Results: The Shaston Challenge 2024
The 2024 Shaston Challenge took place in Shaftesbury’s Royal British Legion Hall on 28th March 2024.
It was a very wet and windy night, with flooding all around the area, but our judge, Jim Pascoe, and members of all three teams – Ringwood, Shaftesbury and Wareham – managed to brave the conditions and make it to Shaftesbury!
Each club entered 16 images and marks were out of 10 with half marks as required.
The scoring was tight, but the eventual winners were Wareham, followed by Shaftesbury and Ringwood.
A good evening was had by all.
Featured image: Red Shank by Sue Dall
Overall Results
1st – Wareham with 136½ points
2nd – Shaftesbury with 135 points
3rd – Ringwood with 129½ points
Individual Results
| Wareham | 136½ | 1st |
| Milky Way Rising at Durdle Door | 10 | Terry Mullen LRPS |
| Ostrich stare | 10 | Mike Grigsby |
| Bald Eagles in the Rain Forest | 9½ | Graham Tarrant |
| Female Reedling | 9 | Gordon Chamberlain |
| Sparrowhawk through the Reeds | 9 | Nigel Gidney |
| Green Veined White | 9 | Nigel Gidney |
| Watchout, there’s a spider about | 9 | Alan Bevis |
| Emerging Honeysuckle | 9 | Mary Bevis |
| Sisken and Hawthorn | 8½ | Gordon Chamberlain |
| Mercedes-Benz | 8½ | Karen Mann |
| Bindweed Bud | 8½ | Jean Dixon |
| All in a spin | 8½ | Graham Tarrant |
| Jilted | 7 | Tim Green LRPS |
| Oslo Opera House Reflecting | 7 | Rob Ellett |
| A Spirited Departure | 7 | Alan Bevis |
| Prairie Post | 7 | Tim Green LRPS |
| Shaftesbury | 135 | 2nd |
| Tubes Running Late | 10 | Harvard Dallibar |
| Fog on the Tyne | 10 | Andy Hargreaves |
| Just chillin | 9½ | Sue Dall |
| Green Violetear Hummingbird | 9½ | Sue Dall |
| Bandhavgarh Tiger | 9 | Ann Hale |
| Winter Frost | 9 | Andy Hargreaves |
| Crumnock Water Shower | 8½ | Huw Alban |
| Bluebells | 8 | Cathrine Barrow |
| Sunrise over Skye | 8 | Helen Pothecary |
| Nocturnal Knowlton | 8 | Nigel Maddison |
| Sizewell Platforms | 8 | Anne Hale |
| Sunset on the hill | 8 | Jayne Harris |
| the old coal store | 8 | Helen Pothecary |
| Lake District Weather | 7½ | Huw Alban |
| John | 7 | Harvard Dallibar |
| Autumn walks | 7 | Jayne Harris |
| Ringwood | 129½ | 3rd |
| Red Arrows Crossover | 10 | Trevor Pogson |
| Keel Billed Toucan | 9½ | Mike Richards |
| On Fire | 9 | Ann Cole |
| Strictly Street – a Smile | 9 | Mike Hawley |
| Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep | 9 | Louise Revill |
| Goslings exploring | 8½ | Becki Flay |
| King of the Heather | 8½ | Louise Revill |
| Elephant family | 8 | Ann Aveyard |
| Mount Fuji | 8 | Mike Richards |
| Fun on the Beach at Christmas | 8 | Trevor Pogson |
| Sunlight on the frost | 7½ | Becki Flay |
| Blashford Scales | 7½ | Paul Johnson |
| Head to head | 7½ | Mike Hawley |
| Amritsar Chapaties | 7 | Peter Knight |
| Yellow Crowned Night Heron | 6½ | John Woolgar |
| The Eyes Have It | 6 | Peter Knight |