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(left) Detlef Basel & Nicol du Toit (right) Nicol du Toit & Lesley Parolis

In his capacity as PSSA Regional Director, Nicol du Toit handed and regular Zoom manager for every meeting throughout the
over two special PSSA awards – one to Detlef Basel and the past two years, she is also regularly invited to judge at salons
other to Lesley Parolis. Detlef received a Lifetime Achievement throughout the country.
Award for his dedication and service to photography during the When it comes to giving credit to our price winning photogra-
past 54 years - first at the Pretoria Photographic Society and af- phers of the evening, it was David Barnes who could claim the
ter retiring to Cape Town in 2006 at CTPS. most awards. He received no fewer than nine certificates and
On both clubs he served multiple terms as president and has medals! Among them medals for winning the Salon/Master
been given honorary life membership. He also served some 26 Open and Set Subject Categories in the monthly competitions,
years on the PSSA board. (Read more about him in the March/ plus a gold medal as overall winner of the Annual Competition.
April 2019 edition of Cape Camera). Dieter Butow was another photographer who was frequently
Lesley, who has been on the CTPS council for the past ten years, called to the awards table. He received two medals as the Ad-
was awarded a PSSA Certificate of Appreciation. Countless peo- vanced Set Subject winner in the monthly competitions, as well
ple have benefited from her willingness to do work that ben- as the Monochrome winner in the Annual Competition. He also
efits not only our own photographic members but also those of received two further certificates for coming third in the Portrai-
the Western Cape and the rest of South Africa. ture and Macro categories.
For the last three years and together with Bennie Vivier, she Eric Decloedt was the winner of the Intermediate Set Subject
has handled the judging sessions for the annual Western Cape award in the monthly competitions. Jessica Nitschke won the
Interclub competition, ensuring its smooth running. In addi- Intermediate Open category and Theo Potgieter the Advanced
tion to her very demanding position as competition convener Open – all three were unable to attend the evening.

(left) David Barnes & Jacoba van Zyl (right) Dieter Butow & Jacoba van Zyl

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