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15th April 2025Poulton win the GB Cup for Nature
The GB Cup for PDI images was judged on 30th March by Daphne Hanson, David Gibbins and Neil Smith and we came 7th out of 49 clubs in the open section but we came first in the Nature section, also out of 49 clubs - a fantastic result. Three images, "Male Banded Demoiselle Interaction" by Alan Store...
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28th March 2025The Martin Avery Competition
The Martin Avery Competition is a select competition in memory of Martin Avery, a photographer from South Liverpool, who was a pioneer in creative photography. This year’s hosts were Oldham PS and we were one of six societies invited to take part. Ten prints were submitted by each club and these wer...
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2nd March 2025Poulton come 2nd overall in L&CPU club competition.
The L&CPU Digital and Print competitions were held on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March respectively. There were 42 clubs in the Digital 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 n...
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9th February 2025Success at The Masters of Print.
The Masters of Print exhibition, run by the PAGB, opened yesterday in St. Martins in the Bullring, Birmingham. This is the 8th Masters of Print exhibition and the 6th time Richard O'Meara has managed to get an acceptance, this time winning a Silver medal for his ‘A Different Kettle of Fish’. The exh...
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15th November 20244-Way Battle 2024
The four remaining photographic societies of the Fylde area met in friendly combat on Thursday 14th November in their annual Digital Image Competition. Lytham St Annes PS were hosts and Colin Douglas of Newton le Willows was judge for the evening, bringing a good sense of humour to the proceedings. ...
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10th November 2024Remembrance Sunday
For the first time in the history of Poulton Photographic Society, our Chairman, Michael Kay, lay a wreath on behalf of members at the town's Remembrance Sunday Ceremony. The moving occasion was well attended by a wide range of the community....
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29th October 2024Mobiography Awards
This featured photo is by member John Pal and was submitted to this week's Mobiography Smartphone Challenge on Instagram. For this international competition, entrants were asked to think about sharing their best mobile photos that capture different forms of transport – think bikes, cars, trains, pla...
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23rd October 2024National Inter-Club Print Championships
The National Inter-Club Print Championships were held last weekend. There were 38 clubs taking part, who had pre-qualified to participate. After the first round, where all clubs submitted 12 prints, the top 8 clubs went into the final, the rest competed for the Plate. 9 clubs qualified for the final...
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6th September 2024Best Print in Exhibition
At the first meeting of the new season, Honorary Vice-President of the PAGB, Gordon Jenkins, appraised the most successful prints from the previous year. As well as his commentary, Gordon picked out the print he liked best. The Best Print in Exhibition award went to 'In Glen Strontian' (pictured) by...
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6th September 2024Photographer of the Year 2024
The awards and trophies for our 2023-24 club year were presented at the first meeting of the new season by Gordon Jenkins, Hon Life President of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. Recipient of the most prestigious award of Photographer of the Year was Gillian O'Meara DPAGB BPE3*, shown rece...
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1st September 2024FIAP Awards
Congratulations to Geoff Smith and Tom Richardson on their recent FIAP awards. Geoff has now reached EFIAP Diamond2 level whilst Tom is one notch behind at Diamond1....
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27th July 2024The summer barbecue
Well not only did we have a glorious day for the BBQ, with good company and food but we also managed to make a small profit, which will be donated to Trinity Hospice. Our thanks go out to hosts Steve and Cherith Cushing and Alan and Ann Cameron, who did us proud. A lovely, relaxing afternoon!...
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22nd July 2024PAGB Inter club PDI championships
Richard O'Meara writes: Yesterday we attended the PAGB Inter club PDI championships in Warwick. 37 clubs from the 15 federations nationwide had qualified for the championship. All Clubs have a preselected bank of 40 images and a preselected first round of 8 images that are judged by 3 judges, scorin...
