01 October 2026 (Discussion on Printing and Mounting)

Posted on 02/10/2026 by stevenmbeard

This week we discussed printing and mounting techniques. Steven showed how he prepares his images for printing, using the same high contrast black and white image he showed during last week’s “High Contrast Workshop“. The steps involved:

Flattening the image into a single layer.
Resizing the image to match the printing size. Steven recommended making the image slightly smaller than the size of the chosen printer paper to allow a margin around the edge.
Sharpening the image (for example by using the “unsharp mask” filter in Photoshop). In general, printed images need to be sharpened more than images displayed on the screen. The amount of sharpening depends on the kind of image: for example more sharpening for high contrast black and white images but less sharpening for flowers or soft baby portraits.
Lightening the image. Images are displayed on a screen by shining a bright light through them, but images printed on paper are viewed by reflected light. That difference tends to make the same image look darker when printed. You can compensate for this difference, and make your prints brighter and punchier, by lightening your image before printing it. When making an adjustment, the secret is to adjust the slider so the image looks a little brighter than ideal on the screen, but not overwhelmingly bright. If you are using your own printer you could print some small test images at different settings.
Finally, create an empty layer and use the “Stroke” tool to add a 2 pixel wide black border around the edge of the image. This gives a print a clean boundary at the edge, which is useful if you are mounting the print directly onto a mountboard but not so useful for window mounts.

The image above shows an example of the final image. If you are printing at home you would normally select “File/Print” to bring up the print dialogue box. You can check that the print will fit onto the paper by setting the “Scale” to 100% and making sure there are no warnings. But if you would like to save an image to be printed on the club printer you can use the technique suggested by Derek earlier during the “Editing Workshop“:

Create a canvas in Photoshop the exact same size as the printer paper.
Place your image onto that canvas. Steven’s favourite method is to use “File/Place”, which is easier than cutting and pasting.

You can then see what your image would look like when printed onto that paper, and if you save this image it will be an exact representative of the printer paper:

There is some guidance on resizing, printing and mounting on the club web site:

Steven ended the session with a mounting demonstration, showing how this same print could be attached to mountboard and trimmed to the correct size. More details will be posted on the club members’ Facebook page. Mike will be back next week, and we will have an extra session at the Fisherrow Centre specifically for printing and mounting with the club equipment.

Next week, Derek will be back with some special guests for “Interview with a Photographer”…

17 September 2026 (Molly Hollman: Creative Flower and Plant Photography)

Posted on 20/09/2026 by stevenmbeard

This week we had our first speaker on the season. Award winning photographer, Molly Hollman, joined us by Zoom from East Kent to talk to us about “Creative Flower and Plant Photography”, which is also the title of Molly’s book. Molly explained that she likes all kinds of photography, but photographing gardens and flowers is what she likes best. She works as a teacher Monday to Thursday, but on Fridays you will often find her with a camera in one of the public gardens near where she lives. Molly is a members of the Historic Houses Association (HHA), which gives her access to more local houses with gardens than the National Trust (at least in England it does). When photographing flowers in a public garden, Molly is careful not to disturb anything. She has more freedom when photographing flowers in her own garden, or in her home studio, and can move things around to get the background she wants. You can see some of Molly’s work in the portfolio on her web site: https://mollyhollman.myportfolio.com/flowers

Molly uses Sony cameras, and has a collection of vintage lenses with focal lengths ranging from 24mm to 600mm. She uses the shorter focal lengths for studio work, and macro lens for photographing insects, but when she is out and about exploring gardens she prefers a long focal length lens to a macro lens. A long lens lets her blur the background but maintain a safe distance from the flower. Besides her cameras and lenses, Molly’s most used pieces of equipment are:

A diffuser, which can filter sunlight and reduce harsh shadows when taking close-ups.
A clamp for holding a flower or branch in the wild or in the studio. She recommends the Wimberley Plamp for garden work or a Third Hand Tool for small studio work.

