On Tuesday 7th January 2026 CPA hosted the large-format, print only Will McCrum Memorial Competition for Portraiture. Our judge for the event, Arthur Carron gave a concise positive feedback on all of the 50 prints.
While this was a smaller entry than last year, the quality was definitely up, makings Arthurs job even harder.
Congratulations to our winners:
The top three inmages were:
1st place – “Huggy Bear” – Kenneth Gibson, Catchlight CC
2nd place – “Marys Pray” – Rosemary Hughes, Catchlight CC
3rd place – “Hangin Around” – Ross McKelvey, Catchlight CC
Two images were Highly Commended:
“The Cat Lady” – Ross McKelvey, Catchlight CC
“Conor” – Ross McKelvey, Catchlight CC
Two images were Commended:
“Pickwick” – Ross McKelvey, Catchlight CC
“Lila” – Joe Carberry, CPA
Some images from the night. A great turnout with approx. 60 people .
