259 April 2016 - Gryffe Advertizer

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Kilmacolm Camera Club
Gryfffe Valley Rotary - Young
People update
This is always a busy time of year for Gryffe Valley
Rotary projects with young people.
The Primary School Quiz was held again in the British
Legion Club in Bridge of Weir. Teams from Houston,
Bridge of Weir, St Fillans and St Columba’s tackled a challenging set of
questions set by masochist John Douglas. St Columba’s Junior School just
came out on top after a high scoring contest, and they now go forward to
the District Finals. Thanks again to Gibb Stuart for their generous support.
Our Intermediate Youth Speaks champions from Gryffe High School were
runners up in the recent District Finals and they go through to the Regional
Finals in Northumberland. Unfortunately our Senior champions from St
Columba’s had to withdraw.
Our Young Chef champion, Emily Svensson from Gryffe High School
performed really well in the District finals but just missed out on qualification
for the Regional Finals.
Our Euroscola representatives have just been on their visit to the European
Parliament in Strasbourg and we look forward to hearing about their
experiences. And finally, our Young Writer entries have been received and
the scripts are under scrutiny by the Judges.
Well done to Andrew Macleman and his team for all their hard work on
these Young People projects.
Last month, we held another internal league competition, with “Landscapes”
being the theme. Our judge was George Monaghan, of Drumchapel Camera
Club.
In the Print section,
Bill Ham took first
and second places,
with “Lakeside Hut at
Buttermere” (shown
right) and “Boat and
Boathouse, Loch Ard.”
Billy Blair completed yet
another Bill/Billy clean
sweep, with “Misty”
(shown below), in third
place.
In the Digital Section,
Jane Robertson
emulated Bill Ham, with
a first and second. Her
winning image was
old Glasgow images,
taken by Eric Watt, and
presented to us by Tom
Doherty, of Queen’s
Park Camera Club. Eric
Watt was an enthusiastic
photographer who, over
a period of over 40
years from the 1960s,
“Paradise Harbour”,
and her second-placed
image was “Crystal
Sound” (shown below).
Gordon McGibbon
came third, with “Ahoy.”
We also enjoyed a
fascinating evening of
captured images
showing the life, people
and sights of Glasgow.
On his death, he
donated these to the
City Of Glasgow and, since 2012, Tom Docherty has been working as a
volunteer to organise and catalogue the collection. This was a wonderful
glimpse of times gone by, in many recognisable areas of the City.
I’m sure some of you (or one of your relatives) must have a collection of
old slides taken in Glasgow (or even Kilmacolm). Why not come along and
share them with us?
Venue: Kilmacolm New Community Centre, Room 1.01; Tuesday evening,
time 7.30pm. Contacts: Billy Blair, Tel: 873383; Janice Stevenson, Tel
873595. Website: clikpic.com/kilcamclub/
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