NCPF North Tyne Area PDI Competition 2024 (posted 29 Mar 2024) Cramlington hosted the competition which was judged by Jim Welsh from Blyth. Cramlington won with 223 points, followed by Gosforth and North Shields jointly on 217 points. Graeme Crombie of North Shields had the top individual image "Got You" with 30 points. Whitley Bay finished 4th with 218 points. There was a very good buffet after the competition and there was a lot of conversation between the members of the various clubs, which is what interclub competitions are really all about.
NCPF North Tyne Area Print Competition 2023 (posted 30 Nov 2023) The North Tyne Print Competition was hosted by Tynemouth PS at North Shields PS club room. The judge was Chris Graham of Ashington. The competition was won by North Shields with 218 points. Second was Gosforth (213) and third was Cramlington (212). Whitley Bay were joint forth with Tynemouth on 203 points. The bright spot for Whitley was the success of Les Smith, who got the award for best print in the competition with "The Strummer" (picture shown below). There was a good buffet to end the evening.
PDI 1 Competition: Missing Images (posted 5 Oct 2023) There was an unfortunate technical problem during the PDI 1 competition which resulted in three images being lost and therefore not being projected. The three missing images are shown below and apologies go to the photographers, Peter Reynolds (Glenforsa Falls), Pat Porrett (Sanders Longhouse) and Alan Clark (Out of the Shadows).
New Venue for Whitley Bay Photographic Society (posted 22 Aug 2023) Whitley Bay P.S. have had to leave their clubroom, where they have been for 72 years, and find new premises. It has been sad for many of the members, some of whom have been attending the old venue for over 45 years. We all need to move forward and make a success of our new home. From September the club will meet at Earsdon and Wellfield Community Centre which is at 3 Church Way, Earsdon, NE25 9JY.
