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Tynemouth Video Film-Making Group started many years ago as the Cine section of Tynemouth Photographic Society and is still part of the society. The group progressed through various film formats until the advent of video, hence the name change. 2019 was 60th Year. We are a member of NERIAC - the North East Region of the IAC (the Film & Video Institute), and of NECA (a body representing Video Clubs in North East England).

We meet every Monday from the start of October until the end of April at 7.30pm in our new premises at 106/7 Howard Street in North Shields NE30 1NA

The club has a wide and varied programme, which includes talks from professionals, visiting clubs, practical nights, members nights, competitions, outings and more.

The Group's continuing aim is to help and encourage existing and new members to enjoy making movies which would also be appreciated by friends and relations etc.

If you have a camcorder, DSLR or mobile phone which takes video and you are interested in making more of your holiday, family, documentary or story films then why not come along or contact us.

SEASON 2023-2024

Our new season starts at 7-30pm on Monday evening, 2nd October in our club rooms in Howard Street, North Shields, when Dave Peffer will be presenting his Chairman's Night.

NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVES

COMPETITION RESULTS FROM SEASON 2022-2023

Our OPEN COMPETITION was held on 28th November 2022, with nine entries.
This was judged by members on the night, ranking the entries from 1 to 9. The result (top three) was as follows:

1st place: 'Lakeshore RailRoad 50th Anniversary' by Trevor Ermel (winner of the Richardson Cup) 2nd place: 'The Cemetery through the Seasons' by Alwyn Scott
3rd place: 'Whitley Bay to Blyth Bi-Cycle' by Jimmy Stringer.

Our thanks go to all who took part and made for such a bumper entry.

Our ONE MINUTE COMPETITION was held on 13th March 2023, originally with six entries, although sadly one would not play properly on our DVD player and one was subsequently withdrawn (the entrant admitted he had supplied the wrong film)
1st place: 'Christmas is Over' by Alwyn Scott (winner of the Bucas Cup)
2nd place: 'A Waltz' by Graham Relf
3rd place: 'Seen in the Window' by Doug Tweddle

Our ANNUAL COMPETITION was held on 3rd April 2023, featuring mainly films which had been placed in the competitions from earlier in the season. We had ten entries, judged by our friend from Newcastle ACA, Mr Rod Leyland
1st place: 'Christmas is Over' by Alwyn Scott (winner of the George Draper Shield)
2nd place: 'Whitley Bay to Blyth Bi-Cycle' by Jimmy Stringer
3rd place: 'The Cemetery through the Seasons' by Alwyn Scott
'Best nature' award: 'The Cemetery through the Seasons' by Alwyn Scott

Our congratulations go to Alwyn and Jimmy, and to Rod for doing such a thorough job of assessing the entries with his very perceptive assessment of our films

The other trophies to be awarded were also decided:
The Dawson Rose Bowl for the highest total of marks awarded for placings in the various competitions went to Alwyn Scott
The Nichol Cup for entering the most films in the season went to Doug Tweddle with 5 films

On 31st October the result of the recent 'Swan Moviemakers Trivention' competition was announced. This was a two-way competition between us and Stoke Cine & Video Society which was organised and judged by our friends at Swan Movie Makers, from Higher Bebington (Wirral).
Tynemouth were the winners, so congratulations are in order to the members who produced the 13 films which made up our 40-minute entry:
Reg Checkley
Trevor Ermel
Alwyn Scott
James Shaw
Doug Tweddle
and Dave Peffer, who wrote the Club films

Below: the eight members who attended the final meeting of the season on 24th April 2023

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COMPETITION RESULTS FROM SEASON 2021-2022
Five members entered a total of 12 films. Our first three competitions were judged by members on the night and the results were as follows:

The Open Competition on 29th November 2021 had five entries
1st place (and winner of the Richardson Cup): 'Island Visitors' by Trevor Ermel
2nd place: 'So this is Blyth' by Doug Tweddle
3rd place: 'Three sided Castle' by Reg Checkley

The Holiday Competition on 21st February 2022 had three entries
Joint 1st place (and winners of the Christy Cup): 'Cambridge and Beyond' by Alwyn Scott and 'Three Weeks at Sea' by Trevor Ermel
3rd place: 'By Train to Glenwood Springs' by Doug Tweddle

