David Cubbin, Squirrel Fish
Winfried Persinger, from Mixed Portfolio
Ken McDonald, Demon of the Deep
Jeff Collett, Humphead Parrotfish
Bob Allen, Unknown Wreck
Winfried Persinger, Rays
The Winners
HC: Highly Commended
Grand Master: Previous winner of photographic competition of national or international standing
MARINE LIFE (UK WATERS) PRINT
Gold: Paul Kay (Lesser Octopus)
Silver: Anne Norris (Cuttlefish)
Bronze: Lucy Kay (Edible Crab)
HC: Dave Peake (Cuttlefish)
PEOPLE/SCENERY (UK WATERS) PRINT
Gold: Paul Kay (Shallow Kelp Forest)
HC: Gemma Frith (Life in Rockpools x 2)
MACRO (UK WATERS) PRINT
Gold: Lucy Kay (Nudibranch)
Silver: Paul Kay (Snake Pipefish Peeping Out of Shallow Seaweed)
Bronze: Paul Kay (Queen Scallop)
HC: Lucy Kay (Nudibranch on Red Seaweed)
MARINE LIFE (NON GRAND MASTER) PRINT
Gold: Lindy Horner (Collared Butterflyfish)
Silver: Yuri Bautta (Yellow Dream)
Bronze: Feliciana Montagna (Occhi d'Argento)
HC: Eric Bjurstrom (Jaws), Amanda Gibson (Grey Angelfish)
PEOPLE/SCENERY (NON GRAND MASTER) PRINT
Gold: Frederik Spencer (Iris)
Silver: David Cubbin (Swimmer Series, No 1)
Bronze: Peter Hince (Silhouette of Divers)
HC: David Cubbin (Swimmer Series, No 2)
MACRO (NON GRAND MASTER) PRINT
Gold: Davide Vezzaro (Red Labyrinth)
Silver: Leslie Chan (Face to Face)
Bronze: Erik Bjurstrom (Coral Inhabitant)
HC: Yuri Bautta (Velvet), Leslie Chan (Family; Nature), Charles Frodsham (Metridium)
MARINE LIFE (GRAND MASTER) PRINT
Gold: Alessandro Tommasi (UFO)
Silver: Alessandro Tommasi (Zeus faber)
Bronze: Alessandro Tommasi (Twins Over the Fins)
HC: Alessandro Tommasi (Cartoon), Mirko Zanni (Ghost)
PEOPLE/SCENERY (GRAND MASTER) PRINT
Gold: Fredrik Ehrenstrom (White Waterlily)
Silver: Paul Kay (Shallow Kelp Forest)
Bronze: Ken McDonald (Demon of the Deep)
HC: Ken McDonald (Man From Atlantis - I Think Not)
MACRO (GRAND MASTER) PRINT
Gold: Alessandro Dodi (Black and Green)
Silver: Alessandro Dodi (Guardian)
Bronze: Mirko Zanni (Transparency)
HC: Settimio Cipriani (Softness)
MOST PROMISING YOUNG UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER (PRINT)
Kate Emby (My Brother)
MANIPULATED IMAGES PRINT/SLIDE
Gold: Chris Wilton (Grey Reef Shark)
Silver: Fredrik Ehrenstrom (Lost Golfball)
Bronze: Settimio Cipriani (Water Droplet)
HC: Eric Bjurstrom (Strange Intruder), Per Eide (Norwegian Waters)
PORTFOLIOS (NON GRAND MASTER) PRINT/SLIDE
Gold: Gavin Anderson (Moray Eels)
Silver: Gavin Anderson (Marine Life) Bronze: Joanne Mahy (Tubeworms) HC: Bob Allen (Spring Clean), Guido Villani (Mixed Portfolio)
PORTFOLIOS (GRAND MASTER) PRINT/SLIDE
Gold: Franco Banfi (Mixed)
Silver: Winfried Persinger (Mixed)
Bronze: Michael Pitts (Manta Rays)
HC: Linda Dunk (Mixed, No 1 and No 3), Alessandro Tommasi (Small Fishes in Action), Pete Atkinson (On Safari), Hilary Driscoll (Mixed)
MARINE LIFE (UK WATERS) SLIDE
Gold: Jim Greenfield (Angler Fish)
Silver: Joanne Mahy (Angler Fish)
Bronze: Dave Peake (Squat Lobster on Sea Fan)
HC: Brian Pitkin (Cuckoo Wrasse), Roy Waller (Lesser Octopus)
