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​EMAVG Competition Results 2024/2025 Season

60 Second Competition 2024
Our one-minute competition was held in December.  There was a massive entry of 23 AVs and some really creative ideas.

The Winner of the Camp Trophy was
Keith Watson with "Shot at Dawn"

Second
"Broken Road" by José Currant

Joint Third
"The Last Supper", also by José Currant, and 
"The Mills Are Full Of Noises" by Keith Watson


Annual Competition 2025
Our main event of the year was held on Saturday 18th January.
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​27 superb AVs were judged by Alan and Bev Tyrer who then gave a top quality presentation
​"AdVentures in AV"
They presented the following awards:

Open Section
1st Place, Winner of the Caroline Trophy
"Walking on Water" by Malcolm Imhoff

The Runner Up was David Cudworth with "The Manchester Rambler"

David also came Third with "The Bessie Stone"

Highly Commended were
"Remembered Souls, Standing Tall", by Dave Cooke, and 
"Miller and Mathematician" by David Gibbins

Commended were
"From the Ashes" by Keith Watson, and 
"A Night to Remember" by David Cudworth

Music, Poetry and Song category
1st Place, Winner of the Ken Abbott Trophy
"The Mill" by Keith Watson

The Runner Up was Malcolm Imhoff with "Holehird"

Third place was also Malcolm Imhoff with "Barre des Ecrins"

Highly Commended were "AWRE" by Graham Neville, and 
"Grandpa, Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days" by Dave Cooke

Commended were
"A Collection of Great Farm Tractors and Other Interesting vehicles" by Keith Watson, and
"Sea of Clouds" by David Gibbins

The Elston Trophy for the best AV by an Intermediate worker was awarded this year to 
David Cudworth for his two AVs "The Manchester Rambler" and " The Bessie Stone"

The Maggie Imhoff Trophy for the AV with the Best Voiceover was awarded to 
Dave Cooke for "Remembered Souls, Standing Tall"

The Foursome Trophy for the Winner of the Audience Vote went to 
Keith Watson for his AV "The Three Hundred and Nine"

Second was "AWRE" by Graham Neville

Third was "Miller and Mathematician" by David Gibbins

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EMAVG Competition Results 2023/2024 Season

The Friendship Trophy 2023
The Friendship Trophy competition was held on 9th April.
An enjoyable evening resulted with some very strong entries from the members, and a great variety of different styles and content.
This competition is an open category with two main criteria. It must not exceed 5-minutes duration and must use one piece of commercially available piece of music, which is not altered in any way or over-dubbed with narration or sound effects.

First Place and Winner of the Friendship Trophy
"Killers in the Jungle" by David Cudworth

Equal Second
"All Because Of You" by Dave Cooke, and
"Granpa Tell Me All About The Good Ol' Days" also by Dave Cooke

Equal Third
"Holehird" by Malcolm Imhoff, and
"Heart in New York" by David Gibbins

Annual Competition 2024
The Annual Competition 2024 was held on Saturday 13th January.
This day-long event is the highlight of our groups calendar and this year was judged by Peter Warner ARPS

 Peter presented the following awards:






​Open Section
1st Place, winner of the Caroline Trophy
"Vogalonga" by Malcolm Imhoff

The Runner Up was David Gibbins for "Nobody Knows Why"

Keith Watson's, "The House of Scandal" was third

Highly Commended went to Keith Watson with, "Funicular"

Commended were "The Glass Cathedral" by Jose' Currant
and "A City of Five Facets" by Dave Cooke

Music, Poetry and Song Category
1st Place, winner of the Ken Abbott Trophy
"The Beauty of Wilderness" by Malcolm Imhoff

The Runner Up was also Malcolm Imhoff with "Colours of Burano"

Third place was awarded to "Narrowboat" by Keith Watson

There were two Highly Commendeds:
"Cwmorthin Slate Quarry" and "Circles", both by Keith Watson

Three AVs were Commended:
"Was it a Dream I Had" by David Gibbins
"Chasing The Light" by John Sutherland and
"The Wanderer" by David Gibbins

Winner of the Elston Trophy For Best AV by an Intermediate Worker this year was awarded to John Sutherland for his entry, "Chasing The Light"

Award for the AV with the Best Voiceover and Winner of the Maggie Imhoff Trophy
"Vogalonga" by Malcolm Imhoff

The Audience Vote and Winner of the Foursome Shield
"Vogalonga" by Malcolm Imhoff


EMAVG Competition Results – 2021/2022 season

The Friendship Trophy Competition 2022
Fourteen super AVs made for a very entertaining evening

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​1st and Winner of the Friendship Trophy
​was Dave Cooke with "When I'm 64"
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  2nd was "Sizewell Beach" by Keith Watson
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​Sharing 3rd place were

"Bake Me A Cake" by Dave Cooke,

"Nottingham in Mono" by David Gibbins

"Radiant Springtide" by Graham Neville
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​Annual Competition 2022
Our Annual Competition was held on 15th January and judged by Martin Addison FRPS.
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​Open Section

1st Place, winner of the Caroline Trophy
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"Watch Where You Are Putting Your Feet" by Malcolm Imhoff
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Highly Commended

​ "Son of the Dragon Lives Here" by Keith Watson


 Commended:

​"Hurry or we will miss it" by Keith Watson
"Your Mother Should Know" by Malcolm Imhoff
 "Bake Me a Cake" by Dave Cooke
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​Photo Harmony Section
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1st Place, winner of the Ken Abbott Trophy
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"Time Stood Still" by Keith Watson
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​Highly Commended

​"Laredo" by Graham Neville




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​Commended:

"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
​by Malcolm Imhoff
 "In My Life" by Malcolm Imhoff
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Winner of the Elston Trophy
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for best AV by an Intermediate worker

"Ow Am Ya Gooing" by Dave Cooke
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