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External COMPETITION summary |
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COMPETITION |
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Full rules of all NIPA competitions are available
on its web site at:- http://www.niphoto.co.uk (Click Events/General Events Information/Competition
Rules) |
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NIPA Inter-Club Competition There are 5 rounds in
all, spread throughout the photographic season. Rounds 1, 2 and 4 are ‘open’ rounds, i.e.
images may be of any subject; Rounds 3 and 5 are on specific
topics pre-selected by NIPA. There are Colour, Mono
and PDI categories. Clubs may submit
up to 4 images in each category, up to 3 of which may be by advanced workers.
In each round the total of the best 3 scores in each category is the club’s
score for the round in the Principal Section; the score of the best
beginner’s entry in each category is the club’s score for the round in the
Beginner’s Section. The MNPC League Competition is synchronised with
the NIPA Inter-Club Competition in terms of the number of rounds and their
subjects..
The rounds of the MNPC League take place before the NIPA Council
Meeting at which the Club entries for the Inter-Club Competition are
required. MNPC entries for the Inter-Club competition are
normally selected from the top placed images in the corresponding round of
the MNPC League Competition. |
October - March |
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Celtic Challenge This is a
competition between Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic
of Ireland, the Isle of Man, South Wales, North Wales, Cornwall and
Brittany. It’s hosted in rotation by the participating countries. Each region enters
10 mono prints,10 colour & 10 PDI’s NIPA asks clubs for images from
individual members. These are passed back to NIPA and a selection
is made from the total submission. |
September |
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Roy Finlay Memorial Natural
History Competition Entries must be of wildlife in
its natural habitat, ie the faithful representation
of the subject must be maintained. The competition follows the
FIAP rules for wildlife, allowing minor adjustments but not digital
manipulation of photographs. Entries are on an individual, not
club, basis. There is no novice category. |
November |
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NIPA Novice Competition The competition is open to all
club members who comply with the NIPA definition of beginner, as set out in
the NIPA Competition Rules |
January |
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NIPA Audio Visual Festival This is a two day event,
starting on a Friday evening when the visiting judge usually shows his/her
work, and continuing through Saturday. It is open to anyone
belonging to a NIPA Club. Additional information should
be available on the NIPA website. |
February |
EAPU PDI Competition East Antrim Photographic Union
is made up of six clubs: Antrim Camera Club, Carrickfergus Camera Club,
Carrickfergus Photographic Society, Islandmagee
Camera Club, MNPC, & NIE Photographic Society. This consists of mono and
colour rounds, plus a ‘special’ section where a specific topic (e.g. night
photography) is chosen each year.
Clubs can enter 10 images in each section. Club members will be invited to
submit images for consideration, and those chosen will be used in the
competition. |
March |
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Carville Competition This is an annual inter-club
competition between Carrickfergus & Merville. Fifteen subject categories are
decided on jointly by the clubs: 5 mono,
5 colour, 5 pdi. The clubs submit 3 images in
each category for independent judging. Club members will be invited to
submit images for consideration, and those chosen will be used in the
competition. |
April |
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NIPA Top Print & PDI
Competition In each of the five rounds of
the NIPA Inter-Club a minimum of six top-placed mono prints, colour prints
and PDIs respectively are awarded "stars". The starred prints and
PDIs from the season's five rounds form the total entry for the NIPA Top
Print and PDI Competition. The entries are judged by an
external celebrity judge and the highest placed entry in each category is
awarded the appropriate top image trophy. |
April |
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PAGB Inter-Federation Print and
PDI Competitions The competition is organised by
each regional federation in turn (it will be NIPA’s turn in 2016). NIPA requires prints and PDIs
from club members for selection in May for submission to the organising
federation by 1st June. Prints and PDIs chosen for the
Inter-Federation Competition may be retained for the Celtic Challenge. |
June |
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PAGB Club Championships Attendance is subject to MNPC
qualifying, and choosing to attend. PDI Championship: Each of
the 15 PAGB federations is asked to provide 2 clubs to take part. The top 6 clubs from the
previous year’s inter-club competitions are offered the opportunity to go to
Warwick (if more than two clubs volunteer, the two clubs placed highest are
selected; if 2 clubs from the top 6 don’t wish to attend, clubs in lower than
6th position can be offered the place(s). Print Championship: MNPC
has never attended the PAGB Club Print Championship which takes place at Connah’s Quay in October - the same selection criteria
apply. In each case, images are
selected by clubs from the work of their individual members |
July October |