies it away afterwards and Rachel - the tea and coffee lady for the evening!!

There were a couple of notices - Peter T told us that it was the last of the Dragon Boat Races of the season at Exeter this Sunday 29 September. 10.00 start at Exeter Quay.

Martin Barber asked if anyone was going to the WCPF AGM on Sat 5 October. If so could they take some Kingswood Competition entries for Bridgwater Club, please let him if you are intending to attend and could take the images. - photomartinb@gmail.com