FOR Erica Robinson, taking the plunge was a smart thing to do.

As the photograph of the York mum, taken as she jumped into a swimming pool in Turkey, has clinched the top honours in this year's Evening Press Holiday Hotshots competition.

It was taken by her 16-year-old daughter, Amy, of Clifton, and wins her a three-day New Year break for two in Amsterdam.

Second in the competition was Ann Robson, of Reighton Drive, Clifton, and third was Keith Duffield, of Stratford Way, Huntington.

The Evening Press was, as usual, swamped with hundreds of entries for the popular competition, which ran in-paper only and challenges readers to send in the best pictures from their summer holiday escapades.

Updated: 11:08 Thursday, October 04, 2001