The 2026 Annual Club Competitions took place over two fantastic days at St Mary’s Parish Centre, Devonshire Road, Chorley.

A huge thank you to our judges, Peter Gennard MFIAP, EFIAP/d3, Sue O’Connell FIPF, MPSA, EFIAP/d3 DPAGB, ABPE and Peter Brisley EFIAP, DPAGB, BPE2, who did an outstanding job throughout the weekend.

Thanks also to the L&CPU Executive – without their dedication, these competitions simply wouldn’t be possible.

And finally, a big thank you to all the contributing clubs and members for your continued support. Your participation, along with the hard work of everyone involved with the L&CPU, helps make this event a success year after year.

Club of the Year 2026

And winners of the French Cup, our congratulations go to Chorley PS for their fantastic achievement 

Day One – PDI Annual Club Competition

Our judges scored a total of 896 images from 39 clubs; we opened the competition with the nature, the open category was judged after lunch.

PDI Club of the Year 2026

Winners of the PDI Annual Club Competition 2026 – our congratulations go to Chorley PS with 308 points, followed by Southport PS with 305 points and Oldham PS with 302 points.

Nature 

In the Nature category it was a tightly contested battle, with Chorley PS taking first place with 109 points, Poulton le Fylde PS coming in second with 105 points and Oldham PS taking third place with 102 points.

Open

The Open category saw Southport PS take the top spot with 206 points, Oldham PS coming in second with 200 points and Chorley PS third with 199 points. 

Day Two – Print Annual Club Competition

There were 439 (65 prints less than in 2025) prints overall, from 19 clubs; open category was the first to be judged, followed by mono and last (but not least) nature.

Print Club of the Year 2026

Congratulations to Poulton le Fylde PS, who won with a very creditable 329 points, followed by Chorley PS with 319 points and Oldham PS with 310 points.  

Nature 

In the Nature category saw Poulton le Fylde PS taking top spot with 115 points, Chorley PS close at their heels with 111 points and Daisy Nook PS with 107 points – well done

Monochrome

The Mono category saw Poulton le Fylde taking first place with 108 points, followed by Chorley with 105 points and Oldham PS with 103 points. 

Colour

Poulton le Fylde PS took top spot with 106 points, followed by Chorley PS with 103 points and The Evolve Group taking third spot with 102 points

Overall Club Scores

Rank	Club	PDI Total	Print Total	Grand Total
1	CHORLEY PS	308	319	627
2	POULTON-LE-FYLDE PS	286	329	615
3	OLDHAM PS	302	310	612
4	LYTHAM ST ANNES	280	302	582
5	KNUTSFORD PS	279	296	575
6	SOUTH MANCHESTER CC	277	293	570
=	THE EVOLVE GROUP	270	300	570
8	HIGH PEAK PC	273	286	559
9	WARRINGTON PS	267	285	552
10	DAISY NOOK PS	260	288	548
11	NORTH FYLDE PS	270	273	543
12	ATHERTON AND DISTRICT APS	262	265	527
13	SALE PS	245	278	523
14	ORMSKIRK C C	257	257	514
15	SWINTON AND DISTRICT APS	244	259	503
16	HOYLAKE PS	244	258	502
17	BACUP CAMERA CLUB	235	254	489
18	OLDHAM CC	275	93	368

Overall Print Scores

Rank	Club	Open	Nature	Mono	Total Score
1	POULTON-LE-FYLDE PS	106	115	108	329
2	CHORLEY PS	103	111	105	319
3	OLDHAM PS	101	106	103	310
4	LYTHAM ST ANNES	100	102	100	302
5	THE EVOLVE GROUP	102	105	93	300
6	KNUTSFORD PS	101	99	96	296
7	SOUTH MANCHESTER CC	97	99	97	293
8	DAISY NOOK PS	95	107	86	288
9	HIGH PEAK PC	91	99	96	286
10	WARRINGTON PS	91	104	90	285
11	SALE PS	90	94	94	278
12	MAGHULL PC	86	95	95	276
13	NORTH FYLDE PS	89	95	89	273
14	ATHERTON AND DISTRICT APS	85	95	85	265
= 15	SWINTON AND DISTRICT APS	86	87	86	259
16	HOYLAKE PS	83	88	87	258
17	ORMSKIRK C C	85	92	80	257
18	BACUP CAMERA CLUB	85	84	85	254
19	OLDHAM CC	0	0	93	93

