TRIANGLE FINAL 2007 (NOT 2008!)

There certainly was a full house at the IAC finals competition at Rayleigh in Essex, which I would have conservatively estimated at approximately 100 people attending.

The three finalist clubs had great support from their respective members, with attendance from Harrow, Westcliff on Sea and Hemel Hempstead. All, in good spirits, crowded into a some what undersized gym at a local primary school for an afternoon of entertainment.

The seats, according to my paining posterior, were not of an adequate substance but I have to confess the films were. Each film was marked by the three judges and their honest and well noted comments about each, good and bad, were relayed to the audience and of course the individual film makers at the end of each section of the competition.

This leads to all sorts of assumed speculation as to the possible outcomes from film club members and their makers alike, which I might add are more than usually very wrong. This I think personally is a subtle subterfuge of the judges to throw us of of any scent that may be lingering our way.

As an aside, Peter Gray was reliable informed by members of Luton club that their younger members thoroughly enjoyed his last film, Pscosis, which also helped Hemel Hempstead, along with Brian Harris film, a fine documentary called The Rex into a very acceptable, if not just a little, tiny disappointing second place.

Although our hats have to come off to Westcliff on Sea achieving what an adjudicator said was the unprecedented success of winning in all three section of a final, which had not been notably achieved before.

Well done Westcliff, Congratulations!

Hemel Hempstead C'mon guy's we have got to get our fingers out and try again for what Westcliff hasn't quite achieved, nine points on every line of next years competition sections. Which is a clear 11 points more than we obtained this year. No mean task, but if were determined enough and work as a team........obtainable.

IAC North Thames Region 2007 Reports

Contribution by Byron Welch