Ipswich City Council

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Enviroplan Photographic Competition winners announced

26 October 2009

AN up close and personal photograph of a dining ant, a picture of a service station which has seen better days, a hand full of grubs and a frog in a letter box have been selected as overall winners in this year's Enviroplan Photographic Competition for Ipswich City Council.

Environment and Conservation Committee Chairperson, Councillor Cheryl Bromage said although the number of entries was down this year the quality of the entries was consistently high.

"We received a total of 697 entries this year, down around 400 on last year's record 1100 entries, but the judges have commented how difficult it was to select from so many quality images.

"There is no doubt we have some magnificent and dedicated photographers in Ipswich and the standard of entries continues to grow, despite the numbers.

"There were just 130 entries in 2002 when this competition was first launched. In 2007, the competition boasted 800 entries while last year this increased to 1100.

"I am delighted with the quality this year and our major category of the Portraits - Native Wildlife of Ipswich managed to attract 139 entries alone."

The Overall Adult winners were Gary Want, for ‘Feeding Ant' which also won the adult Portraits - Native Wildlife of Ipswich, and David Davies for his image titled ‘Non-Service Station' which also won the adult category for Ipswich on Offer, Connect and Collect.

The Overall Student Winners were Brittnay Jones for her image titled ‘Feeling Sluggish' which also won the Student Category for Natural Ipswich, Experiences - Living with Nature in Ipswich and Niall Livingston for his entry ‘Livo Frog' the student winner in the category Ipswich on Offer - People Pleasers.

Winners photographs will be on display at the Café adjacent Queens Park Environmental Education Centre for the next three weeks.

OVERALL ADULT WINNERS:

Gary Want , Feeding Ant,

David Davies, Non-Service Station,

OVERALL STUDENT WINNERS:

Brittnay Jones, Feeling Sluggish,

Niall Livingston, Livo Frog.

ADULT WINNERS:

Native Wildlife - Gary Want, Feeding Ant, Runner up - Glenys Passier, into the Sunset

Landscape and Waterways - Glenys Passier, Kholo Gold, Runner up - Adrian Morrison, Orange Sunset;

Experiences in Living Nature - Glenys Passier, Boys Club, Runner up - Adrian Morrison, Magpie;

People Pleasers - Sue Hammond, Little Mushroom, Runner up - Michelle Domrow, Bumbling Bee,

Connect and Collect - David Davies, Non-Service Station, Runner up - Sue Wilson, Heritage Glass;

Eventful and Active Ipswich - Wayne Jones, Tangles, Runner up - Linda Hepburn, Teamwork.

STUDENT WINNERS:

Native Wildlife - Molly Retthe, The Fisher, Runner Up - Bradley Lynch, Balance,

Landscape and Waterways - Eden McKosker, Misty Mornings, Runner Up - Jaclyn Sempf, Orange Sunset;

Experiences in Living Nature - Brittnay Jones, Feeling Sluggish, Runner Up - Jaclyn Sempf, Looking Up;

People Pleasers - Niall Livingston, Livo Frog, Runner Up - Hayley McLeod, Into the Canopy;

Connect and Collect - Molly Retthe, On Track, Runner Up - Hayley McLeod, Harmonic Notes;

Eventful and Active Ipswich - Brittnay Jones, Colourful Memories, no runner up.

Highly Commended Adult:

Gary Want, Resting Robber Fly, Michael Berry, Wildlife at Flinders, Glenys Passier, Morning Light.

-ENDS-

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