Judging of entries and announcement of the winners for Mallow Camera Club’s Image of the Year 2022 Competition took place this week via Zoom.

One of Mallow Camera Club’s premier competitions, it consists of a Colour section and a Mono section, with each entrant submitting one colour and one mono digital image.

The John Doheny Perpetual Trophy is awarded to the Image of the Year, which is the best overall image, as adjudicated by the judges, between the Colour Image of the Year and the Mono Image of the Year.

We were privileged to have two top-class judges for our competition, the well-known Michelle La Grue FIPF LIPPVA and Gerry Andrews FIPF ARPS EFIAP.

The competition attracted a very high standard, as usual, with some very close scoring. Michelle and Gerry put in an excellent effort, especially in providing feedback on every image with positive observations and constructive suggestions for improvement where appropriate, and we hugely appreciate their contribution.

The Image of the Year, winner of the John Doheny Perpetual Trophy, was awarded to one of our newest members, Bella Daly, for her fabulous mono image, “Mother Was Born.”  This image was also awarded Mono Image of the Year and first place in Grade 4 Mono.

The Colour Image of the Year, which also earned first place in Grade 4 Colour was awarded to Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP, for her fabulous image “Still We Rise.”

The full list of winners is as follows:

Colour

Grade 1

1st: Eamon O’Donnell

2nd: Barry Murphy

3rd: Niamh Barrett

Grade 2

1st: Jason McAree

2nd: Ann O’Mara

3rd: Kieran Cogan

Grade 3

1st: Tom Quish

2nd: Peggy O’Brien LIPF

3rd: Lisa Egan LIPF

Grade 4

1st: Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP

2nd: Joy Buckley Flynn LIPF

3rd: Vincent Higgins LIPF

Mono

Grade 1

1st: Barry Murphy

2nd: Niamh Barrett

3rd: Tim Doody

Grade 2

1st: Jason McAree

2nd: Fred Ward

3rd: Anne Buckley

Grade 3

1st: Tom Quish

2nd: Berni Hennessy

3rd: Lisa Egan LIPF

Grade 4

1st: Bella Daly

2nd: Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP

3rd: Jim McSweeney LIPF

Overall (across all 4 grades)

• Colour Image of the Year: Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP

• Mono image of the Year: Bella Daly

• Image of the Year & winner of the John Doheny Perpetual Trophy:  Bella Daly.

A huge “Thank you,” also as usual, to our competitions team, Lisa Egan and Viv Buckley, for organising an excellent competition.

The physical presentation of trophies and medals to the winners will take place when we resume face-to-face meetings…hopefully in September 2022.

Congratulations to all the winners and a huge thank you to everyone who entered.