Nature Print Scores

Pos.	Club	Total Score	Used Score
1	POULTON-LE-FYLDE PS	115	115
2	CHORLEY PS	111	111
3	DAISY NOOK PS	107	107
4	OLDHAM PS	106	106
5	THE EVOLVE GROUP	105	105
6	WARRINGTON PS	104	104
7	LYTHAM ST ANNES	102	102
8	HIGH PEAK PC	99	99
=	KNUTSFORD PS	99	99
=	SOUTH MANCHESTER CC	99	99
11	ATHERTON AND DISTRICT APS	95	95
=	MAGHULL PC	95	95
=	NORTH FYLDE PS	95	95
14	SALE PS	94	94
15	ORMSKIRK C C	92	92
16	HOYLAKE PS	88	88
17	SWINTON AND DISTRICT APS	87	87
18	BACUP CAMERA CLUB	84	84

Mono Print Scores

Pos.	Club	Total Score	Used Score
1	POULTON-LE-FYLDE PS	108	108
2	CHORLEY PS	105	105
3	OLDHAM PS	103	103
4	LYTHAM ST ANNES	100	100
5	SOUTH MANCHESTER CC	97	97
6	HIGH PEAK PC	96	96
=	KNUTSFORD PS	96	96
8	MAGHULL PC	95	95
9	SALE PS	94	94
10	THE EVOLVE GROUP	93	93
=	OLDHAM CC	93	93
12	WARRINGTON PS	90	90
13	NORTH FYLDE PS	89	89
14	HOYLAKE PS	87	87
15	DAISY NOOK PS	86	86
=	SWINTON AND DISTRICT APS	86	86
17	ATHERTON AND DISTRICT APS	85	85
=	BACUP CAMERA CLUB	85	85
19	ORMSKIRK C C	80	80

Open Print Scores

Pos.	Club	Total Score	Used Score	Scored	Un-Scored
1	POULTON-LE-FYLDE PS	106	106	8	0
2	CHORLEY PS	103	103	8	0
3	THE EVOLVE GROUP	102	102	8	0
4	KNUTSFORD PS	101	101	8	0
=	OLDHAM PS	101	101	8	0
6	LYTHAM ST ANNES	100	100	8	0
7	SOUTH MANCHESTER CC	97	97	8	0
8	DAISY NOOK PS	95	95	8	0
9	HIGH PEAK PC	91	91	8	0
=	WARRINGTON PS	91	91	8	0
11	SALE PS	90	90	8	0
12	NORTH FYLDE PS	89	89	8	0
13	MAGHULL PC	86	86	8	0
=	SWINTON AND DISTRICT APS	86	86	8	0
15	ATHERTON AND DISTRICT APS	85	85	8	0
=	BACUP CAMERA CLUB	85	85	8	0
=	ORMSKIRK C C	85	85	8	0
18	HOYLAKE PS	83	83	8	0