A full list of equipment can be found on Molly’s web site: https://mollyhollman.myportfolio.com/equipment-and-other-resources

Molly gave us some hints on how to compose a flower or plant photo. Don’t crouch over a flower and photograph it from above. You need to get down (or up) to its level. Think of a flower like a face and compose it like a portrait. If it is “looking” in a certain direction, allow more space in that direction. Upright and symmetrical plants will look good when placed in the centre of the frame. The focus point is crucial. Molly uses manual focus so she can place the focus point exactly where she wants it: sometimes on the anthers in the middle of a flower; on a leaf or seed; or even on the edge of a petal. Molly takes flower and plant photos with a wide aperture and small depth of field, which concentrates attention on the subject and keeps the background blurred. However, a narrow aperture works better when photographing an insect on a flower, so the depth of field can cover most of its body. Molly will try different viewpoints to get the best background. But if nature doesn’t provide a good background, she also has a collection of background images made by taking out of focus shots of all kinds of coloured objects (such as a garden fence, a blue T-shirt, a green hedge, a child’s painting, etc…). These images can be printed to make a backdrop, or can be added using Photoshop. Molly has made so many that she sells them on her web site: https://mollyhollman.myportfolio.com/overlays-and-textures-1

Molly prefers to take outdoor photos on a cloudy day when the sun doesn’t cast harsh shadows (and uses her diffuser at other times). Shots taken during the golden hour (near sunrise or sunset) often work best for garden landscapes, especially when shot into the sun with a neutral density (ND) filter. The low sun can work well as a backlight for flower photography, and you can also get some good silhouettes of ferns or bracken during the blue hour.

Molly went on to describe her indoor studio work. She likes to photograph flowers indoors using natural light from a window or conservatory, but will also use a light box which delivers diffuse light from the side and from the top. Flowers can be held in place using “Third Hand” clamps mentioned earlier. Coloured card (or a printed backdrop) can be placed behind and underneath each flower display. A light pad (of the type used for viewing slides and negatives) can be used as a backlight for a display of translucent flowers. Molly prefers to capture good pictures straight out of the camera, but will use Lightroom and Photoshop to crop the images, lift the shadows, improve the contrast, remove noise and dust spots and (if needed) drop in a new coloured background (often blended with the existing background for a more natural look).

Molly finished by introducing her photography course (https://mollyhollman.myportfolio.com/my-online-course) and inviting us to check out her YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@MollyHollmanPhotography/videos). During questions we learned that Molly sometimes enhances the lighting with a reflector but never uses a flash. We also learned that her favourite lens is the one provided by her Sony RX10iii bridge camera, because it is the lightest and most versatile for travelling with. Thank you Molly for a fascinating and insightful talk.

On Thursday, 24th September we will be trying out some “high contrast photography”. Please bring your camera and check out the video on the single light bulb technique which Derek posted: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdCKXFxjSMv/

10 September 2026 (Editing for Competition – Part 2)

Posted on 12/09/2026 by stevenmbeard

This week we had the second part of the editing workshop. Members brought their laptops and helped each other to edit their images. John Fowler began by explaining that a good image is created by the photographer, not by the camera. You need to capture a good image before editing begins. John compared two images taken at Seacliff beach on the same day.

The first image showed an expanse of colourful sandy beach, with the sea and Bass Rock in the distance, a few rocks and waves in the distance, a nice sky, and a few people dotted around the beach. It’s the kind of shot you would take when you first arrive, notice the lovely view, and snap it with your camera. But the camera doesn’t fully capture all the lovely things you noticed with your eyes. The composition is boring.
The second image showed what happened when John got closer to the rocks and waves. The rocks now fill the frame, with waves crashing over them. John positioned himself so that Bass Rock could be seen in the distance between the crashing waves, creating a much more dramatic composition. No amount of editing could have converted the first image into the second, although editing could now be used to enhance the detail in the waves and improve the impact of the image even further.

Derek showed us how he resizes images for printing and DPI competitions. There is some guidance on resizing, printing and mounting on the club web site:

Derek showed us a variation where he creates a white canvas in Photoshop the same size as the printer paper, which allows images to be placed anywhere on the paper and gives you control over the exact size of the margin (rather than relying on the printer dialog). This technique is useful when creating images for the club printer.

Derek also showed how images provided by Jim and Janet could be improved by removing distractions, cropping and making fine adjustments by dodging and burning. Thank you, Derek, for a very useful and entertaining evening.