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20th June 2024PAGB Inter-Federation Print Competition 2024
The results are in for the Photographic Federation of Great Britain (PAGB) Inter-Federation Print Competition. It was an excellent result for the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union (L&CPU), which came first in all three classes: Monochrome, Colour and Nature. Richard O'Meara was one of the a...
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6th June 2024Member of the Year 2024
Malcolm Birkett was awarded The Warton Cup as Member of the Year for 2023-24 at the AGM. As well as his 'official' job of Syllabus Secretary, Malcolm has been involved in many other aspects of club life. He has stood in for Chairman Michael Kay when needed, as the position of Vice-Chairman still rem...
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20th May 2024L&CPU Individual Competition
The L&CPU Individual Competitions were judged over this weekend and two PPS members did very well. They are Richard O'Meara (pictured), who gained nine awards, and Peter Knight with four awards. Richard was the Runner-Up in the prestigious Photographer of the Year Competition, which he won two years...
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5th March 2024Baron Woods FRPS
The death of Baron Woods FRPS has just been reported in the obituary columns of the Blackpool Gazette. Baron was one of the founder members of PPS and our second Chairman, serving from 1969 to 1970. Baron was an exceptionally gifted colour printer and won many awards in local and national competitio...
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9th February 2024PPS win the PAGB Trophy Competition for Nature prints!
As a club we entered both the PAGB Trophy (prints) and PAGB Cup (digital) in both the Open Sections and Nature Sections. We came 20th out of 58 Clubs in the open PDI competition and 7th out of 21 Clubs in the open Prints. In Nature however we excelled, coming 2nd out of 62 clubs in the digital secti...
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2nd January 2024Masters of Print 2024
Announced in e-news today are the acceptances for the 7th MOP exhibition. Amongst the 60 images selected from 60 different people in the UK were prints from Tim Gartside, Gill O’Meara and Richard O’Meara (Richard was also awarded a silver medal). Based on average scores and the 3 acceptances, Poulto...
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26th November 2023Craig Bevington CPAGB
Congratulations to our Exhibition Secretary, Craig Bevington, on being awarded his CPAGB accreditation. The photo shows the PAGB President, Daphne Hanson DPAGB HonPAGB (centre front), along with a number of other photographers (including Craig) who were successful in achieving CPAGB on Sunday in Old...
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16th November 20234-Way Battle
The 4-Way Battle was hosted this year by North Fylde PS in our own clubrooms, because of the number of people attending. Sadly, Bispham has dropped out in 2023, reducing the competition to four clubs - Garstang CC, Lytham St Annes PS, North Fylde PS and Poulton. The judge was Steve Proctor DPAGB BPE...
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14th November 2023Change of Programme
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Martyn Mackie is unable to make the scheduled date for the Studio Portrait Workshop #1 on 30th November. He has switched with Steve Proctor who will now present his "Talk to Me!" lecture on that date, with Martyn taking Steve's 7th December slot. So the programme ...
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22nd October 2023Inter-Club National Print Championship.
Poulton PS win the Plate at the PAGB Inter-Club National Print Championship. There were 37 clubs who qualified for the Inter-Club National Print Championship this year which took place yesterday in Blackburn. The initial round involved 12 prints from each club and they were scored by 3 judges. The...
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9th October 2023The Bob Robinson Trophy
PPS came third equal in the L&CPU's Bob Robinson Trophy (previously the novice cup). No-one with qualifications can enter. There were 23 clubs involved and each Club entered 8 images. They were analysed by Nick Hilton as he dismissed images in successive rounds. Wendy Martin's ‘Young Starling Di...
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3rd September 2023Young Photographer Awards 2023
Poulton-le-Fylde Library was the location of our Awards Presentation for the Young Photographers of the Fylde Coast Competition on Saturday 2nd September. The competition was divided into Junior and Senior Sections, based on age. The photo shows the winner of the Junior Section, Finlay Stringer, rec...
