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PPS retained the trophy by 22 points with 423.

The judge was Nick Hilton who, as usual, provided a very insightful commentary on the images submitted and much food for thought going forward.

Competition

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

25 PDI’s from each team, each image scoring up to 20 in line with our scoring for internal competitions.

Our Images

We included images from 24 different members.

3 images scored 20

• Lilac Roller by Trevor Southward
• Creating Dust by Iain Jack
• Heron with Trout by Tim Gilbert 

3 images scored 19

• Stuck in the matrix by Alf Myers
• Hovering Gannet by Michael Tempan
• Freestyle Jetski by Mick Porter

The average image score for our 25 images on the night was circa 17 which we should be proud of.

Detailed results and images are available below.

As always, any questions let me know.

​Tim Gilbert, External Competition Secretary, 22 April 2022

Melbourne Cup 2022 Preston Photographic Societies Images

Peter Bunting with Time Flies - 15 Points

Paul Yates with The Pious Man - 17 Points

Jeannie Lazenby with White Tailed Eagle catching Lunch - 18 Points

Allison Lyon with Walkies at Sunrise - 16 Points

Paul Rushton with Keeping an eye out - 15 Points

Michael Tempan with Hovering Gannet - 19 Points

Ian McGill with Incoming Little Owl - 18 Points

Iain Jack with Creating Dust - 20 Points

Mal Crawford with Glencoe Winter -15 Points

Mick Porter with Freestyle Jet ski - 19 Points

Trevor Southward with Lilac Roller - 20 Points

Iain Jack with Flying Splits - 17 Points

Dave Duxbury with To the Manor Born - 16 Points

Ryszard Kosik with Liverpool - 16 Points

Gary Cook with Tyne - 15 Points

Gary Peltz with San Rafael Valley - 16 Points

Alf Myers with Stuck in the matrix - 19 Points

Angela Kershaw with Tuuletar - Goddess of wind - 18 Points

Tim Gilbert with Heron with trout - 20 Points

Nick Raponi with Rosette nebula - 17 Points

Robert Turley with First and second - 17 Points

Dave Pratt with Storm brewing - 14 Points

Helen Hatch with East Pier - 16 Points

Andrew Watkin with Bass Rock - 15 Points

Dee Hounslea with Lateral thinking - 15 Points

2022 Preston Photographic Societies Scores

	Image Name	Author Name	Score (out of 20)
1	Time Flies	Peter Bunting	15 Points
2	Creating Dust	Iain Jack	20 Points
3	Stuck in the Matrix	Alf Myers​	19 Points
4	The Pious Man	Paul Yates	17 Points
5	Glencoe Winter	Mal Crawford	15 Points
6	Tuuletar, Goddess of Wind	Angela Kershaw​	18 Points
7	Freestyle Jet Ski	Michael Porter	19 Points
8	Heron with Trout	Tim Gilbert	20 Points
9	Lilac Roller	Trevor Southward	20 Points
10	White Tailed Eagle catching Lunch​	Jeannie Lazenby	18 Points
11	Rosette nebula​	Nick Raponi	17 Points
12	Walkies at Sunrise​	Allison Lyon	16 Points
13	Flying splits​	Iain Jack	17 Points
14	First and second​	Robert Turley	17 Points
15	Keeping an eye out	Paul Rushton​	15 Points
16	To the Manor Born​	Dave Duxbury	16 Points
17	Storm brewing	Dave Pratt​	14 Points
18	Liverpool	Ryszard Kosik​	16 Points
19	East Pier	Helen Hatch​	16 Points
20	Hovering Gannet	Michael Tempan	19 Points
21	Tyne	Gary Cook	15 Points
22	Bass Rock​	Andrew Watkin	15 Points
23	Incoming Little owl​	Ian McGill	18 Points
24	San Rafael valley​	Gary Peltz	16 Points
25	Lateral thinking​	Dee Hounslea​	15 Points
PPS UK Total			423 Points
PPC Melbourne			401 Points