A good turnout of members enjoyed a presentation of fine photographs from the past year, from classic underground shots to humorous snaps. Isn’t it amazing what you can get with a mobile phone these days!
Last year’s Giles Barker Award winner, Alice Shackley, judged the individual categories, while the members present voted for the overall Giles Barker Award winner.
Giles Barker Award – Bill Nix, Ret Dung Khur, Meghalaya
UK Underground – Rob Franklin, Alum Pot
Abroad Underground – Bill Nix, The Barren Lands, Meghalaya
UK Above Ground – Sam Lieberman, Sun-Star-Skye
Abroad Above Ground – Gwenllian Tawy, Kalymnos sunset
Pocket Camera – Emma Key, Pollnagollum Coolarkin Waterfall
Humorous – Dinny Davies, “This Is Not Going in the F*$#ing Newsheet”
Below are all the 1st, 2nd, 3rd placed pics from the competition:
Giles Barker Award - Members' Vote |
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Giles Barker Award - Ret Dung Khur - Bill Nix |
2nd - Devis Hole Mine - Bill Nix |
3rd - Alum Pot - Rob Franklin |
UK Underground |
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1st - Alum Pot - Rob Franklin |
2nd - Devis Hole Mine - Bill Nix |
3rd - Ray Duffy, Razor Passage - Sam Lieberman |
UK Above Ground |
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1st - Sun, Star, Skye - Sam Lieberman |
2nd - Loch Fyne - Bill Nix |
3rd - An Rhuad-stac - Gwenllian Tawy |
Abroad Underground |
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1st - The Barren Lands, Krem Pynnah Um Sngad - Bill Nix |
2nd - Ret Dung Khur - Bill Nix |
3rd - Grotte de Millandre, Switzerland - Bill Nix |
Abroad Over Ground |
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1st - Spring sunset in Kalymnos - Gwenllian Tawy |
2nd - Tropical Sunset - Andy Hall |
3rd - Plitvicka Jezera - Sandra Beattie |
Pocket Camera |
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1st - Pollnagollum, Coolarkin Waterfall - Emma Key |
2nd - Croatian Cave Life - Johnny Baker |
3rd - Colin Jones in Wretched Rabbit Entrance - Sam Lieberman |
Humorous |
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1st - "This is not going in the F*$*#ing Newsheet..." - Dinny Davies |
2nd - Dalek needs a Risk Assessment - Andy Hall |
3rd - Moo! - Sam Lieberman |
Honourable Mentions |
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Marble Showers, OFD - Bill Nix |
Butterfly & Teasle - Sam Lieberman |
Modro Jezero - Johnny Baker |
Honourable Mentions continued |
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Wilf Taylor's - Bill Nix |
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