Photographer of the Year 2020-2021 Competition Results

Mallow Camera Club announced the winners of its Photographer of the Year 2020-2021 Competition. The competition, which is the Club’s premier competition of the season, attracted a substantial entry with competitors submitting a panel of three monochrome images and three colour digital images. The images are judges individually, rather than as a panel.

The judges for the competition were Barbie Lindsay MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/s AWPS, Ross McKelvey MFIAP MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/b FIPF, and Mark Sedgwick FIPF EFIAP/b ESFIAP.

The standard of entries was, as usual for MCC’s Photographer of the Year, very high and gave the judges plenty of food for thought. Our judges did not disappoint, providing excellent feedback to the authors on every image. A huge thank you to Barbie, Ross and Mark.

The winners were announced over Zoom at our weekly meeting of 29th November, and the winners are:

POTY Grade 1

Grade 1 Mono Panel 1st Place: Barry Murphy 2nd Place: Niamh Barrett 3rd Place: Eamonn O’Donnell

Grade 1 Colour Panel 1st Place: Eamonn O’Donnell 2nd Place: Barry Murphy 3rd Place: Niamh Barrett

Grade 1 Highest Scoring Image “Peadar”, Eamonn O’Donnell

Overall Grade 1

1st Place: Barry Murphy

2nd Place: Eamonn O’Donnell

3rd Place: Niamh Barrett

POTY Grade 2

Grade 2 Mono Panel 1st Place: Peter Tips 2nd Place: Fred Ward 3rd Place: Ann O’Mara

Grade 2 Colour Panel 1st Place: Fred Ward 2nd Place: Ann O’Mara 3rd Place: Kieran Cogan

Grade 2 Highest Scoring Image “Sparring Boxer”, Fred Ward

Overall Grade 2 1st Place: Fred Ward 2nd Place: Ann O’Mara 3rd Place: Peter Tips

POTY Grade 3

Grade 3 Mono Panel 1st Place: Phillip Kerins LIPF 2nd Place: Tom Quish 3rd Place: Lisa Egan

Grade 3 Colour Panel 1st Place: Phillip Kerins LIPF 2nd Place: Breda O’Mullane LIPF 3rd Place: Lisa Egan

Grade 3 Highest Scoring Image “Slytherin’s Wrath”, Phillip Kerins LIPF

Overall Grade 3 1st Place: Phillip Kerins LIPF 2nd Place: Lisa Egan 3rd Place: Tom Quish

POTY Grade 4

Grade 4 Mono Panel 1st Place: Vivien Buckley FIPF AFIAP 2nd Place: Pat O’Meara LIPF 3rd Place: Joy Buckley Flynn LIPF

Grade 4 Colour Panel 1st Place: Vincent Higgins LIPF 2nd Place: Pat O’Meara LIPF 3rd Place: Neil O’Mullane LIPF

Grade 4 Highest Scoring Image “Golden Threads” Vivien Buckley FIPF AFIAP

Overall Grade 4 1st Place: Pat O’Meara LIPF 2nd Place: Vivien Buckley FIPF AFIAP 3rd Place: Vincent Higgins LIPF

Overall Winners

Overall Highest Scoring Mono Panel POTY 2020/21

1st Place: Vivien Buckley FIPF AFIAP

2nd Place: Pat O’Meara LIPF

3rd Place: Phillip Kerins LIPF

Overall Highest Scoring Colour Panel POTY 2020/21

1st Place: Phillip Kerins LIPF

2nd Place: Vincent Higgins LIPF

3rd Place: Pat O’Meara LIPF

Overall Photographer of the Year 2020/21

1st Place: Phillip Kerins LIPF

2nd Place: Pat O’Meara LIPF

3rd Place: Vivien Buckley FIPF AFIAP

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the members who entered the competition.

A huge thanks to our Competitions Secretary, Lisa Egan, assisted by Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP, who put in a huge effort to pull this competition together so professionally.