Competition Winners 2025 - 2026
The overall winners of the Monthly Competitions 2025 - 2026 are:-
Open Colour Prints - Steve Smith LRPS - runner up Dave Hudspeth
Open Monochrome Prints - Steve Smith LRPS - runner up Dave Hudspeth
Open Digital - Jointly - Steve Smith LRPS & Joyce Scott - runner up Brigette Thomasson
Norton Tankard 2025
Prints - Steve Smith LRPS - runner up Sarah Hillier LRPS
Digital - Dave Hudspeth - runner up Dave Harper
Image of the year winners are:-
Colour Prints - Steve Smith LRPS - runner up Matt Kerridge
Monochrome Prints - Dave Hudspeth runner up Steve Smith LRPS
Digital images - Brian Swales LRPS - runner up Steve Smith LRPS
Ladder Competition - Dave Hudspeth - runner up Terry Agar
Summer Competition 2026 - Dave Harper - Runner up Terry Agar
Dennis Atherton Trophy - Steve Smith - runner up
Results
Archived
Competition Results for:-
Colour Prints
1st Competition
1st - Matt Kerridge - "Dennis"
2nd - Darren Richardson - "Peek-a-boo"
3rd - Brigette Thomasson - "The night bus"
H/C - Jim Williamson - "Bees lunch"
H/C - Matt Kerridge" - Mill Gill Force"
H/C - Brigette Thomasson - "Redcar wild swimmer"
H/C - Darren Richardson - "Sweetness & light"
2nd Competition (Weathered & worn)
1st - Brigette Thomasson LRPS - "Abandoned - Paddy's Hole"
2nd - Steve Smith LRPS - "Rot & corrosion"
3rd - Brigette Thomasson LRPS - "Blue detail - Tanfield"
H/C - Sarah Hillier - "Harbour abstract"
H/C - Darren Richardson - "The last guardian"
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3rd Competition
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4th Competition (The low angle)
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Norton Tankard Prints - (Colour or Mono.)
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Image of the year - Colour Prints
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Monochrome Prints
1st Competition
1st - Steve Smith - "Poppy seed heads"
2nd - Denis Dunning - "The foggy lamplight"
3rd - Brigette Thomasson - "Under the civic arches"
H/C - Brigette Thomasson - "Central station guard"
H/C - Denis Dunning - "Jullies hands"
H/C - Not enough entries for 4 H/C's
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2nd Competition (Weathered & worn)
1st - Darren Richardson - "Done for the day"
2nd - Jim Williamson - "Does it still work"
3rd - Darren Richardson - "Etched by time"
H/C - Mike Russel - "The bait house"
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3rd Competition
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4th Competition (The low angle)
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Image of the year - Monochrome Prints
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Digital Images
1st Competition
1st - Terry Agar - "Grey Heron waiting for dinner"
2nd - Joyce Scott - "Looking glum"
3rd - Brian Swales LRPS - "The smile"
H/C - Haritha Sarvotharm - "Bleeding hearts"
H/C - Brian Swales - "Diagonal stairway"
H/C - Sarah Hillier LRPS - "Shoreditch coffee"
H/C - Brigette Thomasson - Turnstone on pier"
2nd Competition (Weathered & worn)
1st - Jim Williamson - "I feel I'm being watched"
2nd - Brigette Thomasson - "Agapanthus gone to seed"
3rd - Sarah Hillier LRPS - "Skinningrove sunset"
H/C - Jane Marshall - "Decay & corrosion"
H/C - Dave Harper - "Just stepping out"
H/C - Darren Richardson - "Lost love"
H/C - Mike Russell - "One careful owner"
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4th Competition (The low angle)
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Norton Tankard - Digital
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