For the last meeting of 2022 there was a very special guest to host the evening.

Santa came and wished everyone a Merry Christmas. He said he was in charge for the knock-out competition and there were no rules – but in case of a dispute then Santa was always right!

For those members who were new to this ‘fun, but totally unfair’ competition it was explained how it worked. The randomly selected images are shown in pairs and then members voted by raising their hand for either the left or right-hand image as they are shown on the screen. This can sometimes be rough justice depending how the pairs come up – really good images can come against each other but one has to go!

There has been fantastic support and the number of images from each member cut from 6 to 5 to give a manageable number. The image with most votes goes on to the next round but the other image of the pair is sadly knocked out. When the vote in the hall was a tie then those watching on Zoom could vote for their favourite and then if it was still a tie then Santa had the casting vote.

Starting with 127 images - we got through the rounds with 8 images left in the running then down to 4 and then the 2 who will be in first and second place.
Well - it was ladies night as all 4 images that made it to the final were by lady members!!

In first place was a deceptively simple coastal image titled ‘Shingle Street’ by Jane Wiltshire. Second was another image by Jane titled ‘Beckford’s Tower’ depicting the interior view of the spectacular spiral staircase.

A clever and amusing image of bent drinks cans made it all the way to the end – ‘Tin Can Singers’ was by Bridget Codrington. A colourful, light painting image by Janet Rutter titled ‘Planets’ was in 4th place.

Very well done to those ladies whose images got through every round against a wide variety of amazing images and survived to the end. Thanks to all members who sent in images to make it such an enjoyable evening.

Special thanks to Santa (alias Frank Collins) and to his elf – Dave Gray who ran the completion and to Gerald Clarke who helped with the technical side.

After all the work raising hands all evening, members could partake of the seasonal spread laid out by Caroline Wright. Thanks to all for making it a fun evening. PM

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