The County Dublin honey show is over for another year, and what a great show it was! The number of entries was up again – a record 286 entries. More entrants than ever registered online, which makes life easier for everyone.
The County Dublin honey show goes from strength to strength
The number of visitors, at 480, was another record – doubtless helped by the rain staying away (for the first time, it feels, in living memory!). We sold all of our Dublin Beekeepers’ Association honey, so (importantly) our association did OK financially.
We expect to get some photos from the show, so please check back here in a couple of days for the photo gallery. The results of the honey show competition are shown below – or you can download an .xls file from here.
Big thanks to all the volunteers, competition entrants, judges and craft fair stallholders for your help in making the 2016 County Dublin honey show a great event.
Simon Rees, outgoing honey show secretary
| Class | Description | Prize | Open/ CDBKA only | No. of entries | First prize | Second prize | Third prize | Very highly commended | Highly commended | Commended | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 jars of light, medium or dark honey. | Powers to bees trophy | Open | 3 | Gavin Fitzpatrick | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 | 12 jars of light, medium or dark honey. As offered for sale. | Avoca Nurseries perpetual trophy | Open | 8 | Paul Boyle | John Summerville | Eleanor Attridge | - | - | - | |
| 3 | 2 jars light honey. | Chivers trophy | Open | 27 | Eleanor Attridge | Lucy Fitzpatrick | Hugh Holmes | - | - | - | |
| 4 | 2 jars medium honey. Heather excluded. | Monument Creamery cup | Open | 25 | Malachy Matthews | Albert Hamilton | Botanic Gardens | Dave McManus | John Summerville | - | |
| 5 | 2 jars dark honey. Heather excluded. | I.A.C. perpetual trophy | Open | 8 | John Summerville | Albert Hamilton | - | Paul Boyle | Dave McManus | - | |
| 6 | 2 jars heather honey. | C.D.B.K.A trophy | Open | 6 | John Summerville | John Murphy | Sean Byrne | - | - | - | |
| 7 | 2 jars granulated or creamed honey. | C.D.B.K.A challenge cup | Open | 9 | Malachy Matthews | Paul Boyle | - | - | - | - | |
| 8 | 2 Floral honey sections. Ling free. | Rowans trophy | Open | 4 | Tony Lynch | - | Irene Power | Mairead Lynch | - | - | |
| 9 | 2 Heather honey sections. | Sir James Mackey trophy | Open | 2 | - | - | Irene Power | - | - | - | |
| 10 | 2 jars chunk honey. | Tom Kehoe trophy | Open | 8 | Albert Hamilton | Eleanor Attridge | John Summerville | - | - | - | |
| 11 | 2 containers of cut comb. | Ned Smyth trophy | Open | 4 | John Keogh | John Summerville | - | - | - | - | |
| 12 | 1 frame suitable for extraction. | Green Acres cup | Open | 4 | Paul Boyle | Eamon Magee | Vincent Greenan | Eleanor Attridge | - | - | |
| 13 | 1 cake of beeswax. | McGrane Apiaries trophy | Open | 12 | Gavin Fitzpatrick | Christina Bradley | Eleanor Attridge | Irene Power | Malachy Matthews | Albert Hamilton | |
| 14 | 5 blocks beeswax matching. | Horkan Salver | Open | 14 | Bernie O'Reilly | Orla Devane | Paul Boyle | David McCartney | Dara Kilmartin | - | |
| 15 | 6 honey biscuits. | Hans Flohr trophy | Open | 15 | Tom Byrne | Ann O'Suilleabhain | Christina Bradley | Ken Norton | Hugh Holmes | Albert Hamilton | |
| 16 | Honey cake. | McGrane cake knife | Open | 14 | Laura Finnegan | Ken Norton | Ann O'Suilleabhain | Lucy Fitzpatrick | Mary Wall | - | |
| 17 | Beeswax polish in tin or jar. | C.D.B.K.A trophy | Open | 7 | Orla Devane | Gerry O'Neill | Albert Hamilton | - | - | - | |
| 18 | 3 beeswax candles all made by moulding. | C.D.B.K.A trophy | Open | 11 | Judith Leonard | John Summerville | Eleanor Attridge | Paul Boyle | - | - | |
| 19 | 3 beeswax candles made any method other than moulding. | N.K.B cup | Open | 7 | Paul Boyle | Gavin Fitzpatrick | Albert Hamilton | - | Christina Bradley | - | |
| 20 | Dry mead. | Grape & grain trophy | Open | 9 | Malachy Matthews | Paul Boyle | - | John Summerville | - | - | |
| 21 | Sweet mead. | Country cellar trophy | Open | 9 | David McCartney | Hugh Holmes | John Summerville | - | - | - | |
| 22 | Metheglin / Melomel. | Donegal Bees cup | Open | 11 | Hugh Holmes | David McCartney | Christina Bradley | - | - | - | |
| 23 | Photograph. Black and white or colour. | C.D.B.K.A silver frame | Open | 15 | Albert Hamilton | Eleanor Attridge | Christina Bradley | - | - | - | |
| 24 | Display class. Collection of bee products consisting of jars of different honey sections, cut comb, mead, beeswax, etc. | C.D.B.K.A display class cup | Open | 2 | Paul Boyle | Eleanor Attridge | - | - | - | - | |
| 25 | Any item related to bees or beekeeping and ineligible for entry in another class. | C.D.B.K.A trophy | Open | 12 | Laura Finnegan | Paul Boyle | Mary Wall | Gavin Fitzpatrick | Mairead Lynch | Judith Leonard | |
| 26 | Covered jar of honey. To be completely covered except cap. Novice class. | Benny Myers trophy | Open | 22 | Brian O'Toole | Sharon Lally | Sinead Finn | - | - | - | |
| 27 | 1 section (novice class) | Bill Mellon trophy | CDBKA only | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 28 | 1 jar honey (novice class) | R. Shackleton trophy | CDBKA only | 10 | Chris Merrigan | - | Sarah McNestry & Mary Meagher | - | - | - | |
| 29 | 2 jars light, medium or dark honey. | C.D.B.K.A trophy | CDBKA only | 8 | Dave McManus | John Murphy | Rena McDonald | - | - | - | |
| 30 | 2 containers of cut comb. | Friends of the RHD trophy | CDBKA only | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Supreme run honey | John Kerney Cup | Open | n/a | Malachy Matthews | |||||||
| Supreme comb honey | Dan Deasy Cup | Open | n/a | Tony Lynch | |||||||
| Highest points in classes 1-11 | Gourmet cup | Open | n/a | John Summerville | |||||||