After all this talk about resizing for competitions, next week is the submission deadline for our first competition of the year: the Digital Projected Images competition. Please email your 3 JPEG images (sized to fit into 1600×1200 pixels) to our competition secretary, George Todd. You can find George’s email address on your membership programme.
There has been a change to the programme: Derek will not be able to make it to the “Film Noir” portrait workshop originally scheduled on 24th September and, since Derek is our portrait wizard, we’ll instead use this evening to practice our high contrast techniques. The “Film Noir” workshop has been rescheduled to 22nd October.
Next week, on 17th September, Molly Hollman will be talking to us about “Creative Flower and Plant Photography”. Click on Molly’s name to check out her web site and see some examples of her work. However, since Molly lives 450 miles away in East Kent, she won’t be coming to Musselburgh! She will be chatting with us by Zoom instead. You can still join us in room G3 at the Fisherrow Centre, but I’ll circulate a link to all paid up members so you have the choice of connecting from home. The meeting starts at 7pm as usual. I look forward to seeing how she creates those fabulous flower images.

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Welcome to the 2026-2027 season of Musselburgh Camera Club

Posted on 20/08/2026 by stevenmbeard

I would like to welcome everyone who came to our earlier than usual opening night on 13th August 2026, especially the new members. If you entered your email address on the club home page you should receive these blog entries that describe our meetings. You can also follow group activities by joining our member-only Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/25703565185901411. Ask our web master, Elaine Gilroy, for an invitation.

You will find our 2026-2027 programme on the club website: https://musselburghcameraclub.org.uk/programme-2026-2027/.
There are also monthly outings and photoshoots which are listed on our activities page: https://musselburghcameraclub.org.uk/club-activities-2026-2027/,
but you’ll find the most up to date information and chat about each activity on our Facebook pages.

The club web site contains a collection of tutorials on photography that our chair has added over the years:
https://musselburghcameraclub.org.uk/introduction-to-photography-presentations/

Information on how to enter the club competitions can be found here (or you can just ask George Todd, our competition secretary). Competition images are normally emailed to George at georgetodd1957@me.com:
https://musselburghcameraclub.org.uk/competition-information/

We meet at 7pm each Thursday evening. Come along tonight for a joint meeting with Penicuik Photography Club and Haddington Camera Club, where you’ll be able to browse the images made for the 50mm North Berwick challenge. You will be able to vote for your favourite image, and there might even be a prize for the overall favourite. There will also be an A2 print of a North Berwick Scene where you can “Spot the Seagull”.

Welcome to to the club. A year of exciting photographic activities lies ahead of us.

Club opening night coming up on 13th August 2026

Posted on 01/08/2026 by musselburghcameraclub

The summer has gone by so quickly! A reminder that our club opening night will be on Thursday, 13th August 2026, 3 weeks earlier than last year, starting at 7pm in room G3 of the Fisherrow Centre.

NOTE: There is a new parking arrangement at the Fisherrow Centre. If you park your car in the grounds you need to scan the QR code at the reception desk and enter your number plate. Parking is free during Fisherrow opening hours, as long as you register.

This year we have some extra activities in addition to the usual filling in application forms and chatting over tea and biscuits. George and Derek would like to collect potential competition images early this year, to give our club a chance to enter the 2026/2027 SPF club competitions and to give us a wider selection for inter-club competitions. So, if you have any images that you think could help the club, please bring them along (or email them to George in advance). It will also be an opportunity to get some critique on potential competition images from our more experienced members.

And, talking of bringing along images, this year we will also be collecting images that are well-matched to particular months of the year (e.g. snow scenes for January or festival images for August). If we can collect some good images, Nicola has offered to produce a club calendar.

This year, we will have a challenge running through the whole season. Each member will be able to select a theme, idea or concept. The idea is to create a batch of images based on that theme that work together to tell a story. At the end of the season we will get together to show what we created. The challenge is optional, but it could add another level of fun to the season. Derek will explain further on the night.

The club has a new A3 printer, thanks to another generous grant from the Registers of Scotland. Mike will be setting up and testing the printer. If you joined the printing group last year and have an image that Mike could test on the printer you are welcome to bring it along on a USB stick or SD card, but there’s no guarantee you’ll get a good result yet until Mike has finished his testing and setting up. There will be another printing opportunity on 1st October 2026.

On our second night (20th August 2026) we will be joined by Penicuik Photography Club and and Haddington Camera Club for an inter-club Exhibition Night, where we will show our images of North Berwick taken with a 50mm focal length. We will be able to chat about the images and vote for our favourites. If you haven’t already done so, please e-mail Derek the images you would like to be entered.

