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Members of the NWPA will be delighted to learn that Welshpool Camera Club have decided to join us. So a very warm welcome to them and all their members. We hope that their association with the NWPA will be a long and happy one.

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PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championship

Both Eryri and Beaumaris clubs, who
represented the NWPA at the first PAGB Inter-Club PDI
Championship, beat the respective clubs from South Wales and
indeed held their own against the L&CPU clubs.  Wigan 10
soundly beat all the other clubs this year. All in all an excellent day
with many great pictures to be seen.  If you missed this event attend the Print Championship in Deeside at the
end of October where we'll be represented by Eryri and Wrexham clubs.

To see all the results of the Championship click here

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PAGB Great British Cup 2009

The competition was judged over the weekend of 10th/11th January.

Congratulations to Gareth Jenkins of Dwyfor Camera Club for gaining a award for his image 'Penguin Family'
Congratulations also to Beaumaris and Menai Bridge Camera Club who followed up their 3rd= place in the 2008 Small Club competition with a 4th= this year.
To see Beaumaris and Menai Bridge's images and scores click here

To see the detailed results click the following links:

Overall results summary

Detailed results for the 'Open' competition

Detailed results for the 'Small Club' competition

Individual scores in the 'Small Club' competition

PAGB Inter-Federation Projected Image Competition

Celtic Challenge.

The NWPA entered 30 images (10 mono print, 10 colour print and 10 projected digital images) in the Celtic Challenge which was held in Dumfries 0n 20/21 September. To see the full result sheet click here.

Abergele Camera Club

New Club
Meets on the 2nd & 4th Monday of each month at 7:30pm at St. Paul's Chapel, Bridge Street, Abergele LL22 7HA

Contact
Mal Hughes on 01745 833 375
Email: vicechair@abergelecameraclub.co.uk
For more details see www.abergelecameraclub.co.uk

Rhyl Photographic Society

Change of Venue & Secretary
Contact Pauline Mylchreest  Email: clubsec@rhylphotosoc.co.uk
Tel: 01745 888 700

Also our new Venue from Wednesday 24th September will be The Rhyl Community Fire Station, Coast Road, Rhyl, LL18 3PL
New members are welcome , meetings start at 7:30pm. See www.rhylphotosoc.co.uk  for more details.

PAGB NEWSLETTERS

Some of you will have received the new style PAGB e-Newsletters. The first issue featured the PAGB GB Cup. Following the successful first GB Cup last winter, the next one will have a closing date of 17 November.

The second issue gave details of the PAGB Club Print Championship which will be held on Saturday 25th October at Deeside College, near Chester. This is the nearest that a major national event comes to us in North Wales and it is well worth going along to see the high quality prints and meet lots of like-minded people. Those of you who attended the Judging Seminar earlier this year, including all North Wales judges, some of whom were not present, should find it particularly interesting to see the standard of photography across the country, as well as the type of picture which is currently being successful.
Tickets: £7.50 each Send cheque payable to PAGB + stamped addressed envelope
to: Christine Langford, Ty Ni, Gwydryn Drive, Abersoch. LL53 7HU.

If you are not already on the mailing list for these e-Newsletters, register with Rod Wheelans by sending your e-mail address to rod@creative-camera.co.uk. You will then receive full information on these events and all future ones.

PAGB INTER-FEDERATION PRINT EXHIBITION

The nearest showings of this Exhibtion will be:

14 October - 6 November at The Old Schoolhouse (Smethwick club), Churchbridge, Oldbury. B69 2AS
Mon. Tues, Thurs, 8.00-10.00 Sat. 10.00-1.00 check :0121 552 0279

14 November - 6 December at Godfrey Pilkington Art Gallery, 1st floor, Gamble Building,
Victorial Square, St. Helens. WA10 1DH Mon - Sat. 10.00-4.00 Sun closed. check: 01744 455493

PAGB INTER-FEDERATION PROJECTED IMAGE EXHIBITION

For the first time, the PAGB is running a Projected Image Exhibition to include slides and digital images.
The closing date for the Federation entry is 1st October and selection will take place in early September.
The Exhibition will be available to be seen at North Wales clubs during the two weeks 2-15 February 2009. Contact Emyr Roberts to ensure that your club is on the rota.

