Mini Tripod News IAC North West Region Including Northern Ireland & The Isle of Man

June 2017 Issue 39

Entries Urgently Required

Closing Date 24th June 2017

There are 22 Film Clubs in our Region

so by now we should have at least 22 entries.

The deadline is Fast Approaching

and only one entry for each has been sent into

Chairman/Competitions Officer Jim Whalley FACI

The Mermaid is a 10 minute Light Hearted Movie of any subject

The Mini Mermaid is a 1 minute Movie of any subject

One movie will be selected from each category at the

next Council Meeting on 27th June 2017

to represent the IAC North West Region at

The National AGM Weekend in October

North West Council Members 2017

Chairman & Competitions Officer James Whalley FACI

Tel: 01254 208654 Email: jimwhalley1@googlemail.com

RoseBank 677 Preston Old Road, Feniscowles, Blackburn, BB2 5EN

Secretary, Tripod/Publicity Officer & ‘Temp Acting’ Treasurer

Susan J. Moore FACI Tel: 07775 646378 Email: Suziedave7@gmail.com

Berwick Villa , The Nant , Plymog, Llanferres, Denbighshire CH7 5SS

Membership Secretary Pauline Harrison FACI

Tel: 01772 729770 Email: None

12 Mill Lane, Fulwood, Preston PR2 3HD

Technical Officer

Alaister Macrae Tel: 0161 440 0447

Email: alaister@macrae20.plus.com

20 Southport Close, Bramhall, Cheshire SK7 3PU

Past Chairman 2009/10

David Mardon

Tel: 0161 928 6638 Email: None

26 Leigh Road, Hale, WA15 9BE

Urgent Vacant Possitions which need to be filled are for Vice Chairman & Treasurer

All of the above Possitions will be Available from our AGM in November 2017

If no one comes forward to help us the North West Region will Close down.

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Around The Clubs

(22 Film & 10 Photographic)

Thank you Burnley for your Club News

The May Bank Holiday weekend was a busy period for members of Burnley Film Makers.

Saturday the 29th May was Southport's Inter Club Competition. Mike breeze and club Sec-

retary Keith Widdup made the journey over to Southport to support the Burnley's entry.

Representing BFM this year was David Crossley's film "All Aboard the Rib", a record of a

trip taken to view the wildlife off the coast of South Wales. Fortunately, it was a lovely

calm day and David was able to put together an excellent video of the spectacular trip.

There were five entries in all representing clubs from the Wirral, Bolton Morecambe,

Burnley and, of course, Southport.

The day started with a little gremlin in the sound system, those blighters do get about! but

after a while the proceedings were under way.

Each club supplied a Judge and at the end of their deliberations I'm pleased to say BFM

came joint first with the entry from Morecambe Bay Movie Makers, congratulations to

them as well.

Come the Sunday and three members from BFM were out and about in local village Worst

Horne. The village was holding its first ever Scarecrow Festival. Burnley Film Makers had

been asked if they would produce a video of the event and as we're always looking for lo-

cal items to include in our Annual Newsreel, this was an ideal event. With some eighty ex-

hibits to get around it was a long day and our intrepid cameramen covered something in

the region of at least five miles each trekking round, on foot I might add, to get to see all

the entries.

After a "wee dram" or two and a good night’s sleep, it was off up to Higham, the village

where BFM holds its weekly meetings, in the Village Hall. It was the Annual Craft Fair.

This year there was an added interest. A Maypole. This hadn't been seen or used on

Mayday for over sixty years. When it was rediscovered in the cellar of the local Church it

was decided to bring it back into use.

Children from the village school learnt some traditional Mayday dances and these were

performed on the green in front of the church.

This was another event ideal for our Newsreel production. So, Mike Breeze, Dave Berry

and Keith Widdup were on hand to record the event.

The staff and children from St John's school were to be commended on an excellent per-

formance, I'm sure that after this it will be an annual event.

After this Keith was back up to Worsthorne to find out who had won the main awards in

the Scarecrow Competition and film the presentation of the trophies.

It was a long and busy weekend but hopefully the end products will have made it all worth-

while.

Flowerpot men. Winner of the Scarecrow Competition

Mike Breeze in action.

Children from St john's school dancing

Club Secretary Keith

interviewing the organisers of the

Maypole dancing.

Club Directory

Abergele A-V

Membership Sec. Mal Hughes Mal.hughes@talktalk.net

Accrington Movie Makers Please Note New Info

Meet every Monday 7.30pm. Sept-May The Community Centre, 31 Fairfield Street, Accrington.

