Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend won at the NewsLetter GrowMakeEatDrink Awards ceremony held last night at the Ramada Hotel in Belfast. Purple Rain holds the contract for project management of Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend. The award was in the category for best food/drink promotion by a festival/event.
Rebecca attended the ceremony along with Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend Chairman, Barclay Bell, Bank of Ireland UK’s Richard Primrose, YFCU’s Michael Reid and UFU Policy Officer Kate Cairns.
Other winners on the night included 2016 Bank of Ireland Open Farm participants Armagh Apple Farm, Long Meadow Farm and Cavanagh Free Range Eggs.
- 11 Aug 2016, Grow Make Eat Drink Awards 2016, at Ramada Hotel, Belfast – Ulster Farmers Union president Barclay Bell, centre, with some of the award winners – Peter McKeever, Long Meadow Cider, Eileen Hall, Cavanagh Free Range Eggs, Rebecca McConnell Project Manager Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend 2016 and Helen Troughton, Armagh Apple Cider.
- Pictured at the awards ceremony is Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend Chairman, Barclay Bell, UFU Policy Officer Kate Cairns, YFCU’s Michael Reid, Project Manager Rebecca McConnell, Purple Rain, and Bank of Ireland UK’s Richard Primrose.













