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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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27th October 2023Richard with his Beano Annual
Along with other award winners from the 2023 PAGB Inter-Club National Print Championship (as mentioned in the previous post) Richard O'Meara is shown here proudly holding his copy of the Beano Annual....
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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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15th December 2017Christmas Dinner 2017
An excellent evening was was spent at Singleton Lodge on the occasion our Christmas meal. Members of the Society and their spouses enjoyed convivial conversation and splendid food in the comfortable surroundings. One member went home especially happy - Tony Money won the raffle (yet again!) and carr...
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16th November 2017Five-Way Success
Poulton Photographic Society emerged the winners in this year's annual five-way Projected Image Competition against the other societies on the Fylde Coast. The judge was Nick Hilton DPAGB EFIAP BPE5* of Leyland and Poulton were the host society. The full results can be seen on the External Competiti...
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25th October 2017Christopher R. Whyham
We announce with sadness that Chris Whyham, one of our Honorary Life Members, died peacefully on Tuesday morning, 24th October 2017. Chris was Chairman of PPS from 1991 - 1993 and he made many contributions to the life of the Society. He was well known for his lively sense of humour, always delivere...
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9th September 2017Residents' Competition Winner
Mike Gosling was the worthy winner of this years Residents' Competition. His image of a Spannish Festoon Butterfly won him the Festival Cup and a years membership of our Society. He is pictured receiving his Trophy from Chairman Eddie Garside. Mike's photo, together with the other award winners, can...
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30th August 2017Summer Exhibition at Poulton Library
The 2017 PPS Summer Exhibition is now on in Poulton Library and will run until 9th September. The entries for the Residents' Competition are also on display alongside our own work. The winning entries in this competition can be seen by clicking the link on the External Competitions page of this webs...
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28th August 2017Success for Rachel
Another member receiving very good news in the last few days is Rachel Daniels, whose success at GCSE has led to her enrolment onto the Photography course at Blackpool & Fylde College. We all hope that Rachel will have a successful career in photography....
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28th August 2017Kean Brown ARPS ABPE
Member Kean Brown continues his highly successful progression up the BPE Honours ladder. In his own words; "I am so very happy today to receive my ABPE Award from the BPE. This means that I now have gained an Associateship of British Photographic Exhibitions. In achieving this Distinction, I have ha...
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20th July 2017Success for Richard and the L&CPU
The Sony Inter-Fed results are out, with great results for the L&CPU and one of our own members, Richard O'Meara. This competition is held annually between the regional federations of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. Our local federation, the L&CPU, won two of the sections and came a clos...
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17th June 2017Member of the Year 2017
Congratulations to our Vice-Chairman, Dave McCulloch, on being voted "Member of the Year" and so winning The Warton Cup. Dave has successfully introduced a 'Days Out' programme, visiting a wide range of photogenic locations in the North West. In the last year alone, outings have been arranged to Bea...
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17th June 2017Best Print in Exhibition 2017
There was a tie for Favourite Print in Exhibition, as voted for by visitors. The Joint Winners were Gillian O'Meara for "Anemone with Resident Clownfish" and John Collier for "Gibson Mill". 153 people voted and over half the prints scored at least one vote, showing the wide range of taste of the vis...
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6th June 2017Photographer of the Year 2017
For the second year running, our Photographer of the Year is Mrs Christine Storey. She is seen here being presented with her trophy by the President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union, Garth Tighe CPAGB. Christine gained the award by scoring more points in our internal competitions t...
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6th June 2017Awards Presentation Evening
The President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union, Garth Tighe CPAGB, opened our 51st Annual Exhibition and presented the trophies and awards on Moday evening, 5th June. The room was crowded as Nina presented flowers to Ann Goodwill, wife of Honorary Life Member Roger Goodwill. Chris W...
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3rd June 2017Best Print in Exhibition
Gillian O'Meara keeps success within the family as she adds The Roger Goodwill Trophy to her mantlepiece alongside husband Richard's trophy for best Digital Image in our 2017 Exhibition. Gillian won her trophy for Best Print in Exhibition with her underwater photograph of "Anemone with Resident Clow...
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3rd June 2017Best Digital Image in Exhibition
Every year Roger Goodwill, one of our Honorary Life Members, judges the Best Print and Best Digital Image in our Annual Exhibition. First to be announced was the Best Digital Image award, which this year went to Richard O'Meara for his "Damselfly Laying Eggs". Richard wins The Poulton-le-Fylde Photo...
