It was a warm, convivial night to round off the year for 2014.
Thanks to Alison Viskovic, Gill Mackersy, Karyn Crocker, Gavin Klee and others for the arrangements at the Kapiti Club, to John Boyd for judging the Best of Year digital image and print competitions, and to Ian Linning for all the photos.
And the envelopes please – the results were:
Overall Results for the Four Salons in 2014
INTERMEDIATE GRADE – PRINTS
Winner: Barry Culling; Runner Up: Bernie Fraser
INTERMEDIATE GRADE – DIGITAL IMAGES
Winner: Rachel Stevens; Runner Up: Teresa Angell
ADVANCED GRADE – PRINTS
Winner: Neil Gordon; Runners Up: Carol Molineux and Alison Viskovic
ADVANCED GRADE – DIGITAL IMAGES
Winner: Carol Molineux; Runner Up: Gavin Klee
BEST OF YEAR COMPETITION
BEST OF YEAR PRINT
Winner of the Peg Griffin Cup: Jo Goudsblom (“Remembering the Fallen”)
Runner Up: Rachel Stevens (“The Soprano”)
BEST OF YEAR DIGITAL IMAGE
Winner of the Waikanae Cup: Alison Viskovic (“Communication”)
Runner Up: Gavin Klee (“Stormy Monday”)
Frank Hinchcliff Trophy
The Cup and a Medal were presented to Neil Gordon for his print “Edge Effect” which had been selected in the competition held last July.

Neil Gordon
New Life Member – Karyn Crocker
Karyn Crocker was congratulated for having been made an honorary life member at the recent AGM.
Promotions
As a result of their successes in KCPS Salons as well as in external competitions, Jo Goudsblom and Rachel Stevens will be promoted from the Intermediate Grade to the Advanced Grade next year.
Based on portfolio submissions, Gill Mackersy and Rhonda Billington have also been promoted from Novice to Intermediate from 2015.
Well done all.