I look forward to seeing you all on 13th August 2026.

02 April 2026 (3-Way Interclub Competition)

Posted on 03/04/2026 by stevenmbeard

This week we hosted our annual 3-way interclub competition with Haddington Camera Club and Penicuik Photography Club. The competition was judged by artist and photographer Colin Joyce. Each club submitted 15 images each, making a total of 45 images. Colin said all the images submitted were good, and he was only judging them against each other. He described what he liked about each image and suggested how some images could be improved (e.g. by darkening a bright distraction or changing the crop). During the first half, Musselburgh managed to secure best image, with Derek Muller’s “Running Against The Clock” getting 20 points. But Penicuik managed more 18s and 19s and at the end of the first half were ahead of Musselburgh by 138 points to 136, with Haddington close behind at 133 points. The second half began with Penicuik securing another 19 points and pulling further ahead, and they remained in the lead until the second to last round, when George Todd’s “Frosted Whiskers” secured 18 points and brought us level. Then, in the final round, Penicuik scored 18 points with their lovely image “Grey Seal Pup”, but Derek’s “Beauty can be Fragile” portrait scored 19 points and clinched a win for Musselburgh at the last moment. We celebrated by sharing a lavish feast of sandwiches, cakes, scones and hot cross buns with our guests. The final scores were:

First place (260 points) Musselburgh Camera Club
Second place (259 points) Penicuik Photography Club
Third place (250 points) Haddington Camera Club

The top Musselburgh images were:

Running Against the Clock (Derek Muller) – 20 points
Between the Poles (George Todd) – 19 points
Beauty Can Be Fragile (Derek Muller) – 19 points
Strength Against the Current (George Todd) – 18 points
Brown Hare Boxing (Jennifer Davidson) – 18 points
Frosted Whiskers (George Todd) – 18 points

Well done to Musselburgh Camera Club, and especially Derek, George and Jennifer. Thank you Colin for judging and thank you to everyone who helped with the catering. Our guests really liked the spread.

Next week Charles Everitt will be visiting Musselburgh Camera Club to tell us about Inchkeith Island.
If you are interested in submitting prints to the SPF Annual Portfolio and being part of our club entry, please send JPEG copies of your intended entries to George Todd. George can advise you what to do next. Entries need to be chosen, printed and submitted by 1st May 2026.

26 March 2026 (Set Subject Round 3 – Comedy)

Posted on 28/03/2026 by stevenmbeard

The last of our 3-part set subject tournament concluded this week, on the theme of “comedy”. We finished round 2 with Derek Muller 5 points ahead. Here we find out if any of the remaining contenders can score enough points to catch up. The competition was judged by Jim Innes, a top scorer in last year’s competition. There were 33 images entered by 11 members. Jim said that the “comedy” theme had been quite hard to judge because everyone had different idea what was funny. He judged each entry on the quality of the image, how funny it was, and how well the title helped the comedy. As usual, members had been very creative in their entries. There were images of comedic acts from the theatre or the Edinburgh festival, including George Todd’s photograph of a comedy act between 2 dogs in costume. There were also comedy wildlife images, pictures of people doing silly things, a comedy still life with googly eyes, and some pictures of fellow club members in silly costumes or jostling to get their camera in the right place. Malcolm Roberts’ photoshopped version of Musselburgh’s “Honest Toun” road sign raised a laugh. Jim commented on the composition, exposure and sharpness of each image and whether he found it funny. Some entries had a funny title but didn’t seem funny in themselves. Nicola Cawthorne’s “Brown Bag Lunch” became funnier after the competition had finished, when we zoomed in to discover that the “lunch” is actually a pigeon! The top scorers were (in reverse order):

4th place (49 points)
- Elaine Gilroy
- Carol Edmond
3rd place (50 points)
- Malcolm Roberts
- Mike Clark
- Derek Muller
2nd place (54 points)
- John Fowler
- George Todd
1st place (56 points)
- Steven Beard
- Jennifer Davidson

The top images were:

