L&CPU Club Digital and Print Competitions 25-26
The L&CPU Club Competitions were held in St Mary's Parish Centre, Chorley, on the weekend of 8th-9th March 2026.
The judges for both competitions were Peter Gennard MFIAP EFIAP/d3, Sue O'Connell FIPF MPSA EFIAP/d3 DPAGB ABPE and Peter Brisley EFIAP DPAGB BPE2.
The Digital Competition was held on Saturday 7th March 2026. There were 39 clubs in this competition and we came 2nd in Nature and equal 9th in the Open section. This placed us 4th overall in Digital.
The Print Competition was held the following day, Sunday 8th March. 19 clubs entered and we came 1st in each of the three sections, making us the overall winner in Prints, which means we qualify for the PAGB print championships later on in the year.
The top 10 clubs in the Print competition were : 1st Poulton-le-Fylde PS 329 points 2nd Chorley PS 319 points 3rd Oldham PS 310 points 4th Lytham St Annes PS 302 points 5th The Evolve Group 300 points 6th Knutsford PS 296 points 7th South Manchester CC 293 points 8th Daisy Nook PS 288 points 9th High Peak PC 286 points 10th Warrington PS 285 points
Chairman Alan Cameron receives the Print Club of the Year 2026 trophy
Gill O'Meara receives the Open Print trophy for 2026
Richard O'Meara receives the Tansley Memorial Shield for Mono Prints, a trophy that PPS first won in 1968
Alan Storey receives the trophy for Nature Prints
The top 10 clubs in the Overall competition were : 1st Chorley PS 627 points 2nd Poulton-le-Fylde PS 615 points 3rd Oldham PS 612 points 4th Lytham St Annes PS 582 points 5th Knutsford PS 575 points 6th= South Manchester CC 570 points 6th= The Evolve Group 570 points 8th High Peak PC 559 points 9th Warrington PS 552 points 10th Daisy Nook PS 548 points