Are you READY for 2026
Hexagon Challenge 
UPDATE (30 April 2025)
Dear competing club

 

Many thanks for accepting our invitation to Upminster Camera Clubs new Hexagon Challenge.

 

I can now confirm the competing clubs will be: Chingford,Moulsham, Ingatestone, Springfield, Benfleet and of course ourselves at Upminster.

 

I am pleased to announce the Judge will be Clive Tanner. Clive is an experienced judge living in Kent and has enthusiastically welcomed the opportunity to be part of this new competition.

 

We have now settled on the rules as follows:

6 print images per club.

Clubs may enter up to 2 images per photographer

Colour or Mono prints will be accepted

Prints may be any subject

Prints must not have already been judged by an external judge

Prints must only have the print title on the back. There should be no identification of club or photographer on the images.

Prints will be requested 6 weeks before the competition (17th February 2026). Nearer the time we will communicate with your club representative (I will assume this to be you, unless I hear otherwise from you) and agree the best way of receiving your clubs entries.

 

Just a reminder of the format of the competition.

 

Print entries will be collected as described and transported to the judge.The judge will critique the images and assign a mark. He will provide a written transcript of his critique and score.

Clubs are encouraged to bring their members to the competition, to enjoy a lovely buffet, whilst having the opportunity to chat with other clubs.

On the day of the competition, the prints will be displayed randomly around the room. They will have the judges critique and score attached, however it will not be easy to deduce which club is scoring better than others.

During the evening, the prints will be more consolidated into clubs and at a certain point in the evening, we will start to reveal the club scores.

The judge will be asked to provide and overall summary of his judging along with choosing his ‘Best Print’ of the evening.

The winning club will receive a unique trophy to keep for the year and the winning image will receive a personal trophy to keep.

 

Best regards,

 

Alf Ellis

Chairman - Upminster Camera Club.