The National Shield was held today (9th November 2024) in The Barbican Centre in Drogheda. There were 22 clubs that entered the Mono section and 21 that entered Colour. Blarney won Mono, Catchlight won Colour, and Catchlight won overall. See the digital catalogue for the National Shield 2024 containing panels, awards and top scoring images..
We came 14th in Mono, 9th in Colour and 11th overall, which is a decent result and similar to where we placed last year.
The National Shield is for photographers who are considered non-Advanced by their clubs and by the IPF. The standard of panels on display in Drogheda demonstrate just how good these photographers are.
Thank you to everyone of you who entered competitions and submitted images throughout the last year. This helped to give us a wide selection from which to select our panels, and all of our photographers who were represented did us proud, and are listed below:
Colour
1. Lazy Afternoon by Ian Vosloo
2. Carton Sunrise by Deirdre Beaugie
3. The Golden Light of November by Ger Davin
4. Redpoll by Anne O’Grady
5. Fastnet by Paul Johnston
6. Sophie by Owen Ryan
7. Lincoln the American Kestrel by Shea Kavanagh
8. Kingfisher by Seamus Lennon
Mono
1. Steaming by the Royal Canal by John McKeone
2. Castletown Avenue by Aida Best
3. Couple Sharing Message by Henry Bauress
4. La Parisienne by Tom Byrne
5. Snowy Stroll by Owen Ryan
6. Down and Out in Amsterdam by Maria O’Reilly
7. Boat Wreck, Rosses Point, Sligo by Ger Davin
8. ÉibhÍn by Sarah Gallagher