Irish Photographic Federation

Serving Irish Photography

  • Home
  • Info
    • About
    • Constitution
    • History of the Irish Photographic Federation
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Fees for Speakers/Judges
    • IPF Approved Lecturers list 2021
    • IPF approved judges list 2021
    • IPF Awards
    • IPF Council Members
    • Presidential Addresses
    • IPF Committees
    • Roll of honour – IPF Past presidents
    • Roll of honour – Founding members
    • Privacy and GDPR Regulations
  • Competitions
    • National Photography Competition 
    • National Nature Photography Competition
    • IPF National Club Championships
    • National Shield Digital Competition
    • IPF AV National Championships
    • Competition Archives
  • Calendar
  • News
  • Membership
    • Club Affiliation 2023
    • Member Clubs 2022
    • IPF Regions
    • Member Clubs 2021
    • Member Clubs 2020
    • Member Clubs 2019
    • Member Clubs 2018
  • Distinctions
    • Annual Fees
    • IPF Distinctions
    • Guidelines and advice
    • Dates & Availability
    • May 2021 Distinction audience attendance
    • Licentiateship (LIPF)
    • Associateship (AIPF)
    • Fellowship (FIPF)
    • Application Form
    • Audio Visual
    • Successful Distinctions
    • Distinctions Gallery
    • Distinction Assessors
  • Gallery
    • Club Championships
    • Distinctions
    • FIAP Biennials
    • National Shield
    • Nature Competition
    • Photographer of the Year Competition
    • Celtic Challenge
    • AV Group
    • Presentations
    • Various
  • Contact
  • FIAP
    • FIAP Biennials
    • FIAP Distinctions
    • FIAP Distinctions – FAQs
    • FIAP Distinction Holders
    • FIAP Salons
    • FIAP Audio Visual Distinctions
    • MFIAP Holders
      • John Hooton MFIAP, FIPF, FRPS
      • Gabriel J O’Shaughnessy MFIAP, FIPF, FRPS, EFIAP/b
You are here: Home / News / Club News / National championships 2022

National championships 2022

April 6, 2022 by Gerry 4 Comments

The Irish Photographic Federation will host the National Club Finals 2022 via Zoom on Saturday, May 21st.

Please see below information and link how to register your clubs interest in the event. Following the completion of registration and fee paid to take part, you will receive further information on how and when you can upload your images. On a separate note I will need you to forward me a PDF / JPEG of the layout of both your club’s colour and monochrome panels.

Dominic Reddin

Co-ordinator,

Irish Photographic Federation

National Club Championships.

1. Introduction

1. The National Club Championship is an inter-club competition open to all clubs in good standing with the Federation.

2. All clubs affiliated to the Federation are eligible to enter, i.e. there are no regional qualifying competitions.

2. Conditions of Entry

1.     To compete, a club submits a panel of 10 monochrome digital images and a panel of 10 colour digital images. Clubs may also include two additional images per panel to act as substitutes for disqualified images.

2.     The overall award (Sean Casey Memorial Trophy) will be awarded to the club with the highest combined monochrome and colour panel scores. Clubs that choose to enter only one panel will not be eligible to win the overall award.

3.     All photographs shown on a panel must be the work of registered members of the competing club.

4.     A person may not represent more than one club in the IPF, or in NIPA, in any one year.

5.     A maximum of two images from an individual may appear on a panel.

6.     All images used in the competition shall be the original work of the author. Where the Federation requests proof of authorship that proof shall be provided without delay.

7.     Images used in previous National Club Championship are not eligible.

8.     Scoring in the competition shall be on the basis of the official score sheet. Each judge will score independently. Results shall be based on the aggregate scores given by all judges to each competing panel.

9.     The judges’ decision shall be final.

3. Submission of Entries

a.      Please click on the following link to register to enter the competition https://irishphoto.wufoo.com/forms/k1eebb1n0bsfoze/

b.     On receipt of the completed Entry Form and payment, the club will receive an email from the Co-ordinator with an invite for each club advising how your images must be uploaded.

c.     There will be an entry fee of €60.00 per club.

d.     Payment will form part of the online Entry Form process and can be by PayPal or Bank Transfer. The IPF IBAN will be included in the acknowledgement email, which will follow the completion of the Entry Form.

e.     All payments by Bank Transfer should use your Club Name as the reference.

f.      Images for projected panels should be resized to 1600 pixels on the longest edge, jpg quality 10.

g.     The IPF reserves the right to publish any image entered in the National Club Championships, with due acknowledgement and without payment of a fee, for the purposes of promoting the event and the IPF. This includes, but is not limited to, use on the IPF website. The copyright of all such images remains with their respective authors.

h. Closing date for entries is Midnight Friday 6th May 2022.

Results will be presented on Zoom on Saturday, May 21st 2022

The Conduct of the National Club Championship

1.      The National Club Championship shall take place under the supervision of the Event Coordinator, or other official appointed by the National Council, and who shall act as the Official Referee.

