The club’s photo competition was held on 1st February 2020, and the placed photos are displayed below. The overall winner (Giles Barker Trophy) last year was Alex Anderson and as is the rule he came along to judge this year’s competition this year and presented a portfolio of his recent photos. Thanks Alex.
Alex did the judging
Click on each photo for larger image
Andy Pringle has had issues uploading his photos
UK Underground
 Scanty Lardos Pot Ann Summers Passage |
1st. Bill Nix |
| Crack Pot | 2nd. Andy Pringle |
 Sam in Big Rift, Wretched Rabbit |
3rd. Ray Duffy |
UK above ground
 Crag Hill & Casterton Fell |
1st. Andy Hall |
| Red Deer Stag | 2nd. Andy Pringle |
 Cwm Idwal Slabs |
3rd. Chris Hunter |
Abroad underground
 Deep pool traversing.. Ret Dung Khur, Meghalaya. |
1st. Bill Nix |
 Ailwee Cascade, Doolin Cave, Rep of Ireland |
2nd. Bill Nix |
| Jiuero 2, Cantabria | 3rd. Andy Pringle |
Abroad Above ground
 Lake Annecy, France |
1st. Sam Leiberman |
| Mother & calf Sperm whale diving | 2nd. Andy Pringle |
 Entrance to Little Tiger temple cave. Krabi, Thailand. |
3rd. Bill Nix |
Humorous
 Untitled! |
1st. Gwen Tawy |
 Cleaning the Gimp |
2nd. Sam Leiberman |
 Who’s the Guy? |
3rd. Alan Martin |
Pocket camera prints
 Traverse in Alum Pot |
1st. Chris Hunter1 |
 Self Portrait, County Pot |
2nd. Andy Hall |
 Crystal Palace, BPOW |
3rd. Andy Hall |
Best overall underground photo (Gile Barker Award) was decided by public vote on the night. The winner (Bill Nix) gets to judge next year’s competition. His photo is the one taken in Meghalaya.
The opportunity for members to show photos from the last year’s holidays or caving trips on the big screen after the end of the competition was not so successful as Ray’s digital projector developed a fault and the images were split into bits as can be seen from the screenshot below.
See what I mean!