The Fruit of All Evil (Steven Beard) – 20 points
Help! I’ve Got An Itch! (Jennifer Davidson) – 20 points
What Time Is It? My Watch has Stopped (George Todd) – 19 points
I Just Need One More Shot (Jennifer Davidson) – 19 points
Peeping Penny (John Fowler) – 18 points
Hurry Up (John Fowler) – 18 points
Ready Steady Woof (John Fowler) – 18 points
Funny Faces (Steven Beard) – 18 points
How Are You Doing That? (Steven Beard) – 18 points
Joe Relaxing At Home Circa 1946 (George Todd) – 18 points
Sharing A Moment (Mike Clark) – 18 points
This Isn’t Mean to be Funny (Elaine Gilroy) – 18 points
Call Yourself Photographers (Derek Muller) – 18 points

Well done to Steven Beard and Jennifer Davidson, who won this round with a 20 point image each. They both win the right to judge next year’s competition. Jennifer judged this competition 2 years ago, so it looks like Steven will be judging. After consulting the final spreadsheet I can reveal that the final result from all three competitions is:

1st place
- Derek Muller (53 + 56 = 109)
2nd place
- George Todd (54 + 54 = 108)
- Jennifer Davidson (52 + 56 = 108)
3rd place
- Steven Beard (51 + 56 = 107)
4th place
- John Fowler (51 + 54 = 105)
5th place
- Mike Clark (54 + 50 = 104)
- Carol Edmond (51 + 53 = 104)
6th place
- Malcolm Roberts (51 + 50 = 101)
- Jim Innes (49 + 52 = 101)

George and Jennifer almost made it, but they couldn’t quite reach Derek Muller’s unassailable 109 points. Congratulations to Derek, who wins the trophy. Jennifer and Steven came from behind, which shows how everything can change after the 3rd round.

This is the last competition of the season, and George needs to engrave the trophies for the AGM. If you won a trophy last year please return it to George as soon as possible.
Next week we will be hosting Haddington Camera Club and Penicuik Photography Club for the 3-way competition. If you have any spare home baking or other treats to share please bring them along.

19 February 2026 (Fiona Brims: I am not a wildlife photographer … But …)

Posted on 21/02/2026 by stevenmbeard

This week we were delighted to welcome Fiona Brims back to Musselburgh. Fiona had previously given us a talk on creative portraiture, where she had talked about her journey from beginner to expert in creative portraiture. This talk was different. Fiona admitted she is no expert at wildlife photography, mainly because she doesn’t like waiting in a hide for hours, but that doesn’t take away the joy of capturing photos of wild animals when the opportunity arises. Fiona recommended the following nature hides

Scottish Photography Hides
Nature Nuts Photography in Blairgowrie (which may have closed)
Argaty Red Kites and Woodland Hides
Dean Manson Windows on Wildlife

but she usually goes to the public part of the hide, rather than the part reserved for photography bookings. Not being in a photography hide usually means the photos are taken from further away, or are taken from the wrong angle. So, most of the photos are not up to competition standard, but that doesn’t take away the joy of capturing a glimpse of a wild animal in its natural habitat. Fiona’s talk was divided into 4 parts:

Wild Birds and Animals. Fiona showed us some of her photographs of wild birds; from a short-eared owl photographed at Sheriffmuir, to a shot of a grey heron taken at close range, which Fiona described as “vicious” (don’t get too close to a heron). Some bird of prey shots came from the Hawk Conservancy Centre in Andover, and the ICBP centre in Newent (which has recently closed). The most captivating shots show an animal doing something different, such as the shot of a red squirrel drinking from a pond in Blairgowrie. A deer with 3 antlers was spotted at St Syrus Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire, Fiona also compared shots of wild animals she had taken in South Africa and India, showing us the differences between the African and Asiatic lion. You can see some of Fiona’s wildlife photographs in her galleries: Birds of prey; Wildlife of India and African Wildlife.
Captive Birds and Animals. Fiona had visited animal sanctuaries, such as World of Wings and Munchester Castle, where you could get closer to some exotic birds, including an Egyptian ibis, a hooded vulture, several different kinds of owl, a goshawk and a black-chested buzzard eagle. Apparently, you can tell the size of a bird’s prey by the size of its talons.
Reptiles and Amphibians: We then moved indoors where Fiona showed us some shots of snakes, lizards, geckos and frogs under indoor lighting conditions. Some of the creatures were contained in a glass case, but you can eliminate the reflections from the case by pressing your lens against the glass. She also advised us to take a glass cleaning cloth, because you’ll find these glass cases almost always covered in fingerprints.
Creative Creatures: In the final part of the talk, Fiona revealed her expertise in creative compositions; showing us still life creations, where a snake curls around a clock or a raven investigates a model skull. Fiona sometimes uses animals in her creative portraiture, for example as seen in her Vikings gallery.

