26/03/2025
CACC Championship Results
We are affiliated with the Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs (CACC), which supports societies like ours by providing access to speakers, advice, assessors, and liability insurance.
Across the UK, there are fifteen regional Federations, with approximately 900 affiliated clubs and around 30,000 individual members.
Each Federation holds annual Print and Projected Image Championships, from which two clubs are selected to represent them in the national Inter-Club Championships. Additionally, any club that reaches the final in the previous year is automatically invited back, meaning that around 38 clubs will compete in this prestigious event in Blackburn later this year.
On Sunday, we took part in the CACC Print Championships at Amersham Community Centre. As a small club, we were definitely the underdogs, but we put on a fantastic performance! Going into the competition, Amersham PS and Watford CC were the favourites. As I kept track of the scores, I could see that we were edging ahead of Watford, but the battle with Amersham was incredibly tight. With just three prints left to be judged, we were trailing by a single point. Then, our next print scored the maximum 15 points against Amersham’s 14...bringing us level.
The final two prints from each club all scored 13, meaning we finished in an incredible dead heat with Amersham PS.
While we just missed out on being outright winners by a single point, the real achievement is that both clubs have now qualified to represent CACC in the national championships.
This result was only possible thanks to the outstanding contributions of our members, demonstrating the real strength and talent within our Society...a truly brilliant achievement!
So, what’s next? In October, we’ll be heading to Blackburn for the Print Championships, and in the meantime, we will be looking for potential images to use.
