All At Sea by Gordon Watson

The 2021 L&CPU Knock-Out competition was held on Saturday13th November, judged by John Cartlidge APAGB, EFIAP/p, BPE5* from the Midland Counties Photographic Federation. 41 clubs entered, with 4 images from each club. Images are progressively knocked out in a series of rounds, until only a handful are left, at which point the judge selects his overall winner. Scores are awarded for the round reached by each image. All images in the Knock-Out competition must be new to L&CPU competitions.

LSAPS scored a notable success, coming in second equal place, tied with Nelson and Kendal and just one point behind winners Southport. Of LSAPS 4 entries,  Justin’s Camels in Wadi Rum was knocked out in the first round and Carol’s Money, Money Money in the second. However Kuli’s Proud Soldier reached the sixth round and Gordon’s All At Sea reached the seventh and final round, giving LSAPS a score of 16pts.

Waiting His Turn by Peter Cotton

The 2021 Novice Cup took place on Sunday 10th October, the first L&CPU print competition since March 2020!

21 Clubs took part and LSAPS did very well in the Mono Section, finishing in joint 1st place alongside South Manchester CC. Congratulations to Peter Cotton who received a Commended for his print “Waiting His Turn“. Unfortunately we didn’t do so well in the Colour Section, finishing in 12th place. This section was won by North Cheshire PS and Heswall PS. The overall winners of the Cup were Bebington PS with a score of 283 and LSAPS finished 10th with a score of 271.

Note that the Novice Cup is to be renamed, recognising that it is not just for novices and will now be known as the Bob Robinson Cup, in honour of the late L&CPU President.