The One Minute Competition on 28th March 2022 had four entries
1st Place (and winner of the Bucas Cup'): 'Train Crash' by Trevor Ermel
2nd place: Grandparents' Answering Machine' by Alwyn Scott
3rd place: 'Used Once in Anger' by John Burton

The Annual Competition on 4th April 2022 had nine entries (all listed above) and was judged by Alan Forster, the President of TPS
1st place (and winner of the George Draper Shield): 'Three Weeks at Sea' by Trevor Ermel
2nd place: 'Cambridge and Beyond' by Alwyn Scott
Joint 3rd place: 'So this is Blyth' by Doug Tweddle and 'Train Crash' by Trevor Ermel

The Kip Halsey Memorial Cup for the Best Nature Content in the Annual Competition entries was 'Island Visitors' by Trevor Ermel
The Dawson Rose Bowl for the highest total of marks gained by placings in the various competitions in the season was won by Trevor Ermel
The Nichol Cup, awarded for the most films entered in the season, was won by Alwyn Scott

The ten members in attendance on the final night of the season on 25th April 2022

These were the eight members in attendance on 22nd November 2021 when we shot another of Dave Peffer's One Minute films "Quiet please!" (it only took us 90 minutes!!). Left to right: Steven, Dave, Peter, John, Trevor, Reg, Alwyn and Doug

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COMPETITION RESULTS FROM SEASON 2020/2021

Our OPEN COMPETITION was held on 25th January 2021, with five films entered by four members and was judged by the members on the night.

RESULT - 1st place: 'Garden Visitors' by Trevor Ermel (winner of the RICHARDON CUP)
2nd place: 'Where have all the Elephants gone?' by Steven Wears
3rd place: 'A little bit of Boston' by Doug Tweddle

Our HOLIDAY COMPETITION was held on 15th February 2021, with six films entered by four members and was judged by the members on the night

RESULT - 1st place: 'One day in Denmark' by Trevor Ermel (winner of the CHRISTY CUP)
2nd place: 'The Channel Islands of Paradise' by Alwyn Scott
3rd place: 'Covid holiday - Windermere' by Doug Tweddle

Our ONE MINUTE COMPETITION was held on 15th March 2021, with four films entered by four members and was judged by the members on the night

RESULT - 1st place: 'Our furry friend' by Trevor Ermel (winner of the BUCAS CUP)
2nd place: 'HMS Northumberland returns' by John Burton
3rd place: 'Our daily exercise' by Alwyn Scott

Our ANNUAL COMPETITION (The best films from the whole season) was held on 12th April 2021 with ten entries. This was judged by our friend Stephen Green from Newcastle ACA

RESULT - 1st place: 'One day in Denmark' by Trevor Ermel (winner of the GEORGE DRAPER SHIELD)) 2nd place: 'HMS Northumberland returns' by John Burton
3rd place: 'Garden visitors' by Trevor Ermel
'Best Nature Content' film: 'Garden visitors' by Trevor Ermel (winner of the KIP HALSEY CUP)

OTHER TROPHY WINNERS FOR SEASON 2020/21

  The DAWSON ROSE BOWL (highest aggregate of marks for placings in competitions): Trevor Ermel

The NICHOL CUP (most new films entered in a season): Jointly Alwyn Scott and Doug Tweddle
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SUMMARY OF COMPETITION RESULTS FOR SEASON 2019/2020

We were not able to finish running the competitions from last season until now (November 2020) due to the termination of our scheduled Programme in March due to Covid-19. Our final competition from last season (the Annual Competition) was eventually held on 16th November 2020 which means we can now announce the full results:

A total of 25 different films were entered by 9 members during the course of the season

The OPEN COMPETITION was held on 25th November 2019 with 10 entries and was judged by members
1st place and winner of the RICHARDSON CUP was Alwyn Scott with 'An English Summer's Day'
2nd place was Trevor Ermel with 'Whitley Bay Carnival Parade 2019'
3rd place was Trevor Ermel with 'The Pudding Run'

The HOLIDAY COMPETITION was held on 17th February 2020 with 6 entries and was judged by members
1st place and winner of the CHRISTY CUP was Trevor Ermel with 'Little Yellow Train'
2nd place was Doug Tweddle with 'Our Kitzbuhel Break'
3rd place was Jim Shaw with 'Holiday Memories'