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26th May 2017Young Photographer 2017
The results are now in for the Young Photographer Competition 2017. Entry was by email or Social Media and this has proved to be very popular. The large entry was split into two age-groups, with a trophy and prize money in each section. The top awards can be seen on the External Competitions page of...
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26th May 2017Golden Boy Tom
We are pleased to announce that Tom Richardson has climbed up another rung of the photographic honours ladder with his award of EFIAP/gold. Tom's full citation is now Tom Richardson ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/g BPE5* - his credentials take up quite a bit more space than his name!...
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12th May 2017Battle of the Sexes 2017
In one of the closest run competitions of recent years, the Men overturned last year's winning margin of the Ladies' team by a mere two points. Judge Roger Goodwill, an Honorary Life Member of the Society, awarded 357 points to the Men and 355 to the Ladies. Richard O'Meara topped the scoreboard wit...
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8th May 2017Alan Duggan BPE2*
Congratulations to Alan Duggan, who has just received his BPE Two Star award. Well done, Alan !...
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25th April 2017Inaugural winner of The Chloe Johnson Trophy
The results are now in for our Photo-Challenge series of competitions. Richard O'Meara emerged as the winner, sneaking past the rest of the field at the last Challenge. Richard tied with Tim Gartside in the "Dusk and/or Dawn" competition, so winning the overall series. He wins The Chloe Johnson Trop...
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21st March 2017Tom gains gold
Tom Richardson ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/s BPE5* has enjoyed remarkable success at this year's Southport Open Exhibition. In the Monochrome class, Tom gained a Selector's Medal with his image "Winter Sun". Another image in the same class, "Zebra and Foal", was even more successful, gaining a Gold Medal and w...
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22nd November 2016Another year, another win
Garstang Camera Club were this year's hosts of the 5-Way PDI Competition. Poulton once again came first with 265 points when all the marks were counted up. Three Poulton members gained maximum points. 'Stacie' by Alan Duggan BPE1* is pictured on the left, whilst Richard O'Meara's 'Kestrel with Vole'...
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26th October 2016Poulton's Passionate People
Lancashire Life reporter Emma Mayoh spent a day in Poulton last month talking to some of the groups who meet in the town. Her report appears in the November edition of the magazine, under the cover banner "Poulton's Passionate People". In addition to the 'The Poulton People's Choir' and the 'Vicarag...
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1st October 2016Residents' Competition
The Residents' Competition was held over the summer months, with entries in two categories. The senior competition was won by Wieslaw Antosik with his photograph of a 'Blackpool Bus'. The Junior Competition was won by Billy Jean Franks with an imaginative composition called 'Anxious', whilst Beth Gr...
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19th June 2016Member of the Year 2016
For his tireless work 'behind the scenes', Paul West has been voted Member of the Year for 2016. He was presented with the Warton Cup at our final meeting of the year by retiring Chairman Phil Hodson. Paul is an IT specialist and is always at hand to sort out equipment and software issues at our mee...
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8th June 2016Our 50th Exhibition Opens !
The 50th Exhibition opened in the Masonic Hall this week. The President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union, Garth Tighe CPAGB, presented the trophies and awards to members on Moday evening, 6th June. Nina is pictured presenting flowers to Ann Goodwill, wife of Honorary Life Member Rog...
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6th May 2016Ladies win the Battle !
The annual Battle of the Sexes was won by the Ladies Team this year, by 536 points to the chap's 528. The judge was Paul King CPAGB, who stepped in at short notice to referee the match. At half time, the men were narrowly in front by 258 points to 255, but this lead was wiped in the second half. The...
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27th April 2016Congratulations to Alan Duggan BPE1*
Alan Duggan informs us that he has had three acceptances in the 2016 Rushton Open, which is one of the exhibitions on the BPE circuit. This means that he has now accrued enough points for the BPE1* award. Well done Alan! Another of our members, Kean Brown ARPS BPE5*, clocked up another eight accepta...
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27th April 201650th Anniversary Photos
The Society celebrated its 50th Anniversary year by holding a splendid dinner at Singleton Lodge on Friday 8th April. The occasion was very well attended by members and their guests and many past chairmen were also present. As already reported, one of the previous Chairmen, Chris Whyham, was present...
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16th April 2016Honorary Life Membership Award to Chris Whyham
We were very pleased to offer Honorary Life Membership to Chris Whyham during our 50th Anniversary Dinner at Singleton Lodge. This was gracefully accepted and Phil Hodson, our Chairman, then presented Chris with his certificate of membership. Also in the photo is Mary, Chris's wife. The citation be...
