Regional Interclub Battle 2025

Hosted by the Whanganui Camera Club on 12 October at their clubrooms in 2 Handley St from midday

The Wellington Interclub Print Battle is an annual competition between several photographic clubs in the lower North Island.

Wellington and Manawatu Club members are invited to come for either a 2 day weekend or just the Sunday afternoon Print Battle: Information Guide

The clubs participating in the 2025 competition are:

• Kapiti Coast Photographic Society
• Wellington Photographic Society
• Whanganui Camera Club
• Johnsonville Camera Club
• Porirua Photography Club
• Manawatu Camera Club
  

The competition has ten rounds, each with a different topic. The participating clubs are
asked to select one image for each topic from the work of their members to be their entry
for that round.

The topics for 2025 are:

• Doorways
• Underneath
• Curves
• Derelict and Abandoned
• Humanity
• Beauty in Nature
• Urban Jungle
• Panorama (At least twice as wide as high)
• Golden Hue
• Polyptychs (comprising from 2 to 9 images)

Mat sizes should be approximately 41×52 cm except for Panorama which can be up to 102cm
wide (and 51 cm high). The print can be any size within the mat.
Images must be by current members of the relevant club.

Procedure:
For each round, each club brings up their image for that topic and places it on the print
stand for judging. The judge is asked to briefly comment on each image and then
rank the entries in order.

The first-placed print is awarded one point, the second-placed print is awarded two points,
and so on. At the end of the competition, the club with the lowest cumulative score over the
ten rounds is declared the winner and is presented with a trophy, which was donated by the
Kapiti Coast Photographic Society in 2008.

There is also the Stella Daniell Award presented to the individual photographer for the best
abstract image across all the rounds, as selected by the judge. The award is named in
memory of Stella Daniell, who was a member of both the Wellington Photographic Society
and the Karori Camera Club and was known for her abstract images.

Traditionally, the competition has been a fairly relaxed event.