 | PRINT AWARDS
Special British Awards Highly Commended - Paul Kay (Anemones in the Sun) Highly Commended - Cathy Lewis (Irish Fishing Boat) Bronze Medal - Charles Hood (Nudibranch) Silver Medal - Charles Hood (Plaice) Gold Medal - Tony Everitt (Squat Lobster)
Non Grand Master MARINE LIFE Highly Commended - Mark Walker (Sea Horse) Bronze Medal - Mark Walker (Goat Fish) Silver Medal - Mark Walker (Reef Squid) Gold Medal - Mark Walker (Anemone Skirt)
PEOPLE/SCENERY Highly Commended - Graham Parker (Swim UK) Highly Commended - Graham Parker (Madam Butterfly) Bronze Medal - Pascal Henaff (U976) Silver Medal - Mark Walker (Trumpet Fish Sponge) Gold Medal - Graham Parker (Coming Thru)
MACRO Highly Commended - Ed Whiting (Tompot) Highly Commended - Jurgen Bender (I Work For My Home) Bronze Medal - (Not Awarded) Silver Medal - Mark Walker (Arrow Crab) Gold Medal - Jurgen Bender (This Is My Cave)
Grand Master MARINE LIFE: Highly Commended - Alessandro Tommasi (Danger) Highly Commended - Alessio Viora (LÕAttesa) Bronze Medal - Wolfgang Polzer (Shark) Silver Medal - Wolfgang Polzer (Kalmar) Gold Medal - Alessandro Dodi (Feeling)
PEOPLE/SCENERY Bronze Medal - Mirko Zanni (Gorgonian) Silver Medal - Alessandro Dodi (LightÕs Guests) Gold Medal - Tony White (Salem Express)
MACRO Highly Commended - Wolfgang Polzer (Crayfish) Highly Commended - Tony White (Nudibranch) Bronze Medal - Wolfgang Polzer (Seahorse) Silver Medal - Alessandro Tommasi (Sweet Little) Gold Medal - Alessandro Dodi (The Gold Feather)
The Blandford Sub Aqua Trophy for the Best Festival Print - Alessandro Dodi (The Gold Feather) Awarded, along with a prize of£1000-worth of Diving Equipment donated by Blandford Sub-Aqua, to one of the Print gold medal winners
MANIPULATED IMAGES Highly Commended - Len Deeley (Bignosed Surgeonfish) Highly Commended - Darryl Torckler (Crowded House) Bronze Medal - Chris Wilton (Hawksbill Turtle and Shoal of Convict Tang) Silver Medal - Linda Dunk (Bohar Snappers) Gold Medal - Paul Kay (Rock Cook Over A Kelp Forest)
The Nikon UK Trophy for the Best Manipulated Image - Paul Kay (Rock Cook Over A Kelp Forest) Awarded, along with a prize Nikon F80 camera/28-80mm lens worth£499 donated by NIKON UK, to the Manipulated Image gold medal winner
PORTFOLIOS Special British Awards Highly Commended - Brian Jubb Bronze Medal - Will and Demelza Postlethwaite Silver Medal - Roy Waller Gold Medal - Charles Hood
Non Grand Master Highly Commended - Lesley Maw Bronze Medal - Jo Mahy Silver Medal - Will Postlethwaite Gold Medal - Graham Parker
Grand Master Highly Commended - Winfried Persinger Highly Commended - Darryl Torckler Bronze Medal - Ernst Seeling Silver Medal - Winfried Persinger Gold Medal - Werner Thiele
The Aqua-Lung Trophy for the Best Portfolio - Werner Thiele Awarded, along with a prize of£1000-worth of Diving Equipment donated by Aqualung UK, to one of the Portfolio gold medal winners
SLIDE AWARDS Special British Awards Highly Commended - David Stephens (Cuttlefish Eye) Highly Commended - Valdimar Butterworth (Juvenile Lumpsucker Rests Among Kelp) Bronze Medal - Matt Bailey (Cuttlefish in Flight) Silver Medal - Valdimar Butterworth (Polycera Feeding on Seamat) Gold Medal - David Stephens (Mating Cuttlefish)
Non Grand Master MARINE LIFE Highly Commended - M. Bollettinari (Untitled) Bronze Medal - Demelza Postlethwaite ( Batfish Passing) Silver Medal - Alexander Mustard (Frogfish on the Reef) Gold Medal - Charles Stirling (Untitled)
PEOPLE/SCENERY Bronze Medal - Ian Cartwright (Diver With Red-line Shrimp) Silver Medal - Charles Stirling (Untitled) Gold Medal - Jurgen Bender (Fazir)
