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• Cheadle Alliance Shield 2021– 2022 : First Round
• Cheadle Alliance Shield 2021 : Fourth & Final Round
• Cheadle Alliance Shield 2021 : Third Round
• Cheadle Alliance Shield 2021 : Second Round
• Annual General Meeting 2020
• Cheadle Alliance Shield 2020 : Third and Final Round
• Cheadle Alliance Shield 2020 : Round 2

Cheadle Alliance Shield 2021– 2022 : First Round

02.11.21

Christine Hodgson, from Huddersfield, judged the first round of the 2021– 2022 four-way inter-club battle, which was hosted by Stockport PS. Again there were no prints due to the Covid situation. Stalybridge PC [202 points] just edged ahead of 85 Group [201 points], followed by Stockport PS [199 points] and Bramhall PS [184points].

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Cheadle Alliance Shield 2021 Fourth & Final Round

27.04.21

Stockport PS were the hosts for the final round of this year's four–way inter–club battle, which was judged by Sue Dobson APAGB CPAGB, who had forty–eight images to view and discuss. SPC came out on top, not only of the round, but also of the whole competition and therefore keep the shield for another year. Well done everyone who has contributed to this year's success and thanks to the other participating clubs for all the hard work which has gone into producing another well–supported competition!

The final cumulative scores for the 2020–2021 competition are:

	DPIs	TOTAL
STALYBRIDGE
Round 1	194	194
Round 2	213	407
Round 3	207	614
Round 4	204	818
BRAMHALL
Round 1	174	174
Round 2	205	385
Round 3	197	582
Round 4	190	772
85 GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY
Round 1	174	174
Round 2	207	381
Round 3	187	568
Round 4	194	762
STOCKPORT
Round 1	189	189
Round 2	214	403
Round 3	201	604
Round 4	198	802

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Cheadle Alliance Shield 2021 Third Round

017.03.21

Bramhall PS were the hosts for round 3 of this year's four–way inter–club battle, which was judged by Rob Hockney, who had forty–eight images to view and discuss. SPC just gained the upper hand by a handful of points; thereby retaining their slender lead going into the last round.

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Cheadle Alliance Shield 2021 Second Round

01.02.21

We were the hosts for round 2 of this year's four–way inter–club battle, which was admirably judged by Keith Barber, who had forty–eight images to view and discuss. It was an evenly fought competition, with the total scores ranging from 205 to 214 points. Stockport's images gained the most points on the night however, Stalybridge are the overall leaders, albeit by the small margin of four points.

Thanks to Keith for giving his expertise and time to making the evening a success.

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Annual General Meeting

28.09.20

The 2020 AGM was held via Zoom; the Officers' reports, having been circulated to members prior to the meeting were all passed unanimously. The officers were re-elected, as was committee member Roy Rodgers; due to pressure of work, Emmett Doyle and David Oliver did not offer themselves for re-election and were replaced by Allan Ward and Dan Willis. As a result, the Committee for 2020-2021 is:

• Chairman - Keith Rawsthorne
• Secretary - Kevin Gamwell
• Treasurer - Mike Wheeller
• Committee - Roy Rodgers
• Committee - Allan Ward
• Committee - Dan Willis

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Cheadle Alliance Shield 2020 Third and Final Round

11.05.20

Due to the Covid–19 lockdown, the final round of the 2020 competition was held via video link on Monday, 11^th May. The print section was replaced by colour DPIs and the DPI section was transformed into a mono group.

SPC came out on top, not only of the round, but also of the whole competition and therefore get to keep the shield for another year. Well done everyone who has contributed to this year's success and thanks to the other participating clubs for all the hard work which has gone into producing another well–supported competition!

	Colour DPIs	Mono DPIs	Points
Bramhall	119	114	233
Hyde	–	–	–
Stalybridge	131	134	265
Stockport	140	120	260

The final scores for the current competition are as follows:

	Prints	DPIs	Points	TOTAL
Bramhall
Round 1	96	97	193
Round 2	90	90	180
Round 3	–	233	233	606
Hyde
Round 1	98	96	194
Round 2	–	–	–
Round 3	–	–	–	194
Stalybridge
Round 1	101	105	206
Round 2	107	111	218
Round 3	–	265	265	689
Stockport
Round 1	101	104	205
Round 2	100	99	199
Round 3	–	260	260	664

Our entries were:

Colour DPIs

Mono DPIs

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Cheadle Alliance Shield 2020 Round Two

02.03.20

We were the hosts for the second round of the current year's competiton, although sadly due to the 'retirement' of Hyde PS it should have been the third. The reduced number of entries enabled our judge Nick Hilton, more time to expand his comments on each one! After careful consideration and much thought he awarded the following points:

	Prints	DPIs	Points
Bramhall	90	90	180
Hyde	–	–	–
Stalybridge	107	111	218
Stockport	100	99	199

The cumulative scores for the current competition are as follows:

	Prints	DPIs	Points	TOTAL
Bramhall
Round 1	96	97	193
Round 2	90	90	180	373
Hyde
Round 1	98	96	194
Round 2	–	–	–	195
Stalybridge
Round 1	101	105	206
Round 2	107	111	218	424
Stockport
Round 1	101	104	205
Round 2	100	99	199	404

Our entries were:

Prints

DPIs

Thanks to the other clubs for a spirited competition and to Nick for his excellent comments.

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