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Well I went to my local camera club the other week and it was a competition night where everyone was displaying photos. It was one photo on display after another. The judging and comments were helpful, but I found that the overall marking appeared inconcistent. The photographs being displayed all had to be printed out and mounted. There was no means for easily displaying digital images in the competition without printing them.
The people there were very nice and the photos were all of a very high standard, but I don't really want competition after competition every week. I'm not that interested in printing off all of my images and then mounting them... so it wasn't for me and I didn't go back.
Maybe it was just the wrong week I don't know... 
Clubs usually have a programme of different competitions for prints, digital and maybe slides, as well as visiting speakers (it sounds like you went on a print night). Some combine digital and 35mm slides and call it 'projected images'. Most clubs today should have a digital projector and hold a series of digital competitions as well as print competitions. If they don't have a digital projector, they should have, as Lottery funding is available for clubs to buy digital equipment (e.g. projector, computers, software etc.). If the club you visited really hasn't got digital equipment, why not get involved and lead their Lottery application for funding? You'd be doing them all a favour. In my experience, having digital equipment draws in a lot of fresh faces full of enthusiasm!
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Re: Camera Clubs