The Annual Area Print Competition was held at Hexham P.S. on 20th February 2007 when the Judge was Dave Phillips of Hartlepool. All seven Area Clubs took part and thus Wylam were competing for the first time. Each Club submitted six prints. The result which went down to the wire was:
Hexham 163 Ryton 161 Gateshead 159 Whickham 158 South Shields 155 Winlaton 155 Wylan 152 The top print gaining 30 marks was "Curlew" by George Ledger of Hexham.
The 2008 event will be hosted by Ryton C.C. on 26th February 2008 when the Judge will be Margaret Suddaby LRPS, CPAGB.
Trevor Walters APAGB, South Tyne Area Representative
OMISSION
SOUTH TYNE AREA SLIDE COMPETITION
In the last edition of Northern Focus, Winlaton CC were omitted from the list and should have been in joint fifth place with a score of 139.
Sorry for any inconvenience to the Club.
Editor
NORTH TYNE AREA
PROJECTED IMAGE COMPETITION
The North Tyne Area Projected Image Competition was held in March 2007 and the winning club was Gosforth C.C. Whitley Bay P.S. came second and Tynemouth P.S. were third.
The winning image with 30 marks was Utah Dawn. The author of the picture is Peter Buckton. The Judge was David Phillips of Hartlepool.
Editor