A very successful evening last night at the Photosub meeting attended by 21 members and guests. We were joined by Robert and Paula Bailey who were our guests of honour and after the usual social formalities and excellent food (thanks to Pat) we projected the 42 images entered into the competition. The winners had been pre-judged by Robert and envelopes were opened in reverse order announcing the winners. The results were as follows:

1st Place Male Anthia by Pash Baker

2nd Place Blue Sharks by Martyn Guess

3rd Place Cardinal Fish Portrait with Eggs by Gill Marsh

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Highly Commended

• School of Snappers by Keith Lyall
• Batfish, Sahl Hasheesh by Len Deeley
• Harlequin Shrimp by Rob White

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all those who took part for making it such a successful competition.

A most enjoyable evening was had last night by about 25 club members and guests at the Photosub BBQ, which was hosted by Martha and Anthony at their delightful house in Southampton. The weather was kind, the food was great and it was an opportunity to meet up with our friends. So special thanks to Martha and Anthony for all of their efforts.

As most of you know we had to revise the rules this year for the Splash in as club members did not manage to ‘get wet’ on the weekend of the actual Splash in. So the rules were changed this year to enable entries to be from anywhere in UK waters taken during the month of July. Even that looked shaky but by the deadline I finally received 3 images from each of 5 club members, giving us 15 images in the competition. Keeping with tradition we had a well respected photographer (who is also a photographic judge on the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain circuit), Roy Lambeth but who is not a diver.

Roy judged the images in advance and brought the results to the BBQ, accompanied by his wife, Lyn.

All images were projected twice and then the envelopes were opened to announce the winners (a bit like the Oscars!). So the results. These are as follows:

• 1st place Ballan Wrasse by Chris McTernan
• 2nd place Carp, Wraysbury Lake by Len Deeley
• 3rd place Swimming Crab by Chris McTernan
• Highly Commended Seal with Diver by Jane Morgan

Chris won the book British Sea Fishes by Dr Frances Dipper and also a Buffalo Dry Bag. He will hold the competition trophy for one year and also gets a trophy to keep permanently. Len won a Beaver stainless steel pointer stick.

Congratulations to the winners and also to all that participated. At the end of the day we had a good quality competition.

The committee will be reviewing the Splash in rules for the future and will let you know the decision in due course.

A very successful dinner last night at Farnham House Hotel. We had 33 members and guests including our guest of honour and judge for the evening Nigel Wade ARPS of Dive Magazine.

The following are the winning images in 1st, 2nd and 3rd places as well as the judges chosen Commended and Highly Commended selections.

In the Blue Water category we had only nine images from 3 club members. The results: were:

• 1st place Pash Baker
• 2nd place Pash Baker
• 3rd place Caroline Worley

Green Water Advanced category. There were 39 entries from 14 members:

• 1st place Nick Blake
• 2nd place Keith Lyall
• 3rd place Rob White
• Highly Commended Rob White
• Highly Commended Gill Marsh
• Commended George Mitchell
• Commended Joss Woolf

Blue Water Advanced category. There were 48 entries from 17 members:

• 1st place Rob White
• 2nd place Len Deeley
• 3rd place Gill Marsh
• Highly Commended Rob White
• Highly Commended Martyn Guess
• Commended Joss Woolf
• Commended Sue Guess

Open Prints Category. There were 26 prints and the results were:

• 1st place Bob Soames
• 2nd place Bob Soames
• 3rd place Wendy Eve
• Highly Commended Peter Tatton
• Commended Martyn Guess

The Photosub meeting took place at Keith and Jo’s house yesterday and we had a very pleasant and successful evening with over 30 members and guests turning up.

Our thanks to Keith and Jo for hosting the evening and also providing excellent food. Also thanks to those that helped them throughout the evening.

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Special thanks also has been sent to Trevor Rees who was our special guest for the evening and the judge for the Photosub Digital Photo Competition. Trevor was sent  the images for judging in advance and the results were announced on the night after all of the entries were projected. 55 images were entered by 20 members. The results were as follows:

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Commended (in no particular order)

Joss Woolf with a clownfish in anemone

Keith Lyall with fish shoals on a reef wall

Martha Tressler with Manattees

Rob White with whale shark and light rays

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3rd PlaceMartyn Guess with 3 dolphins

2nd PlaceLen Deeley with whale shark at surface and fish shoal

1st PlaceJoss Woolf with porcelain crab

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Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all those that took part in the competition.

The minutes of the AGM can be found here. The minutes also give information on various dive trips and events planned for 2014.

There was a good turnout of 37 members and guests for our 2013 Annual dinner, held on 2 March at the Farnham House Hotel. Our guest of honour Martin Edge  judged the images. A special thanks to Martin for all of his efforts in making his selection and all those who took part in the competitions.

1. Wendy Eve

2. Adrian Haines

3. Adrian Haines

1. Bob Soames

2. Martyn Guess

3. Ken Sullivan

1. Rob Robertson

2. Artian Haines

3. Adrtian Haines

1. Keith Lyall

2. Ken Sullivan

3. Bob Soames

Congratulations to the winners and also to JP Trenque and Bert Lee for their efforts in preparing the competition and organising the print stands respectively. Finally a thanks to Hon. Chairman, Keith Lyall for his efforts on the evening.

I hope everyone enjoyed the event. Next year’s dinner is booked for 1 March 2014 at the Farnham House Hotel.