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22nd March 2016Glennie Memorial Nature Salon 2016
The results of the 2016 Glennie Nature Salon are just in and the great news is that Poulton came second out of 80 world-wide entries - only one point behind the winners, Richmond Hill Camera Club from Canada. This result builds on the results of recent years, with Poulton coming fifth in 2014 and si...
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4th March 2016L&CPU Club Competition
The club had mixed success in the L&CPU Club Print and PDI Competitions last weekend. Individally, Alan Storey did superbly well with his Eyed Hawk Moth Larva (pictured), the only entry from Poulton to score maximum marks from the judges. Overall the Society was sixth equal out of the 26 clubs enter...
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22nd February 2016Preston and Wyre Railway
Alistair Parker is displaying his work as Artist in Residence for Wyre Borough Council at an exhibition in Thornton Little Theatre from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th February. Local people will be taken back in time to the inauguration of the railway from Preston to Fleetwood in what promises to be a...
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3rd February 2016Five Star Photographer
Kean Brown, ARPS BPE5*, has just received news of his latest step up the ladder of photographic honours. Kean writes "I am very pleased to have received this in the post today... The BPE5* Crown Award. This is because I have now achieved 300 National Acceptances for my images into various exhibition...
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8th December 2015Audio-Visual Success
Well done to Val Fillingham and her AV sequence 'Occupation', about the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. The sequence was recently entered into the L&CPU AV Competition, gaining a Commendation for Val. It has now had further success in the Great Northern Festival, where it...
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29th November 2015L&CPU Knockout Competition
Out of 41 clubs taking part in this year's L&CPU Knockout Competition, Poulton came joint third - an excellent result. We were only beaten by one mark by two clubs : Southport PS and Crewe PS. Southport were the eventual winners after a tie-break image was scored. As an indication of the achievemen...
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5th October 2015Kean does it again!
For the second weekend in a row, Kean Brown has walked away with the winner's award for his portrait of fellow member Terry Hey. This time it was at the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union's 'Big Day' at Ellsmere Port. The photo on the left shows Kean being presented with his trophy by fashio...
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30th September 2015Terry wins Kean first prize
The RPS North West Digital Group held their most recent meeting at Warrington and our own member Kean Brown won first prize in the print competition, held for those attending. The winning print was a gritty portrait taken of another of our members, Terry Hey. Kean is shown in the photo being present...
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9th September 2015Trailer episode
The Society's trailer was in a sorry state when we came to use it this summer. Some of the wooden body was rotten, the wheels were very rusty and the covering tarpaulin was waterlogged. We had to do something or lose a valuable resource. So thanks to the gang of four (Eddie Garside, Terry Hey, Tony ...
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4th September 2015Junior Residents' Competition Winner 2015
Young Noah Mason, aged 11, was presented with his trophy and cash prize as winner of the 2015 Junior Residents' Competition at last week's meeting. He is seen in the photo with Chairman Phil Hodson. The winning image can be seen on the external competitions' page of this website....
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4th September 2015Senior Residents' Competition Winner 2015
The winner of this year's Senior Residents' Competition, Marie Savage, was presented with the Festival Cup by Chairman Phil Hodson at the opening meeting of the season. As well as the Festival Cup, Marie wins a year's free membership of our photographic society. She also gained second place in the c...
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19th August 2015Sad News
It is with great sadness that we report the death of one of our Honorary Life Members, Miss Chloe Johnson MBE FRPS EFIAP APSA, on Sunday 16th August 2015. Chloe was internationally known and respected as an exceptionally talented photographer with a keen eye for colour and composition. As well as en...
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18th August 2015Well done, Tom !
Tom Richardson has now moved up a couple of steps on the Photographic Staircase of Honours. He has recently received confirmation of his BPE5* and EFIAP/s (the 's' standing for 'silver') awards, as the pictured certificates confirm. His impressive stream of honours reads ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/s BPE5*. We...
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7th August 2015Library Exhibition
Our Summer Exhibition at Poulton Library is now open and will run from Saturday 1st August to Friday 13th August. As well as a selection of work from our own members, the award winners from the Residents' Competition are also on display. A continuously running show of all the winning PDI entries fro...
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19th July 2015Senior Residents' Competition Winner
The winner of the 2015 Senior Residents' Competition is Marie Savage with her evocative "Mary's Seashell" - a shot of the 'cockle' sculpture on the seafront at Cleveleys. Marie also gained the second award with her shot of La Coupee on Sark. Marie wins the Festival Cup and a year's free subscription...
