2015 Awards of Merit

*TB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total Votes Cast = 4070)*

58 ‘Center Line’ (Thomas Johnson)	54 ‘Bright Sunshiny Day’ (Thomas Johnson)	50 ‘Engaement Ring’ (Joseph Ghio)	47 ‘Winterberry’ (Donald Spoon)	44 ‘Easter Candy’ (Keith Keppel)
43 ‘Dragon King’ (Richard Tasco)	41 ‘Tunnel Vision’ (Keith Keppel)	40 ‘Strawberry Frosting’ (Michael Sutton)	38 ‘Jennifer Stout’ (Ron Mullin)	37 ‘Cheap Frills’ (Paul Black)
35 ‘Revision’ (Keith Keppel)	34 ‘Rim Of Fire’ (Michael Sutton)	34 ‘Rum And Coke’ (John Painter)	33 ‘Orangutan Orange’ (Brad Kasperek)	33 ‘Ringtone’ (Keith Keppel)
37 ‘Grand Canyon Sunset’ (Schreiner)	36 ‘Action Packed’ (Paul Black)	36 ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ (J. T. Aitken)	36 ‘Hollywood Lights’ (Thomas Johnson)	36 ‘Rio Rojo’ (Schreiner)

Runners Up:

32 ‘Ghost Writer’ (Keith Keppel)	32 ‘Lest We Forget’ (George Sutton)	32 ‘Mango Parfait’(Donald Spoon)	31 ‘Catwalk Queen’ (Thomas Johnson)	31 ‘Edge Of The World’ (Michael Sutton)
31 ‘Judy Nunn’ (Frederick Kerr)	31 ‘Main Street’ (Larry Lauer)	31 ‘My Generation’ (Larry Lauer)	31 ‘Toronto' (Larry Lauer)	30 ‘Doctor Who’ (George Sutton)
28 ‘Honeykist' (Hugh Stout)	28 Nessun Dorma’ Frederick Kerr)	28 'Penguin Party’ (Thomas Johnson)	28 'Plot Line’(Joseph Ghio)	28 'Splatter Matters’ (John Painter)
30 ‘June Krausse’(Schreiner)	30 ‘Poodle Parade’ (Paul Black)	29 ‘Dance Til Dawn’(Thomas Johnson)	29 ‘Here Comes The Night’ (Schreiner)	29 ‘Magnificent Masterpiece’ (Barbara Nicodemus)
29 ‘Pretty Kitty’(Keith Keppel)	28 ‘Beam Me Up Scotty’ (J. T. Aitken)	28 ‘Be Original’(Joseph Ghio)	28 ‘Chianti Classic’ (J. T. Aitken)	28 ‘Chocolatté’ (Lesley Painter)

*BB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 324)*

39 ‘Whoopsidaisy' (Jim Hedgecock)	37 ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Frederick Kerr)

Runners Up:

35 ‘Banded Rose’ (J. T. Aitken)	31 ‘Sheer Excitement’ (Richard Tasco)	29 ‘Fruit Stripe’(Michael Sutton)	27 ‘Tina Louise’ (Bryan Spoon)	26 ‘Always Lovely’ (Paul Black)

IB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 427)

55 ‘Bahama Blues’ (Michael Sutton)	50 ‘Intoxicating’ (Paul Black)

Runners Up:

39 ‘Soleil' (Marky Smith)	37 ‘Backlit Beauty’ (Richard Tasco)	34 ‘Persnickety' (Keith Keppel)
31 ‘Orca' (Marky Smith)	25 ‘Fall Line’ (Michael Sutton)	25 ‘Micro Burst’(Richard Tasco)

MTB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 349)

58 'In My Veins’ (Charles Bunnell)	52 ‘Florence French’ (Mona French)

Runners Up:

46 ‘Going Dotty’ (Stephanie Markham)	38 ‘Dollie And Me’(Lynda Miller)	36 ‘Ozark Charmer’ (Kenneth Fisher)
31 ‘She's A Doll’ (Lynda Miller)	31 ‘Jiggity-Jig’(Stephanie Markham)	31 'Orange Starlet’ ((Kenneth Fisher)

SDB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 779)

41 'Exotic Eyes’(Donald Spoon)	39 ‘Teagan’ ((Donald Spoon)	29 ‘Pulsator’ ((Thomas Johnson)
29 'Tanzanite' (Marky Smith)	28 ‘Kaching’ ((Paul Black)	28 ‘Pinkster’ ((Michael Sutton)

Runners Up:

