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Awards from p7 David Barnes was the
winner in the Open
• Joyce Goldscmidt was promot- Colour category of the
ed to Advanced seven months Annual Competition
of the competition year. with the image 'Dream-
• Simon Mouton also spent seven ing of a White wedding'
months as an Advanced worker. (below right). His image
• Johan Walden was ranked Be- 'Thunderously wet and
cold' was the runner-up
ginner because he spent seven in the Photojournalism
months in the category. category and 'Gigolo on
• Ruth Scholtz was categorised as the prowl' was placed
Intermediate, where she com- third in the Portraits
peted seven months of the year. category.
• Tony Edmunds was ranked Be- These earned him over-
ginner, where he spent seven all third place in the
months. Annual Competition.
• Melanie Black was ranked Be- He was also the winner
ginner, where she spent nine of the Open category
months. of the Salon/Master
ranking and earned the
• Lindsay Antonio was ranked In- third most points in Set
termediate, where he entered Subjects in the monthly
for eleven months. points competition.
• Rainer Clauss spent nine months
as a Beginner before he was pro-
moted to Intermediate.
Annual Competition
CTPS members were invited to en-
ter two of their best images in each
of the eight categories of the An-
nual Competition.
The winner in each category re-
ceived 3 points and a medal, 2nd
place received 2 points and 3rd
place 3 points. Kim Stevens and
Francois Retief were joint winners
with 8 points each, with David
Barnes in 3rd place on 6 points. Anna Engelhardt's image 'The woodcutter
External judges, who are experts was the winner of the Portraits category of
in their field, were invited to judge the Annual Competition.
the categories. Anna also received a certificate for earning
DPSSA Honours with 125 salon acceptances.
Tony Bramley FRPS, a prestigious
and decorated photographer from Wildlife and Macro. Kim Stevens was runner-up in the Im-
the UK judged the Open Colour pala Trophy Print competition and the
and Monochrome categories. Eugene van der Merwe, a senior lec- Top Achiever from CTPS with salon ac-
turer at the Orms School of Photog-
Laetitia Kenny MPSSA, EPSSA raphy, judged the Photojournalism ceptance points. Her image, Offshore,
(Mille -Platinum), EFIAP, is one of category. entered in the PSSA monthly club
the top judges and photographers competition, was the runner-up in the
in the country. She judged Portraits PSSA Awards annual Senior club competition.
and Visual Art, both categories in Members who were unable to attend The Impala Trophy for AVs was won
which she excels. the Honours and Awards Dinner at the by CTPS members Joan and Clive
Paul Bruins, a Scapes expert from PSSA Parys Congress received awards. Rathband, who are based in the UK.
Knysna, judged this category. Website assistant Lesley Parolis ac- Ken Woods was the runner-up.
Yvette Jordaan APSSA is a versa- cepted the certificate CTPS received for Several members also received cer-
tile photographer who also leads winning the PSSA website competi- tificates for the PSSA Honours they
wildlife tours. She judged Nature & tion ... for the fourth year in a row! achieved.

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