The British Bottlers’ Institute held their Annual Gala Awards Dinner at the London Marriott, Grosvenor Square on 14th November. The event is held to celebrate the Bottling and Packaging Industry achievements and included the presentation of awards to the winners of this year’s BBI Waters and Soft Drinks competition, the judging of which had taken place in September.

Medals and certificates as displayed on the attached photograph were presented by Dennis Taylor ex world snooker champion and Colin Barker the National Chairman of the BBI. All recipients were congratulated on their high standards and achievements.

Gold Medals and Certificates are awarded for the outstanding products in each class of the competition, and Silver Medals and Certificates awarded to high attainers in each of the classes. Diplomas of excellence are awarded for other especially meritorious products in each class.

Colin Barker and Dennis Taylor with the Sangs Team at the BBI Gala Awards Dinner held during November 2006

Our congratulations to all winners of this year’s competition and our thanks to all the competition entrants. The full list of award winners is as follows:

BBI COMPETITION FOR WATERS AND SOFT DRINKS 2005

CLASS A – NATURAL MINERAL WATER: STILL

Gold. Spadel UK. Brecon Carreg Natural Mineral Water Still

Silver. Crown Foods Ltd. Keringet Kids

Silver. Tipperary Natural Mineral Water Company. Tipperary Still

Diploma. Crown Foods Ltd. Keringet Pure Natural Mineral Water

CLASS B – NATURAL MINERAL WATER: SPARKLING

Gold. Spadel UK. Brecon Carreg Natural Mineral Water Sparkling

Silver. Rocwell Natural Mineral Water. Rocwell Natural Mineral Water Sparkling

Diploma. Tipperary Natural Mineral Water Company. Tipperary Sparkling

CLASS C – SPRING WATER: STILL

Diploma. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. Deveron Valley Still Spring Water

CLASS E – NATURAL MINERAL /SPRING WATER: FLAVOURED

Gold. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. MacB Sugar Free Strawberry & Kiwi

Gold. Cott Beverages Ltd. ASDA Cranberry & Mexican Lime Flavoured Water

Silver. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. MacB Sugar Free Lemon & Lime

Silver. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. MacB Sugar Free Apple

Diploma. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. MacB Sugar Free Pear

Diploma. Macaw ( A Division of Cott UK ). ASDA Great Stuff Blackcurrant

CLASS H – FRUIT JUICES: STILL

Gold. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. One Fruit Raspberry

Silver. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. One Fruit Orange

Diploma. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. Fruit Twist Blackcurrant

CLASS L – ADULT SOFT DRINKS

Gold. Hall & Woodhouse Ltd. Rio Tropical Light

Silver. Macaw ( A Division of Cott UK ). ASDA Spanish Red Grape Still Crush

Silver. Gleeson Group. Finches Irish Sparkling Orange

Silver. Juice & World S.L.. ASDA White Grape & Elderflower Spritzer

CLASS M – ORGANIC SOFT DRINKS

Gold. Luscombe Organic Drinks. Organic Hot Ginger Beer

CLASS Q – PACKAGING – BOTTLE DRESS

Gold. Sangs ( Banff ) Limited. MacB Sugar Free Range

Silver. Spadel UK. Brecon Carreg Natural Mineral Water Still

Diploma. GlaxoSmithKline. Ribena Really Light