Interclub Results
Mersea/Halstead Interclub
26th March 2026
Last Thursday (26th March) we hosted our annual Interclub with Mersea Island. It was a really good evening, in spite of us having quite a few people unable to attend. We were well supported from Mersea Island, so we did have a fair number of people in attendance.
It was a good close contest, judged by a harsh, but generally fair, Tony Bramley, and as you'll see from below, we managed to win both sections this year. A great result for us!
The Overall scores were as follows:-
Print Halstead 103.5 points
Mersea 98 points
PDI Halstead 99.5 points
Mersea 97.5 points
Totals
Halstead 203 points
Mersea 195.5 points
Our individual scores were as follows:
Print Section
A Study of Llandudno Pier - 10 ~ Gill
Battersea Power Station - 6 ~ Laraine
Haute Couture - 10 ~ Brian
Ignoring the Shard - 9.5 ~ Gill
Multiflowers - 9.5 ~ Andrew
Oxalis Flowers - 7 ~ Rosi
Poppies - 10 ~ Brian
Roman Cisterns - 6 ~ Mark
The Girl with Faraway Eyes - 10 ~ Rob
Tulip Staircase - 9 ~ Rob
With Apologies to Edvard Munch - 7 ~ Mick
Yellow Shutter - 9.5 ~ Laraine
PDI Section
Anglesey Barracks - 8 ~ Tracie
Puffin Partners - 7.5 ~ Laraine
Walking With Purpose - 6.5 ~ Laraine
Walton on the Naze Beach Huts - 8.5 ~ Jan
Caribbean Carnival Stilt Walker - 10 ~ Derek
Catching the Dawn Light - 7.5 ~ Rosi
Colour Burst - 10 ~ David
Crosby Beach Study - 6.5 ~ Gill
Lady Bardolfs Wyvern - 7.5 ~ Mick
Living the Dream - 8 ~ Tracie
Nigella Seedheads - 9.5 ~ Rosi
Overcrowded - 10 ~ Jan
Tony's pick of the Prints was Rob's ‘The Girl with the Faraway Eyes’ and his pick for the PDIs was a mono reportage image from Mersea called Romanian Girls.
This was the first outing for our new projector, and it performed brilliantly. It will need a little tweaking as we get used to it, but the images were very clear and the colour rendition was excellent.
Many thanks and well done to everyone who let us use their images, and thanks to all who came along and helped out on the evening.
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Braintree Mono Print 3rd March 2026
We took part in the Braintree Mono Print Competition which was held on Tuesday March 3rd 2026. The judge was Barbie Lindsey.
The Scores were as follows:-
1st - Colchester 55.5 points
2nd - Chelmsford 52.5 points
3rd - Maldon 50.5 points
4th - Halstead 49.5 points
5th - Clacton 46 points
6th - Dunmow 45 points
6th - Great Notley 45 points
8th - Springfield 44.5 points
9th - Braintree 43 points
10th - Pierrefitte 42 points
HDPS Individual Scores
The Girl with the Far Away Eyes by Rob Price 7 points
Tulip Staircase by Rob Price 8 points
London Velodrome by Brian Fleming 8 points
With Apologies to Edvard Munch by Mick Cant 8 points
The Passage of Time by Jan Bond 8.5 points
Haute Couture by Brian Fleming 10 points
Haute Couture won the trophy for best in competition!
A big thank you to everyone who allowed us to use their images, Barbie had good things to say about all of them. This is a really good result for our little club. There were some fabulous photos in the competition, we can hold our heads high to have done so well.
A huge Congratulations to Brian for winning the best in show trophy
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Maldon 5+5 27th February 2026
The above interclub challenge took place on Thursday evening. Unfortunately circumstances meant no-one from the club was able to attend. I am however extremely pleased to let you know that we won the trophy for the second year running. This was only the second time Maldon have held this revamped competition so we are setting a fabulous track record.
Jonathan Vaines judged the entries & our individual scores are as below:
PDI Round
Haute Couture - Brian - 8.5
A London Scene - Gill - 8
Pink Calla Lily - Jan - 9
The Town Below us, Above us only Sky - Dennis - 9
Walking with Purpose - Laraine - 9
Print Round
Barges at Anchor - Jan 9.5
Ignoring the Shard - Gill - 10
Keeping a Lookout - Rosi - 8
Maddie - Tracie - 9
Poppies - Brian - 9.5
Overall scores
1st - Halstead - 89.5
2nd - South Woodham Ferrers - 87.5
3rd - Maldon - 85
4th - Leigh on Sea - 83.5
4th - Moulsham - 83.5
4th - Thurrock - 83.5
7th - Springfield - 76.5
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Twin Towns Competition
13th November 2025
With thanks to club members for their support on Thursday, when we enjoyed another Twin Towns evening.
As usual there was a wide range of images, both genre & style, all judged by Mike Fuller with his usual flair. As ever his love of the story portrayed in each image shone through & having selected a range of images that I thought would help in that regard we achieved a very creditable 2nd place. Colchester once again took 1st place with a wonderful range of images. They also took the award for Best Image of the evening with 'Shall We Dance'. Brian is kindly working on an AV which we will make available enabling members not there on Thursday to view the full entry.
Club Scores:
1st ~ Colchester ~ 204 points
2nd ~ Halstead ~187 points
3rd ~ Wetzlar ~184 points
4th ~ Pierrefitte ~ 167 points
5th ~ Braintree ~ 165 points
6th ~ Haubourdin ~ 163 points
Image Scores:
A London Scene ~ Gill ~18
Colour Burst ~ David ~18
Coming in to Land Over Sea Thrift ~ Laraine ~ 16
Emerging Through a Cloud of Dust ~ Rob ~ 18
Khmu Girls ~ Mark ~ 16
Magnet Fishing ~ Brian ~ 16
Nigella Seedheads ~ Rosi ~ 18
Oxalis ~ Bruce ~ 16
Phases of Water ~ Dennis ~ 14
Please Don't Watch Me Weep ~ Rob ~ 20
Walton on the Naze Beach Huts ~ Jan ~ 17
Many thanks to members who allowed their images to be used.
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Colchester 8x8 Interclub Print Competition
21st October 2025
The annual Colchester 8x8 Print Competition was held on Tuesday evening, where I was joined by Brian, Dennis & Gill. It was a good evening catching up with old friends & meeting a few new faces. Our judge for the evening was Julie Hutson. It will come as no surprise to learn that Colchester won the competition but the fantastic news is that Brian won the award for Best Image with 'Poppies'. Congratulations to Brian, well deserved.
Our Scores
A Still Misty Morning ~ Derek ~ 18 points
A Study ~ Laraine ~ 16 points
Fading Away ~ Jan ~17 points
Felixstowe Docks ~ Gill ~ 18 points
Grass and Glass ~ Rosi ~ 18 points
Please Don't Watch Me Weep ~ Rob ~ 20
Poppies ~ Brian ~ 20 points
Still Beautiful ~ Mick ~ 17 points
Club Scores
Colchester ~ 152
Chelmsford ~ 149
Ipswich ~ 149
Maldon ~ 148
Halstead ~ 144
Clacton ~ 140
Great Notley ~ 140
Harwich ~140