Time and Place
Our meeting place is the North Chadderton Conservative Club (The Blue Club), Victoria Street, Chadderton, OL9 0HH.
Map to North Chadderton Conservative Club.
Parking: there is free parking in the evenings in Victoria Street in the car park opposite the club.
Meetings are at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start. Doors open from 7 pm. A few meetings will offer streaming by Zoom.
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Programme
| Date | Meeting/Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 19th Dec | Christmas Party | Fun and games and festive food |
| 2nd January 2025 | No meeting | Happy Festive Season to all members and friends |
| 9th Jan | Meeting Cancelled due to extreme weather conditions | |
| 16th Jan | Battle with Rochdale & District CC & IOMPS | Judged by Jane Lines |
| 23rd Jan | Appraisal PDI / Prints | Upload to Portal |
| 30th Jan | Salon CD | |
| 6th Feb | 2nd Quarterly | Upload to Portal |
| 13th Feb | Speaker: Mountains, Music & Mirth by Paul Bates | |
| 20th Feb | Judging for You | We will select a set of images for you to score to see if you are close to a judge’s marks. |
| 27th Feb | Tryptic Panel – Gallery | Upload your triptych panels (sets of 3 images placed on one file). You may use the full 1920×1200 projection size for your files. |
| 6th March | Appraisal Focused on L&CPU Individual Competition | Upload to Portal |
| 13th March | Table Top Photography Practical Evening – Bring Cameras | Please also bring items to photograph. |
| 20th March | We are AWAY ay Oldham Camera Club for the Adrian Deaville Memorial Competition at Oldham Camera Club | At: The Moravian Church, 1935 Spring Gardens St, Royton, Oldham, OL2 5QE 7pm Doors Open 7:30pm Start |
| 27th March | Martin Avery Competition, judged by Robert Millin | We are hosting this multi-club creative print competiiton at the Blue Club |
| Monday 31st March | We are away at Chorley PS for a friendly battle, the fist to be held between our 2 clubs | Judged by Richard Speirs |
| 3rd April | Appraisal PDI / Prints | Upload to Portal |
| 10th April | Kevin Pigney by Zoom | Shared meeting with OCC and Ashton |
| 17th April | Black And White Gallery | Upload to Portal |
| 24th April | Model Shoot – Headshots | This will an opportunity for some practial headshots with a couple of models on the night – if you wish to bring any props for the models please do |
| 1st May | 3rd quarterly competitions | |
| 8th May | Speaker: People, Places and Faces by Lilliana Alani | This presentation will take you to inspiring journey around 5 continents in one evening. It is a medley of over 180 images, many of them award winning. It is a combination of different subjects, styles, and techniques. From people in their natural environment, still life, decisive moments and many moreâ |
| 15th May | Members Evening “10 of the best”. | Looking at Members 10 of the best Members to be Confirmed |
| 22nd May | Warwick Style Fun Competition | |
| 29th May | An Evening with Graham Currey | How Graham works with the charactors and a bit of “Session Days” |
| 5th June | John Widdall Trophy | A competition based on the summer schools last year , Close Up and Macro, Architecture, Stitched Panaromic and Montage |
| 12 June | It’s all about prints | An evening to show and discuss prints (A4 unmounted prints for appraisal and A3 mounted prints for selection for Blackburn bank) |
| 19th June | Salon images | An evening to enjoy some national level salon accepted images |
| 26th June | Appraisal PDI / Prints | Upload to portal |
| 3rd July | Just Prints by Erica Oram CPAGB AFIAP BPE3′ | |
| 10 July | Interclub battle against Daisy Nook | |
| 17th July | Landscapes – Club outing to Dovestones | |
| 24th July | 4th quarterly | Upload to portal |
| 31st July | Gary Jones – Wildlife Talk | |
| 7th Aug | Summerschool TBA | |
| 14th Aug | Summerschool TBA | |
| 21st Aug | Summerschool TBA | |
| 28th Aug | Summerschool TBA | |
| 4th Sept | Annual Club Competition part 1 | |
| 11th Sept | Annual Club Competition part 2 | |
| 18th Sept | President’s Evening | |
| 25th Sept | AGM – Presentation of Awards and Trophies |