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October 2022 Cape Camera

CTPS AGM 2022

President’s report for the Annual General Meeting
for the period October 2021 to September 2022

In this period under review, what stands out for me, is the com- ensured that all our electronic and sound equipment worked
mitment of our Council members to CTPS. The measure with optimally. The Council decision to introduce hybrid meetings
which they give their time and expertise, sometimes under dif- and to continue with Zoom broadcasts was a challenge to im-
ficult personal circumstances, is truly remarkable. plement. We had to buy several pieces of electronic equipment
We ended 2021 on a high note with our awards function at the and after many hours of testing Lesley finally had it working
home of Richard and Joyce Goldschmidt – the perfect hosts. All perfectly.
who attended enjoyed the evening and celebrated the success Competitions and Judges
of members who did well in the year-end awards. The medal Monthly competitions
winners were:
Annual competition 71 members entered 1221 images in the monthly competi-
tions during the competition year that runs from 1 October to
Gold medal 30 September each year. Entries for the competitions the club
Overall winner – David Barnes enter are selected from this pool of images.
Silver medals PSSA annual interclub competition
Macro and close up – Jeanette du Toit • Overall – 11th
Scapes – Crighton Klassen • Junior – 21st
Art Photography – Catherine Bruce Wright • Senior – 5th
Photojournalism – David Barnes Western Cape Interclub
Portraiture – Lesley Parolis The Western Cape Interclub competition was hosted by Tyger-
berg Photographic Society this year and was held on the 12th
Nature incl wildlife – Evelyn Gibson of August and like the previous year, was a Zoom event. We pro-
Open colour – Paramasivam Saravanakumar duced the three top scoring images, but lost by 7 points (1614
Open monochrome – Dieter Bütow pts) to Tygerberg (1621 pts); in third place was Tafelberg (1583
Monthly competitions pts). The top scoring image in the competition was “Squacco
Feast” by Dave Gordon, Kim Stevens in second place with her
Silver medals – Open image “Spitzkuppen Arch Aglow” and Ken van Wyk in third
• Beginner – Andre Mouton and Sally-Ann Spooner place with his image “New arrival”. Dave Gordon also received a
• Intermediate – Jessica Nitschke judge’s choice award for his image.
• Advanced – Theo Potgieter The Western Cape Interclub will be hosted by Cape Town Photo-
• Salon/Master – David Barnes graphic Society next year.
Silver medals – Set subject Kirkcaldy club twinning competition.
• Beginner – Sally-Ann Spooner We had our first competition, a zoom event, with Kirkcaldy Pho-
• Intermediate – Eric Decloedt tographic Society, a Club in Fyfe, Scotland in October last year.
• Advanced – Dieter Bütow Each club entered 25 images of 25 members and images were
• Salon/Master – David Barnes scored out of 20. We won the competition with 429 points to
Andre Mouton received the President’s award from outgoing their 423.
president Richard Goldschmidt. We held the competition again this year on the 10th of October.
The following members achieved or retained their Master sta- Each club again entered 25 images and images were scored out
tus during the 2020 – 2021 competition year: Anna Engelhardt, of 30. The selection was made out of the highest scoring images
Crighton Klassen, Dave Gordon, David Barnes, Lambe Parolis, entered during the competition year. We won the competition
Jacoba van Zyl, Jeanette du Toit, Kim Stevens, Lesley Parolis, with 614 points to their 553. The highest scoring image was Pe-
Neels Beyers and Nicol du Toit. ter Turnbull’s image “It’s a heavy load”.
In April this year we returned to the hall for competition eve- Judges
nings. It was good seeing fellow members and friends again.
The attendance grew steadily and we now have a nice core This year we had very competent judges who made valuable
comments on our images and we learned a lot on how to im-
group of around 25 members who regularly attends meetings.
The number of prints entered has also steadily grown to 22 prove our images.
prints out of a total of 91 images entered in the most recent They were: Christiaan Kotze, GB Jordaan, Juan Venter, Peter
club competition. Brand, Peter Hardcastle, Charlotte Bellamy, Lynne Kruger-Haye,
The return to live meetings necessitated the move to SASNEV. Clare Appleyard, Niel Goslet, Melanie Cornelius, Phillip de
Council members and others assisted with the move, but a Lange, Eugene van der Merwe, Francois du Bois, Waldemar Bus-
siahn, Jane Bursey, Dave Gordon, Alida Heine, Coert Venter and
special mention must go to Mike de Villiers, Ken Woods, Marius
Stockenström and Lesley Parolis who handled the move and David Wilson.

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