Melbourne Nordic Ski Club

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MNSC Fantastic Photo Competition

Share Your Skiing Memories

At our end of season Annual Dinner, we have a photo contest. Members at the meeting get to vote for photos of the season in the following categories:

  • Humorous
  • People
  • Landscape
  • Best overall

You can submit entries for the 2026 contest by pressing the Upload 2026 photo button in the action bar below (only visible when you are logged in).  Entries for 2026 will close at 4:00PM on Wednesday 25 November 2026.

Photo contest winners
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2025 Best Overall: John Banks “Guided backcountry tour Hakkoda Mountains, Japan”
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2025 Best people shot: John Bradshaw “Frank Worsfold with Paradise Spur in background”.
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2025 Most Humorous: John Banks “Tim enjoys a Snow bath”
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2025 best action shot: Peter Mart “yee-hah!”
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2025 Equal Best Landscape Shot: Peter Mart “Paradise Spur vista”
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2024 Best overall: Catherine Seto “I can fly - I am no longer beginner but a blue line today!”
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2024 Equal Best People shot: Peter Mart “Lunch en plein air.”
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2024 Equal Best People shot: Helen Lee “The Triumvirate.”
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2024 Most Humorous: Helen Lee “The Finger?”
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2024 Best Action Shot: John Bradshaw “When will J Banks give attribution to the photographer?”
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2024 Equal Best Landscape: John Banks “Glazed Snow.”
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2023 Best overall: Mike Grange “Tromso from Straumsbukta to Eidkjosen track ski high point.”
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2023 Best People Shot: Bronnie Walsh “Rest stop for mum on the pulk.”
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2023 Most Humorous: Peter Mart “Keep on trucking!”
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2023 Equal Best Action Shot: John Banks “Scary escape through the creek!”
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2023 Equal Best Action Shot: Helen Lee “XC training Samedan, Switzerland.”
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2023 Equal Best Landscape: Peter Mart “Shadows.”
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2023 Equal Best Landscape: Mike Grange “The way to Spiterstulen.”
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2023 Equal Best Landscape: Mike Grange “Sunrise and it is -19.8C.”

Note that there was no clear winner(s) for Best Overall in 2022!

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2022 Equal First - Best Action: Helen Lee “Tim crossing the Creek.”
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2022 Equal First - Best Action: Nhan Nguyen “Girls having Fun - 42km racers in the 1st passing Watchbed Creek drink station.”
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2022 Best Landscape: Tim Connors “Still waters.”
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2022 Equal First - Best Humorous: Jeff Cameron “Rider on the Snow.”
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2022 Equal First - Best Humorous: Jill Edwards “Having Fun.”
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2022 Best People photo: Helen Lee “Early Season Madness - Clair, Meg, Glenn.”
No photo contests took place in 2020 or 2021 due to the disruption of the ski seasons by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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2019 Most Humorous: Sally Both ("Exclusive Nordic-style ski jumper club members")
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2019 Best Landscape and Best Overall: Mike Grange ("Sastrugi-hopping all the way up Mt Clarke, Charlotte Pass")
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2019 Best People Photo: Peter Mart ("Skitube Bandits - Perisher")
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2019 Equal Best Action: John Bradshaw ("John Banks on Nelse - Johnston Hut Trip")
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2019 Equal Best Action: Tim Connors ("Climbing Up the Watercourse, Falls Creek - It was a spectacularly hot day; down to my T-shirt")
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2018 Best Overall: Tim Connors  ("Sunset, two hours from civilisation")
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2018 Best Landscape: Tim Connors ("Beginning of the Kosciuszko climb")
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2018 Best People Photo: Jen McKay ("Three Amigos!")
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2018 Most Humorous: Marvena Van Kann ("The Life and Souls of the Party!")
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2017 Best Overall: Thomas Whiteside.
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2017 Best Action: John Bradshaw.
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2017 Most Humorous: John Banks.
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2016 Most Humorous: Meg Bate.
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2016 Equal Best Action: Di McKinley.
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2016 Equal Best Action: Pamela Graham.
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2016 Best Overall: Loretta Calverley.
Winner 2015 overall best photo.
2015 Best Overall: Peter Mart.
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2015 Best Action Shot: John Banks
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2015 Most Humorous: Marvena van Kann.
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2014 Best Overall: John Banks
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2014 Best Action Shot: John van Gemert.
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2014 Most Humorous: Len Budge.
2013 Equal Best Overall: Meg Bate

2013 Best Action Shot: Meg Bate

2013 Most Humorous: John van Gemert

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2013 Equal Best Overall: Meg Bate.
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2012 Best Overall: John van Gemert.
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2012 Best Action Shot: John van Gemert.
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2012 Most Humorous: Helen Lee.