Chairman: Raymond Burrows 01254 393926 lifetime_ray@hotmail.com

Hon.Sec: Don Clarke 01254 261858 jamesdonaldclarke@hotmail.com

Altrincham Movie Makers Please Note New Info

Meet every Wednesday 8pm. 121 Park Road, Timperley, WA15 6QQ

Hon.Sec: Terry Roberts terry@abledomestics.co.uk Web: www.altvideo.co.uk

President: Eric Flowers 0161 973 9344. eflowers@uwclub.net

Bangor & Downs Camera Club. A -V (Need A New Email Contact Please)

Meet every Wednesday, 7.45pm. Sept-May. Kingsland, Ward Avenue, Ballyholme, Bangor, North-

ern Ireland. www.bangor_camera_club.co.uk

Bolton Movie Makers

Meet 2nd, 4th & 5th Thurs every month. Over-Hulton Conservative Club, Bolton, BL5 1AA.

Hon.Sec. Warren Hulme warrenhulme@hotmail.co.uk www.boltonmoviemakers.org.uk

Burnley Film Makers

Meet every Wednesday 7.30pm. Higham Village Hall, Higham Road,

Higham, Burnley. BB12 9EU. Chairman: Carl Stredder 01282 619085 carl.irene@ntlworld.com

Hon.Sec: Keith Widdup 01282 693722. keith.widdup@uwclub.net

Bury Cine Society

Meet every Wednesday 8pm. At the Mosses Centre, Bury.

Hon Sec: Roy Turner: enquiries@bury.org.uk

Carlisle & Border Camcorder Club Please Note New Info

Meet weekly Sept-April 7.30pm then every 2nd Monday. Parish Rooms, St. Micheals Church,

Stanwix, Carlisle CA3 9DJ. www.carlisleandborderccclub.com.

Chairman: David Robinson 01697 345129 david.r.robinson@btinternet.com

Cheadle & Gatley Film Makers Please Note New Info

Meet every Thursday 8pm. Sept-May, Village Hall, Heald Green, Stockport.

Chair: David Andrew dandsandrew@btinternet.com www.cgfilmmakers.com

Hon.Sec: Jim France 0161 439 4952 jim.france@tiscali.co.uk

34 Ladytharn Road, bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire SK72ER

Club Directory

Crewe Movie Makers

Meet 1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesday of the month Sept-May.

Chair: Howard Carrahar icarrahar@tiscali.co.uk Hon.Sec: Mike Hasprey 01270 581555

Treasurer & Comp Sec Isabel Carrahar icarrahar@tiscali.co.uk

Hoylake Movie Makers

Meet every Wednesday 8pm. & 1st Wed of each month, during the Summer. Please Note New Info

At 12 Carr Lane, Moreton, Wirral. Chair: Frank Baker fbaker2b@mypostoffice.co.uk

Hon.Sec: Norma Wood 0151 638 7815 8 Park Road North, Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 4EZ

Keith Maxwell 0151 677 0976 jean_maxwell@sky.com

Hyde Photographic Society

C/o Daryl Giles daryl@giles7.fsnet.co.uk

Mid-Cheshire Movie Makers

Meet on 2nd & last Thursdays each month, Winnington Park Recreation Club, Park Road,

Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 4EB. www.m-ccc.org.uk

Chair. Geoff Dodd 01606 781436. geoff@geoffdodd.vianw.co.uk

Hon.Sec: Stephanie Heighton sheighton@o2.co.uk

Morecambe Bay Movie Makers

Meet every Monday. 7.30pm, at St. Christopher’s church Hall, St. Christopher’s Way, Morccambe.

LA4 6EE www.morecambebaymoviemakers.org.uk

Hon Sec: Ken Russell 01524 416074. k.t.russell@talk21.com

Northern Ireland Camcorder Club

Meet 8pm. Every Monday October to March. nicamcorderclub@gmail.com

Hon.Sec. Michael Canning. 44 Glencregagh Drive, Belfast. N.I. BT6-0NL mcanning75@yahoo.co.uk

David Macfarland 73 Casaeldona Park Belfast, BT6 9RD. Tel 02890583394 casaelglen@gmail.com

Nelson Camera Club

Meet every Tuesday 7.30 Beg: Aug to End: May.

At Walton Lane, Community Centre, Leeds Road, Nelson. BB9 8RW.

Hon.Sec: Mrs AM Imeson, 1 Eden Close, Barrowford, Nelson, Lancs BB9 6JP

Email: trigpoint2@btinternet.com

North Fylde Photographic Society

Hon Sec: Mr N Pasco 17 Molyneux Place, Lytham St. Annes, Lancs FY8 4PY Tel 01253 734243

Email: neilpasc@yahoo.com

North West Film Archive: www/nwfa.mmu.ac.uk C/O Emma Cocroft

Manchester Central Library, PO Box 532, Albert Square, Manchester

Club Directory

Pendle Movie Makers

Meet on the 2nd Monday of every month, at St. John’s Methodist Church, Albert Road, Colne BB8

0RY (opp Town Hall). Chairman: John Morgan. JhnMrgn@aol. Find us on Facebook

Hon.Sec: Peter Copestake. 01282 864058. peter.copestake@googlemail.com

Penrith & District Camera Club

Meet every Wednesday 7.30pm at Quaker meeting house, Meeting House Lane, Penrith. CA11 7TR.

