For information on club competitions and rules please refer to the Policy section above.
Battles: Barry pit their photographic skills against other clubs.
Cardiff v Barry: 16th October 2025
The winning Club was CARDIFF Camera Club.
Congratulations to Cardiff Camera Club.
Rhiwbina v Merthyr v Barry: 15th October 2025
The winning Club was Merthyr Camera Club.
Well done Merthyr
13th March 2026 – RGB Battle (Rhondda, Gwynfa and Barry) At Barry
The results were:
1st – Rhondda
2nd – Gwynfa
3rd – Barry
Congratulations to Rhondda. Full results below:
The Barrian Cup
The most recent Barrian Cup was held on 6th June 2026. Many congratulations to Thornbury Camera Club as the overall winners. And congratulations to Afan Nedd for 2nd and Baglan Bay Photographic Society 3rd.
The full results are below. Many thanks to all of the clubs taking part and for all of the attendees on the day. And also to Trevor James for his excellent judging.
2025 Barrian Cup Competition Winners:
The 2025 Barrian Cup competition resulted as a Tie for Bridgend Camera Club and Monmouth. This is the first time ever for a draw.
The Dave Cowdrey trophy for best Landscape was awarded to A. France of Rhondda Camera Club.
The Mike Lewis Trophy for best image in the competition went to Emma Woodhouse of RPC (Rhondda Photographic Club).
Images for 2025
A. France
The Barrian Cup – 6 June 2026
Barry Camera Club is pleased to announce that it will be running the Barrian Cup Competition again this year (2026).
The invite docs for 2026 will be available soon
To View the invite doc click on the Barrian Cup Invite button above and then click on the file name (blue writing) the associated word file should open
To obtain an application form click, on the Download box below. A copy of the form will appear on your screen – then select download to have it in your download folder of your computer
Prints entered into the competition MUST be accompanied by the following information:
Club Name, a list of Print Titles and Authors Names. This should be passed on to the comp sec of Barry Camera Club along with the prints.
INTERNAL COMPETITIONS – Where members enter their best images to be judged against other members images.
Dave Hunt Natural History Competition
20th Feb 2026 – Dave Hunt Natural History Competition – is to be Judged once again by Julie Morgan
last years results are shown below.
The winning Print for 2025 is Eurasian Eagle Owl – by Frank Learner
The winning Digital image is Little Egret – by Neil Latham
The Winner of the Competition, receiving the Dave Hunt Trophy is Neil Latham
20th March 2026 – Creative Image competition Judge – Gary Shinner
Last Years Winner of the John and Jean Harvey trophy for best Mono printed Image is
Kath Edwards – with ANGEL of the NORTH
Winner of the Malcolm Downes trophy for best Colour Printed Image is:
Neil Latham – with ARISE KING ARTHUR
1st May 2026 – Annual Competition – This competition is for prints and digital images and has two categories to be judged by Dennis Russ
The Biggest Event in the clubs Diary is THE BARRIAN CUP