News - Report: Rose Bowl Round 3

9 February 2012

Last Thursday evening saw us playing host to Leighton Buzzard Photographic Club & Maidenhead Camera Club in the third and final round of this years Rose Bowl competition.

The weather wasn't particularly kind to us on the night as the threat of snow turned into a reality and by the time the evening started the snow was falling quite quickly and laying. Thankfully the judge was already there before the snow began and the competition was able to go ahead.

We went into the competition tied on points with Leighton Buzzard but 1 'star' behind them, so there was everything to play for.

With the worsening state of the weather it was decided to speed up the competition and run the whole thing through in one go. Cathall Gantly, our judge for the evening, saw all the images through once and then went through them a second time making brief comment on each one and awarding a score out of 20, occasionally keeping an image back to score later.

FINAL SCORES

At the end of the competition the images which scored 20 were reviewed and the two 'starred' images were chosen as Perch Rock Lighthouse by Colin Mill of New City and Girl in a Cafe by bernie Raffe of Leighton Buzzard.

At the last the scores were 259 to Maidenhead CC, 277 to New City PS and 278 to Leighton Buzzard PC.

So with a win and a starred image it looks like Leighton Buzzard have the greater chance of getting into the final, though with 10 points and a starred image we might just have a chance of scraping through but that really depends on how other clubs fare.

Watch this space!

You can see the images entered by New City PS in the competitions section.

Next Week

This weeks activity at the Tickford Centre is another competition, this time the MKPA Audio Visual competition against Leighton Buzzard and Olney.