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Honey show 2012 results

Trophies

NBBKA Trophies

Lady Chesham Challenge CupHighest overall points total in show - Fiona Eelbeck

Stoke Road Apiary Shield Second highest overall points total in show - Mike Jackson

Clara Furness Award - Highest points total for wax and mead, classes 12 to 15 and 19 to 21 - Fiona Eelbeck

Albert Toms Shield - highest points total in the open honey classes excluding any class for which a specific award is made. This year this shield is for classes 1 to 8 - Mike Jackson

BW Apiary Cup - winner of class 9, six jars as for sale -  Fiona Eelbeck

Mini cup - winner of class 16, fruit cake -  Jane Woodbridge

Arthur Foreman Cup - highest total points in novice classes - Andrew Eelbeck

BCBKA trophies

Tweedie Silver Skepto the BCBKA branch whose members gather most points in the show - Chalfonts (beating North Bucks by only one point!)

Peggy Challenge Cup - for the BCBKA member getting the most points overall Sue Carter

Margery Parker trophyto the BCBKA member with the highest pints in the cake classes - Sue Carter

John Raven Awardto the BCBKA member with the best honey exhibit (classes 1-5) - Mike Jackson (for his entry in class 4)

Margaret Issaias Trophy to the BCBKA member with the best novice entry - Jane Woodbridge (for her entry in class 23)

BBKA Blue Ribbon - best exhibit in the show - Sue Carter (for her entry in Class 15)

All class results

Honey

1 Two matching 1lb jars of light honey
  • 1st Fiona Eelbeck
  • 2nd Bill Fisher
  • 3rd Sue Carter VHC Andrew Beer
2 Two matching 1lb jars of medium honey
  • 1st Norma Pech
  • 2nd Bill Fisher
  • 3rd Carole Hammelev
  • VHC Mike Jackson
  • HC Alan Cunningham
  • C Keith Patton
3 Two matching 1lb jars of dark honey
  • 1st Mike Jackson
  • 2nd Bill Fisher
  • 3rd Sue Carter
4 Two matching 1lb jars of crystallised honey of any type (incorporates naturally crystallised, soft set and creamed honey)
  • 1st Mike Jackson
  • 2nd Ed Reney
5 Two matching jars of honey not as in classes 1 to 4. (eg. chunk, ling, jar variations, etc.)
  • 1st Bill Fisher
  • 2nd Fiona Eelbeck
6 One piece cut comb, gross weight 200-255g (7-9oz), in container with transparent lid
  • No award made
7 One standard comb of honey showing the work of the bees. In bee-proof show case (note: combs may have crystallised honey in them without penalty)
  • 1st Fiona Eelbeck
  • 2nd Sue Carter
  • 3rd Caroline Luxford
8 Gift, One 1lb jar of honey of any type. (Donated after the show to Willen Hospice)
  • 1st Mike Jackson
  • 2nd Sue Carter
  • 3rd Bill Fisher
  • VHC Sister Mary-Christa
  • HC Andrew Beer
9 Six matching 1lb jars of honey presented labelled as for legal sale under current rules
  • 1st Sue Carter
  • 2nd Fiona Eelbeck
  • 3rd Mike Jackson
  • VHC Bill Fisher
10 One section of honey, round or square
  • 1st Bill Fisher
  • 2nd Sue Carter
11 One 1lb jar of honey, the jar painted black
  • 1st Bill Fisher
  • 2nd Sue Carter
  • 3rd Meriet Duncan
  • VHC Mike Jackson
  • HC Fiona Matheson
  • C Jane Woodbridge

Wax

12 One cake of beeswax, 200g to 255g (7 to 9 oz approx)
  • 1st Bill Fisher
  • 2nd Scott Rutland
  • 3rd Sue Carter
  • VHC Fiona Eelbeck
  • HC Caroline Luxford
  • C Mike Jackson
13 Not used this year

14 Six matching cakes of beeswax (total weight within 160 to 180g)
  • 1st Fiona Eelbeck
  • 2nd Caroline Luxford
  • 3rd Jane & Michael Alexander
15 Three matching beeswax candles made by any method, displayed erect, ready to burn
  • 1st Sue Carter
  • 2nd Fiona Eelbeck
  • 3rd Helen Cave
  • VHC Bill Fisher
  • HC Fiona Matheson
  • C Jane & Michael Alexander

Cake

16 One honey fruit cake, as per recipe provided
  • 1st Bill Fisher
  • 2nd Fiona Matheson
  • 3rd Becky Fawcett
  • VHC Sue Carter
  • HC Norma Pech
  • C Jane Woodbridge
17 One plain honey cake, as per recipe provided
  • 1st Libby Culshaw
  • 2nd Ian Cochrane
  • 3rd Sue Carter
  • VHC Fiona Eelbeck

Fudge

18 Honey fudge as per recipe provided, eight square pieces on a plate
  • 1st David Warren
  • 2nd Sue Carter
  • 3rd Fiona Eelbeck
  • VHC Jane & Michael Alexander
  • HC Libby Culshaw
  • C Becky Fawcett

Mead

19 One bottle dry mead
  • 1st Bill
  • 2nd Sue Carter
  • HC Caroline Luxford
  • C Fiona Eelbeck
20 One bottle sweet mead
  • 1st Sue Carter
  • 2nd Bill Fisher
  • 3rd Caroline Luxford
  • VHC Fiona Eelbeck
21 One bottle Honey Wine, label stating main ingredients apart from honey
  • 2nd Fiona Eelbeck

Crafts

22 One item made or produced by the exhibitor, relevant to beekeeping either by its uses or subject, or by being made using beehive produce. Could include, for example, cookery or preserves, inventions, paintings, cosmetics, needlework, woodwork, photography, or even a sales display. Excludes items covered by classes 1-21 and 22a.
  • 1st Fiona Eelbeck
  • 2nd Nick Grey
  • 3rd Norma Pech
  • VHC Jane Woodbridge
  • HC Sue Carter
  • C Scott Rutland
22a A skep, made by the exhibitor
  • 1st Ed Reney
  • 2nd Bob Sibley
  • 3rd Libby Culshaw

Novice Classes

23 Two 1lb jars of clear honey, of any colour but matching
  • 1st Jane Woodbridge
  • 2nd Andrew Eelbeck
  • VHC Daniel Clarke
24 Two 1lb jars of crystallised honey, of any type but matching
  • 1st Becky Fawcett
  • 2nd David Warren
  • 3rd Andrew Eelbeck
25 One cake of beeswax, between 110g and 170g (4 to 6 oz.)
  • 1st Andrew Eelbeck
  • 2nd Helen Cave
  • C Daniel Clarke