Steve Lindsay was overall winner of the January Open competition with his print ‘Two Foxes’. Second placed prints was ‘Unwelcome Visitor’ by Chris Tidman.
Top DPI went to Gwynfryn Jones with ‘The Dead Zone’ and the DPI runner up was Alan Hoskins with ‘Not in Constant Use’.
Below is the merit table after the first of thirteen competitions.
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Total | Open |
| Chris Tidman | 20 | 20 |
| Alan Hoskins | 20 | 20 |
| Gwynfryn Jones | 20 | 20 |
| Tim Lewis | 20 | 20 |
| Stephen Lindsay | 20 | 20 |
| Gary Were | 19 | 19 |
| Rob Beynon | 19 | 19 |
| Lynda Beynon | 19 | 19 |
| Alec Stewart | 18 | 18 |
| Trevor James | 18 | 18 |
| Catherine Coombs | 18 | 18 |
| Malcom Garbett | 18 | 18 |
| Ken Watkins | 18 | 18 |
| Tony Lewis | 18 | 18 |
| Bernard Francis | 18 | 18 |
| Jennine Boon | 18 | 18 |
| Robert Owens | 17 | 17 |
| Leigh Woolford | 17 | 17 |
| Nick Jenkins | 17 | 17 |
| Ian Natt | 17 | 17 |
| Terry Donnelly | 17 | 17 |
| Margot Rowlands | 17 | 17 |
| Neil West | 17 | 17 |
| Arthur Nash | 17 | 17 |
| Meryl Natt | 17 | 17 |
| Anthony Paul Rose | 17 | 17 |
| Alan Shepherd | 16 | 16 |
| Adrian Lant | 16 | 16 |
| Val Shepherd | 16 | 16 |
| Allan Squires | 16 | 16 |
| Dave Owen | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Jones | 16 | 16 |
| Chris Rees-Veal | 16 | 16 |
| Neil Lambden | 16 | 16 |
| Sharon Harvey | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Lewis | 16 | 16 |
| Alan Davies | 16 | 16 |
| Jeff Thomas | 15 | 15 |
| Steve Littlewood | 15 | 15 |
| Linda Carpenter | 15 | 15 |
| Ennis Matthews | 15 | 15 |
| Geoffrey Howard | 15 | 15 |
| Colin Harvey | 15 | 15 |
| Jeff Lewis | 14 | 14 |
| Brian Sewell | 14 | 14 |
