Centenary Photo Competition a resounding Success

The CLA Centenary Photography Competition – in association with Smiths Gore – has proved a resounding success with judges praising an unusually high standard of entries. The competition, which hoped to illustrate the many ways in which landowners and managers maintained and enhanced the countryside obviously sparked the imagination of many a photographer, as you will see here.

Starting in January, monthly winners were chosen by visitors to the Smiths Gore Website, each receiving a food hamper. Regional and national winners were chosen by a panel of judges including Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, CLA president, Jonathan Young Editor of the Field magazine, professional photographer Charles Sainsbury-Plaice and Mark Fogden and Shelly Cash of Smiths Gore.

The national winner, Mary Plank of Bucklesbury, Berkshire receives £500 and a day’s photography tuition with Charles Sainsbury-Place of Agripix Rural Photography. The national runner up Peter Guy, of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire receives a day’s photography tuition with Charles. The nine regional winners will each receive a free annual subscription to The Field magazine and under-18 winner Gemma Bason, of Rawcliffe Yorkshire, receives £100.

Our thanks to all who took part, and to our Sponsors:

		Overall Winner & SE Regional Winner Mary Plank of Bucklesbury, Berkshire “First Snow, Bushnells Green Farm”
		Overall Runner-up & North West Regional Winner Mr Peter Guy of Poulton-le-Flyde, Lancashire “Heather Burning, Abbeystead”
		Under-18 Winner Gemma Bason of Rawcliffe, York “Shearing on a smallholding”
		Eastern Regional Winner Simon Jenkins of Benfleet, Essex “Reed Cutters”
		East Midlands Regional Winner Andrew Pennill of Kinoulton, Notts “Window in the wall, Malhamdale”
		North East Regional Winner Mr David Taylor of Hexham “Heather Land, Darden Clough Northumberland”
		South West Regional Winner Mr Lee Pengelly of Plymouth “Zoomed Landrover”
		Wales Regional Winner Ross Evans of Builth Wells “Near Condover, Shrewsbury”
		West Midlands Regional Winner Ben Griffiths of Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire “Rough Shooting under the Clee Hills”
		Yorkshire Regional Winner Mr Gordon Ratcliffe of Brighouse “Prize Winning Cattle at Keighley Agricultural Show”