The overall winners of the 2015 - 2016 competitions are as follows:-
Colour prints 1st - Brian Swales, 2nd - Carmel Morris, 3rd - Joan Pattison
Monochrome prints 1st - Steve Smith, 2nd - Brian Wastell, 3rd - Carmel Morris
Digital 1st - Joyce Scott, 2nd - Carmel Morris, 3rd - Steve Smith
Norton Tankard prints - Leone Foster Digital - Steve Smith
The winners of the 'Image Of The year' competition were as follows:-
Colour Prints - Brian Swales, Monochrome Prints - Steve Smith, Digital - Steve Smith
"Dennis Atherton Trophy" - Brian Swales (most marks over the three competitions)
Competition Winners 2015 - 2016
Rules
Monthly Competition Results 2015 - 16
Colour Prints
1st Competition
1st Place - Brian Swales - "Staithes panorama"
2nd Place - Joan Pattison - "Ladies Day at Grasmere"
3rd Place - Leone Foster - "Sunset"
H/C - Carmel Morris - "Coming into land"
H/C - Dennis Rigg - "Racing around Paris"
2nd Competition (Shadows)
1st Place - Brian Swales - "Chasing their shadows"
2nd Place - Carmel Morris - "Towards Dun Cow Lane"
3rd Place - Joan Pattison - "A prickly business"
H/C - Tom Kirby - "Iris in the shade"
H/C - Steve Smith - "Lock and chain"
3rd Competition
1st Place - Dennis Rigg - "The fisherman"
2nd Place - Desiree Jackson - "Dawn, Tangle Creek"
3rd Place - Tom Kirby - "Heron in flight"
H/C - Brian Swales "High waves at Seaham"
H/C - Lawrence Smith "Chenonceau"
4th Competition (Close up)
1st Place - Mick Moore - Autumn colours
2nd Place - Brian Swales - Natures patterns
3rd Place - Sue Tyerman - House fly
H/C - Brian Swales "Secretary bird"
H/C - Mick Moore "Red"
5th Competition
1st Place - Brian Swales - "Glacial lake"
2nd Place - Carmel Morris - Storm clouds, Loch Tummel
3rd Place - Lawrence Smith - "Mull boats"
H/C - Desiree Jackson - "The herd takes a paddle"
H/C - Desiree Jackson - "Tree study"
Norton Tankard prints (Colour or Mono.)
1st Place - Leone Foster - "Saltburn"
2nd Place - Lawrence Smith - "Snack time"
3rd Place - Dennis Rigg - "Durham"
H/C - Steve Smith "Loftus Alum works, Boulby Cliffs"
H/C - David Atkinson "Drops"
Image of the year - Colour Prints
1st Place - Brian Swales - Staithes panorama
2nd Place - Lawrence Smith - Red Deer
3rd Place - Steve Smith - Black Nab
H/C - Dennis Rigg - Racing around Paris
H/C - Brian Wastell - Reflections
Monochrome Prints
1st Competition
1st Place - John Ellison - "Catching the light"
2nd Place - Brian Wastell - "Whitby"
3rd Place - Brian Swales - "Storm over Canyonlands"
H/C - Carmel Morris - "View through the window"
H/C - Lawrence Smith - "Street artist"
2nd Competition (Shadows)
1st Place - Brian Wastell - "Hutton-le-Hole"
2nd Place - Brian Swales - "A kiss in the shadows"
3rd Place - Sue Tyerman - "The farmer's tree"
H/C - Sarah Hillier - "Darlington station"
H/C - Steve Smith - "Sandstone and shadows"
3rd Competition
1st Place - Tom Kirby - "Miner"
2nd Place - Steve Smith - "Yorkshire Dales barns"
3rd Place - Lawrence Smith - "Cool Dudes"
H/C - Brian Wastell "A wartime baby"
H/C - "Becalmed"
4th Competition (Close up)
1st Place - Steve Smith - The hand
2nd Place - Carmel Morris - Waiting for the starting pistol
3rd Place - Lawrence Smith - The evil eye
H/C - Steve Smith "Smoke & steam"
H/C - Mick Moore "Make sense of this"
5th Competition
1st Place - Sue Tyermaan - "Dawn at Islay"
2nd Place - Steve Smith - "Derelict barn, Swaledale"
3rd Place - Steve Smith - "All tied up"
H/C - Carmel Morris - "A portrait of a printer"
H/C - Tom Kirby - "White Angel, Valencia"
Image of the year - Monochrome Prints
1st Place - Steve Smith - The hand
2nd Place - Steve Smith - Derelict barn, Swaledale
3rd Place - Mick Moore - The Jacobite
H/C - Sue Tyerman - Dawn at Islay
H/C - Brian Swales - Lone Brisclecone Pine
Digital Images
1st Competition
1st Place - June Ross - "Lavender trois"
2nd Place - Mike Vasey - "Durham at night"
3rd Place - Joyce Scott - "Fern Croziers"
H/C - Joyce Scott - "Lichen on old wood"
H/C - David Atkinson - "On the Tyne"
2nd Competition (Shadows)
1st Place - Derek Hoey - "Afternoon shadows"
2nd Place - Sylvia Hutchinson - "Circles"
3rd Place - Sue Tyerman - "Going to the beach"
H/C - Carmel Morris - "Dalt Murada"
H/C - Brian Wastell - "Early morning shadows"
3rd Competition
1st Place - Joyce Scott - "Gerenium seedhead"
2nd Place - John Carter - "Bay of Laig, Eigg"
3rd Place - Lynden Clark - "Messing about on the river"
H/C - John Carter "High style"
H/C - Robert Thomas "Swing bridge, Salford Keys
4th Competition (Close up)
1st Place - Lynden Clarke - Burning bright
2nd Place - Tom Kirby - Tulip
3rd Place - Lawrence Smith - Honeytime
H/C - Mick Moore "Just an illusion"
H/C - David Anderson "Close up tight"
5th Competition
1st Place - Steve Smith, Bird with pray
2nd Place - Sarah Hillier, Spring
3rd Place - Carmel Morris, Now you see me now you dont
H/C - Brian Swales, Flying past the flock
H/C - Lawrence Smith, Red Squirrel
Norton Tankard Digital
1st Place - Steve Smith - "Yorkshire Dales"
2nd Place - Carmel Morris - "Tour de France in the Alps"
3rd Place - Sue Tyerman - "On the slopes of Mt. Teide"
H/C - Brian Swales "Faces from around the world"
H/C - Robert Thomas "Keukenhof Tulips"
Image of the year - Digital
1st Place - Steve Smith - Bird with prey
2nd Place - Tom Kirby - Tulip
3rd Place - Sarah Hillier - Crook Hall
H/C - Lawrence Smith - Broad Bodied Chaser
H/C - Brian Swales - Great Grey Owl in flight