Southwick Camera club enters external competitions, from local inter-club competitions (home and away), to county, and sometimes national level.
External competitions for 2024/25 are scheduled as follows;-
| DATE | COMPETITION | HOSTING CLUB | ADDRESS |
| 11/11 | Regnum Crouch Print | Mid Sussex C. C. | Kings Church, Burgess Hill |
| 07/12 | Surrey Photographic Association Print | SPA | East Horsley Village Hall, East Horsley |
| 16/12 | Christmas Mix N Match | Steyning C.C. | Upper Beeding Village Hall, Upper Beeding |
| 18/02 | Inter-club PDI | Worthing C.C. | Lancing Parish Hall, Lancing |
| 04/04 | Regnum Crouch PDI | Littlehampton C. C. | The Woodlands Centre, Littlehampton |
| 01/05 | Maroondah Inter-club | Southwick | Home |
| 10/05 | Surrey Photographic Association PDI | SPA | East Horsley Village Hall, East Horsley |
| 11/05 | South Downs Trophy | Storrington C.C. | Thakeham Village Hall, Thakeham |
Images for external competitions are selected by the selection team listed below.
SELECTION TEAM 2024-25
| COLIN MITCHELL |
| JOHN ELLIS |
| MARION TENDALL |
| YVONNE WINDSOR |
| TOM BALLARD |
| ANN YOUNG |
SURREY PHOTOGRAPHIC COMEPETITION
SATURDAY 10TH MAY
OPEN CATAGORY
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| EVENING STROLL | SYLVIA WHITE |
| GUARDING THE MUSEUM TRINIDAD CUBA | ALAN CROSS |
| THE LEADER | DAVID ARNOLD |
| PROUDLY BRINGING DICKENS TO LIFE | STEVE WHITE |
| BLAZE OF COLOUR | JOHN ELLIS |
| BOWLED OFF HIS FEET | TOM BALLARD |
| CATKIN DAWN | DAVID FREEMAN |
| GATESHEAD MILLENNIUM BRIDGE | COLIN MITCHELL |
| GLOUCESTOR ROAD | ANN YOUNG |
| GOING FOR GOLD | JOHN ELLIS |
| CHICORY FROM THE FIELD TO FRAME | SUE LAMBERT |
| CYCLIST AT DEVILS DYKE | YVONNE PARK |
| PLAYING AWAY | SYLVIA WHITE |
| ARRIVING AT SWINDON | PETER MERRICK |
| GOOD TO SIT DOWN | ANN YOUNG |
| LET THERE BE LIGHT | STEVE WHITE |
NATURE CATAGORY
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| COCKCHAFER | CLAIRE PETERS |
| PSILOCYBE A TOXIC FUNGUS | JAN ARNOLD |
| CAPUCINE MONKEY COSTA RICA | YVONNE WINDSOR |
| WHITE EYE OF THE HERON | SYLVIA WHITE |
| ON THE PROWL | HELEN ALLAN |
| COMMON LIME BUTTERFLY | JOHN ELLIS |
| DOLPHIN AND SALMON | YVONNE WINDSOR |
| PLAYTIME | CHRISTIANE FREEMAN |
SOUTH DOWNS TROPHY
SUNDAY 11TH MAY
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| AMETHYST DECEIVER | CLAIRE PETERS |
| CATKIN DAWN | DAVID FREEMAN |
| CHICORY FROM FIELD TO FRAME | SUE LAMBERT |
| IN A BIT OF A SPIN | PETER MERRICK |
| LOUTUS FLOWER | MARION TENDALL |
| MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION | ROGER PENNINGTON |
| SELF LOVENDAR | SARAH HARBER |
| SUNRISE MIST OVER THE CITY | JAN ARNOLD |
| THE OCULUS | COLIN MITCHELL |
| THE OTHER CHANCTONBURY RING | STELLA MICHAELS |