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19th July 2015Junior Residents' Competition Winner
The winner of the 2015 Junior Residents' Competition is 11 year old Noah Mason with his shot of rowing boats at the waters edge. He called the photo "Come in Number 84" and it is a lovely mix of warm colours. Noah also gained the second award with his "Bunch of Pink". Both his photos can be seen on ...
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25th June 2015Member of the Year
It is with great pleasure that Denise Collier EFIAP BPE4* was announced as Member of the Year 2015 at our Annual General Meeting. Denise was stepping down as Treasurer of the club, a position she accepted at short notice three ago when her husband Tony became Chairman. She has worked tirelessly for ...
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11th June 2015Best PDI in Exhibition
Roger Goodwill also selected the best digital image in our exhibition, which gains 'The Poulton-le-Fylde Photographic Society Trophy'. This trophy is now in its second year and it has been won by Kean Brown ARPS BPE4* for his image simply entitled "Tulips". This is a change of focus for Kean, who is...
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11th June 2015Best Print in Exhibition
Roger Goodwill selected the Best Print in the 2015 Exhibition as "Duchess of Sutherland at Blea Moor", a dramatic print from Peter Guy BPE3*. This gains 'The Roger Goodwill Trophy' for Peter, who has recently turned his lens onto steam trains after many years of Nature Photography....
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11th June 2015Official Opening and Presentation Evening
Our 2015 Annual Exhibition was officially opened by the Chairman of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union (L&CPU) John Smith APAGB CPAGB. John praised the work of members and commented that we are one of the most successful clubs in the region. He then presented the Trophies and Certificate...
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4th June 2015Church Flower Festival
The Methodist Church are staging a Flower Festival as their contribution to the town's Festival Week. Many Societies in Poulton, including PPS, have donated funds towards a floral display centred around their activities. The one created for the Photographic Society is excellent and is well worth a v...
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20th May 201549th Annual Exhibition
Our 49th Annual Exhibition is rapidly approaching. It will be held in the Masonic Hall, Market Place, Poulton-le-Fylde from Friday 5th - Saturday 13th June. Running alongside our Exhibition will be a Photographic Competition for Poulton Residents. Entry forms for this competition are available from ...
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29th April 2015Well run, Ann
Congratulations to member Ann Crofts (and Teddy) for completing the London Marathon last Sunday....
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16th March 2015Battle of the Sexes
This year's competition was judged by Ken Ainscow DPAGB BPE3* of Lytham St Annes PS. The battle was limited to PDI images only this year and the marks were fairly evenly balanced until the last few images when the men pulled away to an easy victory. The highest scoring images and final result may be...
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16th March 2015L&CPU Individuals Competition 2015
A number of our members did well in this year's L&CPU Individuals' Competition. The five award winning entries may be seen via the External Competitions page of this website....
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16th March 2015Glennie Memorial Nature Salon 2015
81 clubs competed in this year's world-wide competition and the Poulton entry came sixth overall. This result closely matched that of last year, when we came fifth. The winning society was the Gateway Camera Club from the USA with 262 marks. The Poulton entry gained 249 marks and we were the leading...
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16th February 2015National Libraries' Day
Saturday 7th February was National Libraries' Day and Poulton Library celebrated the occasion by extending an invitation to local community groups. We were one of the organisations to accept the invitation, putting on a small exhibition of prints and digital images. There was a 'buzz' about the libr...
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21st January 2015New PAGB Nature Rules
In conjunction with FIAP, PSA and RPS, the PAGB have recently issued a new definition for entries in the Nature section of their competitions. As these were introduced in the middle of our club season, Poulton Photographic Society will not be adopting these rules at the moment. Any members entering ...
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19th December 2014Another distinction for our Chairman
As previously reported, our Chairman Phil Hodson successfully applied for his DPAGB in Projected Digital Images three weeks ago. Alan Storey was also successful at the same session and the pair of them have kept quiet about their achievement since the end of November. Our Chairman now has the honour...
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19th December 2014Alan Storey DPAGB AFIAP BPE2*
It is with great pleasure that we report another success within our club community. Alan Storey, along with Chairman Phil Hodson, quietly applied for his Distinction in Photography from the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. Not only did Alan keep this secret from most people, he kept quiet abo...
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12th November 20145-way PDI Battle - we won !!
