November 7th 2026 was a great day for the Club as we secured the Overall Winner’s prize at the IPF National Shield competition. This competition is for non-awarded club photographers from IPF affiliated clubs across the country, where clubs submit 2 selections of 8 photographs ( 8 Mono & 8 Colour Images) and they are adjudicated individually with the combined scores determining the winners in each section and the overall best Club. there are also individual awards for the judges favourite images on the day.

This year our Selection Committee of Joe Doyle, Conor O’Brien and Ita Martin had the onerous task of sifting through over 1000 images to reduce to just 16 plus 4 alternates and due to their diligence and keen eye(s) they came up with the winning formula as we came first out of 19 Clubs. We finished joint first in Mono on 108 marks out of a possible 120 and third in Colour on 110 marks being pipped for top prize by just 1 point by 2 other clubs.

This gave us a total of 218 marks taking the top prize by 2 clear points from hosts Drogheda CC and Mallow CC - a fantastic result for the club and a credit to the photographers and the selection committee. In addition Dermot O’Flaherty was awarded the Silver Medal in Colour for his image “Mellow Yellow” and Breda Barriscale the Bronze Medal for her image “Rose” rounding off one of our most successful days ever in a national competition.

Our panels and individual winning images and some photographs from the day appear below

Well done everyone - Malahide Abú !