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Membership for the current season is now closed. Our new season begins in September 2019. Applications from new members will be available in late summer. The programme for the up and coming season will be available and posted online in due course.

Membership Closed for the 2018-19 Season


Many congratulations to club member Lynda Haney who was awarded her DPAGB at the recent assessment at Rhos-on-Sea. Lynda achieved the highest score at the D (distinction) level on the day. This image ‘In a Summer Meadow’ was the highest scoring one of the 15 that she presented.

Lynda Haney gains her DPAGB


Member Brian Lunt has suggested a couple of events you might wish to go to over the summer. 1/ Cheshire Polo Club – Regular events, free entry, possible “performance” subject? Details (including the rules!) on their website  2/ Oswestry Balloon Carnival, Aug 24th/25th – details on their Facebook site.

Some ideas for the summer from Brian




The venues for the 2019 The Tour Series of bike races are being announced and the first venue is Birkenhead on Tue 21st May. These races offer excellent opportunities for practising your sports photography. The races last an hour and take place on a short circuit so you get to […]

Cycle Racing in Birkenhead (Updated)


Pleased to say your Committee put together a well-structured bid for funds to replace the projector which has been giving us so much trouble and received a grant for over £2,200. With the addition of £1,000 from our reserves, we will be welcoming you next season with sparkly new equipment. […]

Marshes Community Benefit Fund – Success!



Our annual Print of the Year competition was held before the recent AGM. Anyone with a Highly Commended or better score in the club print competitions can enter and the winner is decided by the members present. This year’s winning print was “Return to the Sea” by Ian Stanley, an […]

Print of the Year 2019 win for Ian



The Marsden Cup competition is an inter-club competition which we enter each year (and have won in the past). It has an unusual format where you have to declare a theme, in our case ‘Minimalism’ and get a score out of 10 for that. Each of the 6 images entered […]

Marsden Cup Results



Competition Our competition sets out to find 12 stunning images of Cheshire’s wonderful wildlife and landscapes for our 2020 calendar which goes on sale later this year. Closing date for entries: 31st May 2019. The 12 best entries will each feature as a full A4 page in our 2020 calendar and […]

Cheshire Wildlife Trust Competiton & Workshop