PJ Interclub Slide Competition

PSA Journal, August, 2005 by Keith Vaughan

The fourth and final round of the 2004-2005 PJ Interclub Slide Competition was judged in May by the Tahlequah Camera Club in Oklahoma under the direction of Carol and Tom McCreary. The IIWF club from Germany maintained its outstanding performance and finished 1st in this round with a total of 76 points, greatly ahead of the Greater Lynn in second place with 62 points. PGNS was third with 60 points. The final club standings for the year are:

IIWF Germany, 270 points, 1st place

Photo Guild of NS, 255 pts, 2nd

Greater Lynn Photo. Assoc. 250 pts, 3rd

Pomona Valley CC, 245 pts, 4th

Oklahoma CC, 234 pts, 5th

F:67 CC, 233 pts, 6th

Houston CC, 225 pts, 7th

Image Makers, 218 pts, 8th

Dallas CC, 211 pts, 9th

Photo Pictorialists of Milwaukee, 210 pts, 10th

Charlotte CC, 186 pts, 11th (tie)

Circle of Confusion, 186 pts, 11th *

* Circle of Confusion did not enter the final round.

The individual awards in this round are as follows:

1st Wheelchair Rider by Berndt Lindstaedt, IIWF, 14 points.

2nd Aussenseiter (The Outsider), Hugo Strohmenger, IIWF, 14 pts.

3rd Great Goalie Save, Joanne Stolte, PPSA, Pomona Valley, 14 pts.

Honorable Mention: Red and Gold Fireworks, Pat Crofton, Houston, 14 pts; Hoch Hinaus, Josef Graf, IIWF, 13 pts; No. 105, Wolfgang Berndt, IIWF, 12 pts; Off the Board for Two, Gerald Emmerich, Jr., FPSA, EPSA, Image Makers, 12 pts; Kajak 113, Berndt Lindstaedt, IIWF, 12 pts; Slush Cup Splash, Keith Vaughan, FPSA, EPSA, PGNS, 12 pts; Reaching Over the Moat, Steven Fisher, F:67 CC, 12 pts.

Congratulations to Berndt Lindstaedt for his winning slide and also to the whole IIWF team for winning the overall club standings. The 2004-2005 season has been successful for the PJ Interclub Competition, with two new clubs F:67 and Pomona Valley joining the fold and doing very well. If your club would like to compete in this competition in 2005-2006, go to the PSA website at http://www.psapjd.org/inter_club.html. The deadline for registration is October 1st, 2005.

Keith Vaughan, FPSA, EPSA, Editor

7 Amberwood Court, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 3X6, (902) 445-9887

Keith.Vaughan@smu.ca