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Barry Muggeridge, our competition secretary and lecture organiser, received a certificate and well-earned recognition for his voluntary services to the Spelthorne community at a presentation evening at Royal Holloway College on 29 May. Over the last 10 years in particular, Barry’s input and hard work has made a very positive contribution to the success of Ashford Camera Club, Ashford Horticultural Society, Ashford Pride and Ashford on the Map.
 Clearing up  Presenting the cups  Many prizes in the raffle  Members and guests enjoy the meal The annual awards evening was held in St Matthew’s church hall on Tuesday 23 January 2018. Trophies and certificates were presented to the winners of the 2017 competitions. The evening was well attended and as usual Nick Ramundi provided the delicious Italian food.
Once again Ashford Camera Club held its annual exhibition in St Matthew’s Church hall. It was good to see so many high quality images from the members and a large number of appreciative visitors. (pictures by Pete Robins and Richard Stevens)
 Anniversary cake
Cake and cups
Once again the club held its annual awards evening in St Matthew’s Hall with catering supplied by local delicatessen owner Nick Ramundi. This year is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the club by Geoff Gould in 1957 and was marked by a cake in the shape of a box camera that was common in that era. A full list of the cup and trophy winners for the 2015 competitions is to be found elsewhere on this website along with a history of the club.
Our first meeting of the New Year on 3 January was well attended and members showed one another a selection of their digital images. Some members still use colour film and we continued with the annual colour slide competition. The top image is “Clock tower, Ashford” by Richard Stevens. Richard won the nature category with “Autumn foliage, Runnymede” (2nd from top) recorded on Agfa CT 100 precisa film. Mohammad Kalim won the portrait and general categories with “Keep calm, don’t panic” and “City walkway” (lower two images) using Kodak Elitechrome EBX 100.
This year the club held its annual exhibition on Saturday 22 October in St Matthew’s Church in Ashford. The Church made a very attractive setting for the 130 prints displayed and the convenient location on the main street attracted passers-by.
After a period of cold weather, the hot sunshine on Sunday 5 June brought the crowds out and once again Ashford-on-the-Map entertained several thousand visitors. Visitors to our stand were able to see work by club members and chat about the club’s activities.
Congratulations to ACC member David Weightman who entered the SPA Biennial Competition and Exhibition 2016 and achieved a Judges Award in the Nature Category PDI. David’s image of a black-faced langur mother and baby, shown here, was exhibited at the SPA exhibition at the Guildford House Gallery during March and the medal was presented to David at the SPA dinner and awards evening in Reigate on 1 April. The competition is open to around 60 photographic clubs in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex.
The club held its annual awards evening on 26 January 2016. The picture shows retiring chairman Tom Cosens presenting Dianne Lewis with awards for her outstanding progress in the intermediate class. The full list of winners is available on our pages “Competitions and awards – Winners and trophies”. As usual, Nic Ramundi provided the excellent Italian food. |
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