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2nd September 2023Cynthia M Lee CPAGB
It is with sadness that we report the death of Cynthia Lee CPAGB on Saturday 2nd September 2023. Cynthia was an Honorary Life Member and her association with the Society goes back over forty years. She was the first Lady Chairman of the Society for the years 1997-99 and was always a staunch supporte...
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9th June 2023Our new Chairman
The longest ever reign as Chairman of Poulton Photographic Society has come to an end. Alan Cameron stepped down at our June 2023 AGM after five years in the post. Alan guided us through the Pandemic years before most of us had used video conferencing services and his drive and enthusiasm was an exa...
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5th June 2023Summer Exhibition 2023
The 2023 Annual Exhibition is now open in the Masonic Hall, Market Square, Poulton-le-Fylde from Friday 2nd June to Saturday 10th June, 10 am to 5 pm each day. Best Print in Exhibition was awarded to Tom Richardson for his 'Evening Light at Hanlith'. Best PDI in Exhibition went to Richard O'Meara f...
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15th May 2023L&CPU Young Photographer 2023
Congratulations to Sienna Gartside on her success in winning the L&CPU Young Photographer Competition 2023. Her winning panel of images can be seen on the External Competitions page of this website. Sienna had previously come third in 2018. The competition was judged alongside the individual adult c...
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6th March 2023Success in the L&CPU Club Competitions
Over the two days of this weekend the L&CPU Club Competitions were held at Chorley and Eccles. PPS did very well in both the PDI Competition on Saturday and the Print Competition on Sunday. We won the PDI Nature Section with 111 points, whilst Chorley PS were second with 109. When the Open Section w...
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31st December 2022Masters of Print 2022
The 2022 Masters of Print Exhibition, run by the PAGB, once again features photographs from Poulton members. Especial congratulations must go to Tim Gartside, who won the Gold Medal (Monochrome) for his 'Cuban Beauty' (pictured). Gillian O'Meara's 'Clownfish In Bubble Anemone' gained her a Silver Me...
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31st December 2022FIAP Worldwide Nature Biennial
The PAGB recently put together a digital entry for the FIAP Worldwide Nature Biennial competition. 20 images were selected from the UK in a themed entry with no more than 2 per person. Richard and Gill O'Meara were delighted to have 2 each of their images chosen, thereby having 20 percent of the UK...
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20th November 2022L&CPU PDI Knockout success
Congratulations to Poulton-le-Fylde for winning the Annual PDI Knockout last night at the Elm-Bank Banqueting & Conference Centre, Eccles. Peter Genard MFIAP EFIAP/d2 ably judged the competition, entertaining the audience with his good humour, and critiqued every image shown. Eventually, the images ...
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11th November 20225-Way PDI Battle 2022
Poulton were hosts for the annual 5-Way PDI Battle against Bispham PS, Garstang CC, Lytham St Annes PS and North Fylde PS. The judge was Nick Hilton EFIAP DPAGB BPE5 from Southport CC. There was a very good turnout for the evening, and everyone enjoyed Nick's perceptive comments on each image. Poult...
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26th September 2022Set Subject 1 - Abstract
There was an excellent entry for the first Set Subject Challenge of 2022-23. 18 members entered 76 images on the night, which were commented upon and judged by Craig Bevington. Craig assessed how well each image met the criteria for the Challenge as well as their photographic merit. The winning imag...
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23rd September 2022Roger Goodwill
It is with sadness that we report the death of Roger Goodwill on Tuesday 20th September 2022. Roger was an Honorary Life Member and his association with the Society goes back over fifty years. In recent times he selected the Best Print in Exhibition, having presented a trophy in his name for this aw...
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20th July 2022Rachel's success
On the 7th of July former junior member Rachel Daniels graduated from university with a B A Honours Degree in Photography. Through the pandemic she managed to submit all her coursework on time. Well done, Rachel - we wish you an equally successful future....
