DBKA PLYMOUTH BRANCH HONEY SHOW & FAYRE 2024

Held again at the St. Budeaux Church Community Hall on Saturday 21st September, the Show was well supported by the membership, their family and friends and members of the public who popped in out of curiosity to have a look around.

With 44 entries from 16 exhibitors, entries were slightly down on last year; quite possibly due to the changing weather conditions throughout 2024, below par honey crops and the forecasted wet weather on the day.

Our Judge, Phil Aitken, was again impressed with the excellent standard of entries, making his job more difficult when declaring the winners.

Tim Norris who did incredibly well last year, didn’t fail to impress! He took several 1st and 2nd places and came away (again) with the Overall Winners Trophy, The Crysanthemum Cup. The question now is …… can he do a ‘hat-trick’ in 2025 and come away with Overall Winners trophy for a third time?

While the main event was the Honey Show; people took the opportunity to browse the trade stalls, buy a jar of local honey, have their faces painted or have a catch-up chat over a cup of tea and enjoy some delightful home-made cake.

‘Blokes that Sing’ provided musical entertainment half way through the show, giving us a wonderful half hour of some favourite well-known songs and motivating some of the Entries Team into dance mode.

The show concluded with the Prize Giving with our Chairman (Mark Grieves) and Judge (Phil Aitken) presenting the trophies to some worthy winners.

Photographs were expertly taken by Bruce Robinson throughout the day can be viewed on the branch website/Facebook.

And concluding…….. on behalf of Honey Show Team, I would like to say ‘thank you’ to our volunteers and everyone who helped or supported the Honey Show, making it another pleasurable day out.

And the 2025 Honey Show? There are some exciting changes afoot so watch this space!

JEAN FRENCH – Branch Secretary

DBKA – PLYMOUTH BRANCH – HONEY SHOW 2023 – RESULTS & WINNERS

No.	Class	Prize	Winner	Second
1	2 x 1 lb jars of Light Run Honey	Slater Cup	Roger Round	Olga Grieves
2	2 x 1 lb jars of Medium Run Honey	Edwards Cup	Tim Norris	Bruce Robinson
3	2 x 1 lb jars of Dark Run Honey	Tucker Cup	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Cup with Neil DW
4	2 x 1 lb jars of Crystallized Honey	Winnicott Cup	Tim Norris	Roger Round
5	2 x 1 lb jars of Creamed Honey	Perpetual Trophy	Tim Norris	Not Awarded
6	1 Pair of Beeswax Candles	Prosser Tray	Mark Grieves	Mike Lawrence
7	1 Bottle of Mead	Mansfield Tray	Steve Russell	Not Awarded
8	1 Shallow Frame For extraction	Eric Goss Tray	Plymouth Branch	Steve Russell
9	1 Jar of Honey Labelled for Sale	Interserve Tray	Jean French	Mark Grieves
10	6x 1oz blocks of Beeswax	Poole Tray	Shaun Sperinck	Mick Brian
11	Wax Open Class	Bandvulc Tray	Mark Grieves	Olga Grieves
12	Honey Sponge	Ward Cup	Annabel Tooke	Jean Russell
13	12 Pieces of Honey Fudge	Barton Cup	Annabel Tooke	Tim Norris
14	Beeswax Wrap	Box of Chocolates	Olga Grieves	Jean Russell
15	Novice Class	Milford Cup	Tom Singleton	Not Awarded
16	Open Class	Mayflower Marina Cup	Mick Brian	Jean Russell
17	Junior Class	PBKA Mug	Emily Sobey	Amelia Sperinck
18	Guest Class	Bottle of Wine	No Entries	No Entries
19	Open Class For the Public	Jar of Local Honey	Colleen Sperinck	Emma Newton-Bates

Judge: Phil Aitken Judge’s Assistant: Lauren Jackson

Overall Winner’s Cup: The Crysanthemum Trophy: Tim Norris

DBKA PLYMOUTH BRANCH HONEY SHOW & FAYRE 2023

Held at the St. Budeaux Church Community Hall on Saturday 23rd September, the event was once again, well supported by our members with 72 entries from 25 exhibitors. Members of the public joined us too; thanks to Olga and Mark promoting the event through various social media.

This year saw two additional classes; Class 14 – Beeswax Wraps and Class 19 for the public to enter.

Our Judge, Phil Aitken, was well impressed with the standard of entries, making his job that much more difficult when deciding winners.

It was good to see more of our newer members enter and they did very well too.

Tim Norris, took several 1st’s and came away with the Overall Winners Trophy, The Crysanthemum Cup. Well done Tim!

Whilst judging was in progress, members/their families and the public took the opportunity to browse the various stalls, buy a jar of local honey, have a look at the live bee display or have their face painted or just have a good natter over a cup of tea and some delicious home-made produce. New to the event was Mick and his ‘Men in Black’ who gave us some superb musical entertainment.

The show concluded with the Prize Giving with our Chairman, Neil Downing-Waite, presenting the trophies to some very surprised and delighted people.

Photographs taken by Bruce Robinson (and there are quite a few!) can be viewed on the branch Facebook page and will be uploaded here soon.

Finally, on behalf of Honey Show Team, I would like to say a BIG ‘thank you’ to everyone who helped or supported the Honey Show, making it another successful and enjoyable occasion.

JEAN FRENCH – Branch Secretary