Looks a bit moth eaten on it's wings!!!!

Ken. Do you think this would be suitable for my new club trophy!!!

regards thoramay.

A new broom, John, in a club with a president and a chairman who has lorded it for more than twenty years. I am not that brave.

I declined a committee place being warned that any new suggestions was put down 'because we have always done it this way'

I'm already branded the 'reactionary'. I have only been there three years, maybe another ten and I might be listened to.

In this situation you either leave or gently chip away at the traditions.
Getting a replacement trophy that is not a traditional cup, very much on the lines that Hefty suggested is to make a statement. They can hardly refuse it when they have done nothing to replace it for nearly three years.

Hey Ho!! Any more clever suggestions. I'll not let on it came from the PENTAX Forum Only one other Pentax user in the club

Good one Hefty. Might just offend the brand loyalty members. Will give it some thought.

As far as records go. Three years ago I had an up and down fight with the Committee because there was no Inventry of anything that the Club owned.
I suggested a Trophy Record book. All cups to be photographed and a separate page given to each with a year date, Winner, winners signature and a committe signature on its return.
Not difficult, you would say. Just this last month following another fight with the committee chairman has this now been done.
Yes! We know who had the cup. At least, I told the committee who had the cup. He claims he does not have it!!
The club is over sixty years old. Has had the same chairman for twenty years and the same President from almost its inception. It just has not moved with the times and only now is grasping that ther Rules for competitions need to be revised.
Apart from that it is a good club and a lot of friendly members.

Thanks for all your interest.
regards Thoramay.

Ken. Yes I could, but I would prefer to do as I have planned. There are lots of things I could do but the more positive response is this trophy. It would gee up the committee and ensure there is a trophy for next year.
I just need to find the darn thing. There is a site in the US that does a speciality for photography but it's a bit too tacky for my needs.
There must be somewhere but I cannot find it on the Net.

I have, obviously considered changing clubs but that would mean leaving a considerable number of fellow photographers who are real friends. It's the c ommittee I am aimi ng to wake up.

The digital Image league is won with the most points scored over 6 competitions. There is no winning picture as such.
I was hoping that there was somewhere that produced trophies applicable to photographers. There are plenty of cups, glass plaques and such that I can source locally.
I just wanted it to be something to encourage the Committee to pull their socks up and realise that they have a responsibility to produce a trophy.
There were seven cups awarded at the Annual Prizegiving on Wednesday and I simply received a hand shake, even though they knew from last year when I won that they could not find the relevant cup then and it was simply another handshake.
Just hoping someone can give me a direction.

regards Thoramay.

Having come top in our club's Digital Image league for the past two years, somehow the club Committee cannot find the appropriate club trophy for my sideboard and do not seem inclined to address this shortcoming.

Can anyone suggest a source of appropriate trophies for photographic achievements. I am inclined to embarrass the Committee by purchasing such a trophy.

regards Thoramay

Should that be longiHornis. A great capture. Does it have a sting in it's tail, I wonder

Having lens is not an issue. I have the choice of the following. It is a case of which. Remember! I have no experience of this type of photography.
DA 18-55
FA 28-80
F 24-50
F 17-28
40mm pancake 2.8
Cosina 24mm
tamron 18-250
A 28mm.
regards thoramay.