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17th July 2022Warwick success
PPS were one of the clubs chosen to represent the L&CPU at the National Inter-club PDI Championshis this weekend. Only two clubs per Federationcan qualify in addition to the 8 finalists from the previous year, so just getting there is an achievement. After two rounds, just as in The Open golf tourn...
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6th June 20222022 Annual Exhibition
Our 2022 Annual Exhibition opened in the Masonic Hall, Poulton, on Friday 3rd June and will run until Saturday 11th June. It is good to see prints hanging on the walls of the Masonic Hall again after the break over the last two years. Tim Gartside (on the left) won Best Print in Exhibition for his '...
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9th May 2022L&CPU Photographer of the Year
Congratulations go to our own Richard O'Meara DPAGB BPE3* who has gained the rare distinction of becoming L&CPU Photographer of the Year 2022. In achieving this overall award, Richard gained first place in the digital sections and second place in the print sections of the annual individual members' ...
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6th April 2022L&CPU Club Competitions
The L&CPU Club Competitions were held over last weekend at the Elm Bank Conference Centre, Eccles. There were five categories and Poulton again did very well, winning the Crowther Cox Cup for Nature Prints. We also came second to Chorley PS in the Open PDI category and were very well placed in the N...
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30th March 2022Alan R Cameron ARPS
"I am sure all members of PPS will join me in congratulating our Chairman, Alan, on today receiving his ARPS. Alan put forward his successful portfolio based on the work that he did at Twelve Restaurant during the Covid lockdowns. I am sure a number of you will have seen some of the images that he h...
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31st January 2022PAGB Cup Success
The digital entries in the PAGB Cup were judged over the two days of 23rd and 25th of January, with considerable success for Poulton PS. 77 clubs entered the Nature Section and three tied for first place with 144 points each. These were Rolls Royce Derby PS, Smethwick PS and our own club. The scores...
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29th January 2022Set Subject 2 - Shadows
'Shadows' was the theme of our second set-subject competition. There were 53 entries and the images were judged by Chairman Alan Cameron and experienced member Tom Richardson. Two images scored the same top mark of 19/20, both by Tim Gartside. These were 'The Shambles' (pictured) and 'Cuba Shadows'....
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27th November 20215-Way PDI Battle
The 2021 5-Way Battle was hosted by Garstang Camera Club on Wednesday 24th November. A live audience was present in Garstang whilst 65 members from the four other clubs watched on-line. The judge was Erica Oran CPAGB AFIAP BPE3* from Sheffield and at the end of the evening Poulton again emerged the ...
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14th November 2021L&CPU Knockout Success
The L&CPU Knockout Competition was held on Saturday 13th November, with entries from 42 clubs. Once again our club did well, finishing in equal fifth place alongside Chorley PS and three other societies. Southport PS were the overall winners. Best result of all, however, was member Tim Gartside winn...
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30th October 2021Masters of Print Exhibition
Congratulations to our Competition Secretary Richard O'Meara BPE2 in winning the Gold Medal in the Nature section of the Masters of Print Exhibition 2021. Richard's print is titled "Sqabbling Young Starlings" and is enhanced by the golden colour of the golf course grass behind his house. This presti...
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17th October 2021Set Subject 1 - A bird/animal in the garden
The first competitive event after our Covid-19 interlude was held last Thursday in our clubroom. The Set Subject was 'A bird or animal in the garden'. The winning image was 'Hoverfly' (pictured) by Clive Joyner. Second place went to 'Starling Battle' by Phil Hodson who also took 'Siskin' in third pl...
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15th September 2021Jake Loddington
With sadness we report that one of our founder members died on 13th September 2021. Jake Loddington was an energetic and creative photographer who constantly experimented with new techniques and ideas. He created the logo that the Society still uses and was one of the pioneers of Audio Visual in the...
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9th September 2021'Real' Meetings Again!
We have taken the decision to start meeting in person again at our regular club rooms in the Methodist Church Hall, Poulton. The first meeting will take place on Thursday 9th September 2021, when George Franks will talk on "Sports Photography". Covid precautions will be in place....
