County Honey Show 2025

WARWICKSHIRE BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION

COUNTY HONEY SHOW 2025

Saturday 27^th September

Here are the results for Sutton Coldfield & North Birmingham Beekeeping Association

1^st = 1^st Place; 2^nd = 2^nd Place; 3^rd = 3^rd Place; Very High Commended = VHC; Highly Commended = HC Commended = C

Class 1 Light Honey

2^nd Derek Cottrell; VHC James Mundye; HC Bernard Diaper; C Todd Wilkins

Class 2 Medium Honey

HC Simon Gniadkowski

Class 3 Dark Honey

1^st Bernard Diaper; 2^nd Derek Cottrell; VHC Simon Gniadkowski; C Christine Clifton

Class 4 Ling Honey                        Class 5 Crystallised Honey                                       Class 6 Creamed Honey

1^st Alan Nicholls                             2^nd Julia Wigfield; 3^rd Christine Clifton                   3^rd Bernard Diaper

Class 7 Section Honey                                                                            Class 8 Cut Comb

1^st James Mundye; 2^nd Todd Wilkins; 3^rd Simon Gniadkowski        1^st Simon Gniadkowski; 3^rd Andy Winters

Class 9 Frame for Extraction                     Class 10 Six jars of Honey              Class 11 Dry Mead

1^st Todd Wilkins; C Becca Mundye           1^st Julia Wigfield                            3^rd Lee Greatorex

Class 12 Sweet Mead                                                                             Class 13 Melomel or Metheglin

2^nd Julia Wigfield; VHC James Mundye; HC Lee Greatorex              1^st James Mundye; 2^nd Julia Wigfield

Class 14 Cake of Beeswax

3^rd Christine Clifton; VHC James Mundye; HC Alan Nicholls

Class 15 Beeswax Blocks

2^nd Julia Wigfield; VHC James Mundye; C Lee Greatorex

Class 16 Beeswax Candles                                                                    Class 17 Honey Cake

3^rd Julia Wigfield; VHC James Mundye; C Izzy Mundye                    VHC Fiona Mundye

Class 18 Honey Cake to own Recipe                                                   Class 19 Fancy Cakes

HC Izzy Mundye                                                                                      3^rd Izzy Mundye

Class 20 Gift Honey Light             Class 21 Gift Honey Medium      Class 22 Gift Honey Set

1^st Bernard Diaper                         1^st Julia Wigfield                            1^st James Mundye; 2^nd Bernard Diaper

                                                         VHC James Mundye                      HC Simon Gniadkowski

Class 23 Composite Display                                     Class 24 Item of Beekeeping Equipment

1^st Fiona Mundye; HC Julia Wigfield                       3^rd Becca Mundye; VHC Mark Hamilton;

                                                                                      HC Simon Gniadkowski

Class 25 Work of Art                                                 Class 26 Photographic Print

HC Becca Mundye; C Izzy Mundye                          1^st Izzy Mundye; 3^rd Fiona Mundye; VHC Lee Greatorex

                                                                                      HC Julia Wigfield

NOVICE CLASSES

Class 28 Novice Light Honey                                    Class 29 Novice Medium or Dark Honey

1^st Ivor Wesley; 2^nd Maria Barnard;                        1^st Michelle Smith; 2^nd Aaron Spencer;  C Clark Crawford

3^rd Phil Barnard                                           

Class 30 Novice Set Honey                                       Class 31 Novice Frame for Extraction

2^nd Alison Vaux                                                           1^st Alison Vaux

Class 32 Novice Cake of Beeswax                           Class 34 Branch Composite Display

1^st Alison Vaux                                                            2^nd Sutton Coldfield

Awards & Trophies

Congress Cup – Most Points Runner Up Classes 1 – 26                   Julia Wigfield

Margaret Allen Cup – Best Exhibit Comb Classes 7 – 9                   James Mundye

BBKA Blue Ribbon  – Judges Best Exhibit in Show                            James Mundye

Michael Badger Bowl – Best Mead in Show                                      James Mundye

Centenary Trophy  – Best Exhibit Class 20                                          Bernard Diaper 

Foster Bequest Cup – Most Points Classes 27-32 (Novice)             Alison Vaux

Nuneaton Cup – Branch whose members won most points          Sutton Coldfield & North Birmingham

A massive thank you to all the members who entered the show, with these numbers we managed total points of 257 with Birmingham coming 2^nd with 136 points.  Sutton Coldfield entrants were placed in all classes entered, the only classes that were not entered were Novice Mead and Junior Art

Julia Wigfield