Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026
CPS v Wetzlar Competition 2025-26
We have now completed this year’s competition with Wetzlar. Each club’s entry consists of 15 colour pdi and 15 mono pdi images and we used a maximum of one image per author in each section with lots of different authors contributing to our selection.
Leg Mono Colour Total Colchester Leg – Colchester 135 128 263 Colchester Leg – Wetzlar 130 121 251 Wetzlar Leg – Colchester 126 127 253 Wetzlar Leg – Wetzlar 104.5 119 223.5 Combined totals were
Club Mono Colour Overall Colchester 261 255 516 Wetzlar 234.5 240 474.5 Congratulations to all authors who had their work used and I believe this shows the strength in depth that we have at Colchester Photographic Society.
Four images achieved a perfect score: Territorial Dispute by Chris Aldred, Gale Force 8 by Shaun Hykel, Eddie by Steve Ball, and Red Fox by Derek Howes.
– Andrew Bailey (External Competition Secretary)
Results
| Author | Section | Title | H | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Biggin | Colour | Legal and General | 8 | 6.5 |
| Robert Macdonald | Colour | Fighting March Hares | 8.5 | 7 |
| Roy Essery | Colour | Llyn Dinas morning | 7 | 7 |
| Chrissie Hart | Colour | The Break up | 10 | 9.5 |
| Jonathan Dadds | Colour | Into the Crowd | 10 | 6 |
| Marny Macdonald | Colour | The Butcher Bird | 9 | 9.5 |
| Richard Cunningham | Colour | Kite Surfer | 7.5 | 9 |
| Colin Westgate | Colour | The Guardians | 9 | 9.5 |
| Andrew Bailey | Colour | On the edge of the mist | 9.5 | 9 |
| Chris Pugh | Colour | Shall we Dance? | 8 | 10 |
| Chris Aldred | Colour | Territorial Dispute | 10 | 10 |
| Steve Ball | Colour | Dundee V&A | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| Hilary Knight | Colour | Psychedelic Walkway | 8 | 9 |
| Naomi Foster | Colour | Enjoying a rain shower | 8 | 9.5 |
| Kate Jackson | Colour | Storm Jorge Lightshow | 8 | 9 |
| Chris Aldred | Mono | Contemplation | 8.5 | 8 |
| Chris Pugh | Mono | Yin and Yang | 8.5 | 10 |
| David Egerton | Mono | A picturesque shortcut | 9.5 | 6.5 |
| Chrissie Hart | Mono | God Save the Freaks | 9 | 9 |
| Colin Brett | Mono | The point | 8.5 | 8 |
| Derek Howes | Mono | Red Fox | 10 | 10 |
| Colin Westgate | Mono | Frosty Morning | 7 | 5.5 |
| Jeff Scott | Mono | Body Paint Portrait | 9 | 9 |
| Mark Kench | Mono | Six minutes past seven | 8.5 | 7 |
| Martin Heathcote | Mono | Curvy Shingle Banks | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Kate Jackson | Mono | Seeking Enlightenment | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Marny Macdonald | Mono | Curlew in Flight | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Roy Essery | Mono | Way to the Highlands | 10 | 7.5 |
| Steve Ball | Mono | Eddie | 10 | 10 |
| Shaun Hykel | Mono | Gale force 8 | 10 | 10 |