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1st August 2021Summer Barbecue
It was great to get together after almost 18 months of virtual meetings at Saturday's barbecue. This was the idea of mine hosts Steve and Cherith Cushing, who looked after us all superbly well. There was pleasure and relief in an afternoon of chatter and comfortable hospitality which everyone enjoye...
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15th May 2021L&CPU Individual Competitions
The L&CPU Individual Competitions were held last weekend with some splendid results for PPS members. Richard O'Meara came third overall in the Photographer of the Year and Digital Worker of the Year classifications. He was second in the Digital Nature section. Phil Hodson's image of "Barn Owl Icy Da...
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22nd March 2021L&CPU Digital Club Championships
Another good result over the weekend. The L&CPU Club Championships were held on Saturday, with Poulton sharing first place in the Nature section with Chorley PS. We were less successful in the Open section, finishing seventh, but were placed 4th overall across both sections out of the 41 clubs takin...
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20th February 2021Colin Pawson FRPS
Six days after Matt Roskell died, another stalwart of the club passed away. Colin Pawson died on 13th February, aged 92. He joined the Society in 1974 and served as Chairman from 1980 to 1982. Colin was a talented landscape photographer, especially of the American mid-west. He gained his FRPS with a...
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20th February 2021Matt Roskell
It is with great sadness that we report that Matt Roskell died on 7th February, aged 86. Matt was one of our longest-standing members, joining the Society in 1969. He served as our Chairman on three separate occasions, being elected to the post from 1993 to 1995 and then again from 2006 to 2008. He ...
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23rd November 2020L&CPU Knock-Out Results 2020
Some more good news - we came second out of 41 clubs in Saturday's L&CPU Knock-Out Competition. Each club was allowed four images, which were judged in turn by Mike Sharples MPAGB ARPS EFIAP ABPE of the Midland Counties Photographic Federation. Any image knocked out in the first round scored one mar...
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13th November 20205-Way Battle
At last some good news to celebrate in these dark times. Poulton-le-Fylde PS have regained the 5-Way Trophy after last year's defeat to North Fylde. It was an exciting Battle, hosted by Lytham St Annes using the on-line Zoom platform. Everything went very smoothly, with judge Jane Lines making the e...
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12th June 2020Member of the Year
On the last formal meeting of each year the name of the Member of the Year is announced. This award recognises the member who has most enhanced the Society through their photographic work or for supporting the operation of the Society. Winner this year is our Chairman, Alan Cameron LRPS. The list of...
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12th June 2020Best PDI in Exhibition
Winner of the Best Projected Digital Image (PDI) in the 2020 Exhibition was Andrew Daniels with his graceful image of the 'Ballet Dancer' (pictured). With this award he gains 'The Poulton-le-Fylde PS Trophy'. Andrew is one of our Developers and he is also to be congratulated in winning the 'Photogra...
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12th June 2020Best Print in Exhibition
This year our Annual Exhibition has been forced to be a virtual one, with videos of both the Print and Digital Image sections available to view on the Downloads page of this website. Roger Goodwill, one of our Honorary Life Members, has viewed the Exhibition and has chosen his Best in Exhibition awa...
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22nd April 2020Glennie International Nature Competition 2020
The results are now in for this year's Glennie Competition, which the club won in 2019. We did not quite match this pinnacle of achievement this time, but still did exceptionally well to gain fifth place. Especially successful was Gill O'Meara, who gained First in Category for her "Starling Family A...
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22nd April 2020Mr W E "Ted" Gray ARPS
It is with sadness that we learned of the death of Ted Gray ARPS on Monday 20th April. Ted was one of the founder members of the society and served as Chairman from 1970 to 1974. He worked as a lecturer in photography at Blackpool and the Fylde College and frequently opened up the College's faciliti...
