Throughout the season the Club holds a number of Club Competitions as well as Inter Club Battles – these are an excellent opportunity for feedback and constructive advice on your images, and a chance to see others members’ work.
General competitions (external judge)
There are six competitions during the season from A to F each with either a set subject or open category – see submission dates and set subjects in the box below for 2025/6 season.
Members can submit one image into each category:
Print
Digitally Projected Image (DPI)
These General Competitions are judged by a qualified WCPF judge, with points awarded for placed images
| Competition | Submission date | Judging night | |
| A | Open DPI & Print | 15th September | 6th October |
| B | Set DPI & Print – Square Format | 6th October | 3rd November |
| C | Open DPI & Print | 3rd November | 1st December |
| D | Set DPI & Print – Automotive | 1st December | 19th January |
| E | Open DPI & Print | 19th January | 16th February |
| F | Set DPI & Print – In the Kitchen | 16th February | 16th March |
Annual Competition ( external judge)
In addition to the five general competitions which run throughout the year there is also the Annual Competition which offers members the chance to win various cups and trophies with DPI and prints. The deadline for this year’s Annual Competition images is 16th March 2026. Details of categories for 2025/6 season can be found below:
| Award | Subject | Format | Notes |
| Pitchers Trophy | Sunset in the Cotswolds | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | Topic chosen by our Club President |
| Dennis Moss Trophy | Open | Print 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
| Leonard Jones Cup | Open | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
| Cavendish Cup |
Black and white, Open |
Print + DPI 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
| Miles Shield | Open (Club outing) | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
| Gladiator Trophy | Aviation | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
| Ted Parrott Trophy | Sporting Action | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
| Pitchers Cup | Open | Either Print or DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | Open to new members only. |
Summer Cup (judged by members)
Ted Parrott Memorial Trophy
This new trophy, initiated in 2021, is in memory of a long standing and valued member of the Club, Ted Parrott who passed away in 2019. The set subject is Sporting Action.
Internal Club competitions – general rules
- One image per category, 1600 x 1200px in sRGB colour space
- Colour or monochrome
- Competitions are judged by a qualified independent judge
- Places and points awarded for First / Second / Third / Highly Commended / Commended
- Images must have been taken within the previous three years
- The set subjects are decided by member vote each season, and announced at the AGM.
PIXOROO LINK
Please note that the link for sending in your competition submissions is
https://pixoroo.com/public/account/login
If you have any difficulty in sending images please email the Competitions Secretary on competitions@cirencestercameraclub.org
Inter Club Battles
Cirencester Camera Club usually takes part in three battles each year.
Images entered into the Battles are chosen from the members’ images submitted to the General Competitions by the Battle Secretary and a small selection committee.
On ‘Battle Night’, an independent judge scores each image out of 20, and announces the winning club at the end of the evening.
Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.
Don McCullin, Photographer