Friends of Richmond Park Photography
Competition for Young People 2009
Once again we have had an excellent response to our photography competition for young people, sponsored by Russell-Cooke Solicitors. Our judges, Ron Teague and Joyce Bing, Royal Parks official photographers, were extremely impressed with the overall standard of entries and awarded prizes in every category, plus several 'Highly Commended' certificates.
The competition was open to anyone aged 18 and under in three separate age categories: under 7; 7-11; and 12-18. The winners and 'Highly Commended' in each category are as follows:
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Highly Commended
Full list of winners:
12 - 18 years
- Kat Waters - 'A Hazy Shade of Winter' - 1st place
- Georgie Hewitt - 'Breakthrough' - 2nd place
- Kat Waters - 'Brass Winter' - 3rd place
7 - 11 years
- David Alexander - 'Tall Trees' - 1st place
- Olivia Caravello - 'Morning at Isabella Plantation'- 2nd place
- David Alexander - 'Peaceful Paradise' - 3rd place
Under 7 years
- Kieran Bye - 'Purple Drops' - 1st place
- Kieran Bye - 'Bird Bath' - 2nd place
- Molly Harris - 'Green Leaves' - 3rd place
Highly Commended
- Hugo Thomas - 'One Giant Leap' - 7 - 11 Years
- Mia Thomas - 'Waterlogged' - 7 - 11 Years
- Libby Darlington - 'Isabella Peacock' - 7 - 11 years
- Jessica Darlington - 'Robin' - 12 - 18 years
- Jessica Darlington - 'White' - 12 - 18 years
Prize Winners
Competition judge Ron Teague, Susan Kramer MP, Dawn Alderson from sponsors Russell Cooke Solicitors, and competition judge Joyce Bing with the winners following the prize-giving event at Pembroke Lodge on Saturday 13 June 2009.
The Friends of Richmond Park Photography Competition offers an opportunity for young people to go into Richmond Park and take pictures of what makes Richmond Park so special. This is the competition's third year; we hope to make it an annual event, so do visit our web site early in 2010 to find out details of next year's competition.
We would like to express our particular thanks to our sponsor, Russell-Cooke Solicitors, and to our judges, Ron Teague and Joyce Bing.
Prizes were awarded at our awards ceremony at Pembroke Lodge on Saturday 13th June.
All the winning photographs will be displayed in the Visitor Information Centre outside Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park - open Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays 10am-5pm. In addition a mobile display of the winning photographs will be travelling to various venues in Richmond, Kingston and Wandsworth. If you would like the display to visit your venue please email Elisabeth Hall on lisjhall@hotmail.com
Copyright notice. These photographs are available for download from this site for private use only. For public or commercial use permission must first be obtained - by emailing the Friends of Richmond Park (see Contact Us page).
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