This year's Exhibiton which has been judged by John Sixsmith AFIAP ARPS BPE3* and Magaret Sixsmith ARPS AFAIP BPE5* and will be on display at the South Ribble Museum and Exhibition Centre, Church Road Leyland from 27th November until 21st December 2007.

{ Opening times: Tuesday and Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm ~ closed on Wednesdays
Thursday 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm ~ Saturday 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
{Saturday events 10:30 am to 12:30pm}

The Official Opening will be performed by the Mayor of South Ribble on Saturday 1st December at 11 am.

This exhibition is open to all members of the following clubs and societies:

Blackburn and District CC, Chorley PS, Darwen CC , Leyland PS

Preston PS , Ribblesdale CC , Southport PS , Wigan PS

Each year the number of prints submitted for selection increases as does the overall quality of those submissions.

Leyland Photographic Society is indebted toJohn and Margaret for their time and expertise in selecting the award winners and acceptances for this exhibition. We also express our gratitude to Wilkinson Cameras for their continuing and valuable sponsorship of this annual event. It would not be possible to stage this competition without Dr. David Hunt the curator of the musuem. who not only makes the venue available to us, but also hangs the prints so expertly. Thanks to you as well David.

The President, Mrs. Felicity Appleton welcomed the Mayor, Councillor Mrs. Kath Beatty and David Parkinson managing director of Wilkinsons Cameras to the official opening .

Mr and Mrs Sixsmith expressed her delight at being asked to judge the Open Invitation Exhibition. They felt that the overall standard was high, particularly so in Natural History, although the quality of Monochrome prints was disappointing as they lacked punch and appeared to have been straight conversions resulting in a flat image. The overall standard was very high and selecting those for the exhibition proved to very difficult. There is only room for 80 prints in the museum.

The winners were superb and would do well in any national exhibition.

First was 'Iris Impressions' by Fiona Ruggles LRPS

Second was 'Road Racers' by Fred Parkinson

Third was 'Water Feature ' by Graham Dean