PAGB Inter-Federation Competitions

This year the PAGB Inter-Federation Competition Judging was open again to Prints only with three Sections being Judged Colour, Mono and Nature where up to 30 prints per section could be submitted by each Federation, with the top scoring 15 counting to the overall Federation placing. The SPF made up this year's entry by making a selection from prints entered into this year's SPF Print Championship, and we are very grateful to the Clubs and Individual Photographers who gave us their work to use from the Championship, together with those who gave us additional prints if our selected print wasn't available. We entered 30 Colour Prints, 29 Mono Prints and 28 Nature Prints.

The Judges for this event are Jane Lines (L&CPU), Mike Sharples (MCPF) and David Gibbins (NEMPF). The Judging took place on the 15th and 16th June 2024 at Smethwick Clubrooms. This year's results were as follows.

In the Mono print section SPF finished 4th with 184pts, and took two of the Individual awards with PAGB Ribbons going to Grasping Look by Eion Johnston, Edinburgh PS and You Looking at Me by Rod Wheelans, Dumfries CC, with a total of 5 Mono prints accepted into the Exhibition.

In the Colour print section SPF again finished 4th with 183pts. We had no Individual awards but a total of 4 Colour prints were accepted into the Exhibition.

In the Nature print sedction SPF finished in 8th equal place with 184 pts. This was an extremely high scoring section for the winning Federation L&CPU who had a final score of 213 pts, an average of 14.2 per print! We had no Individual awards in this section but had 4 of our Nature prints accepted into the Exhibition.

You can find all of the Individual Results for our Scottish authors below, together with the final placings of all of the PAGB Federations. An online catalogue is now available to view (click here). You can view all of the Individual Award Winners from the 15 Federations (click here)

Prints not accepted for this year's Exhibition will be available for the SPF Portfolio Judging where required, and will be returned with Club's portfolio prints via the Sept SPF Executive Meeting.

A gallery showing all of our SPF 2024 Entry is available to view (click here)

This year the PAGB Inter-Federation Competition Judging was open again to Prints only with Three Sections being Judged Colour, Mono and Nature where up to 30 prints per section could be submitted by each Federation, with the top scoring 15 counting to the overall Federation placing.

The SPF made up this year's entry largely from the delayed SPF Print Championship, and we are very grateful for the Clubs and Individual Photographers who gave us their permission to use work from the 2023 Championship, together with additional prints submitted for possible selection.

The Judges were Jenny Hibbert (WPF), Roger Parry (MCPF) and Nick Hilton (L&CPU). The Judging was hosted by the L&CPU as a closed event in early June.

A total of 1150 prints were entered by the PAGB Federations, so it was quite an achievement to gain an acceptance in the Exhibition. The full results are now available below which saw SPF finish 5th in the Colour Print Section, 9th in the Nature Print Section and an excellent 2nd in the Mono Print Section, with the following prints in each section being accepted into the Exhibition -

• In the Mono Print Section - We had 7 Acceptances by Michele Campbell, Ayr PS; Alistair Cox and Libby Smith Carluke CC; David Moyes, Dumfries CC; David Reid and Eion Johnston, Edinburgh PS; Stan Farrow, St Andrews PS.
• In the Colour Print Section - We had 5 Acceptances by Alistair Cox and Gaille Gray, Carluke CC; Maybeth Jamieson, Dumfries CC; Wanda Mackie, Kikrcaldy PS; Kenny Gordon, Eastwood PS.
• In the Nature Print Section - We had 3 Acceptances by Alistair Swan, Ayr PS; Ian Mitchell, Bon Accord CC; Richard Bennett, PCPC.