We finished with tea and biscuits as usual. Thank you Fiona for another fascinating talk.

Next Thursday (26th February) we will find out the result of our second set subject competition on the theme of “Emotion”. The deadline for entering the third competition, on the theme of “Comedy”, is a week later on 5th March.

12 February 2026 (Audio Visual Evening)

Posted on 15/02/2026 by stevenmbeard

This week we welcomed members from Penicuik Photography Club to Musselburgh for our annual audio visual evening. Musselburgh started the evening with a presentation made during a club photoshoot in Dalkeith Country Park, where members had been challenged to spot shapes in the woodland that could be turned into creatures with the aid of some googly eyes! Penicuik followed with a presentation which followed the route of the Seven Hills of Edinburgh event, giving information about each of the seven hills in turn. We then moved on to some individual presentations. Derek Muller introduced us his model Groot, which helped him create cinematic pictures set to great music. Brian Nicolson then showed a beautiful, nature-inspired video called Nature’s Beauty around Penicuik (click here to see it on YouTube). Steven Beard continued the nature theme and added some myth and legend with a presentation about Sherwood Forest. This was followed by Gordon Peerless’ video about Neildpath Castle, near Peebles. Charlie Baird then introduced her beautiful but heart-rending music video called Bittersweet (also available on YouTube). The evening then turned technical, with a a spectacular presentation by Bill Baird, in which fractals seemed to explode on the screen like fireworks. Everybody wanted to know how he did it (apparently using the magic of a fractal generator combined with Photoshop and a video creator). We then had two water-related presentations, with Mike Clark describing the life-cycle of grey seals, and Brian Salvona showing us some beautiful photographs and videos made at the Falls of Clyde. The evening turned technical again when Steven Beard showed us how to make 3-D photographs without using expensive equipment. Gordon Peerless then showed us some breathtaking displays from the Edinburgh Fire Dancing Club. We closed the evening with Derek Muller’s short “Goodbye”, made during our photoshoot at Cramond. We then broke for a delicious selection of sandwiches, cakes and biscuits provided by Jennifer Davidson and Amber Morris. Thank you to everyone who provided their videos.

Next week (Thursday 19th) Fiona Brims will be giving us a talk entitled “I am not a wildlife photographer…But…“. I look forward to it.

29 January 2026 (Set Subject Round 1 – Weather)

Posted on 31/01/2026 by stevenmbeard

This week was the first round of our 3-part set subject competition, on the theme of “Weather”. George Todd had won the first round last year and earned the right to judge this competition. There were 39 entries from 13 members. George began by discussing whether particular judges had favourites. SPF accredited judges are trained to give an unbiased critique of each image, and they will usually comment on the sharpness, composition, etc… But it is natural for a photographer with a specific speciality to judge images in that category against their own high standards; so an award-winning landscape photographer (for example) will tend to expect a high standard from landscape images. George said he would try not to let his preferences influence the marks, except for the images he doesn’t like… 😉 You can find out more about the SPF judging process on their web site:

SPF: All Things Judging and Lecturing

Members had chosen to represent the weather in a variety of ways. There were landscape images showing different weather phenomena, photographs of sporting events taking place in difficult weather conditions, and photographs of people or things enduring the weather. Most of the images showed bad weather, but Ed Robertson’s “We also get good weather” showed some lovely sunshine. George commented on the composition and sharpness of each image. Some images were spoiled by dust spots in the sky, or by post-processing faults. A few images were over-sharpened, which produced some unnatural effects. Snow scenes are difficult to get right, as you need to compensate for the blue hue and make sure there is still detail in the highlights. The best images were the ones that had nicely captured a weather event, were sharp in the right place, had well-handled exposure and colour and had avoided processing faults and distractions. Mike Clark’s “Frosty Morning” image nailed all those requirements and captured a rare view of undisturbed hoar frost on a jetty at Lock Ard. The top scorers were:

4th place (51 points)
- John Fowler
- Malcolm Roberts
- Elaine Gilroy
- Carol Edmond
- Melanie Gallacher
3rd place (52 points)
- Jennifer Davidson
2nd place (53 points)
- Derek Muller
- Nicola Cawthorne
1st place (54 points)
- Mike Clark