Irving Butterworth. 01768 865330. hbutterworth@lineone.net info@penrithcameraclub.co.uk or

www.penrithcameraclub.co.uk

Poynton & Stockport Movie Makers

Now Meeting Alternate Wednesday afternoons instead of Fortnightly on Thursday evenings

Room 3, Methodist Church, Park Lane, Poynton, SK12 1RB (just behind Waitrose).

psmvideo@btinternet.com or www.psmvideo.co.uk. Hon.Sec. Alaister Macrae Tel: 0161 440 0447

Email: alaister@macrae20.plus.com

Preston Movie Makers

Meet every Thursday. 7.45pm. Sept-April. Galloway Hall, Brackenbury Road,

Fulwood, Preston. PR2 3BS. Chairman Jim Whalley jimwhalley1@gmail.com

Hon.Sec: Roy Logsdon. 01772 672599. Email:pmoviemakers@gmail.com

www.prestonmoviemakers.org.uk

Ribble Valley Movie Makers

Meet 7.30pm. 1st & 3rd Thur each month. Sept-May. The Pendle Club, Lowergate, Clitheroe. BB7

1AG. Douglas Brownrigg 01200425305 brownrigg393@btinternet.com

http:/www.ribblevalleymoviemakers.co.uk

Rochdale Movie Makers

Meet 7.30pm. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. Norden Old Library, Enfield Road, Nordon, Rochdale.

OL11-5XE. www.rochdalemoviemaker.co.uk.

Tommy O Connor toconnor@rochdalemoviemaker.co.uk

Stoke Cine & Video Society

Meet every Fortnight on 2nd & 4th Wednesday. 7.30pm. Sept-May. Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs Have a

Look at our Web Site www.stokecvs.co.uk

Hon Sec: John Gleaves. rev.johngleaves@googlemail.com

President: Gerald Mee MBE .FACI. 01538 382570. geraldmee@outlook.com

Southport Movie Makers

Meet 8pm. Every Thursday. St James Church Hall, Lulworth Road, Southport.PR8 2BQ.

Hon.Sec:Michael Alley +44(0)1704877500 michaelalley@tiscali.co.uk

Neil Foley 07832 059 323 Press & Web Officer. E-mail: rneilfoley@gmail.com

Web: www.southportmoviemakers.org.uk/meetings Blog: www.southportmoviemaker.blogspot.co.uk

Ashby Ball. 01704 567 778. ashbyball400@gmail.com

Club Directory

Swan Movie Makers Wirral Please Note New Info

Meet on the 2nd & 4th Friday of every month between Sept-May. Victoria Hall, Victoria Hall Walk,

Bebington, Wirral, CH63 8AB. 7.30 prompt. Http://www.swanmoviemakers.weebly.com

Chair: Graham Kay gkay@grahamkay.co.uk

Hon.Tres:Angus Tilston FACI. 17 Poulton Road, Bebington, Wirral CH63 9LA. Tel: 0151 334 5546

Club contact for information on our 38th Annual Nov Transport Show.

Email: atilston@waitrose.com

Todmorden Photographic Society

C/O Janet 8 Woodfield Street, Todmorden, Lancs OL14 5JP Tel: 01706812845

Email:janetsfwright@talktalk.net

Warrington Cine & Video Society

Marjorie Belton 0151 426 3854. wcvs.1936@btinternet.com Web: Http://www.wcvs.weebly.com

We meet every Monday 8pm, Except Bank Holidays, Christmas & New Year. with fortnightly meetings

between June & August. At St. Martins Methodist Church Hall, Gig Lane, Woolston,

Warrington, WA1 4EE.

West Cheshire Video Club

Meet Fortnightly, on Mondays 8pm. The Groves Social Club, Chester Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 2NX

Hon Sec: J L Wright les.wright@talk talk.net wwww.westcheshirevideo.org.uk

Wilmslow Guild Audio-Visual Group Meet every three weeks, Friday 7.30pm.

Committee@wilmslowguildav.org.uk webmaster@wilmslowguildav.org.uk

AV News. Editors: Jill K Bunting & John Smith editors@avnews.uk

Updated June 2017

All Club details are from the IAC website or emails you have sent to me and to my knowledge

are correct at time of printing Please inform Tripod Editor and IAC Head Office

of any of any Changes. Suzie Moore FACI -Tripod Editor

Diary Of Events 2017/18

UNICA 2017 Dortmund Germany 5th –12th August 2017

The festival website is at http://www.unica2017.de/ (click on the Un-

ion Jack for English language).

There is a lot of information here and more will be added

over the next few weeks.

If you have questions or want more advice, contact me and I will do

my best to help.

Jan Watterson, webmaster@theiac.org.uk

IAC National AGM Weekend

19th-22nd October 2017

Hosted by SERIAC Sittingbourne Kent.

North West Festival & AGM November 2017

10am—5pm Tickets £10 Inc Refreshments

Closing Date for entries 16th October 2017

Date & Venue to be announced in the next

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