Blyth Photographic Society
Next Meeting:
Thursday September5th 2024
President's Night with Alan Wennington
Images from the Christmas Knockout Competition of 2023
Click on any image to launch a slide show of the below images
Click on any image to launch a slide show of the below images
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Christmas Knockout Competition 2023
The Christmas knockout competition took place on Thurs 21st December 2023. Club members vote on the two displayed images; the winner of the vote progressing to the next round. This process continues until three images are left and a final show of hands decides the winner. 1st place - Winter stream by John Cox 2nd place - Black beauty by Rick Young 3rd place - Rolex building by Bill Broadley John Cox lifts the Sheila Hogarth trophy for 2023-24 The top three images are displayed in the panel at the top of this page NCPF 5 way Knockout Competition Hosted by Ashington CC On Sunday 26th November 2023, Ashington CC hosted the 5 way PDI Knockout competition. Cambois CC and Amble PG withdrew from the competition, leaving five clubs to battle it out. Judges for the competition were Stuart Skellsey (Whitley Bay, Alan Porrett (Whitley Bay) and Peter Maguire (Gosforth CC). All clubs competed in the 1st round with 15 images each. The results of the round were: 1st Blyth 186pts 2nd Morpeth 186pts 3rd Ashington 179pts 4th Alnwick 167pts 5th Wooler 156pts Blyth, Morpeth and Ashington progressed to the Trophy Final and Alnwick and Wooler to the Plate Final Trophy Final 1st Morpeth 190 2nd Blyth 185 3rd Ashington 182 Plate Final 1st Alnwick 186 2nd Wooler 161 Two images scored the maximum 15pts. These were; Black Capped Tanager by Graham Sorry of Morpeth CC The one that got away by Alison Leddy of Blyth PS Thanks go to Ashington for hosting a very difficult competition and the rather tasty buffet at the end. A break down of Blyth's images can be found on the competition page. Click here to see a breakdown of the scoring for Blyth Images. 2023-24 programme The full programme for the 2023-24 season can be found here Hollywell House Care Centre Blyth PS members recently donated a selection of framed images of the local area to Hollywell house Care Centre for the visual stimulation for residents. A thank you letter was received from Hollywell House, see below. A big thank you to all of those members who donated images. 
The aim of Blyth Photographic Society is to encourage and promote photography in all its forms.
We meet every Thursday from September until April at 7.15pm We meet at St Marys Church Hall, Wanley Street (Market Place), Blyth NE24 1DP (MAP BELOW) Wheelchair access available. Over the summer months we have a programme of activities and outings for members to meet and catch up. Email address: a[email protected] 
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Important Messages
Members admire the impressive alter at Ushaw College during a recent summer photoshoot
Two images from the recent Exhibition at St Mary's Church in Blyth
The Hare by Alan Wennington scored 15 points at the NCPF Annuals 2022-23 in the PDI category
Owl Babies by Alison Leddy scored 15pts at the NCPF annuals 2022-23 in the Colour Print category
Highest scoring Blyth images from the Interclub themed PDI competition- Congratulations to Alison Leddy with The Watcher and Christine Platt with Long tailed tit on a branch who both scored 29pts. See below
The Watcher by Alison Leddy 29pts
Long Tailed Tit on a branch by Christine Platt 29pts
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