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June 2023 Cape Camera

Close race for top salon club in WC

‘Namib Dune Sculptures’ earned a COM for Anna Engelhardt

CTPS members earned another 18 points in the Alberton Salon The Premier Club trophy is every year awarded to the PSSA club
for the club in the Premier Trophy club competition. This helps whose members earn the most points with salon acceptances
to keep us in the leading position in the Western Cape with sa- and awards. A certificate is awarded to the winning club in each
lon acceptance points – although Tafelberg is ahead of us with region, which CTPS won last year.
PDI points. Tafelberg is currently our strongest rival for the Western Cape
award and they are 39 points ahead of us with PDI points (478
Club Total PDI Print AV vs 439). But, the excellent performances of CTPS members in
Points prints (87 points vs 24 for Tafklub) and the fact that we are the
only Western Cape club with AV points (5) ensure that our total
CTPS 531 439 87 5 score is 29 points ahead of theirs. (See table on right).
Tafelberg 502 478 24 0
Swartland 265 251 14 0 Alberton salon
In the Alberton salon the Certificate of Merit (COM) awarded to
Paarl 265 265 0 0 Anna Engelhardt for Namib dune sculptures contributed 2 of
Tygerberg 249 241 8 0 the 5 points she earned. Dieter Butow’s 5 acceptances earned
5 points, Trudi du Toit got 4, and Neels Beyers and Nicol du Toit
Ignite 111 111 0 0
2 each.
Creative 110 110 0 0 Several other CTPS members did very well, but their points will
Hermanus 89 0 0 0 be added to the tally for the clubs they entered under (see ta-
ble). Theo Potgieter was awarded three COMs and got an ad-
Witzenberg 53 52 1 0 ditional four acceptances for a total of 10 points; Johan van Wyk
Durbanville 31 29 2 0 earned 5 points for 5 acceptances and Mariana Visser got 2 ac-
ceptances.
Fish Hoek 16 16 0 0

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