Cherry Festival Photographic Competition Entries Close Soon

Entries to this year’s Young Camera Club’s Cherry Festival Photographic Competition close next week, on Friday the 24th of October.

There are 13 categories to choose from, including two junior categories. Adult categories include:

• People: Monochrome
• People: Colour
• Open Category: Monochrome
• Open Category: Colour
• Macro/Close Up: Colour
• Birds: Colour
• Animals: Colour
• Architecture/Design: Colour or Monochrome
• Landscape: Colour
• Waterscape: Colour

The junior categories include:

• Under 13 years: Colour or Monochrome
• 13 years - under 18 years: Colour or Monochrome

There will also be prizes awarded:

• The Will Sibley Memorial Trophy (Champion Print)
• Helen Berridge Memorial Trophy (Junior Champion Print )
• The John van Rijswijk Memorial Encouragement Trophy (for a Junior entrant)
• People’s Choice Award.

This year, the Margaret Lackersteen Memorial Trophy (for the most successful Local Entry) is also being introduced.

Entry forms are available from the Young Visitor Information Centre and on the Young Camera Club’s Facebook page.

The opening night of the exhibition will be held on Tuesday the 2nd of December. It commences at 7.30pm and is being held upstairs in the Flamingo Room of the Young Services Club.

Entry to the opening night is $5 and includes refreshments.

Entry to the exhibition from December the 3rd to December the 7th is $2. Young Camera Club also wishes to congratulate Rod Smith who won the annual Camera Rally.

Publicity Officer Narelle Howard said, “It was great to see many of the newer members attend their first rally.”

Young Camera Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month, except January, at 6:30pm.

For all enquiries, please phone Trevor on 0414 649 500.

• Topics:

• Festivals
• National Cherry Festival
• Arts & Media
• Competitions