Saturday 14th November
| St Mary’s Parish Centre Devonshire Road Chorley PR7 2BY |
REMINDER
Closing date: Saturday 31 October 2026
The closing date for entries is now just ONE WEEK AWAY!
Club Competition Secretaries — please keep an eye on your emails.
Entry checks are carried out to ensure submissions comply with the competition rules. If an entry does not meet the requirements, the Portal will automatically generate an email and send it to the Competition Secretary listed on the club’s Portal account. Please check your emails regularly so that any issues can be resolved before the closing date.
Full rules and guidelines have already been sent to Club Competition Secretaries and Club Secretaries.
Please don’t leave submitting your entry until the last minute! If your club is intending to enter, why not get started now? This will allow time to resolve any issues that may arise during the submission process.
Bring a Print Competition
Judges
Keith Richardson DPAGB, BPE4
Lynda Haney EPAGB, FBPE, EFIAP
Following the success of last year’s event, we are delighted to be running the Bring a Print Competition again this year.
Entry Requirements
- Entry fee: £1.00 per print
- Maximum entries: Three prints per person
- Mounting: Prints must be mounted on 50cm × 40cm card
- Labelling: Please include your name and the image title on the back of each print.
- Print delivery: Bring your prints to the venue and leave them at the designated table by 9.30am.
Judging
The prints will be judged in camera, with the results announced later in the day.
We look forward to seeing your prints and enjoying another successful event!
The Bob Robinson Trophy
Judges
- Wendy Stowell FIPF, MPAGB
- John Smith APAGB, CPAGB, Hon LCPU
- Richard Spiers DPAGB, APAGB, BPE2*
The Bob Robinson Trophy celebrates print photography and encourages wider participation from club members who may not normally enter Federation competitions.
Who Can Enter?
The competition is open to L&CPU club members who do not hold photographic qualifications or accreditations.
Competition Details
- Sections: One Open section
- Print size: A4 or A3
- Mounting: Both mounted and unmounted prints are accepted this year. Mounted prints can be easier to handle and may help present the image to its full potential.
- Club Award: Presented to the club achieving the highest total score.
- Individual Award: Presented for the judges’ choice of best image.
- Labelling: Please include your name and the image title on the back of each print.
- PDI: upload a digital version of your image (PDI) to the competition via the L&CPU Portal before the closing date
- Print delivery: Bring your prints to the venue and leave them at the designated table by 9.30am.
We look forward to seeing a wide range of prints and welcoming entries from eligible club members across the Federation.
The Annual Club Knockout
Judge: Richard Spiers DPAGB, APAGB, BPE2*
A lively and engaging competition that brings clubs together in a friendly but competitive format, with images progressing through successive knockout rounds.
Competition Format
- Entries: Each club may submit up to eight digital images.
- Knockout rounds: Images are eliminated over successive rounds until the winner is decided.
- Bonus point: The judge’s choice of final image earns one additional point.
- Previous entries: Images, or significantly similar versions, must not have been entered into any previous L&CPU competition.
- PDI entry: Upload your digital images to the competition via the L&CPU Portal before the closing date.
Awards
- Club Award: Presented to the club achieving the highest total score.
- Individual Award: Presented for the judge’s choice of best image.
We look forward to another exciting competition and seeing clubs compete for the Annual Club Knockout title!
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the L&CPU Competitions team at competitions@lcpu.org.uk.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 14 November and hope for a great turnout for all three events!