The ONE MINUTE COMPETITION was postponed until 19th October 2020 with 7 entries and was judged by our friend Stephen Green from Newcastle ACA
1st place and winner of the BUCAS CUP was Reg Checkley with 'Support the Front Line'
2nd place was Jim Shaw with 'My Garden In Summer'
3rd place was Trevor Ermel with 'No Quibble Guarantee'

The ANNUAL COMPETITION was postponed until 16th November with 12 entries and was judged by our friend Eric Parr

1st place and winner of the GEORGE DRAPER SHIELD was Trevor Ermel with 'The Pudding Run'
2nd place was Jim Shaw with 'Autumn Leaves'
3rd place was Alwyn Scott with 'An English Summer's Day'
The KIP HALSEY MEMORIAL TROPHY for the film with the BEST NATURE CONTENT was awarded to Reg Checkley with 'Hauxley Wildlife Centre'

The DAWSON ROSE BOWL for the highest aggregate of points awarded over all the competitions was awarded to Trevor Ermel

The NICHOL CUP for entering the most new films in competitions was awarded to Alwyn Scott with 5 films

Our congratulations go to all the prize-winners and to everyone for entering the competitions

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TYNEMOUTH WIN NECA CLUB PROGRAMME COMPETITION - AGAIN! (25th February 2020)

Four members of our group represented us when this year's three-way inter-club competition was held in the premises of Darlington Video Makers (in Aycliffe Village). Newcastle and Darlington were the other clubs which took part, each entering a twenty-minute programme of films from at least two members.

Our entry was comprised of 'Whitley Bay Parade' by Trevor Ermel, 'An English Summer Day' by Alwyn Scott, 'Lesley Brys and Friends' by Jim Shaw and the club film 'PC World'.

The competition was judged in advance by Ron Prosser FACI ( a former IAC Chairman) and David Fenn (Chairman of Haywards Heath MM).

Winners were Tynemouth, although the best individual film in the competition was 'Stopover' by Michael Gough of Newcastle ACA. This is the second year in a row we have won this competition - congratulations to everyone concerned!

(below) Competition Secretary Trevor Ermel receives the winners certificate from Brian Dunckley, NECA President

PRESENTATION EVENING ON 29th APRIL 2019

The final ever meeting of the Video Film-Making Group in our current club rooms in Camera House took place on Monday 29th April, when 15 members and guests enjoyed an informal fish and chips meal, followed by the presentation of trophies and certificates to this season's competition winners. Wine and cakes were also kindly provided by some of the members. Chairman Dave Peffer rounded off the evening with some reminiscences of the happy times we had spent there over the years and we raised a toast to our old home. Happily the venue has been recorded many times on various club videos over the years and its memory will live on, and we look forward to entering the new premises next season.

Prize winners Trevor Ermel, Doug Tweddle, Alwyn Scott and Jim Shaw with Chairman Dave Peffer

ANOTHER CLUB FILM SUCCESS!

We recently entered our film 'The Dream' into a competition organised by Swan Moviemakers, from the IAC's North West Region, the trophy being 'The Ray Dunbobbin Award for Best Original Script'. Ray was a former scriptwriter and actor who worked for the BBC and ITV and was a member of Swan Moviemakers. We are pleased to announce that 'The Dream' was awarded first place!

Congratulations to all concerned - including David who wrote the script and provided the voiceover, Trevor who filmed it and Reg who was one of the actors.

We understand the trophy will remain in the care of Swan Moviemakers although a First Place certificate we be sent to us after the screening of the films at their club rooms in Bebington, Cheshire, on 12th April.

TYNEMOUTH WIN THE 2019 NECA CLUB PROGRAMME COMPETITION ON 25TH FEBRUARY 2019

Representatives of three of the four remaining competing clubs which now make up NECA (from Darlington, Newcastle, South Shields and Tynemouth) were present in our clubrooms as we hosted this annual competition, which had been judged earlier by Rita Hayes FACI and members of her club, Shooters Hill Camcorder Club.

