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Sunday, 2 October 2011

Harry Wood is joint winner of The Carol Barnes Courageous Child of the Year Award 2011

Harry Wood on stage at the Theatre Royal Brighton

The Argus Achievement Awards ceremony was held on 2 Oct 2011 at Theatre Royal Brighton. The master of ceremonies was newsreader Nick Owen.

Joint winners of The Carol Barnes Courageous Child of the Year Award 2011 were:

Harry Wood (appears in the last few seconds of the video), David Edwards, Rhien Browning, Charlie Allen, Maisie Smith, Millie Davis, Craig Beckett and Stephen Robinson.

And here's the link to the video Harry made to thank the doctors and everyone who wished him well after his accident and during his recovery, that earned him his award: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpT9cPv06lU

Each of the 8 winners of the award were given a 'front page'-style framed certificate and a cheque for £100!

Another awardee whom Harry was pretty chuffed to meet was former Chelsea FC footballer, now manager of Brighton and Hove Albion FC, Gus Poyet for his Contribution to Sussex Sport.

Here's The Argus's coverage of the awards:

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9284154.Argus_Achievement_Awards_hail_Sussex_heroes/

These guys kept us entertained during the interval: The Iron Boot Scrapers They were great fun!

Harry Wood is 15 years old and attends Greenfields School in Forest Row, East Sussex.

Monday, 25 June 2007

Wildlife Photographer Awarded Highly Prestigious Royal Photographic Society Gold Medal

Royal Recognition for Michael Huggan’s Outstanding Photography

Michael Huggan, ARPS

The wildlife photographer, Michael Huggan, ARPS (Associate of the Royal Photographic Society), is winner of this year’s Royal Photographic Society’s Travel Group Digital Section Gold Medal. He was presented the award by the President of the RPS, Professor Jacobsen, at a special ceremony in April.

Michael Huggan's 2007 RPS Travel Group Gold Medal

The judge said that his image entitled ‘The Gardians’, taken in Montagnac, Southern France stood out from the rest due to its composition, the dramatic imagery of the horses and their formation and grouping.

Michael Huggan's Award-winning photo 'The Gardians'

“One of my photographic loves is horses and for many years I photographed equestrian events from local riding clubs to polo matches,” recalls Michael. “In 2004, my wife and I travelled to the Camargue in southern France to visit friends in the village of Montagnac. By pure accident, we had arrived in time to see a local festival in the next village which included a competition between two teams of horses and riders demonstrating their control in marshalling playful bulls. The riders are known as ‘Gardians’ which is the name I have given the winning photo.”

‘The Gardians’ can be seen on the Royal Photographic Society Travel Group website here: http://www.travelgroup.rps.org/Exhibition/index.html

Michael, a Nikon user for the last 35 years, lives in Hampshire. His photographic experience covers a wide range of subjects from the natural world, lifestyle and business to Michael’s passion of wildlife photography for which he is most well known. His interest in wildlife photography heralds from many visits to the African continent. In 2003 Michael gained his Associate Distinction (ARPS) in nature photography with the Royal Photographic Society and in 2005, he was awarded the bronze medal for one of his African wildlife images by the Nature Group of the RPS. Michael has had various pictures and articles published in a variety of magazines and photographic journals. He has also displayed his work at numerous exhibitions for which he has received outstanding acclaim. His photography, available as limited edition pictures, note cards and exhibition-range framed pictures, can be viewed and purchased at http://www.michaelhuggan.com.

For more information, contact:

Michael Huggan, ARPS
Michael Huggan Photography
Cranford House
Alton Lane, Four Marks
Alton
Hampshire
GU34 5AJ

01962 773697
michael@michaelhuggan.com
http://www.michaelhuggan.com

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