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PRESS RELEASE Winning photo here: http://bit.ly/1nTNdKL Prize giving here: http://bit.ly/1gJtM25 Wattisham Flying Station, 15/05/2014 Red Arrows Sunburst winner of Ballingdon Mill Photo Competition Ballingdon Mill is pleased to announce Bil Bungay is the winner of its Aeronautics in East Anglia photography competition for his photograph “Red Arrows Sunburst” shot on a Canon 60D. Chairman of the judging panel, photographer Eamonn McCabe said “This stunning photograph would grace any competition and easily won this one. The Red Arrows make their perfect formation appearing as if from the sun to form a weird creature of the skies. Brilliant, would look great on any front page.”. Awarding the prize of a Canon EOS 60D, sponsored by Jessops, Lieutenant Colonel Mike Neville, Commanding Officer 3 Regiment Army Air Corps based at Wattisham Flying Station said “Although the Red Arrows are now stationed elsewhere their history is firmly rooted in Suffolk with the ‘Black Arrows’ Hunter here at Wattisham.” A special honorary award was made to Allan Powell, 81, who was also official photographer for the prize giving event. Deputy Chair of Sudbury’s Gainsborough’s House and fellow competition judge Alan Swerdlow said “Alan's beautiful photographs ring true: he knew the period as a young man, and it shows in the simplicity of his images.” Ballingdon Mill is an Artists Retreat which also offers short breaks in Gainsborough Country. The competition was run in parallel with artist Andrew Cross’s ongoing residency at Ballingdon Mill on the subject of aeronautics in the Suffolk landscape. Due to its proximity to Europe, East Anglia was known colloquially by the Military as an aircraft carrier. The region also has an illustrious link with aero technical development and invention, most famously the parachute, radar and jet engine. Competition organiser Theo Bird of Ballingdon Mill said, "I would like to thank the judges, all entrants, and Wattisham Flying Station.” Winning photo here: http://bit.ly/1nTNdKL Prize giving here: http://bit.ly/1gJtM25 ENDS NOTES

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1. Press contact: Theodore Bird, bird.t@me.com, +447711 747334 2. Photo Captions The winning photograph must be captioned: Ballingdon Mill Aeronautics in East Anglia Prize Winner “Red Arrows Sunburst” by Bil Bungay ©2014. Group photo caption: Prize giving at Wattisham Air Station. Left to right: Alan Swerdlow MBE, Deputy Chairman Gainsborough’s House, Lieutenant Colonel Mike Neville, Commanding Officer 3 Regiment Army Air Corps, Ballingdon Mill Prize Winner Bil Bungay, Theodore Bird of Ballingdon Mill in front of Wattisham Station Heritage Museum’s Hawker Hunter ‘Blackjack Red One’. Photograph by Alan Powell ©2014. Further photographs are available from Ballingdon Mill’s Flickr page accessible from www.ballingdonmill.co.uk 3. The Prize The Aeronautics in East Anglia prize sponsored by Jessops is a Canon EOS60D 18-135mm worth £799 and delivers great results. With an 18 megapixel resolution, it offers large files that are rich in detail and natural colour and with a max ISO 6400 sensitivity and 5.3fps continuous shooting the EOS 60D also offers a 3-inch vari-angle LCD screen allowing shooting of still photos and Full HD movies from unusual viewpoints. 4. Judges Judges chaired by photographer Eamonn McCabe included: Ann Dumas, Curator, The Royal Academy Bill Batten, Photographer Emma Hardy, Photographer Andrew Cross, Artist in Residence, Ballingdon Mill Alan Swerdlow MBE, Deputy Chairman, Gainsborough's House