Results – Jim Cottrill Trophy

2023-2024

The competition for the Jim Cottrill Trophy in the genre “Documentary Photography” was held on Tuesday 5 December 2023.   Entries were judged by David Hughes ARPS DPAGB BPE3*

Winner:   “A little argy-bargy off the ball” by Justin Cliffe ARPS
2nd:   “Poles Apart” by Keith Newton LRPS
3rd:   “On Vauxhall Bridge” by David Smith

Highly Commended:

“Remembering” by Justin Cliffe ARPS
“Down & Out..” by Justin Cliffe ARPS
“The gig economy” by David Smith


2022-2023

The competition for the Jim Cottrill Trophy in the genre “Documentary Photography” was held on Tuesday 6 December 2022.   Entries were judged by Ian Brash CPAGB BPE2.

Winner:   “The two faces of poverty, Sri Lanka”  by Justin Cliffe ARPS
2nd:   “Murano Glass Blower” by Keith Newton LRPS
3rd:   “The Lone Dissenter” by Justin Cliffe ARPS

Highly Commended:

“Floral Tributes” by Cath Ind
“Finding a Cure” by Brendan McIlhargey
“Battling the Pandemic” by Brendan McIlhargey


2021-2022

The competition for the Jim Cottrill Trophy in the genre “Landscapes” was held on Tuesday 7 December 2021.   Entries were judged by Paul Graber ARPS

Winner:   “The Old Mill at Borrowdale”  by Justin Cliffe
2nd:   “Solent Light” Stephen Eberhardt
3rd:   “Morning Light over Abbot’s Bay” by Justin Cliffe

Highly Commended:

“Rays of Blessing” by Thinesh Thirugnanasampanthar
“The City and the Shard” by David Smith
“Beautiful Sunrise – Jurassic Coast” by Thinesh Thirugnanasampanthar


2020-2021

The competition for the Jim Cottrill Trophy in the genre “Book Titles” was held on Tuesday 1st December 2020.   Entries were judged by Graeme Wales LRPS CPAGB.

Winner   “River King, by Martin Bradley (2016)”  Thinesh Thirugnanasampanthar
2nd        “On the Beach, by Nevil Shute (1957)”   Justin Cliffe
3rd        “The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (2008)”   Dave Lally

Highly Commended

“Northern Lights, by Philip Pullman (1995)”  Keith Greig
“Last Chance to See… , by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine (1990)”  Diana Uzun CPAGB
“Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll (1871)”  Andrew Turner


2019-2020

The competition for the Jim Cottrill Trophy in the genre “Experimental Photography” was held on Tuesday 3rd December 2019.   Entries were critiqued by Justin Cliffe ARPS and Richard Sheldrake, and members voted for the winners.

Winner   “Two Minutes”   Diana Uzun
2nd         “Climate Change – Should I Be Worried”   Andrew Turner
3rd         “Fanfare”   Chris Tank


2018-2019

The competition for the Jim Cottrill Trophy in the genre “Nature” was held on Tuesday 20th November 2018.   Entries were critiqued by David Smith LRPS CPAGB and members voted for the winners.

Winner   “Giant House Spider”   Dave Lally
2nd         “Common Tern Feeding Juvenile”   Tony Charters
3rd joint   “American Bison” Anthony Wiltshire and “Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)” Rob Bonfield

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2017-2018

The competition for the Jim Cottrill Trophy in the genre “Street Photography” was held on Tuesday 21st November 2017.   Entries were critiqued by Tony Charters and members voted for the winners.

Winner   “Three Little Maids from School”   David Smith
2nd         “Desperate Times”   David Smith
3rd          “You Want What?”   David Williams