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At the AGM at the end of the 2010/11 season, it was agreed to suspend competition rules for the 2011/12 season.
(a) The whole print or slide or digital image must be from an image or images exposed by the entrant.
(b) Prints and projected images may be produced using either chemical of digital processing or capture or any combination of these.
(c) No image in whatever format/mode may be entered more than once in a season and in no more than two seasons.
(d) Maximum entry per member per competition shall be three projected images or three prints.
(a) They must show, on the reverse side, the title and no other identification.
(b) They must be mounted.
(c) They and their mounts must not exceed 20 inches by 16 Inches (50 x 40 cm).
(d) They may be home or trade processed.
(a) They must be in mounts not greater than 2.5mm thick.
(b) They must show the title on the format and be spotted in the bottom left-hand corner and show no other identification.
(a) must be 72 DPI in resolution.
(b) must be sized to 1024x768 pixels maximum for landscape format.
(b) must be sized to 768 pixels maximum height for portrait format.
In general, there will be awards for up to three 'Commended' entries, three 'Highly Commended' and one each for 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st places. Each award will receive a certificate. See individual competitions for the award of trophies.
(a) There will be three leagues held each season, one each for Projected Images, Colour prints and Monochrome Prints. Entries can be made in any number of league competitions.
(b) Each league will consist of four competitions: two open subject competitions, one set subject competition and one 'set of three' competition (see B4).
(c) In all competitions points will be allocated as follows:
Each entry is given 1 point.
In addition the following points are given:
Commended - 1; Highly Commended - 2; 4th place - 3; 3rd place - 4; 2nd place - 5; 1st place - 6
(d) Trophies will be awarded for the highest points aggregate in a season as follows:
Slide League: The RE Thomas Challenge Cup
Colour Print League : The Presidents Cup
Monochrome Print League: The Arthur Spencer Rose Bowl
(a) The winner of the 1st Open Projected Image Open Slide competition will be awarded the Alnwick Club Award
(b) The winner of the 1st Open Colour Print competition will be awarded the Northumerland Gazette Trophy
(c) The winner of the 1st Open Monochrome Print competition will be awarded the Housby Award
(d) The winner of the 2nd Open Slide competition will be awarded the Centenary Cup
(e) The winner of the 2nd Open Colour Print competition will be awarded R Huggins Shield
(f) The winner of the 2nd Open Mono Print competition will be awarded the Joe Miller Cup
(g) The winner of the Set Subject Projected Image competition will be awarded the Northumberland Plate (see B5)
(h) The winner of the Set Subject Colour Print competition will be awarded the Breamish Trophy
(i) The winner of the Set Subject Mono Print competition will be awarded the Aln Trophy
The Progress Award will be judged by a panel of three club Members not eligible to enter, to be selected by the Committee. An elligible member is someone who, at the time of entry to the award, has not been placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a full competition and has not previously won the Progress Award. Entries may be made in either prints or slides of both. In the event of there being fewer than two entrants the Committee will make the award to an eligible Club Member.
The winner wll be awarded The Alastair Cochrane Progress Award.
In general: Each competitor may submit one entry of three images, which must have a common theme. These images shall be judged as a set. All images should be new in the sense of not having been entered for competition before. The only exception to this is when such images may be requested for entry into Interclub competitions.
Set of Three competitions are part of the leagues (see B1).
(a) The Nellie Bache Award is given for a set of three related projected images, each of which must be individually titled. These slides must have been taken during the preceding 12 months.
(b) The HJ Davidson Tankard is given for three related colour prints which must be individually titled and may be on one mount or on three separate mounts.
(c) The Tony Evans Trophy is given for three related monochrome prints which must be individually titled and may be on one mount or on three separate mounts.
The Northumberland Plate is given for the set subject projected image competition. Each image must be related to Northumberland. The subject will rotate through 'Open', 'Landscape', 'People', 'Architecture or Record' and 'The Natural World' starting with 'Open' in the 1999-2000 season.
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