The National Shield 2012 was held in Ballyfermot Civic Centre on Sunday, the 11th of November hosted by Satsun Photographic Club.
The prestigious National Shield trophy for non-advanced workers was carried off by Malahide Camera Club, last year’s 2nd place club.
This year the SACC was well represented with Cork Camera Group in 2nd place and Fermoy Camera Club in 3rd.
The most improved club, a new award was taken for the first time by An Oige Photographic Group, who managed a sterling 5 place improvement over last year.
Congratulations to all clubs that enter this years competition and particularly to the individual participants.
A big thank you to our judges for this competition, Kevin and Margery Maskell, who travelled from the UK to support the event.

National Shield Winners – Malahide Camera Club

2nd Overall Place – Cork Camera Group

3rd Overall Place – Fermoy Camera Club

 

1st Place Mono  – Malahide Camera Club

 

2nd Place Mono – Fermoy Camera Club

 

Joint 3rd Place Mono – Palmerstown Camera Club & Clondalkin Camera Club

Palmerstown Camera Club

Clondalkin Camera Club

 

1st Place Colour – Cork Camera Group

 

2nd Place Colour – Dundalk Photographic Society

 

3rd Place Colour – Fermoy Camera Club

 

Most Improved Club

An Oige Photographic Group

 
 

Individual Awards

Monochrome

Gold Medal

Malahide Camera Club

Lillies

Rob Weld

Silver Medal

Clondalkin Camera Club

Serenity

Darren Kenny

Bronze Medal

Midlands Photography Club

A Race in Hand

Niamh Mulligan

Highly Commended

Kilkenny Photographic Society	Ballydowane	Ronan Doyle
Clondalkin Camera Club	High Key Female	Jason McCormack

Colour

Gold Medal

Offshoot Photography Society

Demon Rises

Rob Micallef

Silver Medal

Fermoy Camera Club

The Great Tit

Suzanne Merrigan

Bronze Medal

Dundalk Photographic Society

In the Fisherman’s Cottage

Damien O’Malley

Highly Commended

Satsun Photographic Club	Out of Bounds	Justin Melia
Cork Camera Group	Before the Storm	Ankie Janssen

All Monochrome Panels

All Colour Panels

Full scores

Panel	Club	Monochrome Prints	Colour Prints	Total
B	Malahide Camera Club	285	273	558
L	Cork Camera Group	265	289	554
G	Fermoy Camera Club	274	278	552
H	Dundalk Photographic Society	260	287	547
R	Palmerstown Camera Club	271	276	547
E	Clondalkin Camera Club	271	271	542
Q	Satsun Photographic Club	264	276	540
N	Kilkenny Photographic Society	267	269	536
K	Tallaght Photographic Society	260	276	536
F	Offshoot Photographic Society	257	277	534
P	Celbridge Camera Club	266	264	530
O	An Oige Photographic Group	259	265	524
S	Clones Photographic Society	266	258	524
A	Dublin Camera Club	259	260	519
M	Portlaoise Camera Club	262	256	518
C	Midlands Photographic Club	255	257	512
J	Arklow Camera Club	246	262	508
D	Bray Camera Club	250	258	508
I	Mallow Camera Club	243	262	505