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Summary

Chorley hosted the event via Zoom. The judge was Paul Radden from East Anglia who provided a well balanced commentary on the images submitted.

He held back 15 images, 7 from Preston, 6 from Chorley and 2 from Leyland.

We then had a nail biting finish. With one Chorley and one Preston image left, our scores were level. Both images were scored 19 so we had a tie for the first time that any of us can remember.

The Final Result

PPS tied with Chorley on 346 points, 17 clear of Leyland.

Competition

An ’Open’ competition, so Nature restrictions did not apply. No more than 4 images from any author and all images cannot have been used before in a previous 3 way battle.

20 Projected Digital Images (PDI’s) from each team, each image scoring up to 20 in line with our scoring for internal competitions.

Chorley have set the benchmark by their policy of 1 image per member and I hope that Preston will be able to match this next year.

Preston Photographic Societies Images

All our images were selected by the Selection Committee from the images submitted by members to the Selection bank.

We included images from 12 different members with no more than 2 per member.
We had:

• 1 image scoring 20
  
• 6 images scoring 19
  
• 3 images scoring 18
  
• 4 images scoring 17
  
• 2 images scoring 16, 15, and 14 respectively.
  

The ‘held’ images which were those that scored 19 or 20 were:

• Mick Porter with ‘Squabbling chaffinches’ (which top scored with 20) and ‘Freestyle jet ski’.
  
• Ian McGill with ‘Incoming little owl’ and ‘Common Kestrel landing’.
  
• Iain Jack with ‘Creating Dust’ and ‘Flying splits’.
  
• Tim Gilbert with ‘Heron with trout’.

Detailed results and the image are available below.

As always, any questions let me know.

Tim Gilbert, External Competition Secretary 
15 March 2022

3 Way Battle -  2022 Preston Photographic Societies Images

Angela Kershaw with It Wasn't Me - 17 Points

Iain Jack with Flying Splits - 19 Points

Robert Turley with First and Second - 18 Points

Paul Yates with Bella - 18 Points

Jeannie Lazenby with White Tailed Eagle catching Lunch - 18 Points

Gary Peltz with San Rafael Valley - 15 Points

Andy Watkin with Bass Rock - 14 Points

Michael Porter with Squabbling chaffinches - 20 Points

Michael Porter with Freestyle Jet Ski - 19 Points

Ian McGill with Incoming Little Owl - 19 Points

Ian McGill with Common Kestrel landing - 19 Points

Angela Kershaw with Tuuletar, Goddess of Wind - 17 Points

Helen Hatch with East Pier - 17 Points

Jeannie Lazenby with Blyth Dawn - 14 Points

Iain Jack with Creating Dust - 19 Points

Paul Yates with The Pious man - 17 Points

Tim Gilbert with Heron with trout - 19 Points

Alf Myers with Stuck in the matrix - 16 Points

Tim Gilbert with The appeal - 15 Points

Helen Hatch with Pod - 16 Points

2022 Preston Photographic Societies Scores

3 Way Battle - 14 March 2022 - PDI Entries.

	Image Name	Author Name	Score
1	Squabbling chaffinches	Mick Porter	20
2	Freestyle Jet Ski	Mick Porter	19
3	Flying Splits	Iain Jack	19
4	Incoming Little Owl	Ian McGill	19
5	Creating Dust	Iain Jack​	19
6	Common Kestrel landing	Ian McGill	19
7	Heron with trout	Tim Gilbert ​​	19
8	White Tailed Eagle catching Lunch	Jeannie Lazenby	18
9	First and Second	Robert Turley	18
10	Bella	Paul Yates	18
11	It Wasn't Me	Angela Kershaw	17
12	Tuuletar, Goddess of Wind	Angela Kershaw	17
13	East Pier	Helen Hatch	17
14	The Pious man	Paul Yates	17
15	Pod	Helen Hatch​	16
16	Stuck in the matrix	Alf Myers	16
17	San Rafael Valley	Gary Peltz	15
18	The appeal	Tim Gilbert	15
19	Blyth Dawn	Jeannie Lazenby	14
20	Bass Rock	Andy Watkin	14
Total			346 Points

Final Scores
Chorley	346
Preston	346
Leyland	329