The first 5-way battle between Bispham Photographic Society, Garstang Camera Club, Lytham St Annes PS, North Fylde PS and ourselves was held on Tuesday 11th November. North Fylde were hosts and the judge was Jane Lines MPAGB BPE4* from Chorley PS. It was a very successful evening for Poulton. Not on...
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5th November 2014Five star news!
Congratulations to Geoff Smith ARPS DPAGB EFIAP BPE5* on recently achieving BPE five-star status. Geoff has now had over 300 acceptances in National Photographic Exhibitions and so qualifies for the honour of BPE5*. As you will see from the External Competition's page of this website, Geoff has also...
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3rd October 2014Kean Brown, ARPS BPE4*
Over the last couple of years Kean Brown has had phenomenal success in many national photographic exhibitions. In addition to gaining frequent awards in individual competitions, the shear number of total accepts means that he has risen rapidly through the honours system. He has now been accredited w...
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1st October 2014Junior Residents' Competition Winner 2014
Young Jake Tregonning, aged 11, was presented with his cash prize as winner of the 2014 Junior Residents' Competition at last week's meeting. He is seen in the photo with Chairman Phil Hodson. The winning image can be seen on the external competitions' page of this website....
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5th September 2014Senior Residents' Competition Winner 2014
The winner of this year's Senior Residents' Competition, Keith Nichols, was presented with the Festival Cup by new Chairman Phil Hodson at the opening meeting of the season. As well as the Festival Cup, Keith wins a year's free membership of our photographic society....
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17th July 2014Senior Residents' Competition Winner
The Senior Residents' Competition was won by Keith Nichols with his print "Shelter from the Storm". Keith wins the Festival Trophy and a year's complimentary membership of the Society. He also gained the third place award for his print "Alaskan Cruise". The full results can be seen on the External C...
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15th June 2014Member of the Year
The Warton Cup is awarded to a Society Member who has, in the view of the Committee, enhanced the Society either through their photographic work or through supporting the operation of the Society. This year, 'Member of the Year' went to our Secretary, Margaret Bamford, who has supported the club ov...
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15th June 2014Best PDI in Exhibition
Roger Goodwill has been twice as busy this year as he has also selected the best digital image in our exhibition, which gains 'The Poulton-le-Fylde Photographic Society Trophy'. This is a new trophy to add to the silverware of the club, but this one is made of glass! The inaugural winner of the trop...
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15th June 2014Best Print in Exhibition
Roger Goodwill selected the Best Print in the 2014 Exhibition as "Frozen Forest", a monochrome print from Paul Cowan. This gains the 'The Roger Goodwill Trophy' for Paul, who is one of our Intermediate workers. He won't be in that class next year, however, as he has been promoted into the Advanced C...
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15th June 2014Official Opening and Presentation Evening
Our 2014 Annual Exhibition was officially opened by the Chairman of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union (L&CPU) John Smith APAGB CPAGB. In his speech, John praised the standard of the work on display and commented on how fortunate we are to have access to such a good venue for the event. ...
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29th May 2014The death of one of our Honorary Life Members
It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Charles Kenneth Ashton, one of our four Honorary Life Members. Charles joined the club in 1977 and was our Treasurer from 1980 - 2000, drawing on a lifetime of experience from his professional life as a Chartered Accountant. He was a staunch sup...
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8th May 2014Change of Programme
At short notice there will be a change of programme on Thursday 15th May. Due to circumstances beyond our control, Chairman's Evening has had to be cancelled. Instead, Joan Blease ARPS EFIAP CPAGB BPE3* of Wigan 10 has stepped in and will present "Bad Start - Great Finish"....
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28th April 2014Final League Table Results
Ken Prior has worked out the final League Table results for 2013-14, now that the Print3 competition has been judged. They can be downloaded from the Downloads page of this website or click here....
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22nd April 2014Glennie results
The results are out for the 2014 Glennie Nature Competition, staged by the Merrimack Valley Camera Club in the USA. Poulton PS came 5th overall in the club section, so gaining the highest UK position. This is an outstanding achievement! Merit Awards went to Tony Collier for his 'Mating Grey Seals' a...
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23rd March 2014PDI League Table Results
The final results of PDI League Tables have now been processed by our Competitions Secretary Ken Prior and are available from the Downloads page of this website. There is still one more Print Competition to be held before the final results of the Print League Tables become available....
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21st December 2013Christmas Party
Once again, the tables were straining under the weight of food and raffle prizes at the Christmas Social, held this year at the YMCA Leisure Centre at Thornton. Especial thanks must go to Denise Collier and her sister-in-law for the preparation of mountains of food and to Tony for acting as Master o...