PEOPLE/SCENERY (UK WATERS) SLIDE
No awards
MACRO (UK WATERS) SLIDE
Gold: Roy Waller (Little Cuttle)
Silver: Linda Pitkin (Snakelocks Anemone Shrimp)
Bronze: Joanne Mahy (Tube Worm)
HC: Sue Daly (Scorpion Spider Crab), Joanne Mahy (Nudibranch)
MARINE LIFE (NON GRAND MASTER) SLIDE
Gold: Jeff Collett (Lionfish)
Silver: Shmulik Blum (Turtle)
Bronze: Jeff Collett (Humphead Parrot Fish)
HC: Jeff Collett (Frogfish; Yellowback Fusiliers), Judy Newton (Angelfish)
PEOPLE/SCENERY (NON GRAND MASTER) SLIDE
Gold: Shmulik Blum (Fish & Silhouetted Diver)
Silver: Bob Allen (Unknown Wreck)
MACRO (NON GRAND MASTER) SLIDE
Gold: Giuseppe Pignataro (Profile)
Silver: David Cubbin (Squirrel Fish)
Bronze: Jeff Collett (Pipefish)
HC: Jeff Collett (Tiger Goby on Black Coral), Carole Harris (Camouflaged Shrimp on Coral), Shaun Tierney (Yellow Leaf Fish), Tony White (Juvenile Leafy Seadragon)
MARINE LIFE (GRAND MASTER) SLIDE
Gold: Pete Atkinson (Beveridge Reef)
Silver: Winfried Persinger (Rays)
Bronze: Franco Banfi (Whales)
HC: Len Deeley (Hawksbill Turtle), Fredrik Ehrenstrom (Long-nosed Hawkfish), Brian Pitkin (Octopus), Roberto Testa (Clean-up)
PEOPLE/SCENERY (GRAND MASTER) SLIDE
Gold: Franco Banfi (Feeling)
Silver: Franco Banfi (Manatee)
Bronze: Per Eide (Last Voyage)
HC: Franco Banfi (Cornino; Swim Under), Brian Pitkin (Big-eye)
Macro (Grand Master) Slide
Gold: Burkhard Ohlendorf (Watchful Goby)
Silver: Malcolm Hey (Arrow Crab)
Bronze: Paulo Bausani (Seahorse)
HC: Pete Atkinson (Sardonic Trumpetfish; Transparency), Per Eide (Cuckoo Wrasse)
AUDIO-VISUAL
Gold: Les Kemp (Watermark)
Silver: Les Kemp (Ling-Lo)
Bronze: Len Deeley (Through A Dark Sea Brightly)
MOVING IMAGES (PROFESSIONAL)
Silver: Neil Nightingale & Mary Summerill (Dive to Shark City/Neil Morrisey)
Bronze: Michael Pitts (Lost Lakes of the Pacific/David Attenborough)
MOVING IMAGES (NON-PROFESSIONAL)
Gold: Terry Elding (Ocean Odyssey)
Silver: Johnny Letellier (Sepia), Leandro Blanco (Life is a Circus)
Bronze: Osvaldo Ballabio (Papua New Guinea)
HC: Sue Daly (Spring Underwater), Leandro Blanco (Missing You)
MOVING IMAGES (UK WATERS)
Sue Daly
TROPHY WINNERS
Aqua-Lung Trophy for the Best Portfolio, with a prize Sulawesi holiday worth £2/2500 donated by Explorers Tours
Franco Banfi (Mixed Portfolio)
AP Valves Trophy for the Best Audio-Visual, with an AP Valves Buddy Trident BC worth £410
Les Kemp (Watermark)
Blandford Sub-Aqua Trophy for the Best Print, with a Red Sea live-aboard holiday worth £900 donated by Goldenjoy
Alessandro Tommasi (UFO)
BSoUP Trophy for the Most Promising Underwater Photographer, with a Vortex drysuit worth £515 donated by Northern Diver
Jeff Collett
Diver Magazine Trophy for the Grand Master of Underwater Photography, with a Draeger Ray rebreather and training worth £2000 donated by Draeger Dive & Diver Training Academy
Franco Banfi
Lindy Horner, Collared Butterflyfish
Alessandro Tommasi, UFO
Per Eide, Cuckoo Wrasse
Fredrik Ehrenstrom, Long-nosed Hawkfish
Pete Atkinson, Transparency
Joanne Mahy, Tubeworm
