Neil Tonge is RideRater’s Photographer of the Year 2022, with his innovative capture of Icon and the Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Neil, of Cheshire, undoubtedly showed great patience to achieve the superb timing which saw him capture the two rollercoasters in Icon’s reflective artwork.
He enters our Hall of Fame as this year’s winner, alongside the other individuals to have won since the competition’s founding in 2013.
As always, we’d like to thank everyone that entered photographs in the competition, with the standard being as high as ever.
Alton Towers’ Nemesis rollercoaster, operating for the final season before being rebuilt, was a heavy presence among this year’s entries.
Below is a run-down of the Top 10 – expanded this year due to the exceptional quality received – complete with the full uncropped images.
1st Place: Neil Tonge with Icon and the Big One
2nd Place: Martin Peapell, with Marlborough Mop
3rd Place: Ian Perris, with Stealth and Nemesis Inferno
4th Place: Mike Rogers, with Nemesis
5th Place: Matt Kirkham, with Nemesis
6th Place: Darren Robins, with The Smiler
7th Place: Aaron Gallimore, with Nemesis
8th Place: David McCubbin, with Sik
9th Place: Emily Taylor, with Stealth
10th Place: Slappy Maguire, with the Hoppings
