For details of the rules and guidance for our Annual Exhibitions and other Competitions throughout the year please use this link to our “Information & Knowledge Base Page” Please see below for reports on our Competitions 2023/24 season.
The final competition in our Season is the Annual Exhibition. Details of all the Trophy Winners and the images can be found on the Annual Exhibition 2024/25 page.
On this page you can find all the winning images along with second, third, highly commended and commended images. You can view a complete list of Trophy Winners here.
The Millennium Trophy was judge on 24 February 2025 by Richard Spiers DPAGB HonPAGB HonNCPF from Carlisle.
Richard had the task of judging sets of three themed images which members were encouraged to submit as a panel. The winning PDI’s and winning Prints were then shown and the audience voted for the overall winner. The winner of the Millennium Trophy for the 2024/25 season was Miles Langthorne with his three images entitled “Kestrel”.
Twenty sets of PDI’s were submitted. In first place was Miles Langthorne with “Kestrel”. Pat Kearton’s “European Bee-eaters” was second and In third place was Dave Snowdon with “Weathered Wood”. Highly Commended were Dave Sim with “Gannet Love Story”, Stephen Byard with “Scotch Mist” and David Niman with “Times Remembered”.
Four sets of prints were judged with Sheila Coates taking first place with her set of images entitled “Bryce Canyon”. In second place was Paul Cayton with three monochrome images of “Valencia”. In third place was Miles Langthorne with “Whitby Goths”. Dave Coates was Highly Commended with “Skye Light”. Well done to all members who entered.
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Treescapes was the subject for one of our Members Nights Competitions. The images were judged by Mark Banks LRPS on Monday 27 January 2025
Mark gave a very balanced and fair appraisal of the sixty nine PDI’s and twenty prints that were submitted. Sheila Coates took first place in the Prints with her image “Frosted Tree Line”. Mark said “Overall, a truly impressive and evocative image and one which I am happy to award maximum points”. Ian Storey took second and third place in the prints section with his images “Lakeside Autumn”, which was second and “Autumn Oaks” which was third. “Autumn Glowing through” and “Last Light of Day” by Dave Coates, “Branching Out” and “Tunnel Vision” both by Paul Cayton and “Sit and Relax” by Ian Storey were all Highly Commended.
From the sixty nine PDI’s submitted Mark awarded first place to Paul Cayton with his image “Deceased”of which Mark said “This image truly ticks all the boxes for a captivating treescape”. Dave Snowdon took second place with “Autumn Movement” and ICM image and “Dead Trees” by Pat Kearton was third. Highly Commended were Dave Coates with ‘Big Bend, Zion Canyon”, “Misty Morning, Graigellachie” by Chris Morton and “Winter Stripes” by Trevor Thurlow.
Our thanks go to Mark for the time and effort he put into judging this competition and his constructive comments about all the images.
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The Annual AV Competition was judged on 20 January 2025 by members attending on the night.
6 Presentations were submitted. The AV’s could be up to ten minutes long and were of an excellent standard. David Niman took first place with his AV entitled “Lest We Forget”. Peter Whitehead, a new club member was 2nd with his presentation ‘Of this Land – images from an Icelandic Winter” and David Bradley was third with his “Iceland” Presentation
A small selection of images form these three presentations are below.
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Each season we take part in a three-way Battle with Stokesley Photographic Society and Saltburn Photographic Society. This year it was held at Saltburn on Wednesday 18 December.
Hilary Crick reports that it was a very enjoyable evening with excellent refreshments half way through. Northallerton came second in the Print section and again came second in the PDI section. When the two marks were added together, we moved up to 1st place! I would like to thank all those members who came to support us and everyone who submitted images for selection. It was a team effort and every mark counted towards the final score, so don’t be disappointed if your image did not do as well as you had hoped for, the mark it did get was vital to our final score. Congratulations must go to Sheila Coates, Pat Kearton and Bob Crick who all scored 30, all our submitted images are below.
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Our third competition of the season is the Around our County Competition.
Jane Morris Absom from Richmond Camera Club was the judge for this competition. The Print section was won by Dave Coates with “Early Light, Sandsend”. Paul Cayton was second with “Whitby Dusk”. Sheila Coates was placed third with “View Towards Roseberry”.
In the PDI section first place was Paul Cayton with “Bottom of the 199 steps”. Second place was Miles Langthorne with “Jockeying for position”. In third place was Lynnes James with “Sunset over Roseberry Topping”.
Highly Commended in Prints were Sheila Coates with “Stepping out, Kinsey Show”. Dave Coates with “Three Barns, Swaledale” and “Thorntree and Pen-y-Gent”. Highly commended in PDI’s were Paul Cayton with “Ripon Cathedral”, Stephen. Byard with “Evening Light, Keld”, Eric Hall with “East Gill Force” and Lynnes James with “Sunset over Roseberry Topping”.
Well done to all who entered.
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The second competition of the season is the Summer Outings Competition. Miles Langthorne was the judge.
Due to a technical error only the Prints were judged on Monday 28th October. The PDI’s were judged on 13 January.
The judge considers three images per member from those submitted and the best scoring three images are marked, The Print section was won by Stuart Goldie with “Row of Boats, Durham, Richmond Falls and Market Place, Durham”. The PDI section was won by David Bradley with “Bad Weather Day”, “Himalayan Poppy” and “Red Bridge”. David Henderson and Stuart Goldie shared Joint 2nd place with their three entries. Frances Dixon scored a Highly Commended with her image “Spiritual Light”.
Well done to all who entered.
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The first competition of the season is the Members Night Open Competition. Dave Snowdon judge the PDI’s and Richard Cochrane judged the prints on Monday 14 October.
There was a very high standard in both the PDI images and in the Prints with 69 PDI’s submitted and around 25 prints. The judges did an excellent job with clear and informative comments.
In PDI’s first place was Stephen Byard with “View of Ailsa Craig”. In second place was Andy Atkins with “Reaching Out. In third place was Bob Crick “Female Orange Tip“. The standard was so high that 7 Highly Commended’s were awarded – see the image gallery below for all these and the winners.
In first place in the Print Section was Sheila Coates LRPS EFIAP/b DPAGB APAGB with “Autumn Light, Grasmere”. In joint second place were Miles Langthorne DPAGB MPAGB with “Grey Heron” and Paul Cayton LRPS “Chiesa di San Giacomo dall’Orio”.
Well done to all who entered.
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