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 |
