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OPEN PHOTOGRAPHY AND JUNIOR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIONS
There are two separate photography competitions:
Junior Competition
At the Craft & Catering Committee meeting held on Thursday 28th July it was agreed that there would be a new competition introduced for the 2011/2012 show season. The competition will culminate in a State Final at the 2012 Royal Melbourne Show.
The competition will be VAS Ltd Junior Photography Competition with rules and regulations set out below.
- Competitors to be 18
years and under on the day of their local show.
- Photograph unframed,
not larger than 20 X 30cms, may be mounted, mount no larger than 3cms,
black and white or colour.
- Subject: “Photo taken at an Agricultural Show”.
- Professional photographers
not eligible.
Open Competition
PRIZES
(Major Sponsors yet to be confirmed, prizes will be determined
before State Final) |
| State
Final |
First
Prize |
$70
donated by R&R Johnson and trophy donated by VASL |
Second Prize |
$20
donated by R&R Johnson |
| Third
Prize |
$10
donated by R&R Johnson |
PHOTOGRAPHY
COMPETITION
| This
competition is generously sponsored by Spotlight. |
| Regulations |
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| 1. |
Unframed, not larger than 20 x 30cms, must be mounted (mount no larger than 3cms),
black and white or colour. Subject: “Photo taken at an Agricultural Show”.
Professional
photographers not eligible |
| 2. |
An
exhibitor may represent only one Society at Group level and one Group
at State level. |
| 3. |
A
photograph having won at a Show will compete at a Group Final; the
winning photograph will then compete at the next Royal Melbourne Show. |
| 4. |
A
photograph having won a State Final, is no longer eligible to compete
in the competition. |
| 5. |
Each
photograph entered must be the bona fide work of the exhibitor. |
| 6. |
If for any reason a winner is unable to compete at Group or State
Final levels, the second placegetter is eligible to compete. |
| 7. |
A
person will not be permitted to win at more than one Show within the
State in any one Show year. Persons not adhering to this rule will
be required to forfeit/refund prize money. |
| 8. |
All work to
have been completed within the last twelve (12) months |
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is recommended that these rules be printed in the schedules under
the appropriate classes. |
Following the Group
Final, it is the responsibility of each Group Secretary to advise the
VAS Ltd Secretariat of:
- The name and address
of the Group winner.
- The Agricultural
Society they represent.
VAS Ltd will then
pass this information on to the RAS Limited, who in turn contact each
Group Finalist, sending them an entry form to enable the articles to be
entered in the State Final at the Royal Melbourne Show.
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