Overall PDI Scores

Rank	Code	Club Name	Entries	Adjusted Score	Final Score
1	C02	CHORLEY PS	24	308	308
2	S10	SOUTHPORT PS	24	305	305
3	O01	OLDHAM PS	24	302	302
4	P03	POULTON-LE-FYLDE PS	24	286	286
5	B10	BEBINGTON PS	24	281	281
6	L05	LYTHAM ST ANNES	24	280	280
7	K05	KNUTSFORD PS	24	279	279
8	S12	SOUTH MANCHESTER CC	24	277	277
9	O02	OLDHAM CC	24	275	275
10	N03	NORTH CHESHIRE PS	24	274	274
11	C07	CREWE PS	24	273	273
=	C10	HIGH PEAK PC	24	273	273
13	P05	PRESTON PS	24	271	271
14	E02	THE EVOLVE GROUP	24	270	270
=	N09	NORTH FYLDE PS	24	270	270
16	W03	WARRINGTON PS	24	267	267
17	A06	ALSAGER CC	24	266	266
18	B13	BURNLEY CC	24	263	263
19	A04	ATHERTON AND DISTRICT APS	24	262	262
20	L03	LANCASTER PS	24	261	261
21	B05	BLACKBURN AND DARWEN PC	24	260	260
=	D03	DAISY NOOK PS	24	260	260
23	B03	BIRKENHEAD PA	24	259	259
24	H14	HOLMES CHAPEL PS	24	257	257
=	O03	ORMSKIRK C C	24	257	257
26	K01	KENDAL PC	24	253	253
27	M09	MORECAMBE CC	24	252	252
=	N02	NELSON CC	24	252	252
=	W02	WARRINGTON & DISTRICT CC	24	252	252
30	P02	PADIHAM AND DISTRICT PS	24	246	246
31	S03	SALE PS	24	245	245
32	H03	HOYLAKE PS	24	244	244
=	S15	SWINTON AND DISTRICT APS	24	244	244
34	B16	BACUP CAMERA CLUB	24	235	235
35	G03	GARSTANG CC	24	232	232
36	F03	FORMBY PG	24	229	229
37	L02	LEYLAND PS	16	171	171
38	C01	CHESTER PS	16	163	163

Open PDI Scores

Pos.	Club	Total Score
1	SOUTHPORT PS	206
2	OLDHAM PS	200
3	CHORLEY PS	199
4	KNUTSFORD PS	189
5	LYTHAM ST ANNES	186
6	BEBINGTON PS	183
7	PRESTON PS	182
=	WARRINGTON PS	182
9	HIGH PEAK PC	181
=	NORTH CHESHIRE PS	181
=	POULTON-LE-FYLDE PS	181
12	CREWE PS	179
=	SOUTH MANCHESTER CC	179
14	THE EVOLVE GROUP	178
=	NORTH FYLDE PS	178
16	ALSAGER CC	175
=	BIRKENHEAD PA	175
=	HOLMES CHAPEL PS	175
=	LANCASTER PS	175
20	OLDHAM CC	174
21	BURNLEY CC	172
=	KENDAL PC	172
23	LEYLAND PS	171
24	DAISY NOOK PS	170
=	ORMSKIRK C C	170
=	WARRINGTON & DISTRICT CC	170
27	ATHERTON AND DISTRICT APS	166
28	BLACKBURN AND DARWEN PC	165
29	CHESTER PS	163
=	HOYLAKE PS	163
=	MORECAMBE CC	163
=	NELSON CC	163
33	PADIHAM AND DISTRICT PS	162
34	SALE PS	160
=	SWINTON AND DISTRICT APS	160
36	BACUP CAMERA CLUB	158
37	FORMBY PG	152
=	GARSTANG CC	152

Nature PDI Scores

Pos.	Club	Total Score
1	CHORLEY PS	109
2	POULTON-LE-FYLDE PS	105
3	OLDHAM PS	102
4	OLDHAM CC	101
5	SOUTHPORT PS	99
6	BEBINGTON PS	98
=	SOUTH MANCHESTER CC	98
8	ATHERTON AND DISTRICT APS	96
9	BLACKBURN AND DARWEN PC	95
10	CREWE PS	94
=	LYTHAM ST ANNES	94
12	NORTH CHESHIRE PS	93
13	HIGH PEAK PC	92
=	THE EVOLVE GROUP	92
=	NORTH FYLDE PS	92
16	ALSAGER CC	91
=	BURNLEY CC	91
18	DAISY NOOK PS	90
=	KNUTSFORD PS	90
20	MORECAMBE CC	89
=	NELSON CC	89
=	PRESTON PS	89
23	ORMSKIRK C C	87
24	LANCASTER PS	86
25	SALE PS	85
=	WARRINGTON PS	85
27	BIRKENHEAD PA	84
=	PADIHAM AND DISTRICT PS	84
=	SWINTON AND DISTRICT APS	84
30	HOLMES CHAPEL PS	82
=	WARRINGTON & DISTRICT CC	82
32	HOYLAKE PS	81
=	KENDAL PC	81
34	GARSTANG CC	80
35	BACUP CAMERA CLUB	77
=	FORMBY PG	77