Personal News
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My first year with Wigan 10
What a week it has been to round off my first year with Wigan 10. At the end of last week, we heard that we had won the second round in our section of the PSA International Interclub Nature competitions…a very pleasing result in our first season. We are also leading in our section in the Creative competitions. Last weekend, some of my team-mates from Wigan 10 spent a weekend in Paris as guests of FIAP, to be presented with the World Cup for Clubs. Unfortunately, I couldn’t go but spent a superb weekend judging the Southport Open with fellow judges Leigh Preston and Richard Speirs. The weekend rounded up…
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Classical Ballet Photos
A rare opportunity arose last week, with Wigan 10, to photograph some classical ballet dancers. It was very short notice…we found out just hours before the shoot that both the dancers and the studio would be available…and while I was preparing for the shoot, I started to reminisce about times past when a visit to the ballet was quite a common occurrence and one which I loved. As a child I dreamed of ballet lessons and I used to walk past the ballet shop in town on a Saturday afternoon and gaze at the ballet and tap shoes and wonder what it would be like to be on the stage!…
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World Cup Celebration Meal
World Cup Dinner Twelve members of Wigan 10, some with spouses, met at Amelie’s Restaurant in Coppull on Friday night to celebrate a historic third time winning the FIAP World Cup, the first with the present line-up of members. Photograph taken by Ed Roper. Below are the top ten places. It was a great result for British photographers. Four Wigan 10 members will be travelling over to Paris in February to attend the presentation event. Hope they have a great time. Award Club Points 1 FIAP Club’s World Cup 2013 WIGAN 10 FOTO CLUB Great Britain 291 2 Gold Medal Smethwick Photographic Society Great Britain 267 3 Silver Medal Rolls-Royce…
