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Cape Camera May-June 2025

News from the Council

This month, there’s so much But most importantly, we can be
for us to be proud of as CTPS proud of the 29 CTPS mem-
members. Five of our mem- bers who diligently entered
bers have earned PSSA and salons, helping to build our
FIAP honours, and our sa- club’s total of 1 056 salon
lon participants earned points so far this year. Every
over 250 points across the acceptance counts.
four salons with results pub- July will be a watershed
lished in June. month for CTPS — not just
To top it all, CTPS is now the because it marks the start of our
South African club with the fifth- new competition year. For the first
highest number of salon points time in our 135-year history, we’ll adopt the 15-point
earned by our members during the current Impala scoring system as well as a new 15-rank advancement
year—and the frontrunner in the Western Cape! system. After Wednesday’s competition, where the new
Earning PSSA Honours is no small achievement. For ex- system will be introduced, please feel free to contact me
ample, Simon Mouton is one of only four PSSA mem- with any questions or suggestions for improvement.
bers whose panel was accepted for a Mono LPSSA in the Jacoba van Zyl and Lesley Parolis have been working
June judging session. Dave Gordon and Ana Kaplan are hard behind the scenes to prepare for this transition.
among the twelve successful APSSA recipients for their You can read Jacoba’s explanation from page 4 on how
Colour panels. members were allocated to their new advancement
To earn DPSSA Colour, Richard Goldschmidt needed to rankings — especially some of the new Master mem-
secure 125 salon acceptances in colour categories. Karyn bers, who had been entering salons and competitions
Parisi is one of just three PSSA members to be awarded while members of other clubs.
the EFIAP distinction this year for international salon ac- This issue of Cape Camera heralds a new bi-monthly
ceptances. publishing cycle. In the future, we’ll share time-sensitive
Congratulations to these members, whose beautiful im- items, like information about E&D meetings or outings,
ages you can enjoy from page 7! in our weekly Snapshot newsletters. Please make sure
In the most recent four PSSA salons, CTPS members you’re receiving this CTPS newsletter, emailed to you
every Tuesday, as it contains valuable information, such
earned 26 COMs and four medals. You can view these as links to attend meetings via Zoom.
award-winning images from page 12. Lesley Parolis is
leading the pack with 51 acceptances, 15 COMs, and 2 Enjoy reading this magazine!
medals earned in salons since January this year. She is Nicol du Toit
currently ranked #38 out of more than a thousand par- CTPS President
ticipants in the Impala Competition. nicol@sportstrader.co.za
Please contact CTPS on info@ctps.co.za and visit the website www.ctps.co.za .
Contact CTPS Council

President Nicol du Toit 082 377 8285 Website Andre Mouton 071 892 1981
Vice-President Lesley Parolis 082 780 6925 Storage/Venue Rudi Pothas 082 516 9215
Secretary Brian Jones 084 219 4024 Cape Camera Trudi du Toit 082 572 6127
Treasurer Simon Mouton 082 444 4074 Snapshot Andre Mouton 071 892 1981
Competitions Lesley Parolis 082 780 6925 Public Relations Trudi du Toit 082 572 6127
E & D Sally-Ann Spooner 079 274 2073
Off-Council workers

Cape Camera Editorial team Weekend outings Richard Goldschmidt

Editor & layout Trudi du Toit Member promotions Jacoba van Zyl
Proofreader Lesley Parolis Member relations Joyce & Richard Goldschmidt
Competition images Lesley Parolis Body of Work Kim Stevens
Judges comments Anna Engelhardt Facebook (members) Kim Stevens & Steff Hughes
Joyce Goldschmidt & Lesley
Author comments Dave Gordon Facebook (public) Parolis
Snapshot Andre Mouton Investments Richard Goldschmidt
Travelogues Brian Jones AV Group Ken Woods
Events Photographer Joyce Goldschmidt Awards Marius Stockenström

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