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3 Way Battle - 2023

Image above - Iain Jack with ​DLR Canary Wharf
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Summary

Leyland hosted the event at the RAFA Club on Wednesday 15 February 2023, the first meeting in person since COVID, and it was good to see 8 members from PPS there.
The judge was Nick Hilton, one of our top LCPU (and PAGB) judges who provided his usual well balanced commentary on the images submitted.

On this occasion, Chorley produced a superb set of images to comfortably take victory in both sections with ourselves in second place ahead of Leyland.

The Final Result

Winners Chorley with 358 points, second place PPS with 335 points and third place with 329 points Leyland.

Competition

An ’Open’ competition so Nature restrictions did not apply. There were two sections (Print and PDI) each Club having 10 images in each. No more than 3 images from any author (in each section) and all images cannot have been used before in a previous 3 way battle.

Each image could score up to 20 on merit but it’s with noting that, unlike our internal competitions, there are no restrictions on the top three having to be scored 20,19, and 18.

Preston Photographic Societies Images

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

Prints were selected from those held back at the Club for this purpose and effectively were from the first few monthly competitions.

Our PDI section included images from 10 different mambers, i.e. 1 per member.

Our Print section included images from 6 different members, with no more than 2 per member.

In the Print section we had:

  • 1 image scoring 20
  • 1 image scoring 19
  • 2 images scoring 18
  • 2 images scoring 17
  • 4 images scoring 15.
In the PDI section we had:
  • 2 images scoring 18
  • 4 images scoring 17
  • 2 images scoring 16
  • 2 images scoring 15

Images scoring 18 or more were:
  • Tiny Tim by Angela Kershaw (PDI)
  • Trapped by Robert Turley (PDI)
  • Buzzard in Mountain Heather by Mick Porter (Print)
  • DLR Canary Wharf by Iain Jack (Print)
  • Jay and Woodpecker by Tim Gilbert (Print) which scored 19
  • Big Six by Tim Gilbert (Print) which scored 20

Tim Gilbert, External Competition Secretary 
16 February 2023

3 Way Battle -  2023 Preston Photographic Societies Images

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Iain Jack with Aimee - 17 Points
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Robert Turley with Careless - 15 Points
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Lesley Wilkinson with Erica - 17 Points
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Dave Bennion with Drumming in the dark - 15 Points
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Louise Ollerton with British Firework Championship Winner - 15 Points
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Paul Yates with Start of the shift - 15 Points
Squabbling chaffinches
Ian McGill with Red Fox on the Prowl- 17 Points
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Iain Jack with DLR Canary Wharf - 18 Points
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Michael Porter with Buzzard in Moorland Heather - 18 Points
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Dave Bennion with Kingfisher Fishing - 16 Points
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Michael Porter with Bad Hair Day - 17 Points
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Iain Jack with St Pauls from the South Bank - 15 Points
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Robert Turley with Trapped - 18 Points
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Oliver Doree with Old Grey Beard - 16 Points
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Tim Gilbert with The big six - 20 Points
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Paul Yates with The Handstand - 17 Points
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Robert Turley with A Steam Punk Christmas Cheer - 15 Points
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Lee Inskip Clark with Shh.. Qulet - 17 Points
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Tim Gilbert with Jay and Woodpecker - 19 Points
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Angela Kershaw with Tiny Tim - 18 Points

2022 Preston Photographic Societies Scores

3 Way Battle - 14 March 2022 - PDI Entries.
 
Image Name
Author Name
Score 
1
Erica
Lesley Wilkinson
17 Points
2
Old Grey Beard
Oliver Doree
16 Points
3
Buzzard in Moorland Heather
Michael Porter
18 Points
4
Careless
Robert Turley
15 Points
5
The Handstand
Paul Yates
17 Points
6
DLR Canary Wharf
Iain Jack
18 Points
7
Start of the Shift
Paul Yates
15 Points 
8
Aimee
Iain Jack
17 Points
9
Drumming in the dark
Dave Bennion
15 Points
10
Jay and woodpecker
Tim Gilbert
19 Points
11
A Steam Punk Christmas Cheer
Robert Turley
15 Points
12
Tiny Tim
Angela Kershaw
18 Points
13
Red Fox on the Prowl
Ian McGill
17 Points
14
St Pauls from the South Bank
Iain Jack
15 Points
15
Shhh ...qulet
Lee Inskip Clark
17 Points
16
Trapped
Robert Turley
18 Points
17
British Firework Championship Winners
Louise Ollerton
15 Points
18
Kingfisher Fishing
Dave Bennion
16 Points 
19
Bad Hair Day
Michael Porter
17 Points
20
Big Six
Tim Gilbert 
20 Points
Total
 
 
335 Points
Final Scores
 
Chorley
358 Points
Preston
335 Points 
Leyland
329 Points

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