Key dates for the 2026 Inter-Club Championships are:

Opening for entry - 1st December 2025.

Closing Date for Print Competition – 16th January 2026

Closing Date for Digital Competition – 19th January 2026

Event at Exeter Corn Exchange – 8th February 2026

​The WCPF Inter-Club Championships consists of two competitions one Digital, and one Print. Each competition has its own entry rules, is judged separately, and has its own awards.  The two competitions are run as a combined event, judged on the same day using the same judges. The scoring and results are presented as a ‘live’ show at the Corn Exchange in Exeter.

​The WCPF Inter-Club Championships are open to any club with a paid-up affiliation to the WCPF.  A photographer’s images may only be entered by 1 club.

​Digital Championship Outline Information

 

• Each club must submit 18 digital images, with no more than 4 images per photographer, and no more than 5 Nature images.

       

• Images entered into any previous DPIC or ICC Competition are not allowed.

 

• Neither the photographer nor club name should be included in the image title, or be visible in any part of the image. 

Club awards will be based on the aggregate score of all 18 of a clubs images. There will be
trophies for the Top Club, Runner Up Club and highest placed Small Club not placed 1st or
2nd. Trophies will be held for 1 year.

​Individual awards will be selected by the judges from the highest scoring images. PAGB
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals, PAGB Ribbons and Highly Commended Certificates will be
awarded.

​The top 2 clubs will be invited to represent the WCPF in the PAGB Inter-Club PDI
Championship held in Warwick in July 2026.
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Print Championship Outline Information  

   

• ​Each club must submit 15 prints from at least 5 different photographers.  At least 5 Colour and 5 Mono prints, and no more than 4 Nature prints. No more than 4 images per photographer.
   

• Prints entered into any previous Inter-Club Print Competition are not allowed.
   

• Neither the photographer nor club name should be included in the image title, or be visible on the front of the print. 
   

Club awards will be based on the aggregate score of all 15 of a clubs prints. There will be trophies for the Top Club, Runner Up Club and highest placed Small Club not placed 1st or 2nd. Trophies will be held for 1 year.

​Individual awards will be selected by the judges from the highest scoring images. PAGB Gold, and Silver Medals, PAGB Ribbons and Highly Commended Certificates will be awarded.​

The top 2 clubs will be invited to represent the WCPF in the PAGB Inter-Club Print Championship held in Blackburn in October 2026.