Set Subject PDI Trophy results now available

It was touch and go there for a minute! With only minutes to go, we had the bad news that our judge couldn’t make it (through no fault of his own!)

We made a few hurried telephone calls to replace him at short notice to no avail

We canvassed the crowd for a volunteer to judge our competition and had no takers, until Mr “Save the Day” Cromack turned up and totally did the job (personally found his comments great and his scores very fair and reflective of the subject matter, well done Dave)

Anyway, follow the link to the the results and a gallery of the images from the night.

Cromack to the rescue

“A big thank you to Dave Cromack for standing in as judge for last night’s competition! It really was very much appreciated.

For those who don’t know the whole story; our original judge emailed us last week to tell us she couldn’t make it due to work commitments and so Jamie pretty much phoned or emailed just about every judge in the book to try to find a replacement and finally, late on Wednesday evening he received a positive a judge who could help us out. Great!

Then at 6:30 on the evening I get a phone call from the judge to tell me that he’s trapped in St Albans as his wife has gone to the O2 but left her car in front of his on the drive and taken the keys with her!

So began the hunt again! A few quick phone calls were made but were ultimately unsuccessful.

So thanks Dave for standing in at the last minute, it was really much appreciated and you did a sterling job for a first time judging! (and that’s not just cos I won!)”

Colin Mill

Motor Sport Talk

Last Thursday, 7th November, we enjoyed a talk by Dave Barratt about motor sport and photography. It was lavishly illustrated with photographs, many of which were taken by Dave!

He has been busy participating in several types of motor sport since 1970, apart from a gap of several years while he was a SCUBA diving instructor. He has done racing and rallying, autotesting and navigating. He is still active as a navigator in stage rallying - the mad stuff in the Welsh mountains and forests.

Dave covered each of the dozen or so varieties of motor sport and explained how and where a photographer can take photos of the action. It seems that the faster they go the more difficult it is to get close enough to photograph due to the understandable importance of safety.

Dave says he didn't even take up photography seriously until 2012 when he retired and joined MKU3A. Now he runs at least 2 U3A photographic groups which several of our NCPS members attend and I can vouch for his great pictures though I can't speak for his driving or navigating!

Thanks Dave and see you on Tuesday!