2.      Judges appointed by the National Council shall adjudicate the National Club Championship. The judges for this year’s Club Championships are:

  • Richard Spiers DPAGB, APAGB, BPE2,
  • Gwen Charnock, FRPS, MFIAP, and
  • Carol McNiven Young, FRPS, EFIAP, CPAGP

3.      The judges’ decision is final and no discussion of that decision shall be entered into.

4.      It is not permissible to publicly dispute the judges’ decision or comment at any time during the National Club Championship, up to and including the award ceremony. Breach of this rule by a member of a club may lead to disqualification of that club’s entry.

5.      The results of the National Club Championship will be announced via Zoom.

6.      Entry into the competition shall be deemed to be acceptance of the rules of the

competition.

7.      All entries must conform to the current specification as defined by FIAP in each category.

General

1.      The IPF reserves the right to publish any image entered in the National Club Championship, without payment of a fee. Copyright of all images remains with the respective authors.

2.      The National Council’s decision in all matters relating to the National Club Championship shall be final.

3.      Where any Club considers that a person or Club is in breach of any of the National Club Championship rules of the National Club Championship, that Club may lodge a formal complaint with the Federation stating the details of the alleged offence, which complaint, to be valid, must be accompanied by a payment of €60 to cover the costs of the investigation into the complaint. If the complaint is upheld, the fee will be returned and the offending Club will be liable for the costs of the investigation, in addition to any other penalty, which may be imposed. Any such complaint must be lodged prior to the commencement of judging. Once judging has begun, the organisers will not entertain any complaints.

4.      Any Club in breach of the rules shall be subject to a penalty as determined by National Council.

5.      It is incumbent on all participating Clubs to ensure that they have adhered to the rules of the competition and all rules shall be enforced on the basis that all competing Clubs and Club members have taken full cognisance of the rules.

Filed Under: Club News, Competitions, Hot, In the Spotlight, Latest News, Upcoming Events

Latest news item

May 2023 Distinctions

The IPF are pleased to announce that the next distinction assessments sitting will be on Saturday 20th May 2023 in Mullingar. Applications are now being accepted via the entry form linked below. Please note that AIPF and FIPF distinctions … [Read More...]

Distinctions March 2023

The March distinction sitting, in Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, produced some marvellous images.  An audience of around 80 persons saw four successful Licentiate panels, five successful Associate panels and a successful Fellowship.  As … [Read More...]

National Nature Photography Competition

We are pleased to provide advance notice of the new IPF National Nature Photography Competition.  We intend holding the competition in Autumn and all Clubs will be advised of the actual date in due course. Start capturing images for this … [Read More...]

National Photography 2023 Now open for images

Please note: A new version of the software instructions has been uploaded.  The Filename should be New Software instructions 2023 V1.1 – please see the link below Go to this webpage – www.ipfhost.org and follow the instructions in the … [Read More...]

More Posts from this Category

Comments

  1. Blath McDonnell says

    July 20, 2022 at 1:41 pm

    IPF members to think about volunteering with us.
    NILMDTS (Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep) is a non-profit organisation committed to providing assistance to parents and families experiencing early infant loss. We provide remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby, with a free gift of professional portraiture and a digital retouch service.
    We are currently rebuilding our team of volunteer photographers. We have been unable to provide this service since the Spring of 2020 due to the Covid19 pandemic. Are you an advanced photographer with the skills needed to provide this gift to families? Full training is provided and full support is always available to our volunteers. We are appealing to IPF members to think about joining our team

    Any chance I could get something onto the Facebook page or into the next newsletter in this regard?

  2. Mark Taylor says

    October 3, 2022 at 4:01 pm

    Hi Gerry.

    Is coherency between images in the panels required in the National Shield.?

    (Aside: FIAP use the expression “Coherency between photos is not required” in their World Cup rules).

    Kind regards,
    Mark.

  3. Gerry says

    October 3, 2022 at 10:06 pm

    Hi Mark

    The National Shield is regarded as a non-advanced competition and is meant to be a portfolio competition rather than a “panel” competititon so no there is not a requirement for coherency. or panelling

    Regards

    Gerry

  4. Gerry says

    October 3, 2022 at 10:19 pm

    Hi Blath

    My sincere apologies, this ended in a SPAM trap. Ive passed on your request to the the IPF council and they will contact you directly

    If you want to respond, you can get me directly at webmaster@irishphoto.ie

    Gerry

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Latest

Distinctions March 2023

The March distinction sitting, in Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, produced some marvellous … [Read More...]

National Nature Photography Competition

We are pleased to provide advance notice of the new IPF National Nature Photography … [Read More...]

National Photography 2023 Now open for images

Please note: A new version of the software instructions has been uploaded.  The Filename … [Read More...]

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Thank you. Please check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Recent News

  • May 2023 Distinctions
  • Distinctions March 2023
  • National Nature Photography Competition
  • National Photography 2023 Now open for images
  • FIAP Colour Biennial 2023
  • National Photography Competition 
  • March 2023 distinctions
  • AV 2022 Results
  • Irish Photographic Federation’s 39th National Audio-Visual Championships & 8th International Audio Visual Competition
TwitterFacebookLinkedinFlickr

Search

Content copyright © 2015 Irish Photographic Federation. All images copyright © of respective photographers. All Rights Reserved.