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AV News 178 - November 2009 Results from the 16th National AV Championships Held at the The Premier Inn, Braunstone, Leicester 19th and 20th September 2009 The Organising Committee, consisting of Chairman and Treasurer Peter Brown ARPS DPAGB HonPAGB (right), Secretary Brian Jeffs FRPS DPAGB (left) and Technical Graham Neville CPAGB (centre), did an excellent job ensuring the Championships ran smoothly and successfully. From the 73 sequences entered by 58 different Authors, 24 were New Entrants, from 27 different clubs representing 12 of the 15 PAGB Federations. There were 63 entries preselected to be shown to the Jury of, Chairman Keith Scott FRPS DPAGB AV-FIAP, John Rowell ARPS DPAGB and Howard Gregory. Points were awarded as follows for the Club & Federation Championships 1st Prize - 10 points, 2nd prize - 8 points, 3rd prize - 6 points All other awards, HC & C - 4 points, All other entries - 1 point The Club Championship is decided on the average points from the best 5 entries from the club. A minimum of 3 entrants per club is required to qualify Not more than 2 sequences per author to be considered Qualifying Clubs & entries were Leeds AV Group - 10; East Midlands AV Group - 9; Essex AV Group - 7 The Federation Championship is decided on the average points from the best 5 entries from 5 different entrants, from a minimum of 2 different clubs Qualifying Federations with number of clubs/entrants/sequences were EAF/2/7/8; MCPF/6/15/18; WCPF/4/6/6; YPU/2/7/12 Champion Club 1st Leeds & District AV Group PAGB Gold Medal Joint 2nd Essex AV Group PAGB Silver Medal Joint 2nd East Midlands AV Group PAGB Bronze Medal Champion Federation 1st YPU - Yorkshire Photographic Union 2nd WCPF - Western Counties Photographic Federation 3rd MCPF - Midland Counties Photographic Federation Page 29