R.P.S. INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION

This exhibition can be seen in Aberystwyth Arts Centre 2 August - 20 September
Check opening times: 01970 622887 www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk

Please advertise these events around your clubs

Christine
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Llandudno P.S. Represent the NWPA at Warwick

Having won the Slide/Projected Image section in a Battle against the other clubs of the NWPA on 6th April 08 at Craig-y-Don, Llandudno, we found ourselves being the only club representing North Wales at the last Inter Club Slide Championship of the PAGB at the Arts Centre of The University of Warwick on Sat. 12 July 2008. It was up to us to show the PAGB what we could do!
England and Scotland would be out in force but unfortunately Northern Ireland were not to be represented, but our colleagues in the South of Wales Federation would be there so we would have 3 clubs representing Wales.
Llandudno was very enthusiastic and a coach party of 17 – 16 members of the club with our illustrious guest, Margaret Salisbury FRPS APAGB EFIAP, were soon on our way to Warwick, flying the Red Dragon flags.

Having won the Slide/Projected Image section in a Battle against the other clubs of the NWPA on 6th April 08 at Craig-y-Don, Llandudno, we found ourselves being the only club representing North Wales at the last Inter Club Championship of the PAGB at the Arts Centre of The University of Warwick on Sat. 12 July 2008.It was up to us to show the PAGB what we could do!
England and Scotland would be out in force but unfortunately Northern Ireland were not to be represented, but our colleagues in the South of Wales Federation would be there so we would have 3 clubs representing Wales.
Llandudno was very enthusiastic and a coach party of 17 – 16 members of the club with our illustrious guest, Margaret Salisbury FRPS APAGB EFIAP, were soon on our way to Warwick, flying the Red Dragon flags.
We were joined at the University by Peter Carlyon who was holidaying locally, so our total NWPA representation was 18, the largest at the meeting.
The venue was magnificent and the organisation superb as we entered into the contest with the other 30 clubs.

We beat:-
Cheam & Mid Sussex, both of the Surrey Photographic Association
Wycombe of the Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs
Pontefract of the Yorkshire Photographic Union
& Gwynfa of the Welsh Federation.

And we had equal points with:-
Spectrum of the Southern Photographic Federation &
XRR Photographic Society of the Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs.

We are very proud of our achievement and I am sure that this ‘outing’
has given us a taste for more competitions at this level.

We also hope that we will be able to represent North Wales at the forthcoming Inter Club Print Championship on Saturday 25th October 2008 when North Wales are the hosts at the Deeside College-
Connah’s Quay, Flintshire.

Rob Patterson

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RPS Nature Group Exhibition

A CD of the RPS - Nature Group 2008 Annual Exhibition, is now ready with copies of all of the Accepted Slides, Prints and Digital images from this years exhibition with a full commentary.

It will be ideal for a Club evening, as well as a great way for individuals to see the very best of Nature Photography from around the globe by British Photographers. 

The cost is only £10.00 each inc p&p, payable to the "RPS - Nature Group".

All those interested, please contact me, referring to this site, by e-mail at: tremaine@photographer.net

Regards


Tremaine A O Cornish
On behalf of the RPS Nature Grou

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NWPA Exhibition 2008

The Exhibition was selected on Saturday 2nd June

For all the awards and selected images go here

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Dwyfor win NWPA Battle

For the full results see the NWPA Battle 2008 page

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RESULTS for the PAGB 'Great British Cup'

Awards and more detailed results will follow in a few days.

Results from NWPA clubs are shown in Blue. Well done to all the clubs that entered, to Beaumaris and Menai Bridge C C for coming equal 3rd in the Small Club Competition, and an award for bravery to Blaenau Ffestiniog C C for taking on the 'big boys'!!