Our annual Honey Show is usually held during September. This offers our members a chance to show and display not just honey, but also hive products such as wax, candles and of course mead.

Class	Description	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Number of Entries
1	2 jars of extracted honey - light				Paul Lawrence		4
2	2 jars of extracted honey - medium				Paul Lawrence		7
3	2 jars of extracted honey - dark	Mark Ballard					2
4	2 jars of granulated or soft set honey	Mark Ballard					2
5	2 jars of chunk honey		Mark Ballard				1
6	Composite; honey, wax and frame	John Chapman	Mark Ballard				2
7	1 shallow frame for extraction	John Chapman	Mark Ballard			Tony Edwards	5
8	2 sections	Mark Ballard	Archie McLlan	Sue Chapman			3
9	2 containers of cut comb	Mark Ballard					1
10	Novices - 2 jars honey clear or granulated	Sonia Belsey			Neil Byhurst		3
11	Gift - 1 jar extracted honey			John Chapman	Mark Ballard		2
12	Gift - 1 jar granulated or soft set honey		Mark Ballard	John Chapman			2
13	Commercial - 3 identical containers	Tony Edwards	Mark Ballard	John Chapman			6
14	A cake of beeswax	John Chapman	Mark Ballard				2
15	Candles - 2 plain	John Chapman	Mark Ballard				2
16	A moulded beeswax object	Simon Marshall	Mark Ballard	John Chapman	Paul Lawrence		6
17	Sweet Mead	John Chapman	Elaine Laight				2
18	Dry Mead	John Chapman	Simon Marshall	Elaine Laight			3
19	Honey cake to this years recipe	Sue Chapman	Melvyn Belsey	Elaine Laight	Tony Edwards	Sonia Belsey	8
20	Honey biscuits or cookies	Sonia Belsey	Daphne Blaxland				3
21	Colour photo about bees or beekeeping	Elaine Laight	Mark Ballard	Esther McLellan	Sue Chapman		14
22	Craft relating to bees or beekeeping	Elaine Laight	Sonia Belsey				2
						Total Entries	83

 

2019 Cup and Award Winners

The Neves Silver Memorial Cup (highest aggregate number of points)	Mark Ballard
The Chairman’s Silver Challenge Cup (best frame in class 5)	John Chapman
The Bryden Memorial Cup (best composite entry in class 6)	John Chapman
The Gowar Memorial Cup (best Mead)	John Chapman
The Blaxland Silver Salver (best sections in class 8)	Mark Ballard
The Rose Bowl (best cake)	Sue Chapman
The Novice Cup (best exhibit in the novice classes)	Sonia Belsey
The Holland Bowl (best honey in class 17 – commercial)	Tony Edwards
The Chapman Cup (best photograph)	Elaine Laight
The Clueit Cup (best honey in show)	Tony Edwards
The Wax Cup (best wax in class 7)	John Chapman
The Dennis Harvey Memorial Award (best entry in the Novice class and takes the form of a beekeeping book of the winner’s choice)	Sonia Belsey