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2nd April 2020PDI-3 Competition Results and Commentary
We are very grateful to the judge of our third PDI competition, Nick Hilton EFIAP DPAGB BPE5*, for the very thorough comments he has recorded about our images. In these difficult times of self isolation, Nick has delivered his judgements in an easily accessible form. Videos made from his commentarie...
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22nd March 2020Useful resources to help during our enforced closure
We have provided some useful resources to help members, and perhaps other visitors, through these difficult times. You will find thse resources as the first item on our Downloads page. We hope that they will help to keep you involved in photography until we meet again. Your Committee is also working...
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9th March 2020PAGB Nature Photographer of the Year
We have already reported the Society's success in this year's GB Cup, a PAGB competition run for all Photographic Societies in the UK. Even better news has just been announced in the PAGB Newsletter. Our own Gillian O'Meara has been awarded best Nature Photographer for her overall entry. Pictured is...
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24th February 2020BPE Fellowship
Congratulations to Kean Brown FBPE ARPS on the award of his BPE Fellowship, the highest possible honour available to BPE exhibitors. Kean will be presented with his Medal at the opening ceremony of the Southport 2020 Exhibition next month, on Saturday 28th March . The journey to his Fellowship has ...
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14th February 2020The GB Cup Results
The results are now in for the 2020 GB Cup, the club competition run annually by the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. PPS did exceptionally well this year, coming second out of 86 competing clubs in the Projected Nature Section. Only Rolls Royce Derby Photographic Society did better in this c...
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8th December 2019Masters of Print 2019
We have two 'Masters of Print' in Poulton Photographic Society. In this third year of the competition, both Kean Brown and Richard O'Meara had their prints accepted into the Exhibition, which is being staged at The Bull Ring in the centre of Birmingham for the first time. Kean's print is titled 'Afr...
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13th November 2019Five-Way PDI Battle
Our thirteen year winning streak came to an end this year when North Fylde Photographic Society beat us by a single point. The judge was Lee Sutton LRPS EFIAP ADPS DPAGB BPE4*, who is a member of both Chorley and Preston Photographic Societies. The battle was a close run contest, with North Fylde sc...
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19th September 2019Residents' Competition 2019
Poulton-le-Fylde Photographic Society welcomes new member Russ Tabiner, winner of the Residents’ Competition 2019. He is shown here being presented with the Festival Cup and a year’s free membership of the Society by Chairman Alan Cameron....
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16th June 2019The Public's Favourite
Each year visitors to our Exhibition are asked to vote for the print that they like best. In pride of place this year was Ann Rhodes' "Tree Frogs" (pictured). In close second place were three prints: "Luskentyre" by Tom Richardson, "Blea Tarn" by Dave Roberts and "Blue Tit Gathering Nest Material" b...
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13th June 2019Members of the Year 2019
Team O'Meara were voted Joint Members of the Year for 2018-19 by the Committee, after nominations were canvassed from members. Richard and Gillian are seen here accepting the Warton Cup from Chairman Alan Cameron. As well as both being superb nature photographers, Gillian has run the coffee-break re...
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4th June 2019Honorary Life Member Presentation
It is our great pleasure that Cynthia M Lee CPAGB was able to accept the invitation to Honorary Life Membership of the Society. As well as serving as Treasurer for a number of years, Cynthia became our first Lady Chairman from 1997 to 1999. She was involved in many aspects of the Society, together w...
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4th June 2019Annual Exhibition 2019
Our 2019 Annual Exhibition was officially opened on Monday 3rd June, before the Trophies were presented to members. The Official Opener should have been Ian Aldcroft ARPS, President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union. Unfortunately, Ian had a puncture on his way to Poulton and missed ...
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16th May 2019Young Photographer Competition and Exhibition
Congratulations to Sofia Bury on winning the Junior Section of the Young Photographers Competition 2019 with "Eye on You" and to Max Bailey the Senior Section with "Street Wise". There was a very large entry of 186 images in both sections. All the entries for this year's competition are now on displ...
