On Sunday 15th February, 23 clubs took part in the PDI Championship at Fulbourn near Cambridge. Each club showed 15 images in Round One, aiming for a place in Round Two. The top scoring 10 clubs progressed to Round Two, showing us a further 10 images with all 25 images counting towards the final positions.
The final results were:
Winning club gaining the EAF Trophy – Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO)
Runner up club gaining the Eric Saul Memorial Trophy – Beyond Group
Third placed club receiving a certificate – Colchester PS
Fourth placed club receiving a certificate - Cambridge CC
The EAF representatives at the PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championship to be held in Warwick in July will be Beyond Group who have already qualified by reaching the final last year, along with PICO, Colchester PS and Cambridge. It is a good event, and our representatives would welcome some support. Tickets need to be bought in advance through the PAGB website.
The judges selected the following images as their personal choices and their joint choice as the best image in the Championship:
Best PDI of the Championship: “Fighting Fieldfares” by Robert Macdonald of Colchester Photographic Society
Personal selection of Sadie Cox DPAGB ARPS EFIAP/b: "Young Polar Bear" by Bob Johnson of North Norfolk Photographic Society
Personal selection of Chris Palmer FRPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB: "White-Tailed Eagle Disagreement" by Paul Smith of Beyond Group
Personal selection of Steve Proctor MPAGB BPE5* PPSA: "Powerful Dismount" by Andy Gutteridge of Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO)
The Scoresheet is available on the
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The Award Winning images can be viewed HERE
The EAF Audio-Visual Trophy/Championship took place on Sunday 5th October 2025 at Foxton Village Hall
Judges: Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB AV-FIAP APAGB and Clive Tanner FRPS MPAGB FIPF AWPF APAGBs
Click HERE for the PDF Results Document
Here are details of the award winners
1st Place: PAGB Gold Medal and EAF AV Trophy
Philip Smithies: "The Rise and Fall of Baroque"
2nd Place: PAGB Silver Medal
Alison Jenkins: "Disused Shredded Wheat Factory"
3rd Place: PAGB Bronze Medal
Sheila Haycox: "Winters Magic"
Best Photography: PAGB Ribbon
Lesley Burnand: "It's Owl or Nothing"
Best Sound: PAGB Ribbon
Paul Shilliam: "Born Free"
Best Dissolve: PAGB Ribbon
Brian Harvey: "There Must Be a Future"
Best Creative: PAGB Ribbon
Pauline Irvine: "Trauma"
Vic Hainsworth Award: PAGB Ribbon
Christopher Ward: "The Art of Movement"
Popular Vote: PAGB Ribbon
Brian Harvey: "Without You"
Highly Commended
Ken Ash: "St John's Duxford"
Paul Adams: "Late Turner"
Mike Reed: "A Taste of Russia"
Brian Harvey: "Without You"
James Verona: "A Venice Trip"
Jack Taylor: "Where have all the Flowers Gone?"