2026 4-Way Battle – Lytham St Annes Photographic Society

The 2026 4-Way Battle was held on Thursday 10th November, hosted by Poulton-Le-Fylde and judged by Nik Hilton (BPE5, DAGB, EFIAP/B) from Southport PS. There were 80 images on the night – 20 from each club, with a maximum of 3 images from an individual club member. As expected for an inter-club competition, the standard was high, but Nik separated the images with some concise remarks using a range of scores from 15 to 20. At the mid-way break, Poulton were out in front, with LSAPS in 2nd place. However a number of high scoring images from North Fylde at the end of the night meant they just edged into 2nd place, leaving LSAPS in 3rd place.

The competition was won by Poulton with 368pts, followed by North Fylde on 340pts narrowly beating LSAPS on 339pts, with Garstang on 331pts.

The Horn Section by Gordon Watson

Member Name	Title	Score
Carol Watson	Jamnik Church In The Falling Snow	20
Gordon Watson	The Horn Section	19
Gordon Watson	The Reading Room	19
Peter Flegg	Misty Fairhaven Morning	18
Keith Orr	Still Standing	18
Graham Barker	The Trig Point	18
Carol Watson	The Vagabond And His Hound	18
Esther Parkinson	Distracted	17
Sheila Giles	Orphan Lamb	17
Mike Williamson	Pass With Care!	17
Mike Williamson	Rossall Point Lookout Post	17
Stuart Cahill	Typhoon Blasting Skyward	17
Mary Kirkby	How Does This Work	16
Christine Round	Snow Showers Over Coquet Island	16
Daryl Giles	TFL Tunnel	16
Brian Clark	The Chasers	16
Joy Swarbrick	Chrysanthemum	15
Elaine Cook	Eyes That Smile	15
Andy Ogilvie	Shoe Rack	15
Peter Darby	Tara With Baby Zaiya	15

2026 4-Way Battle Battle Images

Jamnik Church In The Falling Snow by Carol Watson - Score: 20 pts

The Horn Section by Gordon Watson - Score: 19 pts

The Reading Room by Gordon Watson - Score: 19 pts

Misty Fairhaven Morning by Peter Flegg - Score: 18 pts

Still Standing by Keith Orr - Score: 18 pts

The Trig Point by Graham Barker - Score: 18 pts

The Vagabond And His Hound by Carol Watson - Score: 18 pts

Distracted by Esther Parkinson - Score: 17 pts

Orphan Lamb by Sheila Giles - Score: 17 pts

Pass With Care! by Mike Williamson - Score: 17 pts

Rossall Point Lookout Post by Mike Williamson - Score: 17 pts

Typhoon Blasting Skyward by Stuart Cahill - Score: 17 pts

How Does This Work by Mary Kirkby - Score: 16 pts

Snow Showers Over Coquet Island by Christine Round - Score: 16 pts

TFL Tunnel by Daryl Giles - Score: 16 pts

The Chasers by Brian Clark - Score: 16 pts

Chrysanthemum by Joy Swarbrick - Score: 15 pts

Eyes That Smile by Elaine Cook - Score: 15 pts

Shoe Rack by Andy Ogilvie - Score: 15 pts

Tara With Baby Zaiya by Peter Darby - Score: 15 pts

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