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Matt Gardiner has made it through to the final 12 in ‘Moto Foto’, an annual competition organised by the UK and Ireland’s leading motorcycle insurance brokers Carole Nash.
By making it through to the final, Mr Gardiner’s photo will feature in the company’s camera. And if crowned the overall winner, the 38-year-old Islander will win a £1,000 cash prize plus a top-of-the-range Nikon D7200 digital camera worth £1,199.99.
Mr Gardiner, said: ‘I am over the moon to hear that my photo has been selected as one of the lucky 12 winners.
‘I still can’t believe that my photo really will be featured in the company’s calendar. My only hope now is that my photo will win me the competition. Who wouldn’t like £1,000 and a brand new camera?’
There are three categories in this year’s competition, including action shots, scenic and touring and static and art images.
Mr Gardiner, a keen biker himself and the owner of a Yamaha R6, has two pictures entered in this year’s competition. His picture of the Norton motorcycle logo, which was taken during a walk through the pits at the Jersey National Hill Climb in July 2015, has made through into the static and art category and his second entry, a picture of a BMW race bike was taken in Valencia in 2014.
All 12 frontrunners will also see their photo featured in Carole Nash’s official 2016 calendar, which will be handed out to thousands of motorcycle fans at the Motorcycle Live show taking place at the NEC in Birmingham in November.
Rebecca Donohue, head of marketing at Carole Nash, said: ‘We really loved Matt’s picture. It was extremely difficult this year in narrowing down the entries, as we had so many high calibre photos. From my perspective, it’s great to see so many people taking part in their passion for photography combined with biking.’
Mr Gardiner’s fate now rests in the publics’ hands, as the top three winning photographs will be chosen by the general public.