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30th April 2019Changes of Programme
A change of programme has been forced on us due to the Local Elections on Thursday 2nd May and the European Elections on 23rd May when our clubroom is being used as a Polling Station. The scheduled "The Nature Group Presents" on May 2nd is now moved to Thursday 16th May, whilst The PPS Photographic ...
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12th April 2019Top of the World
Five nature workers are Top of the World after winning the Glennie Memorial Nature Salon 2019. This is a world-wide competition and Poulton came first out of 65 clubs entering. Out of the ten images submitted by members Phil Hodson, Gill O'Meara, Richard O'Meara, Ann Rhodes and Alan Storey, eight ga...
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12th April 2019New Chairman's Medallion
Chairman Alan Cameron has commissioned a silver medallion for his Chain of Office, replacing the original which had become rather worn over the years. Very fittingly, the new medallion was shown to club members for the first time on Chairman's Evening, April 11th. ...
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8th March 2019L&CPU Print Competition
The L&CPU Annual Print and PDI club competitions were held last weekend, with good results for the Poulton entry. We came third overall in the print competition, out of the 28 clubs that entered. This result means that the club will now go on to represent the L&CPU in the national PAGB print comp...
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1st March 2019The L&CPU Knock-Out Trophy 2018-19
The L&CPU Knock-Out Trophy is now safely in the club's hands. It was presented to Chairman Alan Cameron at the L&CPU AGM in Eccles last Sunday, 24th Feb, and brought along to the club this week. Shown holding the trophy is Gill O'Meara with (left to right) Alan Storey, Richard O'Meara and Phil Hodso...
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31st January 2019The GB Cup - Nature Section
The results of the Nature Section of the GB Cup are now in and we have achieved our best ever position. The PPS club entry scored 123 points, tying with Wigan 10 for third place. Only Rolls Royce Derby PS, first place with 129 points, and Chorley PS, second place with 125 points, were ahead of us ou...
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17th December 2018Our Christmas Meal
Singleton Lodge put on another splendid meal for members attending the 2018 Christmas Dinner. Thanks must be extended once again to Jean Gregson for organising the occasion and to Jean Knighton for coordinating the raffle and Christmas hamper. Merry Christmas to you all - see you again in the New Ye...
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23rd November 2018Poulton knocked them all out !
The L&CPU Digital Image Knock-Out Competion was held on Saturday 17th November. 39 clubs entered the competition and it was therefore limited to only 4 images per club. There were 6 rounds, with the judge, John Cartlidge APAGB, EFIAP/p, BPE 5* from the Midland Counties Photographic Federation, de...
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13th November 20185-Way Result
The Annual 5-Way Digital Image Competition was hosted by Bispham Photographic Society on Saturday 10th November. The results were closer than last year, as awarded by Judge Michael Stanley from Blackburn. Those of a superstitious nature need not have worried, as Poulton emerged winners for the thirt...
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2nd November 2018Master of Print 2018
Congratulations to Kean Brown ARPS ABPE on his acceptance into the 'Masters of Print' Exhibition 2018, which is run by the PAGB. The exhibition is of a very high standard and is limited to just 60 people from all who enter. These 60 images will be exhibited in London from December 4th until December...
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12th October 2018Mike's Bench
"A Year in the Life of Mike's Bench" is a wonderful exhibition currently being staged in the Visitor Centre, Stanley Park. Mike Foster was a former Gazette photographer who died of cancer in 2017. His partner, Elizabeth Gomm, bought a bench in his memory and placed it next to the lake in the park. S...
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5th October 2018Lights Fantastic
Member Ray Wilson has joined forces with his art teacher colleague Tony Stuart for their latest exhibition together. The photographs and paintings have been inspired by the current Blackpool Illuminations and have been given the title of "Lights Fantastic". The show is in the Solaris building, oppos...
