Club Notices

The L&CPU Individual Competition will take place on 9th and 10th May. This competition is open to all club members and is free to enter, so it is an excellent opportunity to try out your images in an Exhibition style of competition. To encourage participation in competitions outside LSAPS, the L&CPU Individual competition contributes to our own LSAPS Photographer of the Year Awards.

There are 2 sections in the PDI competition (Open and Nature) and 3 sections in the Print competition (Colour, Mono and Nature). Individuals can enter up to 4 images in all sections except the PDI Open section, where you can enter up to 8 images. Images must not have been entered into any previous L&CPU Individual Competition.

Members can upload their images via a dedicated L&CPU Uploader which can be accessed from the Member’s Homepage under Other Activities and Reminders – all Print entries must be supported by a Digital copy. The uploader will close on 18^th April and prints will be collected on 23^rd and 30^th April. Instructions for preparation of Prints and Digital images is on the Uploader.

The L&CPU are introducing a new awards scheme for Print Portfolios, that is open to any LSAPS photographer. A portfolio of prints can consist of between 4 and 20 prints that must follow a cohesive theme and be presented in a similar style. There is no requirement for a hanging plan, though the portfolio may be supported by a short statement of intent. On entry, the portfolio will initially be assessed as a complete body of work and may be rejected if it is not considered to form a cohesive group of images. However once the portfolio has been accepted, the images are scored individually by a panel of 5 judges, each scoring between 2 and 5 – with a 2 indicating some technical issues, and a 5 indicating a very good club print. The level of award achieved will be based on the number of prints entered and the average score – Level 1 (Credit) being for 4 prints averaging 15, up to Level 10 (Unobtainium) for 20 prints averaging 24.

The first assessment will take place on Sunday 15th of November 2026 at St Marys Parish Centre Social Club, Chorley – all entrants must attend to deliver and collect their prints. Registration and Entry is via the L&CPU Portal.

Unfortunately there is currently no link to more information on the L&CPU website, so anyone who is interested should speak to Carol Watson who has some paperwork.

The subject of the 2026 President’s Challenge is The Railway. This covers any aspect of  railways or underground railways, eg London underground and Liverpool Mersey rail, but not trams. Images can be anything to do with railways, including buildings, people, rolling stock, any paraphernalia seen on platforms, stations or lineside.

Photos must have been taken between September 2025 and the competition closing date of 31st May 2026 and not entered in any other LSAPS competition. There are no restrictions on image editing – ie straight camera JPEGS, edited Raw images or composites are allowed. The Uploader will open approximately 4 weeks before the closing date, accessed via the standard competition link from the Members Page. Entry is restricted to 1 image per member and standard LSAPS image requirements apply (maximum 1600 x 1200 pixels, srgb colour space, JPG format).

As previously advised we will be running a single league for Prints, and a single league for PDIs next season. We will then split those leagues in two for the following seasons, with the intent to have around 40% of the participating members in the upper league in each discipline.

The league positions will be determined from Three Open and One Genre competition in each discipline. The PDI Genre is Mono (the 3rd competition of the season), whilst the Print Genre is Scapes (the 6th competition of the season).

Members can enter a maximum of two images in each competition, so 8 Prints and 8 PDIs in total. For each member, the lowest scoring entry in each discipline will be discounted in terms of final league placement – so each league will be scored from the members 7 best scores. Members entering less than 8 images will also have their lowest scoring image discounted. This is to prevent a single poor result from upsetting the standings for the entire season. As in previous seasons, new members who miss the first Open competitions may enter 3 images in the later Open competitions to catch up.

In the event of a tied score, the placings will be decided on a ‘count-back’ system – the member with the most 20’s, then most 19’s etc.

Competition 9 
The final competition is not part of the league scoring, but will have its own award. In a similar vein to last seasons themed “Movie Titles” set subject, we are again looking for some quirky interpretations. This time the theme is “Songs from the Seventies”. So we want images aligned to 1970s top 40 hit song titles.

Just think what you could do with Smoke on The Water, Fat Bottomed Girls or Crazy Horses.

In a twist to the norm, we will be judging this competition internally, with two of our club judges, and two (much more) normal members scoring. This may evolve further during the season…. Watch this space.

Bill and Graham