Congratulations go to those authors, and also to the following Individual Award winners from the SPF -

• In the Mono Print Section - A Judge's Award went to Eion Johnston, Edinburgh PS for 'Consoling Touch'; a PAGB Ribbon went to David Reid, Edinburgh PS for 'Only Pride was Hurt'; a Certificate went to Alistair Cox, Carluke CC for 'Scarlot's Leap'. 
• In the Colour Print Section - A PAGB Ribbon went to Maybeth Jamieson, Dumfries for 'Round Up'; a PAGB Ribbon also went to Kenny Gordon, Eastwood PS for 'Stranded'.
• In the Nature Print Section - A PAGB Ribbon went to Richard Bennett, PCPC for 'Arctic Fox in Blizzard'.

The full entry details as submitted by the SPF in each section is available below in the downloads area. These give individual Scores, and if they have made it in to the Exhibition, as any Awards received.

A gallery of all SPF Prints used is now available to view (click here)

The overall results showing all of the PAGB Inter-Federation results and all of the Individual Award winner's details can be downloaded below, and you can also view all of the award winning images on the PAGB website (click here)  

A paper copy of the PAGB Inter-Federation Catalogue will be supplied to all SPF entrants once we receive copies from the PAGB. An electronic copy is now available to view (click here)

This year the PAGB Inter-Federation Competition Judging was shown 'live' via Zoom as only Digital Sections were being Judged due to the current Covid situation. Two Sections were Judged OPEN and NATURE where 30 images per section had been submitted by each Federation.

SPF Executive Members, SPF Club Secretaries and Competition Secretaries and those with entries selected by the SPF were able to attend the Judging on the 6th June and a number did from the SPF. The Judges were David Gibbins NEMPF, Rod Wheelans SPF and Christine Widdall L&CPU.

The full results are now available below which saw SPF finish 8th in the Open Section and an excellent 2nd in the Nature Section, with a number of images in each section being accepted into the Exhibition. Congratulations goes to those authors, and also to the two Individual Award winners from the SPF both receiving PAGB Ribbons.

In the Open Section - Stan Farrow from St Andrews PS for 'Lockdown' and in the Nature Section - Stephanie Wilkie from Dundee PS for Sanderling in the Bubbles. Their winning images are shown above.

The entries submitted by the SPF in each section is listed below together with their individual Scores, and if they have made it in to the Exhibition, is also indicated.

These images have been chosen from our SPF Digital Championship 2020 and SPF Annual Portfolios 2020. We thank both Clubs and Individuals for their entries without which we'd be unable to enter this event.

A gallery of all SPF Images used is now available to view (click here)

The overall results showing all of the Federation's results and all of the Individual Award winner's details can be downloaded below, and you can also view all of the award winning images on the PAGB website (click here) . A PAGB recorded lecture download is now available for Clubs to obtain from the PAGB website Recorded Lecture Area for a small fee.

A copy of the PAGB Inter-Federation Catalogue 2021 is available from within the PAGB CMS website login and visit the Competitions dropdown.

The PAGB Inter-Federation Competitions were organised and hosted by the Midland Couties PF at the beginning of June. The Judges were David Gibbins NEMPF, Eddy Lane WCPF and Judith Parry MCPF

The SPF's final placings in each of the four 2019 competitions can be seen below. The full results list of Federation's placings and Individual Awards can be downloaded below. 

In the Open Monochrome Print Category we finished 5th= our best result this year; and in the Open Colour Print Category we were 9th=, the same as last year. For the Open Projected Image Category we were 13th= andin the Nature Projected Image Category where we were 7th=.

We had one Individual Award this year; A PAGB Silver Medal was awarded to Jackdaws by Sandra McNeill from Dumfries CC.

All of this year's Award winners from the PAGB Federations can be viewed on the PAGB website galleries (click here) .

Some of this year's Scottish Exhibition Acceptances are shown above and below. For details on all of the Scottish Acceptances please see the Individual Results below or have a look at the Exhibition colour PAGB Catalogue available to view here (click here) 

The PAGB Inter-Federation Competitions were organised and hosted by the Kent County PA at the beginning of June. The Judges were Clive Tanner (KCPA), Roger Hance (EAF) and Rod Wheelans (SPF)

The SPF's final placings in each of the four 2018 competitions can be seen below. The full list of Federation placings can be downloaded below. 

