Carluke and District News
Camera Club Members of Carluke Camera Club felt proud and delighted when Hunter Kennedy announced the results of the Scottish Photographic Federation (SPF) club print championship 2017 awards at the meeting on Friday, where the Carluke club had been awarded best overall club in Scotland as well as best club in the monochrome section. Thereafter, the judging of this season’s second digital championship competition took place, which was expertly and sympathetically carried out by Ken Lindsay, from Eastwood Photographic Society. He judged fairly and gave some very welcome advice and guidance. The winner of league one was Hunter Kennedy with Low Light Rannoch, followed in second place by David Owen with a lovely portrait called Natalie and with a striking mountaineering image entitled Free Climbing Roscoe’s Wall from Chris Bonnington in third place. All three places in league two were taken by John Harrington with a variety of fine landscape and seascape images. This Friday’s evening promises to be fun with audience participation and judging in It’s a Knockout when over 120 members’ digital images will be displayed in pairs and successively eliminated, eventually leaving a final winner. As usual, the meeting will be held in St Andrew’s Church hall at 7.30pm and new members and visitors are welcome. Further details of the club’s activities can be found on its website at www.carluke-cc.org. Week-day service The week-day service held in St John’s Church on Thursday of last week was attended by a few regular stalwart members of the congregation at this popular service, despite the snow which kept many of the weekly members indoors. Dr Ann Jackson had the pleasure of leading the service and those who braved the weather were delighted with her address. This was followed by tea, coffee and cake served in the church hall afterwards before everyone weathered the storm and began their journey home. Day Centre The winners of the weekly games session held in Carluke Day Centre on Thursday of last week were as follows: whist - J Mitchell/B Wright, J Tonnar; dominoes - H Robson, M McNaught, T Paisley. The members will host their next luncheon in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday, March 14 and encourage everyone to put their names on the list for this popular steak pie event. Names are also being taken for anyone interested in going on the holiday to St Anne’s on August 14-18. For more information, contact Mary on 01555 772214. Quiz night A quiz night will be held in Rosebank Garden Centre in the Clyde Valley this Thursday, March 3, in aid of the British Lung Foundation charity. Tickets cost £20 for a table of four (bring your own bottle), and these can be obtained at the garden centre or by phoning 01555 860221. Folk concert A folk concert is being held this Saturday, March 5 in Kirkton Church in aid of the town’s High Mill project. A spectacular evening of entertainment will include the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop, Stonehouse Folk Club, Billy Stewart of the Clyde Valley Songwriters Group, Rudiegin, and the Young Family. Tickets cost £5, payable at the door on the night or are available from Jean Sinclair’s Shoe Shop or the Bake House Cafe. Children of Eden The popular Shine Youth Theatre Group have been rehearsing hard for their March presentation of “Children of Eden”, which is scheduled to begin in less than three weeks time in Motherwell Concert Hall from March 14-18. Tickets for this spectacular new production are going fast and will be full of fantastic musical arrangements and colour-