Results are in from this year’s Royal Bath and West show.

The biggest event in the rural calendar had great weather the entire week, and also with over 300 Cider and Perry entries which was a record for this event. With the average attendance each day being over 40,000 people!

It was my first time to the Bath & West, the size of the showground and the diversity of rural and farming practices you could see demonstrated was staggering. Also the care and craftmanship that had gone into making the produce that was being judged.

This year was great for local Somerset cider producers, Heck’s who scooped multiple awards, the highest was for their bottled Perry.

The results are as follows:

Class 1 Two bottles of sweet cider

• 1st Gaymer
• 2nd (joint) Alan Berry and Thatchers

Class 2 two bottles of Medium cider

• 1st Glastonbury Abbey
• 2nd Orchards Cider and Perry
• 3rd Burrow Hill VHC Rosie’s Triple D

Class 3 Two Bottles Dry Cider

• 1st Sheppy and Son
• 2nd Perry’s cider
• 3rd Helen McDonald

Class 4 two bottles of organic cider

• 1st Sheppy and Son
• 2nd Butford Organics
• 3rd G Travis

Judges tasting the high standard of cider and perry entries at the Bath & West 2010

Class 5 two bottles of cider

• 1st Perry’s cider
• 2nd Gaymer
• 3rd Olivers VHC J Mitchell

Class 6 Two bottles of cider bottle fermented

• 1st –
• 2nd –
• 3rd – HC Olivers  E Whale

Class 7 two bottles of single variety cider

• 1st Sheppy and Son
• 2nd Alan Berry
• 3rd John Hecks

Class 8 two bottles of single variety apple juice

• 1st Bridge farm cider
• 2nd Peter Dart
• 3rd Woodston manor partnership / HC Patricia Thompson

Cider and Perry entrants marked on the producers map at the Bath & West 2010

Class 9 two bottles of blended apple juice

• 1st Woodstone manor partnership
• 2nd Patricia Thompson
• 3rd Messrs Winsor

HC Butford Organics

• Class 12 One gallon dry cider
• 1st Rose’s Cider
• 2nd R Wilcox
• 3rd Bridge farm cider

Class 13 One gallon medium cider

• 1st Alan Berry
• 2nd Rose’s cider
• 3rd Country man cider / HC West milton cider company

Class 14 international two bottles of cider

• 1st Iberica
• 2nd Rosquijeau
• 3rd Matlock

Class 10 Two bottles of perry

• 1st Lizzie Hecks
• 2nd Gwatkin cider
• 3rd New Forest Cider

Supreme champion cider

• Glastonbury Abbey Reserve Rose’s cider
• Arthur Davies cup (classes 5 and 7)
• Perry’s cider reserve Sheppy and son

Champion farmhouse cider

• Rose’s cider reserve bridge farem cider

Vigo apple juice trophy

• Bridge farm cider reserve Wooodston manor partnership

ESS Perry cup

• Lizzie Hecks reserve Gwatkin cider co

Westons cup – best organic

• Sheppy and son reserve butford organics

Common ground special award

• Dorset nectar

Industry Coopers trophy – craftsmanship within cider industry

• Albert Rixen