Our winning 20-minute programme consisted of six films. These were 'Teething Troubles' and 'A Welcome Drink',
(two short comedies by John Burton); 'The Pudding Run' (an account of the 2018 Boxing Day Fun Run in Whitley Bay) and 'Fly Away' (the story of herring gull chicks) by Trevor Ermel; 'The Lighthouse' (filmed at Tynemouth on a very stormy day, with an atmospheric soundtrack and self-penned poem) by Alwyn Scott; and 'Next, Please' (a club film written by David Peffer, filmed by Trevor Ermel and featuring several club members).

The best film in the whole competition was judged to be 'The Sound of Silence' by Stephen Green of Newcastle ACA, who unfortunately was not present to receive his award.

The Tynemouth members whose films made up the winning entry receive their certificate from Brian Dunckley.
From the left: John Burton, Alwyn Scott, David Peffer (Tynemouth Chairman), Brian Dunckley (NECA President) and Trevor Ermel

The opportunity was also taken to present the trophy to Tynemouth for providing the winning film in the IAC inter-regional one minute Mini Mermaid Competition at last year's IAC Annual General Meeting in Market Harborough. Our short comedy 'The Critic' was written by David Peffer, filmed by Trevor Ermel and featured John Cook (who unfortunately was not present for the presentation) and David.

The picture (below) shows David and Trevor about to be presented with the trophy by IAC President and Newcastle ACA member Linda Gough

PRESENTATION EVENING ON 30th APRIL 2018

Nine members were present to see the presentation of trophies and awards to this season's competition winners, when we enjoyed fish & chips and a showing of some of the films.

The picture below (taken by John Cook) shows the Chairman with the award-winners.
From the left: Reg Checkley, John S. Burton, Dave Peffer (Chairman), Steven Wears and Trevor Ermel.

TYNEMOUTH HOST 2017 NECA ANNUAL COMPETITION (27th November 2017)

An audience of about 25 were present when we hosted the NECA Annual 'Open' Competition on 27th November.
The competition had been judged by Reg & Annabelle Lancaster, both FACI, from the South East Region of the IAC. All fourteen entries were screened and provided a varied programme for those present.
Runner-up in the competition was Tynemouth's own Trevor Ermel with his entry 'Bell Ringers of North Shields', a documentary shot in Christ Church, North Shields showing the resident bell ringers in action, with explanatory interviews from two of their members. He was awarded a certificate and cash prize by the NECA chairman, Brian Dunckley.
The overall winner was former Newcastle ACA member Doug Collender with a documentary covering the rise of amateur film-making from its earliest days. Unfortunately Doug was not present to receive his award.

The picture, by TPS member Daniel Turner, shows Trevor (left) receiving the award from Brian Dunckley

PRESENTATION EVENING ON 24th APRIL 2017
Eight members were present for a social evening with fish & chips and for the presentation of the awards to the winners of this season's competitions.

Photo by Steven Wears

Pictured above (left to right) are Competition Secretary Trevor Ermel, winner of the Christy Cup (Holiday Competition), the Bucas Cup (One Minute Competition), the George Draper Shield (Annual Competition) and the Dawson Rose Bowl (highest aggregate of marks for placings in all competitions); retiring Chairman Doug Tweddle; and Secretary John Burton, winner of the Richardson Cup (Open Competition), the Kip Halsey Memorial Trophy (best nature content in any film) and the Nichol Cup (highest number of new films entered this season).

TYNEMOUTH win NECA 2017 Club Programme Competition (23rd February 2017)

TYNEMOUTH VIDEO FILM-MAKING GROUP were the winners of a 20 minute programme competition held at South Shields with films produced by their members. The certificate was presented to the Group’s chairman Doug. Tweddle by Brian Dunckley, President of NECA (North East Cine Association), which holds this competition annually. Each club provides a minimum of 2 films in their programme to give a maximum running time of 20 minutes. They are carefully considered for quality, content, and overall entertainment value. The films have no subject restriction and were judged by well-known I.A.C., B.I.A.F.F., and U.N.I.C.A. judges Annabelle & Reg. Lancaster in London.
Our entry consisted of 4 films; Trevor Ermel’s “Croatian Contrasts”, “Alfie & the Kaiser” by Doug. Tweddle, and secretary John Burton’s “Weally?” The other film, “Lost in Translation”, was a group comedy written by David Peffer, filmed by Trevor with David & John as the cast.

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