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AV News 191 - February 2013 Chairman's Chatter Keith Scott FRPS Another most enjoyable major AV festival passed at the end of November and beginning of December, I refer of course to 'The Great Northern' held at Wilmslow Guild in Cheshire. Commencing with an interesting Friday evening lecture open to members of the paying public, followed by Saturday AV competition, and Sunday RPS North West Region AV Day hosted by Bill Greenhalgh our North West Region Area Organiser. Congratulations to Keith Leedham FRPS for gaining the Gold Medal in this competition with his sequence entitled ‘For the Sake of Example’, a very worthy winner. Also congratulations to Peter Appleton for winning the RPS AV Group donated 'Sir George and Lady Doreen Pollock medal' for best in the restricted category. Peter's winning sequence was entitled 'The Time Traveller'. This excellent weekend festival has been organised for the past fourteen years by Suzanne and Howard Gregory, and a most outstanding job they have done, they deserve our sincerest thanks. Unfortunately but perhaps not unexpectedly after such a long period of hi