 IN THIS EDITION: This week at the club Hand-in for Annual Exhibition – 14 April Member survey – complete by 17 April Return of cups, trophies and plaques SLF Finals Days New club logo Outings Future meetings THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB Thursday 7 April – PDI Panel Competition Judge: Joe Houghton via Zoom at the USC It is also hand-in for the Mono Print Competition round 3 7.45pm, Bromley United Services Club HAND-IN FOR ANNUAL EXHIBITION This year, we will be holding a celebration evening at the club on 12 May and a virtual exhibition. Winners/runners up of the competitions during the season will be presented with cups or certificates, but all images are judged again (this year by Pat Couder) and there is the chance to win awards for individual images, e.g. for best landscape. All members may enter 9 PDIs, 9 mono prints and 9 colour prints into the Annual Exhibition. These can be the images that were submitted into competitions during the season but you may also present new images. Prints Julie has all of the prints that were entered into the three rounds of the Mono Print Competition and the three rounds of the Colour Print Competition. These will automatically be entered into the Annual Exhibition as members’ print entries, unless you tell Julie otherwise (printsec@bromleycameraclub.org.uk). PDIs All members who wish to enter PDIs into the Annual Exhibition should email their entries to Brian (pdisecretary@bromleycameraclub.org.uk). No images will automatically be entered so please send your PDIs (max. 9), even if they were already submitted in the three rounds of the PDI Competition. All entries must be received by 14 April. MEMBER SURVEY The committee has put together a survey to gather the opinions of members and help us to organise future seasons’ activities. Please click here to complete the survey. All responses are anonymous. The survey will close on 17 April. RETURN OF CUPS, TROPHIES AND PLAQUES If you have a trophy from a previous season, please clean it and bring it along to a Thursday meeting. Brian will collate them so that they are ready for the next engravings. SLF PRINTS FINALS DAY SLF prints finals day is on 23 April at Sanderstead Methodist Church, 104 Limpsfield Road, South Croydon CR2 9EF. Doors open at 1.30pm and it should end at around 5.20pm. They are looking for volunteers to help set up the church hall , put up/take down prints, do the teas, pack away at the end etc. If anyone would like to volunteer please let Julie know: printsec@bromleycameraclub.org.uk SLF PDI FINALS DAY The PDI finals day is on 9 April by Zoom. Bromley are not in the final but anyone can join in to watch and we have a couple of members who have submitted PDIs into the open competition. Julie is waiting for the Zoom information but please let her know if you’d like to attend and she’ll send the details when she has them: printsec@bromleycameraclub.org.uk NEW CLUB LOGO At the AGM, members voted for the club to take on a new logo. If you have an idea and would like to put together a design, please talk to one of the committee members. We are accepting submissions until the end of April. OUTINGS Saturday 23 April – King’s Cross classic car boot sale Meet at King’s Cross station at 10am. The event celebrates vintage music, food, fashion, design and the eye candy that is classic cars, bikes and commercial vehicles. Attendees can also use the opportunity to explore the area around King’s Cross: Regent’s canal etc. Tickets are £5 and available via this link. Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 May – East Kent weekend Stopping off in Blean Woods to see (hopefully!) Exmoor ponies, longhorn cattle and bison as well as bluebells, we will then head to the East Kent coast to capture sunset and/or sunrise by the sea. There will also be time to explore seaside towns like Margate, Broadstairs or Ramsgate or nature reserves like Sandwich & Pegwell Bay. Accommodation will be at Ramsgate’s Seafront Travelodge at a cost of £99.99 (updated advertised price) for one night. If you would like to attend, please contact Charlotte and she will send payment details. Saturday 18 June – Broadstairs Dickens Festival A Victorian-themed festival celebrating the relationship between Charles Dickens and the town of Broadstairs, with plenty of people dressed up and ready for photos! We will car-share for this event so please let Charlotte know if you are willing to drive or if you need a lift. More information on the event can be found here. Saturday 9 July – Kent County Show Tickets are £19.50 and can be booked via this link. Please book for Saturday 9 July if you want to attend with other members. Please email Charlotte (secretary@bromleycameraclub.org.uk) if you would like to attend any of the above outings. UPCOMING MEETINGS Thursday 14 April – Mono Print Competition round 3 Judge: Chery Larcombe It is also hand-in for the Kerri and Steinberger Cup Thursday 21 April – Kerri and Steinberger Cup Competitions PDIs and prints from club outings. The full list of eligible outings can be found here. Judge: Pat Couder CPAGB BPE1* QPSA Saturday 23 April – SLF Battle of the Prints, Sanderstead Church Thursday 28 April – ‘That’s not a landscape photograph’ By Huw Alban For future meetings, please see the programme. |