In the Open Monochrome Print Category we finished 5th; and in the Open Colour Print Category we were 9th. For the Open Projected Image Category we were 5th=, our best result coming in the Nature Projected Image Category where we were 3rd=.

All of this year's Award winners from the PAGB Federations can be viewed on the PAGB website galleries (click here) .

A copy of the colour PAGB Catalogue is available to download (click here) for a copy (NB - very large file) or you can view some of the Award Winners in the PAGB e-news issue (click here)

Scottish Photographers gained four Individual Awards;

In the Mono Print competition Hunter Kennedy (Carluke CC) won a PAGB Ribbon for 'In Winter Fog' and Anne Greiner (Dumfries CC) won a PAGB Ribbon for 'Companionship'

In the Colour Projected Image competition Ken Lindsay (Eastwood PS) won a PAGB Gold Medal for the Best Overall PDI with 'The Bond' and Alexandra McOrist (Edinburgh PS) won a PAGB Ribbon for 'Unseen'

The Individual scores and details of all of this year's Scottish entries are available to download below. Please Note - Any entries shown with a score of zero, are entries having been entered incorrectly in error by the SPF due to no fault of the author.

A copy of the 2018 PAGB Inter-Federation Exhibition shows will be available to book from the SPF Recorded Lecture Booking Secretary in due course. The SPF Recorded Lecture Booking Secretary also has previous years available. For details of how you can book a copy from the SPF Recorded Lecture Booking Secretary please (Click here).

Any member of an SPF club can put forward entries to the SPF for consideration as part of their next entry.

The SPF's selections are organised by John McVie. 

SPF members and clubs cannot submit directly to the PAGB for this event. 

A list of each of the individual entries used to make up the SPF's entry, along with the individual scores for all four Sections are available below. Please see the results section above for more details and gallery links for this year's competitions.

The SPF win PAGB Inter-Fed Nature PDI Competition and share 1st Place in the PAGB Inter-Fed Colour Print Competition.

The following downloads show the SPF's results for the four Competitions in 2016. This event was hosted by Northern Ireland PA and judged in June. Entries were taken from work submitted by Clubs for the SPF PDI Championship and SPF Portfolio Competitions and from work given for selection by individual authors. 

The best are selected from all of the entries, and accepted in to the travelling Exhibition. All of the accepted photos are then Exhibitied at various venues throughout the UK, and shown in the PAGB Inter-Fed Catalogue. See the Individual Results section below for all of the SPF author's results.

The prints submitted as part of the SPF's entry in to the PAGB Inter-Fed Colour Print Competitions formed the joint competition winning entry in this year's competition (top 10 scores count) making us joint winners of the Stirling Trophy 2016. 

The nature images submitted as part of the SPF's entry in this year's competition (top 10 scores count) were to win the PAGB Inter-Fed Nature PDI Competition for which we receive the OnOne Software Trophy 2016. Mick Durham also won the PAGB Gold Medal for Best Overall Image in the Nature competition with Predator and Prey.

Over the four competitions, several other Scottish authors were successful in gaining Individual Awards in this year's PAGB Inter-Federation Competitions. You can see a selection of the 2016 winning images here, or view all of the Award Winning and Accepted entries in the Galleries section of this website - For Colour and Mono Print Gallery (click here) and for Nature and Open Digital Gallery (click here) 

A copy of the 2016 PAGB Inter-Federation Exhibition shows is available to book from the SPF Recorded Lecture Booking Secretary. The SPF Recorded Lecture Booking Secretary also has previous years available. For details of how you can book a copy from the SPF Recorded Lecture Booking Secretary please (Click here).

A list of each of the individual entries used to make up the SPF's entry, along with the individual scores for all four Sections are available below. Please see the results section above for more details and gallery links for this year's competitions.