The Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs (CACC) is the regional body that looks after the camera clubs in our area. Each year they organise several competitions for club members and member clubs to take part in.
For clubs:-
For club members:-
Rosebowl
Run over the course of the early part of the season, clubs compete against each other over three rounds, facing different clubs in each round. Each club prepares 15 images, and can use the same images or different ones for each round. Winner get 5-points, 2nd 3-points, 3rd 2-points and 4th 1-point for each round. After the third round the twelve top scoring clubs are invited to join the final with just eight images each club, and they must have been used in one or more of the preliminary rounds.
In 2025, ImageZ scraped in to the final taking the 12th slot by virtue of the number of images that had scored 20s in the three rounds. At the final our eight images were judged against the other finalists and we finished in joint 3rd place with Croxley both scoring 137 points. Winning club was Watford with 140 points, Amersham second with 139.
CACC Rosebowl Final entries
Top scoring images were:-
- Kes Ward – Swirling Towers – 20-points
- Chenxi Ni – Ready to Attack – 19-points
Print Championship
Each club selects fifteen printed images from the club members to put forward as the club’s selection. Images are scored by a panel of three judges, each scoring from 1-5 points, so the maximum is 15-points for a single image. We have often found this a tough competition and finished in 12th place with 161 points from our selection of prints.
CACC Print Championship Entries
Projected Championship
Each club selects fifteen projected digital images from the club members to put forward as the club’s selection. Images are scored by a panel of three judges, each scoring from 1-5 points, so the maximum is 15-points for a single image. We finished in 5th place with 171 points from our selection of PDIs.
CACC PDI Championship Entries
Chilterns Hundred Members Exhibition
This competition is for members to choose a single projected digital image of their own choice, The club collects these and then uploads all the entries to the CACC for judging by a panel of three judges. Top images in this competition are awarded PAGB medals and ribbons.
ImageZ members entries for the CACC Chilterns Hundred
Top scoring images
- Stuart Craig – Misty Valley – 15-points
- Paul Mee – In the Crowd – 14-points
- Steve Allsop – Meal Deal – 13-points
Mobile Phone Competition
This competition is for members to choose a single projected digital image of their own choice that was captured on a mobile phone. The club collects these and then uploads all the entries to the CACC for judging. Top images in this competition are best image and highly commended certificates.
ImageZ members entries for the CACC Mobile Phone Competition
Images with orange outlines gained Highly Commended awards
- Chris Andrews – Looking up
- David Jones – Burning off the Mist
Many thanks to the members for their images, and to the selection group who have met throughout the year to select images for the Rosebowl and Championship events.
Thank you Brian for putting that all together. It’s amazing to see so many good images and I think we have so much talent in our club. We’ll done to all who entered.
What an amazing collection! All so varied ! Thank
You to the team who sent them off and Brian for keeping us updated so well. I’ve missed a few this year so it’s so good to see the blogs.