L&CPU Club Digital and Print Competitions 24-25

The L&CPU Club Competitions were held in the Elm-Bank Banqueting and Conference Centre, Eccles.

The judges for both competitions were husband and wife team Dave and Angie Tucker, both EFIAP/p DPAGB CPAGB BPE4, and Roger Evans, MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/p.

The Digital Competition was held on Saturday 1st March 2025. There were 42 clubs in this competition and we came 5th in Nature and 4th in the Open section. This placed us 4th overall in Digital, which would have been enough for us to qualify for the national PAGB championships in Warwick, if we hadn’t already done so.

The Print Competition was held the following day, Sunday 2nd March. 22 clubs entered and we came 2nd in Nature, 2nd in Mono and 4th in Colour, making us second overall in Prints, which means we qualify for the PAGB print championships in Blackburn.

The top 10 clubs in the Print competition were :
1st Chorley PS 322 points
2nd Poulton-le-Fylde PS 310 points
3rd Oldham PS 300 points
4th South Manchester CC 294 points
5th Lytham St Annes PS 293 points
6th High Peak PC 288 points
7th= Sale PS 284 points
7th= North Fylde PS 284 points
9th= Knutsford PS 283 points
9th= Warrington PS 283 points

There were two top scores of 15 in the Print competition.

'A Different Kettle of Fish' by Richard O'Meara DPAGB BPE5 scored 15

'Which Way Should We Go' by Barry Dickinson EPSA EFIAP DPAGB BPE4 GPU CR2 scored 15

The top 10 clubs in the Overall competition were :
1st Chorley PS 627 points
2nd Poulton-le-Fylde PS 604 points
3rd Oldham PS 591 points
4th South Manchester CC 583 points
5th High Peak PC 575 points
6th Lytham St Annes PS 569 points
7th Knutsford PS 560 points
8th North Fylde PS 553 points
9th Warrington PS 549 points
10th The Evolve Group 547 points