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6th September 2018Residents' Competition Winner
The winner of this year's Residents' Competition, Russell Smallwood, is seen here collecting the Festival Cup from new Chairman Alan Cameron. As well as his trophy, Russell wins a year's membership of the Society. As previously mentioned, Russell was also runner-up in the competition....
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13th August 2018Residents' Competition 2018
There was a good entry for this year's Residents' Competition, which was won by Russell Smallwood with his photo of the prow of a Venetian gondola (pictured). Russell also came second in the competition. All the entries may be seen in Poulton Library alongside our own Summer Exhibition until Friday ...
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7th August 2018Library Exhibition 2018
Our Summer Exhibition at Poulton-le-Fylde Library opens on Saturday 11th August and will run for two weeks until Friday 24th August. Why not pop along during normal Library opening hours? This year's Residents' Competition entries are also on display alongside our own prints....
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4th July 2018Member of the Year 2018
Congratulations to our Syllabus Secretary, Michael Kay, on being voted Member of the Year for 2017-18. Michael's attention to detail, and the effort that he puts in to make sure that the syllabus runs smoothly, are greatly appreciated by everyone at the club. He wins 'The Warton Cup' in recognition...
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9th June 2018L&CPU Young Photographer Competition
Congratulations to Sienna Gartside for coming Third in the L&CPU's Young Photographer competition. Sienna is seen pictured alongside her print of one of the Kelpies in our recent Annual Exhibition at Poulton. This was one of the images she submitted to the L&CPU as part of her successful entry. Sien...
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8th June 2018Glennie Nature Competition 2018
The results of the 2018 Glennie Nature Salon are just in and the great news is that Poulton came fifth out of 63 world-wide entries. This result continues the success of recent years, with Poulton coming fifth in 2014 and second in 2016. Two members achieved Best in Category for their images. They w...
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5th June 2018Presentation Evening
The President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union, Ian Aldcroft ARPS, opened our 52nd Annual Exhibition and presented the trophies and awards on Moday evening, 4th June. The room was crowded as Nina Wood presented flowers to Ian (pictured) and Honorary Life Member Roger Goodwill for th...
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2nd June 2018Our Annual Exhibition is open to visitors
Our 2018 Annual Exhibition is now open in the Masonic Hall, Market Square, Poulton. Admission is free and visitors are welcome from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm every day (except Sunday) until Saturday 9th June. Along with our own work, this year's Exhibition includes the prints entered into the Young Photo...
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21st May 2018Young Photographers Competition
Congratulations to all the young photographers who entered this year's competition. The standard was very high and the judges had a hard task on their hands. They eventually agreed that Harry Fletcher's 'Silhouette' (pictured) was the winning image in the Junior Section. Lauren Tugwell won the Senio...
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3rd May 2018Battle of the Sexes
The 2018 Annual Battle of the Sexes was fought out during a topsy-turvy evening when the initial lead established by the Ladies was reversed at the end of the evening. Judge Roger Goodwill praised the standard of all the work before bringing his critical eye to each image. At coffee break the ladies...
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26th March 2018Young Photographer and Residents' Competitions
Details of the 2018 Young Photographers' Competition will be found on the Homepage of this website. Entries close on Friday May 4th. Details for the 2018 Residents' Competition will also be found on the Homepage. The closing date for this competition is later in the year - Saturday July 14th....
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17th February 2018Masters Of Print Exhibition
Belated congratulations to Richard O'Meara on having work included in the PAGB's Master of Print exhibition, which was staged at the RK Burt Gallery in London. The Exhibition ran from the 4th to the 15th December 2017 and was a major initiative by the PAGB. Richard's comments about his underwater p...
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26th January 2018GB Cup Results
The results are just in for the 2018 GB Cup, which is run by the PAGB for individual photographic societies. Poulton PS performed very well in the two main categories, particularly in the Nature Section. Altogether, 88 societies entered this section and PPS came Joint 6th. Two members scored 14 mark...
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