Photo Competition Winners 2024

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
Giles Barker Award - Ret Dung Khur - Bill Nix 2nd - Devis Hole Mine - Bill Nix 3rd - Alum Pot - Rob Franklin
UK Underground
1st - Alum Pot - Rob Franklin 2nd - Devis Hole Mine - Bill Nix 3rd - Ray Duffy, Razor Passage - Sam Lieberman
UK Above Ground
1st - Sun, Star, Skye - Sam Lieberman 2nd - Loch Fyne - Bill Nix 3rd - An Rhuad-stac - Gwenllian Tawy
Abroad Underground
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
1st - Spring sunset in Kalymnos - Gwenllian Tawy 2nd - Tropical Sunset - Andy Hall 3rd - Plitvicka Jezera - Sandra Beattie
Pocket Camera
1st - Pollnagollum, Coolarkin Waterfall - Emma Key 2nd - Croatian Cave Life - Johnny Baker 3rd - Colin Jones in Wretched Rabbit Entrance - Sam Lieberman
Humorous
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
Marble Showers, OFD - Bill Nix Butterfly & Teasle - Sam Lieberman Modro Jezero - Johnny Baker
Honourable Mentions continued
Wilf Taylor's - Bill Nix