Impala log: WC lead in prints

With more than half (54%) of the total print salon acceptances from Western Cape members and the Impala print trophy winner, Kim Stevens, from CTPS, it is clear that the Western Cape’s strength lies in prints. The 151 print points gained by members from the region – by far the highest of any region – contributed to the total of 3 053 points from Western Cape members in the 2019-20 Impala year.

Also so: New Impala Trophy rules

The audited Impala Trophy results were published this week on the PSSA website. This means that judging points were added, the points for more than three acceptances per image were discarded and the results of salon acceptances by non-PSSA members are no longer included in the logs.

Marleen la Grange from TPS (left) is the Western Cape’s top salon performer and Kim Stevens (right) from CTPS is the winner of the Impala Print Trophy.

This Impala year’s final top three print workers are Kim Stevens, Charlaine Gerber from Photo Challenge Club and myself, also from CTPS. Marleen la Grange from Tygberg Photographic Society (TPS), who retains her title as the Western Cape salon queen, placed #42 overall, is third in prints in the region and #4 in the country.

Read more about Kim Stevens and Marleen la Grange

The Western Cape is fifth in the overall regional standings, with TPS at #5, by far the best performing club in the region:

Regional positions PSSA salons 2019-20. PDI & Print (See more) and Overall club positions 2019-2020 Impala year – PDI & print (See more).

PSSA Rank	Regional Name	Points	Awards	Nr PDIs	Nr Prints	Points PDI	Points prints
1	Mpumalanga	5832	5260	5260	0	5832	0
2	Southern Gauteng	5203	4678	4661	17	5203	29
3	Northern Gauteng	4943	4598	4569	29	4943	40
4	Kwa-Zulu Natal	3575	3313	3313	0	3575	0
5	Western Cape	3053	3035	2908	127	3137	151

PSSA Rank	Club Name	Awards	Nr PDIs	Nr Prints	Total Points	Points PDI	Points prints
1	Southern Suburbs	1574	1568	6	1809	1802	7
2	Bloemfontein	1383	1382	1	1 588	1586	2
3	Vanderbijlpark	1376	1367	9	1523	1503	20
4	AFO	1360	1359	1	1457	1455	2
5	Tygerberg	1132	1114	18	1158	1135	23
24	CTPS	502	434	68	569	486	83
28	Tafelberg	483	474	9	496	488	8
34	Hermanus	328	322	6	396	388	8
41	Fish Hoek	233	233	0	270	270	0
48	Swartland	172	147	25	197	169	28
53	CCC	140	140	0	150	150	0
76	Worcester Photo Club	14	14	0	24	24	0
77	Durbanville	25	24	1	21	20	1
83	Christelike Privaatskool MBY	9	9	0	11	11	0
90	DF Malan High	7	7	0	8	8	0
96	Stellenberg High	2	2	0	4	4	0
97	Kleinmond Kiekieklub	3	3	0	3	3	0
98	Paarl Photographic	2	2	0	3	3
100	Gansbaai Photography	1	1	0	1	1	0
103	Worcester Fotografieklub	1	1	0	1	1	0

There are eight Western Cape members under the Top 100 on the countrywide Impala log and thirteen of the Top 30 in the Western Cape are from TPS.

Western Cape Top 30 individuals out of 1 206 people with acceptances (See more)

PSSA Rank	Name	Club	PDI Total	PDI Colour	PDI Nature	PDI Open Mono	Judge points	WC Rank
42	Marleen la Grange	Tygerberg	161	105	10	34	12	1
54	Karyn Parisi	Fish Hoek	140	43	64	16	0	2
62	Andre Stipp	Tygerberg	132	72	28	20	12	3
70	Elizma Fourie	Hermanus	121	66	23	32	0	4
83	Leney Stipp	Tygerberg	106	55	29	22	0	5
83	Phillip de Lange	Swartland	106	62	1	15	28	5
87	Charles Naude	Hermanus	103	37	52	14	0	7
98	Christo la Grange	Tygerberg	96	41	13	34	8	8
106	Neels Beyers	Tafelberg	89	64	11	10	4	9
110	Lynne Kruger-Haye	Tygerberg	86	37	2	19	28	10
114	Treurnicht du Toit	Hermanus	82	43	28	11	0	11
118	Louise de Lange	Worcester	79	36	3	8	32	12
118	Stephen Burgstahler	Tygerberg	79	45	14	8	12	12
120	Chris Coetzee	CTPS	78	63	9	6	0	14
131	Dieter Butow	CTPS	70	38	19	13	0	15
142	Johan van Wyk	Tygerberg	67	36	21	9	0	16
142	Mariana Visser	Tafelberg	67	52	0	7	8	16
145	Carolyn Kewley	Tygerberg	66	45	3	18	0	18
148	Peter Hardcastle	Swartland	64	28	7	13	16	19
162	Dante Parisi	Fish Hoek	55	14	18	16	0	20
162	David Barnes	Tygerberg	55	19	0	20	16	20
166	Clifford Wyeth	Tygerberg	54	17	3	10	24	21
175	Rob Minter	Tygerberg	51	27	4	20	0	22
176	Andre de Koket	Tafelberg	50	36	1	13	0	23
183	Nicol du Toit	CTPS	48	12	0	8	28	24
186	Derrick Smit	Tygerberg	46	18	25	3	0	25
191	Jeanette du Toit	CTPS	45	25	16	4	0	26
191	Pieter Swart	Swartland	45	36	1	8	0	26
193	Alida Heine	Tygerberg	44	26	6	12	0	28
193	Sonja Grunbauer	CTPS	44	32	0	12	0	28
210	Dawid Wilson	Hermanus	39	28	3	8	0	30

