Amanda Wright reports on Monday’s (21 October) match which for the second time saw EHHPS facing Hemel Hempstead and Amersham:

Hemel Hempstead hosted round 2 of the NW Fed last night judged by Chris Sargeant and with Judy and Mark Buckley-Sharp present.

In the prints round EHHPS came a disappointing 3rd scoring 83, Hemel Hempstead 2nd with 87 and Amersham 1st with 92.

The judging appeared to be somewhat random with traditional views and details missed, the lowest score was 16 with two 20’s and both the stars awarded to Amersham. Ealing could only muster a top score of 18 for Paul Mason’s A Brush With A Cactus but this by no means represented the quality of the images EHHPS submitted. Personally I thought the criticisms were half hearted.

In the PDI’s again the lowest competition score was a 16 but EHHPS fared much better with Hemel scoring 88 and both Amersham and EHHPS scoring 90. Once again two 20’s and both stars were awarded to Amersham. EHHPS scored three 19’s which were In The Bell Tower by Paul Mason, Marine by Shaun Hodge and Before Sunrise by Dennis Durack.

The final round will be held at Amersham in two weeks time on Monday 4th November but it’s not looking hopeful.