Orpington and Bromley Honey Show
John O’Connell being presented with the Dr Courtenay Lord Challenge Cup
The annual Orpington and Bromley Show was held on Saturday 17th September 2022 at Emmanuel Church Hall, The Grove, West Wickham. It wasn’t as well attended as shows pre-Covid, though 7 Orpington members contributed entries. There was a wide range of classes to enter for adults and children, experienced and novice beekeepers, ranging from honey, honeycomb for extraction, chunk honey, cut comb, mead, beeswax and candles, confectionery made with honey (cakes, marmalade, lemon curd and sweets) and various forms of art work (including honey label designs and photographs).
The Orpington Cup for the highest points in classes 1-21 was awarded to John O’Connell and Chris Courtney
The Dr Courtenay Lord Challenge Cup for the best extracted honey in classes 1-7 was awarded to John O’Connell
A Drinking Horn for the best mead and the Trenear Trophy for the highest points in the confectionery classes were awarded to Karen Scales.
The Alan Simmons Memorial Cup for the best comb for extraction was awarded to Chris Courtney
Sadly there were no entries for the Novice cup and the Matthews Memorial Plate for the best wax. Chris Courtney was not present and unable to accept his cups.