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 five competitions during the season from A to E each with a set subject and open category – see submission dates and set subjects in the box below for 2024/5 season.
Members can submit one image into each category:
Open Print
Open Digitally Projected Image (DPI)
Set Subject Print
Set Subject DPI
| Competition | Submission date | Judging night | |
| A | Journey + Open | 30 Sep 24 | 28 Oct 24 |
| B | UK Flora, Fauna, Fungi + Open | 28 Oct 24 | 02 Dec 24 |
| C | Golden/Blue Hour + Open | 02 Dec 24 | 13 Jan 25 |
| D | Still Life + Open | 13 Jan 25 | 17 Feb 25 |
| E | Closed + Open | 17 Feb 25 | 24 Mar 25 |
| Annual | 2024/25 Annual competition | 24 Mar 25 | 14 & 28 April 25 |
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 25 March 2025. Details of categories for 2024/5 season can be found below:
Award | Subject | Format | Notes |
Pitchers Trophy | Family in Cotswolds | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | Topic chosen by our Club President
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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 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
Miles Shield | Open (Club outing) | DPI, 1600 x 1200, sRGB | |
Gladiator Trophy | Aviation | 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 (judged by members)
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. Images must be of ‘Sporting Action‘, and be submitted by Monday 02 September. This image must have been taken between September 4th 2023 and September 2nd 2024.
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
CCC takes part in three battles a year, currently against Swindon, Calne and Wantage Clubs, Cheltenham and Stroud Clubs, and Tetbury Camera Club.
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