MACRO Highly Commended - Alexander Mustard (Grouper Face) Highly Commended - Jo Mahy (Tubeworm) Bronze Medal - Nicosia Elio (Untitled) Silver Medal - Mark Walker (Spider Crab) Gold Medal - Alexander Mustard (Safe)
Grand Master MARINE LIFE Highly Commended - Shaun Tierney (Ornate Ghost Pipefish) Highly Commended - Pete Atkinson (Net of Light) Bronze Medal - Pete Atkinson (Batfish) Silver Medal - Darryl Torckler (Zooming) Gold Medal - Werner Thiele (Grouper)
PEOPLE/SCENERY Highly Commended - Mirko Zanni (Magic Dive) Highly Commended - Darryl Torckler (Enchanted Forest) Bronze Medal - Werner Thiele (Curacao) Silver Medal - Pete Atkinson (Reeds) Gold Medal - Darryl Torckler (Deep Blue)
MACRO Highly Commended - Tony White (Boxing Crabs) Highly Commended - Magnus Lundgren (Pygmy Seahorse) Highly Commended - Shaun Tierney (Mantis Shrimp) Highly Commended - Malcolm Hey (Frogfish With Host Sponge) Bronze Medal - Mark Webster (Hydroid Polyps on Sea Fan) Silver Medal - Pete Atkinson (Metallica) Gold Medal - Pete Atkinson (Intimacy)
The Regal Diving Trophy for the Best Festival Slide - Werner Thiele (Grouper) Awarded, along with a prize holiday for two in Manado worth£3200 donated by REGAL DIVE, to one of the Slide gold medal winners
MOVING IMAGES Special British Awards (Not Awarded)
NON-PROFESSIONAL Highly Commended - Luca Giordani (Tracce Dal Passoto), Julian Roy (Blue Spirit), Osvaldo Ballabio (Bad Boys), John Fletcher (Beneath Thailands Western Isles) Bronze Medal - Francis Bunker (A Starlet in the Lagoon) Silver Medal - Daniele Iop and Manfred Bortoli (Dance of Death) Gold Medal - Leandro Blanco (Another Story)
The A.P. Valves Trophy for the best Moving Image (Non-Professional) - Leandro Blanco Awarded, along with a prize of Diving Equipment worth£450 donated by A.P. Valves, to the gold medal winner
PROFESSIONAL Highly Commended - Sue Daly (Reef Encounters), ABC Natural History Unit (Lizard Island), Shark Bay Films (Critters) Bronze Medal - Michael Pitts and Crispin Sadler, BBC (War Wrecks of the Coral Seas) Silver Medal - Leandro Blanco (My World) Gold Medal - Sue Daly (Bouley Bay Watch)
The Scubapro Trophy for the best Moving Image (Professional) - Sue Daly Awarded, along with a prize of diving equipment worth£1000 donated by SCUBAPRO, to the gold medal winner
PLUS The BSoUP Trophy for the Most Promising Underwater Photographer - Mark Walker Awarded, along with a prize of Diving Equipment worth£1000 donated by NORTHERN DIVER, to the photographer whose entries in the Non Grand Master categories show the greatest promise in the opinion of the judges.
The Oceanic Trophy for the Best British Underwater Photographer - Pete Atkinson Awarded, along with a prize of Diving Equipment worth£1200 donated by Oceanic, to the British photographer whose overall entry in categories 1 to 4, wherever shot, is of the most outstanding quality, proving consistent photographic technique and talent.
The DIVER Trophy for the Grand Master of Underwater Photography - Werner Thiele Awarded, along with a prize of a Mini-B Diving Unit and a Maxi-B Diving Unit, donated by Mini Breather International, to the photographer whose overall entry in categories 1 to 4 is of the most outstanding quality, proving consistent photographic technique and talent.
THE JUDGES
MOVING IMAGES Chairman: Bernard Eaton - Editor-in-Chief DIVER Magazine Ray Gearing - Teddington Studios Maria Slough - Film Producer Ray Sutcliffe - Underwater Film Producer
STILL IMAGES (PRINTS & SLIDES) Chairman: Nigel Eaton - Editor DIVER Magazine Lino Chiumarulo - European Underwater Photographer Brian Pitkin - Chairman of British Society of Underwater Photographers Phil Smith - Professional Photographer and a former Winner John Bantin - Nice Bloke |