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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 scoring a maximum 15 marks for her 'Kingfisher with Two Fish' (pictured). 37= out of 138 entries was also a commendable result in the Open section. In the third success, Jo's mother, Sheila, gained a Highly Commended Certificate for her sequence 'My Quest' in the L&CPU's AV Competition held on Saturday.
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10th February 2012Change of progamme
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 week break then follows. Merry Christmas, one and all!
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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 Davies has produced a supporting AV, running continuously alongside. The Festival is free to visit and is open Thursday: 2 - 6pm, Friday: 10am - 7pm, Saturday 10am - 4pm.
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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 allegiance to PPS and we have greatly valued her constructive comments ever since. Chloë's name is known and respected around the world, as evidenced by her FIAP and Photographic Society of America honours - the latter bestowed on her through her contributions as a lecturer and judge in the US. We hope that Chloë will be able to maintain her association with our Society, despite her frailties. On the evening of the presentation of Life Membership, by Chairman Val Fillingham (shown in the photo), Chloë was still able to give sharply focussed comments about the colour photographs on display.
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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 splendidly. It was very fortuitous that Poulton won as the trophy was sitting on Chairman Val Fillingham's sideboard at home, Poulton having won the equivalent competition last year. The full results of the competition can be found on the external competitions page of this website.
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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 third place with his image of a Lemur.
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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 Gaffiney viewing the Exhibition.
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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 beat hosts Steve and Lynn Gee into second place.
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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 good weather!
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