The NRPS held its Annual Presentation Dinner last Thursday at The Old Down Inn, where the hospitality and service was outstanding.

Maxine and her staff ensured that we were well looked after, and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all twenty of the members and guests that attended.

Committee members met to set up the room earlier in the day, so that the photos entered for the annual awards were displayed to best effect. Jill Toman ensured that the certificates were prepared, the trophies were gleaming and suitably engraved with 2019 winners.

In the absence of Hon. President, Margot Witcombe, Chairperson, Jenny Short, presented the monthly competitions and Picture of the Year awards.

Geoff Noad kindly took photos of the winners of awards, with Suzanne, his

trusty assistant, stepping in when Geoff himself was named a winner, which was more than once!

Our monthly competitions: Colour prints saw first place going to Jill Toman, 62 points; second, Suzanne Ladd, 45 points; third, Bill Collett, 44 points.

Black and White Prints: Jill Toman in first place with 74 points; second, Bill Collett, 56 points and third, Jenny Short, 48 points.

The Witcombe Millennium Cup, as judged most popular by the public at the Annual Exhibition this year, went to Geoff Noad for his ‘Milky Way in Namibia’.

Picture of the Year awards for the Portrait/People section went to Jill Toman in first place for her ‘Man in Marrakech’, second was Diana Walker for her ‘Brown Bear’ and third, Jenny Short for her ‘Reflective Bowler’.

Sport/Action: first place went to Geoff Noad, ‘Porthcawl’, second Bill Collett, ‘Runner’ and third place went to Ivy Goatcher for ‘Judo’.

Landscape/Seascape/City- scape category: first place went to Suzanne Ladd for ‘Desertscape’, second place was Geoff Noad, ‘Milky Way in Namibia’ and third, Jill Toman, ‘Autumn in Ullswater’.

Any Other Subject: first was Graham Nicholls, ‘Three of a Kind’, second, Suzanne Ladd, ‘No 33’ and third, Diana Walker, ‘Peregrine Falcon’.

Geoff Noad was proclaimed the winner of Picture of the Year with his dramatic and stormy ‘Porthcawl’. Jenny Short