PSSA Club Winning Image January 2013

Message from the Public Relations Officer of the PSSA 
Petro Bosman


We start our new year the same way we ended it! Once again Ettienne van Niekerk from Boksburg Camera Club is our winner! Ettienne's image "Barn Owl" was by far the favourite with our judges: Koot Marais, Francois Loubser and Evelyn Gibson.

"Barn Owl" by Ettienne van Niekerk - Boksburg Camera Club

Ettienne is no newcomer to this competition. He won in September 2012 as well as in November 2012. His September winner "Bearded Vultures" was voted "Best Club Winning Picture of the Year 2012".

Club Winning Images - 2012

We have decided to divide this competition into a Junior and Senior Category. The majority of the clubs have a senior and junior category and in the past it was usually the senior winning image that was entered. Photovault has been changed to accommodate a junior and senior winner and my spreadsheet has been altered accordingly.

Anne d'Oliveira and her Central Gauteng Region came up with a great suggestion. They asked if it will be possible that the scores that each image received can be published (in total - not per individual judge) so that each club can see how they fared. From next month on the spreadsheet will make provision for a junior and senior winner per club as well as the scores out of 45. If your club does not have a junior category it does not matter. At the end of 2013 there will be a Club Senior Winner as well as a Junior Winner.

Since the PSSA website has become 100% functional, I want to make use of it in every way. All new information and news has to go onto the website. That is why this letter and stats will also be published on the web under Galleries. The other great news is that all the January entries are already uploaded. There were 37 in total - all worthy of a place on our website! (Click here)

Website Picture of the Month (January 2013) was won by Dyan Ford from Alberton Camera Club with her image "Drip". Laetitia Kenny was the judge. The 15 entries for this competition are also under Galleries.

"Drip" by Dyan Ford - Alberton Camera Club

Go the Gallaries menu tab at the top of the PSSA homepage. Click fro the drop down menu and you will find both the Club Winning Image and the Website Winning Picture articles and all the images that were entered.

The 2 winning pictures of these two competitions are (as usual) on the home page of the PSSA website.