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.
Club Competitions 2026
Club Competitions are designed to allow members the opportunity for their best images to be critiqued by a qualified judge from outside the club whilst engaged in friendly competition with other club members. The judge will award the following positions and points.
1st Place 6 points
2nd Place 5 points
3rd Place 4 points
Highly Commended 3 points
Commended 2 points
All other entries 1 point
Points from all externally judged competitions, i.e. the general competitions and annual competitions, throughout the season are totalled prior to the Awards Evening and the member with the most points is awarded the Presidents Cup.
Summer Cup
The Summer Cup is a Member Judged competition held at the start of each season. Members may enter two DPIs taken at any of the Club’s Summer Events that year. As this competition is member judged all entries, including those placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd may be entered in any General or Annual Competition.
General Competitions
All General Competitions are externally judged and consist of 2 sections:
- Digital Projected Image (DPI)
- Mounted Print
There are 6 competitions throughout the season – 3 x Open and 3 x Set Subject.
Following completion of all six general competitions trophies are awarded at the AGM to the members with the most points in each of the following Categories.
- Open DPI
- Open Print
- Set DPI
- SET Print
Set subjects, submission and judging dates are available on the Club Website, Vignettes and Pixoroo.
Annual Competitions
There are several Trophy based Annual Competitions, many dedicated to the memory of past Camera Club members. Judging is spread over two evenings towards the end of the season. Members may enter once in each competition with the winner holding the Trophy for one year.
Pitchers Trophy
A subject chosen by the Club President each year – DPI
Pitchers Cup
Open to New members only in their first full season – open DPI
Dennis Moss Trophy
A mounted Print on any subject
Leonard Jones Cup
Open subject DPI
Cavendish Cup
A monochrome mounted Print on any subject
Miles Shield
A DPI taken on a Club outing or Practical Event.
Gladiator Trophy
A DPI with an Aviation Theme
Ted Parrot Trophy
Sporting Action based DPI
Competition Schedule 2026/2027
| Competition | Format | Submission Date | Judging Night |
| Summer Cup | DPI – 2026 Summer Club Events | 11th September 2026 | 21st September 2026 |
| A | Open DPI & Print | 21st September 2026 | 5th October 2026 |
| B | Set DPI & Print – Rule of Thirds | 5th October 2026 | 2nd November 2026 |
| C | Open DPI & Print | 2nd November 2026 | 30th November 2026 |
| D | Set DPI & Print – Up Close | 30th November 2026 | 25th January 2027 |
| E | Open DPI & Print | 25th January 2027 | 22nd February 2027 |
| F | Set DPI & Print – Markets | 22nd February 2027 | 22nd March 2027 |
| Annual | 2026-2027 Annual Competitions | 22nd March 2027 | 26th April & 10th May 2027 |
Definitions of Set Subjects
“RULE OF THIRDS” – A follow on from Ian Howard’s talk where an image is divided into nine equal sections, and key elements are positioned along the grid lines or their intersections to create balance and visual interest. Think about the classic sand, sea, sky horizontals or the lone tree sitting off centre in the frame.
“UP CLOSE” – A follow on from the Club’s very successful Macro evening where various techniques were demonstrated and tried. This subject can also be about intimacy, detail, and revealing what we usually overlook. It challenges you to move physically closer — or zoom in visually — to transform ordinary subjects into something striking and unexpected.
“MARKETS” – A rich and dynamic photography subject because they combine people, colour, culture, and movement in one place. There are many Market Towns in the Cotswolds to choose from or go further afield with the famous Christmas Markets across the UK and Europe They all offer endless opportunities to capture everyday life and storytelling through images.
For all Competitions, please upload images by the submission date shown above via Pixoroo link below: –
CCC Annual Competition Categories
(Submission Deadline 22nd March 2027)
| Award | Subject | Format | Notes | |
Pitchers Trophy |
| DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | Topic chosen by our Club President | |
| Dennis Moss Trophy | Open | Print + DPI 1600 x 1200, sRGB | DPI for Pixoroo entry | |
| Leonard Jones Cup | Open | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | ||
| Cavendish Cup | Black and white, Open | Print + DPI 1600 x 1200, sRGB | DPI for Pixoroo entry | |
| Miles Shield | Open (Club outing) | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | Images taken on a Club outing | |
| Gladiator Trophy | Aviation | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | ||
| Ted Parrott Trophy | Sporting Action | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | ||
| Pitchers Cup | Open | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | Open to new members only. |
The Print Panel Challenge
Click here to download a pdf of the Print Panel Challenge rules, general information, and an image of last year’s winning panel.
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
Cirtencester 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