March’s family pets competition saw club members scoring lots of images of cats and dogs, along with some more unusual pets such as horses and lizards.

Martin Satur’s soulful image of a dog came second.

Third place went to Neil Frith’s dog who’s had enough!

Our first print competition of the year saw many strong entries from club members.

First place went to Martin Satur’s photo of tools and a blueprint.

Dave Jones’ tool that’s critical for the club came second.

A shot of a writer’s desk by Ian Smith took third place.

Our first print competition of the year saw many strong entries from club members.

First place went to Nick Wheat’s photo of a very important tool.

Dave Jones’ playful brushes came second.

A shot of Martin Satur’s plane, saw and other tools came in third place.

As always, January saw the AGW Open projected image competition.

First place went to Darren Worthy’s abstract image of water droplets on some form of webbing.

Dave Jones’ image of a natural dew lens took second place.

Third place went to Neil Frith’s inquisitive lizard.

Thank you to Ian Pinn of Nottingham and Notts Photographic Society who visited us in mid-December to judge our annual Print of the Year competition.

First place went to ‘Underneath the Arches’ by Dave Jones.

‘Misty Woodland’ by Ian Clay came 2nd.

David Barnett took 3rd place with ‘Light Bulb Moment’.

‘Fire and Ice’ by David Barnett, ‘Sharing an Ice Cream’ by Ian Clay and ‘Preserved in Glass’ by Martin Satur were all Highly Commended.

Darren Worthy’s ‘P.I.’, Dave Jones’ ‘Cold Comfort’ and Ian Clay’s ‘Blue Sky Thoery’ were all Commended.

Thank you to Phil Newman, of Bolsover Camera Club who visited us in early December to judge our Projected Image of the Year competition.

First place went to ‘Vertigo’ by Dane Jones.

‘Misty Morning’ by Mandy Hodgson came 2nd.

David Barnett took 3rd place with ‘Masonry Bee at Rest’.

‘I Used to be Famous’ by Dave Jones, ‘Jellyfish Rising’ by Darren Worthy and ‘Hanging On’ by Ian Clay were all Highly Commended.

Dave Jones’ ‘Smoke on the Water’ and Don Jacklin’s ‘Stourhead Picnic’ were both Commended.

Our annual Earthscapes competition took place in November. As always, we had some wonderful entries, ranging from rural to urban landscapes with seascapes featured as well.

First place went to Dave Jones’s image of the ‘plughole’ at Derwent reservoir.

Ian Clay’s atmospheric shot of a woodland path took second.

It was a good month for Dave Jones, with his long exposure jetty image taking third place. 

As always our members delivered some very strong images for our annual Images of People competition.

First place went to Martin Satur’s photograph of his grandchild.

Don Jacklin’s emotive image came second.

There was a tie for third place, with images by Neil Frith, Darren Worthy, Dave Jones, Ian Clay and Alyson Evans all scoring the same!

As always our members delivered some very strong images for our annual Images of People competition.

First place went to Dave Jones’ image of someone he photographed on a club trip to Sheffield.

Ian Clay’s photograph of a man (and a bear!) enjoying an ice cream came second.

A shot of someone returning by boat from a dirty job by Martin Satur came in third.

September saw a fantastic selection of images of plants and animals submitted by members for the Fauna and Flora projected image competition.

First place went to David Barnett’s bee.

It was a good month for Martin Satur with his spider image taking second place.

Third place went to Martin’s dragonfly photograph.