The Club’s Opening Night Presentation and Celebration Evening is tonight and with it the new season will have officially begun.

The reinstatement of physical meetings is not going to be possible for the start of the new season (17 September 2020), however, a full programme of events has been scheduled. 2020 meetings will be held online via the Club’s Zoom, see below: From 2021 it is hoped that meetings will return to the Rainham School for Girls campus. Please also note that the Club’s Annual Exhibition at Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre will be unable to go ahead this year due to the restrictions currently in place there. This will be re-arranged in due course.

The Committee has been, and still is, closely following the advice given by the Government and Health officials and has decided at this time to suspended Club meetings with immediate effect. We hope to return in September when the new season starts but this will be dependent upon the advice given at that time. Members are being kept informed via email and updates will be posted to this website as and when appropriate. Please stay safe and well, and we look forward to being back up and running as soon as we possibly can.

Here are the results of the Victory Cup 2019/2020. There were 74 entries in total. Congratulations go to: 1st place – MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM by Martin Mitchell2nd place –  WILD POPPIES by Ignatius Mauceri3rd place – BARN OWL (Tyto alba) 2122 by Jim Pocknell Highly Commended – CHRISTMAS DECKS by Colin PillenHighly Commended – ROSIE by David Tovey The Judges for the evening were Ian Stone DPAGB BPE3* and Marie-Laure Stone DPAGB BPE5* EFIAP D1 Winning images and a full run down of the scores have been posted to the member-only area of the website and to the Club’s closed Facebook group.

Here are the results of the John Amey Cup 2019/2020. There were 72 entries in total. Congratulations go to: 1st place – TEXTING THE FOURTIES by Ignatius Mauceri2nd place –  BALLET SLIPPER by Rita Howes3rd place – LICHEN FLOWERS IN VASE by Rita Howes Highly Commended – WILD GARLIC by Bert GilchristHighly Commended – DESCENDING INKCAPS by Steve Martin The Judge for the evening was Cherry Larcombe EFIAP ARPS DPAGB BPE5* Winning images and a full run down of the scores have been posted to the member-only area of the website and to the Club’s closed Facebook group.

A great selection of digitally manipulated images were entered into this competition. It was great to see members trying out new approaches to their photography. There were 54 entries in total. Congratulations go to:1st Place – TIME FOR YOUR MEDICINE by Elisabeth Smith2nd Place – THIN LIZZY by Steve Martin3rd Place – TOP DOG MODEL by Nizar BirchHighly Commended – HEART OF FLOWERS by David ToveyHighly Commended – REFLECTION TIME by Elisabeth Smith The judge for the evening was Di Long who did a great job for us.