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29th November 2013Photo Challenge 1
The subject of this year's Photo Challenge 1 was 'Surprise' and it attracted a good entry of 50 digital images. The Challenge was judged by three Advanced workers and Kean Brown was the author of both top-scoring images. Geoff Smith and Tim Gartside shared equal third place. All four top-scoring ima...
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24th November 2013Four-way PDI Battle
The 2013 Four-way Battle was hosted by Bispham PS and judged by Tony Duffey CPAGB of Southport PS. For many years the four Societies of Bispham, Fleetwood, Garstang and Poulton have competed to win the 4-Way Trophy, initially for slides but more recently as a Projected Digital Image Competition. Fle...
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24th November 2013League Table Update
The results of Print-1 (the first print competition of 2013-14) have now been processed by our Competitions Secretary Ken Prior and are available from the Downloads page of this website....
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3rd October 2013Another star for Kean
Kean Brown continues to move quickly up in the world of external honours and has now reached BPE3* status. In his own words: "I am really pleased as I have now achieved BPE2*, BPE3* and my ARPS all within the past 7 months!". Well done Kean. ...
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5th September 2013Winner of the Festival Cup
The winner of this year's Residents' Competition is Richard Forster with his photograph entitled 'Morning Song'. Richard is seen here being presented with the Festival Cup by Chairman Tony Collier. He also wins a year's free membership of the Society. Richard's photograph, and those of the other awa...
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30th July 2013Library Exhibition
Our Summer Exhibition in Poulton Library will open on Saturday 3rd August and run for two weeks until 17th August. As well as work from members of Poulton-le-Fylde Photographic Society, the award-winning entries from this year's Residents' Competition will also be displayed. The show will include bo...
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26th July 2013Residents' Competition Results
'Morning Song' was the winning print entered in the 2013 Residents' Competition, taken by Richard Forster. Richard wins the Festival Cup and a year's membership of the Society. The full list of award winners and their images will be found on the External Competitions page of this website....
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28th June 2013Kean Brown ARPS BPE2*
Congratulations to Kean Brown on moving up from LRPS to ARPS at his first attempt....
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10th June 2013BPE & FIAP successes
Congratulations to four of our members who have just climbed a bit higher up the Photographic Honours tables. Our Treasurer, Denise Collier, has been awarded her EFIAP, as has Geoff Smith, whilst Alan Storey has now gained his AFIAP. Finally, Chairman Tony Collier has got his BPE4*. In full, their ...
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4th June 2013Presenting the Trophy
Tom Richardson ARPS DPAGB EFIAP BPE4* is seen holding the Best Print in Exhibition trophy after it was presented to him by the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union President Mr Henry Mullarkey. The winning print, taken during last year's Tour of Britain cycle race, is held up for the camera by...
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4th June 2013Best Print In Exhibition
Not for the first time, Tom Richardson ARPS DPAGB EFIAP BPE4* has snatched the Best Print in Exhibition award at our 2013 Annual Exhibition, which runs from Friday 31st May until Saturday 8th June. The winning print is titled 'Leading the Chase' and was taken in heavy rain as last year's Tour of Bri...
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27th March 2013Glennie World Nature Club Competition
The results are now in for the 2013 George W. Glennie Nature Club Competition, held in the USA every year. 10 images were needed and Poulton PS were the best placed British club, coming 12th out of the 97 clubs which entered. Especially pleasing was 4th place in the Diversity Section, in which at le...
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26th March 2013Another Success !
New member Paul Cowan was the second of the Poulton contingent to gain a Judges' award at the L&CPU Big Day at Ormskirk. His atmospheric print 'Manhattan Haze' deserves to be studied closely - the illustration on the left does not do it justice. Three days earlier, Paul had won the beginners' sectio...
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26th March 2013Success at the L&CPU Big Day
An enthusiastic group from Poulton PS attended the L&CPU Big Day at Ormskirk on Sunday 24th March. Phil Hodson reports that the lectures were all super and that members of the club won two of the five judges' awards with their prints. Richard O'Meara was successful with his print 'No Contest' (shown...
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14th March 2013Battle of the Sexes
In a novel twist to this long-standing competition, the banter between our joint judges - Gordon Jenkins APAGB and Dianne Owen FRPS, both of Chorley PS - was as entertaining as the ribald comments between the two competing teams. It was a close run thing all evening, with plenty of interesting image...