The following Western Cape PSSA members contributed to the region’s excellent print performance:

PSSA #	Name	Club	Print points	Nr prints	Colour	Nature	Mono	WC #
1	Kim Stevens	CTPS	23	17	13	0	10	1
2	Charlaine Gerber	Photo Challenge	18	10	10	0	8
3	Nicol du Toit	CTPS	13	8	7	0	6	2
4 (joint)	Marleen la Grange	Tygerberg	12	10	8	0	4	3
5 (joint)	Christo la Grange	Tygerberg	11	8	4	0	7	4
9 (joint)	Elizma Fourie	Hermanus	6	4	4	0	2	5
9 (joint)	Haralambos Parolis	CTPS	6	6	2	0	4	5
9 (joint)	Jacoba van Zyl	CTPS	6	6	3	0	3	5
9 (joint)	Louise de Lange	Worcester	6	5	2	0	4	5
10 (joint)	Peter Hardcastle	Swartland	5	4	0	0	5	9
10 (joint)	Phillip de Lange	Swartland	5	6	5	0	0	9
20 (joint)	Lesley Parolis	CTPS	3	2	3	0	0	11
22 (joint)	Jeanette du Toit	CTPS	2	2	2	0	0	11
22 (joint)	Margaret Collins	CTPS	2	2	2	0	0	11
22 (joint)	Mariana Visser	Tafelberg	2	1	2	0	0	11
22 (joint)	Neels Beyers	Tafelberg	2	2	1	0	1	11
33 (joint)	Coert Venter	Durbanville	1	1	0	0	1	16
33 (joint)	David Wilson	Hermanus	1	1	1	0	0	16
33 (joint)	Pieter Swart	Swartland	1	1	1	0	0	16

Best salon performers per Western Cape Club*
Creative Camera Club: Elizabeth Cook
CTPS: Chris Coetzee
Durbanville: Coert Venter
Fish Hoek: Karyn Parisi
Hermanus: Elizma Fourie
Swartland: Phillip de Lange
Tafelberg: Neels Beyers
Tygerberg: Marleen la Grange
Worcester: Louise de Lange
*Must have at least 10 acceptances to qualify for the award.

Trix Jonker from Bloemfontein Kameraklub is this year’s overall Impala Trophy winner, followed by Martin Barber from Southern Suburbs and Jaco du Toit from Imagelink Virtual Club. Bloemfontein Kameraklub is clearly the top performer in the Nature category, with the top three places occupied by club members Francois van der Watt, Geo Jooste and Trix Jonker.

PDI Trophy		Club	PDI total	Colour	Nature	Mono	Judging points
1	Trix Jonker	Bloemfontein	388	197	112	75	4
2	Martin Barber	Southern Suburbs	379	223	7	120	28
3	Jaco du Toit	Imagelink Virtual	332	148	109	75	0
Open Colour		Club	Total
1	Martin Barber	Southern Suburbs	223
2	Trix Jonker	Bloemfontein	197
3	Charlaine Gerber	Photo Challenge	192
Nature		Club	Total
1	Francois vd Watt	Bloemfontein	140
2	Geo Jooste	Bloemfontein	130
3	Trix Jonker	Bloemfontein	112
Monochrome		Club	Total
1	Martin Barber	Sothern Suburbs	120
2	Leon Venter	Bethal Fotografie	86
3	Willem Kruger	Independent	84

The AV Trophy winner is Jill Sneesby from Port Elizabeth, with Luana Laubscher from Knysna and Adri van Oudheusden, also from Port Elizabeth, joint second. Eric Thorburn of Sandton Photographic Society, Trix Jonker of Bloemfontein and Paul Rixom of George Camera Club are joint third in the AV section.