After the disappointment of the Hawks On The Heath being cancelled, lets hope the next speaker doesn't get a massive attack of stage fright :o(
Yes, it is yours truly speaking on Monday (6th July) about the trials and tribulations of taking photos underwater.  I just hope I can spin it out for long enough and, NO, I am not doing it in my wetsuit!
Here's a (bad) photo of me in my dive gear to get  you in the mood.  And yes, that is Carole in her 'fetish' hood.

Contacting the webmaster
I thought it about time that I made my email address available so that everyone out there who is dying to 'contribute' has a means of contacting me.  On the 'About Us' page there is a photo of me (for those who have yet to have the pleasure) with my address underneath.  Sorry you cannot use cut/paste but I am a bit sick of the sp4mming community and don't want to go back above two or three 'opportunities' per week if possible.
That now means there are four pictures of me on this website - am I abusing my power?

If you have gallery images you can either email them or just bring them in on a disc or USB stick on a Monday and I will return the media to you the next week.

Un-mounted A4
Congratulations to Trevor for winning the un-mounted A4 competition at the recent Light Night.  I told you he was getting good!

Members Gallery
Another gallery update, and another sickeningly good one, this time from Mike Hart.
Feeling like a bit of a hypocrite I thought it was time I bit the bullet and updated mine as well.

2nd Clubman
I have now got all of the images from the 2nd Clubman and they can be seen under the 'Competitions' tab.

Members Gallery
Another three members have updated their Gallery pages and three great updates they are as well.  Trevor Bottomley, Nick Holowka & John Bickerdike all responded to my call for new images - thanks guys.  Go and have a look at some great photos, especially Trevor who I think is producing some superb stuff lately.
Because John went a bit mad and sent so many images, I have sneaked one out and put it here as the Featured Image.  I think the colours lift it above the standard church interior.

Website
As I am sure you can see, I have made the layout change that I have been talking about for ages.  I still have some lining-up issues and I can't get rid of that big gap on the left but it is getting there.  Without that big picture at the top there is so much more room on each page though I will bring the 'Featured Image' back soon but just on the home page.
If anyone can come up with a better design for the title banner (and I am sure anyone can) then please let me have it.  It needs to be 1024 wide by about 150 high, should have the club name displayed quite prominently and have a white or transparent background if appropriate.

Members Gallery
I have eventually got around to completing the re-jig of the Members Gallery so all I am waiting for now is some new pictures from YOU!
If anybody has an ePhotozine ID or some other link that they would like adding (or correcting :o) just let me know.

Port Talbot
We did well at the Port Talbot competition again this year, even better than last year.  We came joint 2nd out of 10 clubs, tying with Swansea and Neath after scoring 89 points.  The competition was narrowly won by Merthyr with 90 points, just one point in it!  However, I am assured by our welsh contingent that we are just too English to ever win a Welsh competition :o(

2nd Clubman
I eventually managed to get the results of the 2nd Clubman last night (first my holiday then Vera & David's kept us from communicating) so here they are.

Les has already sent me his images and I would love the others (max 500x500) so I can add them to the 'Competition Results' page.

Bevelo Exhibition
Our current star Les Forrester is the latest to take up the option of having his own exhibition at Bevalo's so this is another good reason to go get some of your images framed.  It starts today (27th) and runs for a month and has twenty or more prints on various subjects so go take a look.

YPU
A good result for us at the YPU selection this year.  We had 15 prints and 8 projected images selected and three certificates were awarded.  We also had one print (Sedge Warbler on Barrage by John Gardner) and one projected image ('The Climber' by Les Forrester) selected for the PAGB competition.  Well done everybody.

Web Site
Debi Knight has sent me some great new images for her gallery so I have made a start on reorganising the Members Gallery page.  I have had to cut it short because I am going on holiday but I will complete it when I get back (perhaps with some more fish photos on my page :o)  Go have a look at Debi's stuff then go dig out some new images for your gallery.

Art Walk
The next Art Walk starts on Monday the 25th of May 2009 and runs through to the 24th of July.  We have managed to get space in the Interval Cafe this time so we have a great chance to show off, and sell, some of our pictures.  Get them framed first then pass them on to Brian Holding by the 18th of May, either marked as 'NFS' if they are not for sale or with a suitably large price tag (Theatre Royale take 25%+VAT).  If you have any questions get in touch with Brian.

Web Site
I have been doing a bit more work on the general structure of the site.  I have now merged 'News' and 'Membership Rules' into one page, tentatively called 'Club Stuff'.  Any ideas for a better name?  I have also moved the link to the 'For Sale' page onto here.  There is quite a bit of out-of-date and missing stuff on these pages but it is getting there.
I have also merged 'Information' and 'Useful Links' into one page, still called 'Information'.

I am going to tackle the Members Gallery next so bring your latest offerings in whether you have a page there already or not.  If you give me some photos, along with any blurb about yourself or the images, I will update or create your page.  In case you don't know me, I'm Steve Wood and here's a photo.