WC members shine in PSSA competitions

Four Western Cape club members produced some of the top 3 highest scoring images in the March and April PSSA Junior and Senior Club and Website competitions. Didi Franklin’s Crab for lunch (Fish Hoek) was the first runner up in the March Junior Club competition (see featured image), while in the April Senior competition Mom and twins (see below) by Lorne Sulcas from Fish Hoek was the first runner-up in and Crighton Klassen’s Sunset over Table Mountain was the second runner-up in the same competition, entered by Hermanus. In the March website competition Sundowners from David Barnes of Tygerberg Photographic Society was the first runner-up.

March junior club	March score	PSSA Pos March	WCPF POS March	Author
Fish Hoek Photographic  Society	41	2	1	Didi Franklin – Crab for lunch
Cape Town Photographic Society	36	14	2	Paul-Boer Putter – De Kelders
Creative Camera Club	35	17	3	Chris Kinross – Squabble
Schools – Charlie Hofmeyer HS	35	17	3	Charl Conradie – Macrobulb
Hermanus Photographic Society	34	23	5	Rene Pretorius – Just Another Franskaai Sunset
Tafelberg  Fotografieklub	34	23	5	Kobie Stapelberg – Namibia
Schools WC Photographers	33	28	7	Thomas Bothe – Therons Pass
Witzenberg Photographic Society	33	28	7	Karien Le Roux – Pomp
Schools – Christelike Malmesbury	31	40	9	Jaco Louw – Versameling
Swartland Fotografieklub	30	46	10	Ciszanne Crous – Perfect Timing
Tygerberg Photographic Society	27	54	12	Michael West – Pollinator
April Junior Club	April score	PSSA Pos April	WC Pos April	Author
Creative Camera Club	37	5	1	Chris Kinross – Territorial Imperative
Cape Town Photographic Society	36	10	2	Sally-Ann Spooner – Shimmering beauty
Tygerberg Photographic Society	36	10	2	Sharon Nowacki-Olsen – Hands
Fish Hoek Photographic  Society	34	25	4	Kate Graham – Lusitano
Paarl Photographic Club	34	25	4	Alida Heine – Touch Down
Schools – Charlie Hofmeyer HS	34	25	4	Charl Conradie – Leopard
Swartland Fotografieklub	33	31	7	Ciszanne Crous – Family Time
Witzenberg Photographic Society	31	42	8	Cristopher Andrews – Pink
Hermanus Photographic Society	30	45	9	Mari Botes – Ready for Retirement
Schools – Christelike Malmesbury	30	45	9	Marco du Plooy – Natuurprag
Schools WC Photographers	30	45	9	Zanel Vermeulen – Vroegoggend by Montpellier

The PSSA monthly club competition rules state (see PSSA website): If you are a member of two or more clubs and you have won the Senior or Junior Image in one of your clubs, do not enter this image into any of your other clubs, or into the website competition in the same Competition year which runs from July of one year to June the following year.

Therefore, Crighton’s image entered by Hermanus in the April Senior Club competition, caused some controversy because Creative Camera Club had entered it in the PSSA September Junior Club competition, where it was declared the winner – an honour that Crighton declined because he had gained PSSA Honours and competed as a Master Photographer at another club and therefore did not believe it was fair of him to compete against juniors.

‘Mom and twins’ by Lorne Sulcas of Fish Hoek was the first runner-up in the April Senior Club competition.

March Senior	March score	PSSA POS March	WCPF POS March	Author
Witzenberg Photographic Society	39	5	1	Mariana Visser – Harmony pool
Helderberg Photographic Society	38	6	2	Issi Potgieter – Stallion War
Creative Camera Club	36	22	3	Michele-Ann Nel – Early morning games
Paarl Photographic Club	36	22	3	Christo Giliomee – Malachite with Snack
Tafelberg Fotografieklub	36	22	3	Charl Tait – Party fun during Covid
Cape Town Photographic Society	35	31	6	Sonja Grunbauer – An estate home
Hermanus Photographic Society	35	31	6	Crighton Klassen – The Tower
Swartland Fotografieklub	35	31	6	Herman Olivier – So High
Tygerberg Photographic Society	34	41	9	Bennie Vivier – Anchored
Fish Hoek Photographic Society	30	51	10	Evelyn Lyle – Rust art
April senior	April score	PSSA Pos April	WC Pos April	Author
Fish Hoek Photographic Society	40	2	1	Lorne Sulcas – Mom and twins
Hermanus Photographic Society	39	3	2	Crighton Klassen – Sunset Table Mountain
Tygerberg Photographic Society	37	12	3	David Barnes – TIMBUKTU
Creative Camera Club	36	23	4	William Ferris – Window
Witzenberg Photographic Society	36	23	4	Phillip de Lange – Concrete Art
Cape Town Photographic Society	34	34	6	Kim Stevens – Posing palmato gecko
Helderberg Photographic Society	34	34	6	Fiona Nell – Half Way Home
Swartland Fotografieklub	32	46	8	Herman Olivier – Mesmerized
Paarl Photographic Club	31	47	9	Andre Stipp – Shredded

Clubs and photographers should also take note of the PSSA website competition rules (see here) which states: if you win the website competition within the Competition year July to June the following year, you must not enter it into any of your clubs Senior or Junior competitions during this time.

In March the image Sundowners by David Barnes of Tygerberg was the first runner-up (see below).

March Website	March score	PSSA Pos March	WCPF Pos March	Entry
David Barnes	41	2	1	SUNDOWNERS
Michele-Ann Nel	36	11	3	Raindrops
Carina de Klerk	35	19	5	Tri-Colour Alice Lane
Mariana Visser	35	19	5	This too shall pass
Theo Potgieter	35	19	5	Knysna Dawn
Bennie Vivier	34	24	8	Chained hardship hands
Charles Naude	34	24	8	Group Portrait
Elizma Fourie	32	36	10	In Slow Flight
David Wilson	31	38	10	Bentley
Phillip De Lange	30	42	12	The old barn
Louise De Lange	27	46	13	Dandelion
April Website	April Score	PSSA Pos April	WC Pos April	Entry
Bennie Vivier	37	6	1	Mother hippo protecting her young
Charles Naude	37	6	1	Mommys Darling
Crighton Klassen	37	6	1	The Desolate Jetty
David Wilson	36	9	4	Bookworm
Mariana Visser	36	9	4	Salutation to the moon
David Barnes	35	12	7	Sky High
Michele-Ann Nel	35	12	7	Early Morning Games
Theo Potgieter	35	12	7	Dust Storm
Louise De Lange	34	15	10	Louise de Lange
Dieter Butow	33	16	11	Abandoned West-Coast diaond mine
Phillip De Lange	33	16	11	Exposed