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

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All Colour Panels