GENERAL |
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In all competitions which take place in the course of one evening and in which numerical marks are awarded there can be only two joint winners. In the event of a tie involving three or more competitors the judge will be invited to select a winning panel. |
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In all competitions, prints must be made from original material taken by the author. Copying other work is not permitted. Entry of copy from books, magazines etc., downloading from TV, the Internet, CD Rom, DVD etc. in whole or in part are not acceptable. |
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Prints may be any shape, and up to 20x16ins (50x40cms) including the mount. The minimum size is as follows: one side of the print excluding the mount should not be less than nominally 10ins. (25cms) |
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Trophies for all competitions shall be held for 12 months. It is the responsibility of the winner to have the trophy engraved at his/her own expense. |
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All prints must be submitted to the print secretary by 8pm on the evening of the competition |
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The front of the print or its mount shall bear no indication of the authorship of the print, but may be titled. The name of the author, and in the case of Monthly Print Competitions the relevant section, shall be inscribed on the rear of the mount. |
MONTHLY PRINT COMPETITIONS |
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The Competition is in two sections graded on ability a) Beginner b) Advanced |
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A trophy will be awarded in each section to the most successful member during the club year. Each winning print will receive 15 points, the second 10 points, the third 5 points, and each merit 2.5 points.
The Ken Looker Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the winner of Section 1.
The Stewart Hall Trophy will be awarded to the winner of Section 2. |
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Where there is a double competition on the night, each member may submit upto two prints for each competition. In all other general cases, no member in any class may enter more than three prints in any one section of the competition. The committee has the right to change the number of prints that may be entered in the competition.
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Prints which have gained an award for first, second or third places may not be entered again in subsequent competitions. Other prints may be entered after the next monthly competition has taken place and if placed may score points. Only the higher placing counts. |
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Prints entered in a section declared “no contest” because there are fewer than five entries, may be entered in the next monthly competition. |
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No print may be entered more than twice in Monthly Competitions. |
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Members who are in the Begineers Section (a) can elect themselves into the Advanced Section (b) if announced at the beginning of the club year to the Print Secretary. |
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The committee has the right to promote members from Begineers Section (a) to Advanced Section (b). Decisions will be announced at the AGM |
GEORGE WORLEY TROPHY |
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The subjects are Landscape or Seascape or Skyscape, or in any combination, taken within the British Isles and adjacent waters. The objective of this competition is to encourage those members who have not gained a major trophy in the current club year or the preceding two years. The relevant trophies are the Tom Belcher, Dreghorn, Stewart Hall, Ken Looker or Empson trophies. Entrants may submit prints, none of which may have been previously entered in this competition. These will be judged individually. |
LAND, SEA, SKYSCAPE CUP (Barry and Alison Haines Trophy)
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The subject is landscape or seascape or skyscape or in any combination, and which may have been taken worldwide. Each member may submit prints which must not have been entered previously in this competition. The prints will be judged individually. |
DREGHORN TROPHY |
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A maximum of three prints shall be the basis of this competition. Prints must not have been entered for a previous Dreghorn Trophy. Each print judged individually will receive marks up to a maximum of 10. The winning entry shall be that which scores the highest total points. |
RECORD TROPHY |
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The subject for this competition will be on a “Set Subject” theme, which will be changed every year. Primarily not a pictorial competition, the objective will be to produce the best “technical record” of an inanimate subject photographed to show detail, form and texture. Each member may submit prints which will be judged individually and which must not have been entered in a previous Record Trophy competition. |
GILLESPIE TROPHY |
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The subject for this trophy is Table Top, Still Life or Close-Up. Each member may submit prints which will be judged individually and which must not have been entered in a previous Gillespie Trophy competition |
PORTRAIT CUP |
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Each member may submit prints which will be judged individually and which must not have been entered in a previous Portrait Cup competition. |
“APERTURE” KNOCKOUT TROPHY |
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Two prints must be submitted which must not have been entered in any BDPC competition prior to the current club year. The two prints, which need not be related, will be judged sequentially versus another competitor’s two prints. The prints will be judged individually and the higher rated pair will win the.
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EMPSON TROPHY ( Panel of three prints) |
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Each member may submit one or two panels of three prints. The aim is to display three prints with a common theme, eg. a related subject or a sequence. The three prints will be displayed simultaneously. The rear of the mount should indicate left-centre-right as appropriate. The prints shall not have been entered previously in this competition. The judge will be invited to select the best panel and the trophy will be awarded to the winner. |
PRINT OF THE YEAR COMPETITION |
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1 Prints awarded “stickers” in the current club year are eligible. Each member may submit a maximum of three prints.
2 In the event of non-availability of the original print, a true copy certified and signed by the Print Secretary will be eligible.
3 The Tom Belcher Trophy will be awarded for the print placed first. |
