Competitions

Wigan 10 Foto Club have won the prestigious FIAP World Cup 2014 for the fourth time and consecutively for the past three years, having won the competition when it was first held 7 years ago. This international competition is open to any club in the world and attracts entries from all continents. In addition to the main trophy the Club has also been awarded their fifth Maurice Dorikens trophy which goes to the Club which has been most successful over the previous five years of the competition, dating from 2006 – 2015.

2013-2015 has been the most successful years for the Club on many fronts as it also came out on top in all the four major national photographic competitions, an unprecedented feat.

This success has been achieved with a membership of only 14.

2015 Competition Results

  • FIAP World Cup =
  • PAGB Inter Club DPI Championships (Warwick) = 1st
  • PAGB Inter Club Print Championships (Ormskirk) =
  • GB Cup Open = 1st Place
  • GB Cup Nature = 1st Place
  • L&CPU Digital Overall = 1st Place (Open 1st Place, Mono 5th Place & Nature 1st Place)
  • L&CPU Print Overall = 2nd Place (Open 1st Place, Mono joint 2nd Place & Nature 3rd Place)
  • L&CPU Knockout =
  • North Cheshire Digital = 2nd Place
  • North Cheshire Print = 1st Place
  • PSA PID Nature 2014 – 2015 = 3rd
  • PSA PID Creative 2014 – 2015 = 1st

2014 Competition Results

  • FIAP World Cup = 1st Place
  • PAGB Inter Club DPI Championships (Warwick) = 2nd Place
  • PAGB Inter Club Print Championships (Ormskirk) = 6th Place
  • GB Cup Open = 1st Place
  • GB Cup Nature = 1st Place
  • L&CPU Digital Overall = 1st Place (Open 1st Place, Mono 1st Place & Nature 2nd Place)
  • L&CPU Print Overall = 1st Place (Open 1st Place, Mono 1st Place & Nature 1st Place)
  • L&CPU Knockout = Joint 2nd Place
  • North Cheshire Digital = 1st Place
  • North Cheshire Print = 1st Place
  • PSA PID Nature 2013 – 2014 = 1st
  • PSA PID Creative 2013 – 2014 = 1st

2013 Competition Results

  • PSA PID Creative Inter-Club Competition (CIC), Round 1, Group C = 1st Place
  • PSA PID Nature, Round 1 = 1st Place
  • FIAP Photography World Cup = 1st Place
  • GB Cup Open = 1st Place
  • GB Cup Nature = 1st Place
  • PAGB Inter Club DPI Championships (Warwick) = 1st Place
  • PAGB Inter Club Print Championships (Ormskirk) = 2nd Place
  • L&CPU Digital Overall = 1st Place (Open 2ndt Place, Mono 2nd Place & Nature 1st Place)
  • L&CPU Print Overall = 2nd Place (Open 1st Place, Mono 2nd Place & Nature 2nd Place)
  • L&CPU Knockout = 2nd Place
  • North Cheshire Digital = 1st Place
  • North Cheshire Print = 1st Place

In view of their achievements Wigan 10 are thought by many to be the most successful photographic club in the UK and the World.

Club Competitions Regional, National and International

A summary of the Club’s achievements is as follows.

By the end of 2014, in the 26 years since formation, the club has been successful by being:-

  • Lancashire & Cheshire (L&CPU) overall champion club 20 times.
  • National PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) Inter-Club Digital Imaging champion club 11 times.
  • National PAGB Inter-Club champion print club (Ormskirk) in 2009 and 2012.
  • Winners of the PAGB Great British Cup (open to every club in Great Britain) for the 7 times it has been held.
  • Winners of the PAGB Nature Cup for the 5 times it has been held.
  • First winners of the FIAP World Club Championship in 2006 and again in 2012, 2013, 2014.

Wigan 10 foto club are now thought to be the most successful photographic group in UK and have made history of being the only photographic club to have held all the British club photographic titles and the World Cup title…all within the same year.