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16th January 2013Quarterly League Tables
Ken Prior has now produced the Quarterly League Tables at the mid-point in the 2012-2013 competition year. The tables are available on the downloads page of this website or click here. Ken asks us to remember t...
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16th January 2013Gillian O'Meara's PAGB Ribbon Success
As previously mentioned, Alan Storey and Gillian O'Meara were awarded PAGB Ribbons in the Natural History Section of the Interfederation PDI Competition. Gillian and her husband Richard are both keen divers and regularly enter stunning underwater images in competitions. Gillians shot here is called ...
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16th January 2013PAGB Ribbons
Belated congratulations to Alan Storey and Gillian O'Meara for their PAGB Ribbons awarded in the Natural History Section of the Inter-Federation PDI Competition 2012. Alan's image was entitled "Broad Bodied Chasers" (displayed here) whilst Gillian was called "Turtle with Ramoras". Their contribution...
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8th December 2012Joint Fylde DPI Knockout
Another competition, another success! We were the host of this year's DPI Knockout Competition and therefore had the privilege of selecting the judge, Tony Duffey CPAGB of Southport Photographic Society. Tony did us proud and at the end of the competition the last two images standing were both from...
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8th December 2012Party Time
The tables were straining under the weight of food and raffle prizes at the Christmas Social, held once again at the Social Club on the Norcross site. Especial thanks must go to Denise Collier and her sister-in-law for the preparation of mountains of food and to Tony for writing out the labels! A j...
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8th November 20124-way Success (again!!)
Poulton PS were once again successful in winning the 2012 4-Way DPI Battle, hosted by Garstang CC. The judge was Gwynn Robinson FRPS CPAGB, seen in the photo presenting the trophy to club Chairman Tony Collier. Tony was one of the four Poulton members to gain full marks in the competition. Full resu...
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10th September 2012Junior Residents' Presentation
Aimee Desmond is seen receiving her prize from Chairman Tony Collier for her winning entry to the Junior Residents' Competition. Aimee's print was an imaginative composition taken at waters level, entitled 'In My Hands'. Her entry, and the other award winners, may be viewed on the External Competiti...
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10th September 2012Senior Residents' Presentation
Don Sutton was presented with the Festival Trophy by Club Chairman Tony Collier on the opening meeting of our 2012-13 season. The winning image, a superb print of a racing TT motorcyclist, may be viewed on the External Competitions page of this website. As well as the trophy, Don gets a year's free ...
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13th July 2012Residents' Photographic Competition
The Residents' Competitions have been won this year by two superb images. The Senior section was won by Mr Don Sutton with his photo 'Round the Bend' (pictured) taken during the Manx TT. Don wins the Festival Cup and a year's membership of the Society for this entry. The Junior winner was Aimee Desm...
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13th July 2012Next year's syllabus
The 2012-2013 syllabus will be posted out to everyone over the summer, in readiness for the start of the next club season in September. For those of you who can't wait, however, the syllabus booklet is now available to download from this website and the full programme is listed on the 'Our Programme...
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7th June 2012L&CPU Competition Results
The Club gained its best ever results in the 2012 L&CPU Competition, coming third overall behind Wigan 10 and Chorley PS. Individual successes were:
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Sheila Davies gained 1st Place for her Nature Print "Diadem Shifaka Wild". In the same section, Phil Hodson was Commended for "Wolf Spider Guarding ... -
6th June 2012Opening of our 2012 Exhibition
Our 46th Annual Exhibition was opened in the Masonic Hall, Poulton, by Henry Mullarkey, President of the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union. Henry's wife, Jean, was presented with a bouquet of flowers by Grace Cudlip at the start of the evening's proceedings. The Exhibition is open every day u...
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6th June 2012Best Print in Exhibition
'The Challenge' - Sailing the River Dee in Cheshire by Geoff Smith ARPS DPAGB AFIAP BPE3* - won the best Print in Exhibition, as judged by Roger Goodwill, a long-standing Honorary Member of the Society. Geoff's print is seen in the picture between Henry Mullarkey, President of the Lancashire and Che...
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19th May 2012Residents' Photographic Competition
The 46th Annual Exhibition of our Society will be held in the Masonic Hall, Market Place from Friday 1st to Saturday 9th June, 10am - 5pm each day. The official opening, by the President of the L&CPU Henry Mullarkey, will take place on Monday 4th June at 7-30pm, when the annual awards will be presen...
