Once again, our Shuffell Trophy series for Prints and for PDIs was in three rounds with the first round split into first image with subject “Agriculture” and the second image “open”. We had so many prints and PDIs for the first round that at very short notice had to split it across two evenings with Peter Woodhouse judging the Agriculture and Penny Piddock stepping in to judge the Open images. The later two rounds were judged as planned by Mike Weeks and Malcolm MacNaughton.
The tables below show the rankings for all those who entered six images in the Prints and/or PDI classes.
Well done to everyone who participated, especially those who were doing so for the first time and we hope everyone found it a rewarding experience. We also are grateful to all our judges who come out often on a cold wintry evening at very low cost to help us all improve our photography. Critiquing and scoring a lot of images is quite an intimidating task even though they have gone through various judging courses.
| Shuffell Trophy 2018 | |||
| Cumulative scores of those who entered all three rounds | |||
| Prints | Total | Position | |
| Val | Saxby | 58.5 | 1 |
| David | Hansford | 55 | 2= |
| David | Townley | 55 | 2= |
| Don | Rossi | 54 | 4 |
| Rachel | Shergold | 51.5 | 5 |
| Sue | Boddington | 50.5 | 6 |
| Barbara | Harrison | 50 | 7 |
| David | Lampard | 49 | 8 |
| Barbara | Priest | 48.5 | 9 |
| Dan | Harrison | 46 | 10 |
| PDIs | Total | Position | |
| Val | Saxby | 57.5 | 1 |
| Steve | Chick | 56 | 2 |
| Don | Rossi | 55.5 | 3 |
| Andy | Hargreaves | 52.5 | 4= |
| Jayne | Harris | 52.5 | 4= |
| Claire | Thapa | 52.5 | 4= |
| Tony | Ward | 52 | 7= |
| Chris | Wildey | 52 | 7= |
| Barbara | Harrison | 51 | 9= |
| Rachel | Shergold | 51 | 9= |
| Jeffery | Bennett | 50 | 11= |
| Richard | Blake | 50 | 11= |
| Sue | Boddington | 50 | 11= |
| David | Townley | 49.5 | 14 |
| John | Ellis | 49 | 15= |
| Karen | Green | 49 | 15= |
| Jan | Ward | 48.5 | 17 |
| Julie | Deverill | 48 | 18= |
| Keith | Lear | 48 | 18= |
| Barbara | Priest | 47.5 | 20 |
| Maureen | Lear | 45 | 21 |
| Dan | Harrison | 44.5 | 22 |
Just a reminder that members need to log in to view the results of our third round on Thursday 23rd Feb 2018.
Well, the good news or the bads news first… ?
The good news is that we scored exactly the same as last year with a total of 179 for 18 images. Unfortunately, the bad news is that the other 57 Clubs did rather better this time around and that left us rather closer to the bottom, coming 50th equal with only four clubs doing worse than ourselves. However there are a couple of nice bits to note from our scores in the table below: congratulations to Val whose Singing Wren was marked with a “5” by one judge (with presumably “4’s” from the other two judges). This year, none of our images scored less than a “9” either.
It would appear that the standard has improved in competing clubs as to maintain the same position of 33rd as last year, we would have needed another 10 points, i.e. all our ten “9’s” needed to have got at least a “4” from one judge. Something for us all to work on for the coming season although do remember that we try to maintain a wide cross-section of our membership in our entry.
For those not familiar with the judging or competition process, each image is projected for just a few seconds before the three judges press a voting button for 2, 3, 4 or 5. It is all extremely fast and makes for a long tiring day for the brave judges. 1026 images during the morning and afternoon is a huge task but is quite common in large photographic competitions and salons.
| SCC WCPF DPIC 2018 | ||||
| Exerter, Sunday 18th Feb 2018 | ||||
| Judges | ||||
| Glyn Edmunds | ||||
| Jean Brooks | ||||
| Kathryn Scorah | ||||
| 2018 | Last Year | |||
| Singing Wren | Val Saxby | 13 | ||
| Brave New World | Andy Hargreaves | 12 | ||
| Morning Light | David Townley | 11 | ||
| Offshore Power | Val Saxby | 11 | ||
| Jump | Don Rossi | 11 | ||
| Siskin | Val Saxby | 11 | ||
| If you can keep your Head | Jayne Harris | 10 | ||
| Triathlon | Don Rossi | 10 | ||
| Sunset over Barleyfield | David Townley | 9 | ||
| Nocturn | Tony Ward | 9 | ||
| Sika Deer | Jeffrey Bennett | 9 | ||
| Viking | Steve Chick | 9 | ||
| Two Smoking Barrels | Jeffrey Bennett | 9 | ||
| Firey Dragon | Tony Ward | 9 | ||
| Woman Winnowing | Claire Thapa | 9 | ||
| Hidden France | Bill Norman | 9 | ||
| Bales | Barbara Harrison | 9 | ||
| Tractor Driver | Steve Chick | 9 | ||
| TOTAL | 179 | 179 | ||
| Average | 9.9 | |||