27 ‘Dark Matter’' (Keith Keppel)	27 ‘Jellicle Cat’ (Paul Black)	25 ‘Black Lightning’ (Chuck Chapman)	24 ‘Anne Lowe’ (Donald Spoon)	23 ‘Craisin’ (Marky Smith)

MDB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 149)

47 ‘Kayla's Song’ (Donald Spoon)	42 ‘Miniseries’ (Keith Keppel)

Runners Up:

40 ‘Wee Harry’ (Barbara & David Schmieder)	20 ‘Bete Noire’ (Marky Smith)

AR & AB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 161)

47 ‘Byzantine Ruby’ (Lowell Baumunk)	29 ‘Bhutan’ (Richard Tasco)

Runners Up:

21 ‘Holy Moley Plum’(Caroline Chacon)	21 ‘Navajo Velvet’ (Sharon McAllister)	17 ‘Nordic Sky’ ("Howard Shockey, Deceased, By Lowell Baumunk")	12 ‘Fire In The Hole’ (Peter McGrath)	8 ‘Garnettville’ (Sharon McAllister)

AB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 145)

53 ‘Babylon Prince’(Lowell Baumunk)	47 'Sri Lanka ’(Thomas Johnson)

Runners Up:

27 'Flecks And Specks’ (Paul Black)	18 ‘Parable’ (Thomas Johnson)

SPECIES AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 96)

32 ‘Born To Be Wild’ (J. T. Aitken)	26 'Doubly Stylish’ (Barbara & David Schmieder)

Runners Up:

20 'Cobblewood Charm’ (Darrell Probst)	18 ‘Snake Bane’ (James Waddick)

INTERSPECIES AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 156)

47 ‘China In Springtime’ (O. D. Niswonger)	44 ‘Take No Sato’ (Hiroshi Shimizu By Carol Warner)

Runners Up:

42 ‘Shiryukyo' (Hiroshi Shimizu By Carol Warner)	23 ‘Ryugan’ (Hiroshi Shimizu By Carol Warner)

CA AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 60)

10 ‘Northwest Sunset’ (Patrick Spence)	10 ‘Pacific Tapestry’ (J. T. Aitken)

Runners Up:

7 ‘Finger Pointing’ (Joseph Ghio)	7 'Mandalay' Bay’(Joseph Ghio)	7 ‘Pacific Glaze’(J. T. Aitken)	6 'Line Drawing’ (Joseph Ghio)	5 'Lewis Lawyer’ (Adele Lawyer by Terri Hudson)

LA AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 276)

41 ‘Our Friend Dick’ (Ron Killingsworth)	25 ‘Dark Dude’ (Ron Betzer)	23 ‘Lemon Zest’ (Kevin Vaughn)	23 ‘Michigan Belle’ (Jill Copeland)

Runners Up:

21 ‘Seminole Autumn’(Harry Wolford)	14 'Blue Splatter’ (Wayland Rudkin)	14‘Sarah Faith’ (M. D. Faith)
13 Acadian Debutante’ (Hooker Nichols)	13 'Sugarplum Treat’ (Heather Pryor)

SIB AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 391)

109 ‘Judy, Judy, Judy’ (Robert Hollingworth)	40 How Audacious’ (Robert Hollingworth)

Runners Up:

35 ‘Cape Cod Boys’ (Marty Schafer/Jan Sacks)	30 'Encore Performance’ (Robert Hollingworth)	25 'Tall Dark And Handsome’ (Marty Schafer/Jan Sacks)	20 'Hot Sketch’ (Marty Schafer/Jan Sacks)	19 'Jane M. Sadler’ (Barbara Schuette)

Spu Award Of Merit

(Total Votes Cast = 197)

42 ‘Missouri Copper Mine’ (Jesse Emmons)	33 'Line Dancing’ (B. Charles Jenkins by Comanche Acres)

Runners Up:

21 ‘Some Say It's Pink’ (Lee Walker)	18 'Comanche Moon’ (Charles Jenkins By Jim Hedgecock)	17 'Red War Clouds’ (Lee Walker)
16 'Walk The Line’ (Jim Hedgecock)	15 Oregon Cream’ (Lee Walker)

JI AWARD OF MERIT

(Total votes cast = 151)

20 ‘Cascade Rain’(Chad Harris)	19 'Oh So Pink’ (Donald Delmez)

Runners Up:

18 ‘Dirigo Garnet’ (John White)	16 'Kimono Silk’ (Bob Bauer/John Coble)	15 'Christina's Sister’ (Jill Copeland)
14 Amethyst Actress’ (Chad Harris)	13 'Japanese Plum’ (Chad Harris)

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-- BobPries - 2015-09-09