Class No	1st	2nd	3rd	Entries	Class
					Honey
90	J.Brown	M.Holloway	A&J Booth	6	Two x 1lb Jars of light Honey
91	J.Brown	M.Holloway	M.Smith	9	Two x 1lb Jars of Medium Honey
92	-	J.Brown	-	4	Two x 1lb Jars of Dark Honey
93	M.Smith	M.Holloway	J.Brown	5	Two x 1lb Jars of Granulated Honey
94	-	J.Brown	M.Holloway	4	Two x 1lb Jars of Creamed Honey
95	M.Holloway	R.Hoskins	M.Smith	3	Two x 1lb Jars of Chunk Honey
96	J.Brown	M.Holloway	A&J Booth	5	Six matched jars of Honey, labelled as for sale
97	-	M.Johnson	M.Barringer	3	Novice: Two x 1lb Jars of matched Honey
98	J.Brown	M.Holloway	M.Barringer	5	Gift Class: One jar of Honey, labelled as for sale
99	M.Holloway	M.Smith	-	2	Two pieces of cut comb Honey (7 - 9 oz)
100	M.Holloway	M.Smith	G.Butcher	6	Frame for Extracting
					Beeswax
102	M&C Alsop	M.Holloway	M.Smith	9	One Cake of Beeswax, (10 - 12 oz)
103	M.Holloway	M&C Alsop	G.Butcher	8	Six matching blocks of Beeswax, (approx 1 oz)
104	A&J Booth	M.Holloway	-	2	Two Beeswax Candles, any method (no colouring)
105	M.Holloway	-	M.Smith	3	One brood frame with foundation
					Polish and Creams
106	M.Barringer	M.Foss	A&J Booth	4	Beeswax Polish in standard tin (4 oz)
107	M.Barringer	-	-	1	Beeswax Hand / Face Cream in container (2 - 4 oz)
					Mead
108	-	-	-	1	One Bottle Dry
109	R.Hoskins	-	G.Butcher	2	One Bottle Sweet
					Beecraft
110	A&J Booth	J.Brown		3	Any Beecraft item manufactured by exhibitor
					Photography
111	M&C Alsop	J.Brown	-	17	Colour Photograph (no larger than 5" x 7"  or 18cm x 13cm)
					Confectionery
112	M.Holloway	M.Smith		9	Hampshire Honey Cake (recipe provided)
113	M.Holloway	R.Hoskins	G.Butcher	4	Honey Cake (own recipe displayed)
114	M.Holloway	A&J Booth	-	3	Six Honey Biscuits (own recipe displayed)
115	-	-	-	0	Twelve Honey Sweets (own recipe displayed)
116	-	-	-	1	1 lb Pound Jar of Honey Preserves (own recipe displayed)

The Winners

Here are a few of the winners 
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Some more pictures of the show (before and after the judge's had chosen the winners)





Cups & Trophies

Hood Cup - Mike Holloway - Awarded for most points
Moore Challenge Trophy - Mike Holloway - Best exhibit in Classes 90 - 105 Inc
McLachlan Trophy - Mike Johnson - Best exhibit by novice class 97
FDBKA 70th Anniversary Trophy - John Brown - Awarded to highest points with 3 or more entries in classes 90 - 109 Inc
Parry Trophy - Mike Holloway - Awarded to highest points in classes 112 - 116 Inc
BBKA Blue Riband - John Brown - Best exhibit in show

 

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FAREHAM & DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL HONEY SHOW 7 NOVEMBER 2009

SHOW REPORT

I am delighted to report that the 2009 honey show was a great success. We had 119 entries, not as many as last year, but enough to enable us to award the Blue Ribbon. It was an excellent effort, given the terrible year for hive losses, bad weather and low honey yields. So well done to everyone!

It was my second year as a steward for our very knowledgeable judge for honey and wax, David Sandwell. He is extremely fastidious with his judging, taking great care with his examination and tasting of all exhibits. He misses nothing! All sticky marks on jars, dents, rusty or mismatched lids, bits floating, air bubbles and even the odd bit of wax is picked up under the glare of his torchlight! Yet again he was impressed by the standard of our members’ entries and was quick to write encouraging remarks on the entry cards. He kindly stayed on and was very happy to answer questions and pass on tips on honey showing which I know members found very useful.

I must also thank Jean Powell and Jo Booth, who were confectionery judge and steward respectively. Jean commented that the entries in the Hampshire honey cake section were all cracked on the top and wondered if the recipe suggested too hot an oven. This is something we must investigate before next year.

A special thank you to Gwen Butcher, our show secretary for organising the show and liaising with Fareham Horticultural Society, and to everyone who helped to set up and dismantle the stands. Finally, I have to thank Mike Alsop, who now seems to be our official photographer, for the fantastic photographs he took and so promptly put on our website. I urge everyone to have a look!

It was lovely to see the enthusiasm of some of our new members and their joy at winning. That’s what makes our show so special and so enjoyable.

Good luck to everyone for 2010, may all our bees survive the winter and we have a bumper show next year!

Louise Mowl

Show steward