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30th April 2012Quarterly League Tables
The Quarterly League Tables have now been finalised by our Competition Secretary, Ken Prior. They are available as a download from the Downloads page, or click here to view the final tables....
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25th April 2012Tom's starry success
Congratulations to Tom Richardson, ARPS DPAGB AFIAP and now BPE4* !!...
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25th April 2012Chairman's Charity 2012
The Charity that Val has chosen to support for her Chairman's Evening 2012 is the Happy House project. Steve Cushing is heavily involved in this charity, which provides a caring family life and effective education for disadvantaged children in Kenya. Steve returned from his latest visit with photos ...
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20th March 2012Big Day Out Success
Following her success in the Beginners' section of our last Quarterly Competition, Lisa Gasgarth gained one of the Selectors' Awards at the L&CPU's Big Day Out with her monochrome print 'Emily'. She is shown receiving her certificate from Henry Mullarkey, recently elected President of the L&CPU. The...
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19th February 2012Competition Successes
Poulton PS has notched up three further successes in external competitions. The results of the Great British Cup have just been announced: run by the PAGB, this competition is open to any affiliated photographic society in the UK. We came 3= out of 123 clubs in the Nature section, with Jo Davies sco...
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10th February 2012Change of programme
The planned evening with Tony and Denise Collier on Thursday 16th February has had to be rearranged following Denise's recent surgery. Instead, returning member Tim Gartside will show some of his spectacular images....
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8th December 2011Christmas Break
Just a reminder that the last two meetings before Christmas were swapped over after the first edition of our Syllabus Booklet was printed. The Social Evening is now on Thursday 8th December, whilst the last meeting before Christmas, 15th December, will be "Double Act" by Paula and Guy Davies. A two ...
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30th November 2011Christmas Tree Festival
The annual Christmas Tree Festival gets underway in Poulton Methodist Church on Thursday 1st December. The three day festival is supported by a wide range of local organisations, including Poulton Photographic Society. Our tree has been decorated on the theme "White Christmas" and member Sheila Davi...
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17th November 2011Chloë Johnson FRPS EFIAP APSA
A great honour was bestowed on Poulton-le-Fylde Photographic Society when Chloë Johnson FRPS EFIAP APSA accepted Honorary Life Membership of the Society. Chloë had been a long-standing member of Blackpool Photographic Society until that Society closed down in 2001. She immediately transferred her a...
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5th November 2011JFPS Digital Match Competition
After winning the 4-Way DPI Competition on Thursday, the club continued its winning streak the following night with a win in the Joint Fylde Digital Image Match competition. This light-hearted competition was judged by Gordon Jenkins APAGB of Chorley, who entered into the spirit of the competition s...
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3rd November 20114-Way Inter-Club Competition
Once again, Poulton emerged the winner of this annual DPI battle between ourselves, Bispham PS, Garstang CC and Fleetwood CC. The judge was Paul King CPAGB of HASSRA and the full results will be found on the External Competitions page of this website....
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3rd November 2011Quarterly League Tables
The current Quarterly League positions, after the First Quarterly, are now available on the Downloads page of this site....
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8th September 2011Senior Residents Winner
Peter Brown won a year's membership of our Society with his image entitled 'Breakwater'. He is shown receiving The Festival Cup from our Chairman, Val Fillingham....
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8th September 2011Junior Residents Winner
Abbie Tregonning (aged 9) was the winner of the Junior Residents Competition with her image of a Pelican. Well done Abbie! The photo shows her receiving her prize money from Club Chairman, Val Fillingham. Abbie also gained second prize with an image of an Orang-utan and beat her brother Jake into th...
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20th August 2011Library Exhibition
Our Summer Exhibition in Poulton-le-Fylde Library is now open and will run for the three weeks until Friday 9th September. The exhibition includes representative photographs from all levels in the Society. The photo on this page shows club Chairman Val Fillingham and Exhibition Secretary Joan Gaffin...
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20th August 2011Results of the Croquet Competition
In all, 22 players took part in the annual croquet championship this year, many of them learning the rules for the very first time. An enjoyable time was had by all, helped by the warm and sunny afternoon. In a closely fought, and very competitive, final, Sheila Davies and Les Gregson managed to bea...
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7th August 2011Summer Barbecue
A reminder that all members and their partners are invited to the Summer Barbecue at the home of Steve and Lynn Gee on Sunday 14th August. As well as lots to eat, the fun day will include lawn games and a quiz with prizes. Jean Gregson is the person to contact if you want to join us. Let's hope for ...
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