Acknowledgements..

Before we get to the results, we would first like to acknowledge the following people for their support and assistance in making this event possible (in no particular order!);

• The organising committee at the SACC – Bill Power, John Doheny, John Hogan, Neily Curtin & Niamh Whitty
• The team from Kilkenny Photographic Society for the manpower transporting panel boards upstairs & downstairs and assembling
• All the clubs who competed and attended
• Judges Lorraine Gilligan, Mark Sedgwick & Paul Stanley for their hard work throughout the day
• Guest Speaker Seamus Costelloe for a super presentation
• Jason Town for assistance with scoring
• Cian O’Mahony for presentation photos
• John Grimes and Limerick & District Photographic Society for the use of their panel boards
• All involved in donating prizes to raffle (to be published separately)

A very sincere thank you.

Results..

Moving on, we are delighted to announce that the overall winners were Cork Camera Group who also won the overall title last year.  Our congratulations to all involved at Cork Camera Group – their achievement this year was all the more remarkable as they not only won the overall title, but they also swept the boards by winning each club panel section (Colour Print, Monochrome Print and Projected Image).

Second place overall went to Wexford Camera Club. Wexford were placed second in Monochrome Print & third in Projected Image.

Congratulations also to Kilkenny Photographic Society on taking third place overall. They were also awarded with third place in Colour Print and  third in Monochrome Print.

Other successful clubs were Mallow Camera Club who finished second in Colour Print and Blarney Photography Club who took second place in Projected Image category.

In individual awards, Best Overall Image and Best Projected Image were won by Ron Bending from Deise Camera Club.  Best Colour Print was won by Michael O’Sullivan from Cork Camera Group and Best Monochrome Print stayed in Kilkenny Photographic Society this year with Seamus Costelloe winning that category.

Winning panels and individual winners are shown below. Further images from presentation ceremony available in this gallery.

For full results, please go to our results page.

We’re delighted to welcome Seamus Costelloe FIPF SWPP/BPPA as our special guest speaker at this year’s SACC Interclub Competition and hope that you will all take the opportunity to attend what is sure to be a great presentation! This talk is titled ‘My Passion for Photography’ and will include prints and a practical demo on using natural light along with a talk about his work. Members from all clubs are invited to attend, regardless if they are taking part in the competition.

Cover charge €2 – see flyer for more details.

Once again we extend our thanks to the members of Kilkenny Photographic Society who are helping to host the event and to Limerick & District Photographic Society for the use of their panel boards.

The judges are Lorraine Gilligan FIPF,  Mark Sedgwick FIPF EFIAP & Paul Stanley FIPF EFIAP.

Finally, we’d like to take this opportunity to wish all clubs the very best of luck.

The schedule for the day is outlined below and while we will do our best to ensure we follow it as closely as possible, please bear in mind that some parts of the day are always unscripted!

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The annual and highly contested SACC Interclub Competition for 2014 takes place on March 23rd in the Skyline Suite at Hotel Kilkenny. We’ll be announcing further details & full schedule shortly including a special guest speaker.  Right now though, if your club is going to enter, then they need to read this post and get their entry fee in on time to guarantee their space.

What does your club need to do to enter?

• Pay the entry fee by Friday 14th March 2014

You may pay online via paypal button below (preferred), or by cheque to SACC Treasurer John Hogan (John Hogan, Kilpatrick, Ballyclough, Mallow, Co.Cork). If you cannot pay by Friday 14th March, you MUST contact us via contact page to confirm that your club will be entering. Fees remain unchanged; €20 for one panel, €30 for two panels & €40 for all three.

• Complete the entry form and send it to interclub2014@sacc.ie by Friday 21st March 2014

The entry form for 2014 can be downloaded via this link. You must mail completed form to interclub2014@sacc.ie by Friday 21st March 2014

• Study the rules and get your panels organised

Please read Interclub Rules 2014 (no change since last year) and work with your club to assemble your panels!

• Pack double-sided sticky velcro

Lots of it! You’ll need double-sided sticky velcro to attach your prints to the panel boards.

• Watch out for mount size

Maximum mount size is 20 x 16 inches. The dimensions of the panel boards are 8 x 4 feet (96 x 48 inches). Please note that if you are using the maximum size mount, and all mounts on any row are landscape oriented, they are not going to fit on the panel boards. You need to either adjust the layout of your panel, or use slightly smaller mounts.

• Hang panels

Panels must be hung between 9am-10.30am on Sunday 23rd March in Skyline Suite at Hotel Kilkenny. Full schedule coming shortly.

• What to bring on competition day?

• For Print Panels:

• Prints & velcro. Measuring tapes, levels, laser pointers etc optional!
• Printed thumbnail view of each overall print panel layout – A4 print ideal on any kind of paper
• Jpg of thumbnail view of each overall panel layout on disc or memory stick
• Jpegs of each image on each print panel (sized to 1024 pixels on longest edge) on disc or memory stick

• For Projected Panels:

• Jpg of thumbnail view of projected panel layout (x2, one with name of club included, the other without) on disc or memory stick
• Digital jpgs of each image on projected panel (sized to 2400 pixels on longest edge) on disc or memory stick, numbered 1-10