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Meetings

Clubnights are held on the first Tuesday of each month (February - December), at the Rose City Aquatic Club Rooms, 50 Park Road, Palmerston North (next to the Lido Aquatic Centre).
Meetings start at 7:30pm - All Welcome!

See the map below for details.

Coming up...

3 August - Camino of St James
(Venue: Rose City Aquatic Club Rooms, 50 Park Road, Palmerston North)


In 2008 Margaret Riordan walked the Camino of St James, across a distance of over 1500km in France and Spain, along old pilgrimage routes. She began walking mid-April from Le-Puyen-Velay in the Auvergne region of France, and nearly three months later finished in Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, Spain. She took many photographs of the varied landscapes and towns she passed through along the way, and will share some of these in her presentation.

7 September - MTSC Photographic Competition
(Venue: Rose City Aquatic Club Rooms, 50 Park Road, Palmerston North)

Photo: You may recall the fantastic range of quality pictures that we saw last year, and want a chance to win a prize or two again this year. There is still time to take a winning shot, so get snappin'!
This year we are proposing some new categories, aligning to some degree with the Federated Mountain Clubs competition categories. This should reduce confusion over what constitutes an alpine or scenic image.

Categories

  • Landscapes (NZ) - Pictorial interest in NZ, no people
  • Above Bushline (NZ) - Predominantly alpine scenery in NZ, above bushline, e.g. rock and snow, tussock, etc., may include people
  • Below Bushline (NZ) - Predominantly bush,scrub, lowland to sub-alpine areas, may include people
  • Natural History (NZ) - NZ flora and fauna or detail, e.g. geology, ice formations, animals, plants etc.
  • Topical (NZ) - People or detail related to tramping, climbing, skiing etc. in NZ
  • Overseas - Photos taken overseas, open category: e.g. landscape, people, natural history, etc.
If possible, please send your digital picture entries, along with a title and/or brief description, to me by 24 August, on CD (call me so that I know when to expect them – 357 6325) or email (photocomp [at] mtsc.org.nz) so that they can be arranged into categories and tested/judged prior to the night. I can also scan slides if you wish, provided I have them by 20 August.

Conditions

The 3 winners in each category will go forward to the MTSC/MUAC/PNTMC Interclub competition, which will also be hosted by MTSC this year on 5 October.
Images remain the property of the photographer.
Entries shall not have been entered in a previous Interclub Competition.
Only minor tonal corrections/cropping of images are permitted (i.e. no composite images, effects, etc.).
Unless you notify me otherwise, images may be used for club-related publicity, including newspaper articles and public displays. Please let me know if there are any images that must not be published.

Where we meet

(This map will be updated shortly...)

Rose City Aquatic Club Rooms, 50 Park Road, Palmerston North (next to the Lido Aquatic Centre)