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AV News 192 - May 2013 Judge Richard Brown Awards presented by Ralph Duckett MPAGB EFIAP APAGB, President of the MCPF Overall Winner Malcolm Imhoff Alistair Taylor NIPA Festival Judges Awards Jeff Mansell Howard Bagshaw Raymond Hughes LRPS The Northern Ireland Photographic Association annual Audio Visual Festival was held over two days 15th/16th February at The Courtyard Theatre, Ballyearl. We were delighted to welcome Richard Brown FRPS back again to Ballyearl as the Guest Judge. Richard has judged the Festival in the past and is well known to the local audience. In fact he even had a request for his 'Gasman came to Call' sequence, remembered from a previous visit, when he showed his work on the Friday night to an appreciative audience that included the Mayor of Newtownabbey Alderman Victor Robinson and his wife. For the first time the festival was an 'All Ireland' event attracting entries from Camera Club members across Ireland from both the Northern Ireland and Irish Photographic Federations. This gave an added dimension for the many visitors from the Republic of Ireland who attend the event each year. Previously only the winning sequence from the I.P.F. Championship, held the previous October, was competed against the N.I.P.A. Festival winner for the 'Neil Marshal' Inter-federation Medal. Page 37