Mallow Camera Club’s annual League for the 2025–2026 season wrapped up with the April 2026 competition, and the results were announced at our meeting last Tuesday.

This season’s themes were all Open with our final competition being ‘Movement’.

Each month, members submitted three digital images, which were then evaluated by a panel of highly qualified judges -

Colm Kerr LIPF

Martin Patten

Seamus Mulcahy AIPF

Paul Madigan LIPF

Velma Mercer AIPF

Thank you to the judges who all did a fantastic job in judging the competitions and providing constructive and detailed feedback on all the images.

Thank you also to Helen Vaughan, Competition Secretary and her assistants Lisa Egan and Viv Buckley for organising each of the competitions.

A big congratulations to all the winner and a huge thank you to everyone who entered over the course of the competition.

The overall league winners are as follows:

Grade 1:

1st Place: Sarah Walsh

2nd Place: Jaque Day

Joint 3rd Place: Catherine O’ Mahony

Joint 3rd Place: Maura Hunter

Joint 3rd Place: Sharon Casey

Grade 2:

1st Place: Kenneth Duggan

2nd Place: Maura Crowley

Joint 3rd Place: Ann O’ Mara

Joint 3rd Place: Patricia O’ Shea

Grade 3:

Joint 1st Place: Peggy O’ Brien LIPF

Joint 1st Place: Eamon O’ Donnell LIPF

2nd Place: Fred Ward LIPF

Joint 3rd Place: Chris Bourke LIPF

Joint 3rd Place: Niamh Barrett LIPF

Grade 4:

1st Place: Paul Tips LIPF

2nd Place: Viv Buckley MCrGP, FIPF, AFIAP

Joint 3rd Place: Joy Buckley Flynn LIPF

Joint 3rd Place: Neily Curtin AIPF AFIAP