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Competition Results 2008
Competition Results 2008 have been sponsored by Jim Blurton Specialist Shoes, the leading supplier of bar shoes by a World Class farrier.
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The search for Australia's Top Apprentice Farrier for 2008 has been conducted. In a spirited competition held at the University of Qld Gatton, Tim Heeb representing Scone TAFE NSW (pictured left) showed that he was the best man on the day. Second was Glyn Haag of Victoria and Dan Philip of Qld was third. Congratulations to Tim and well done also to Glyn and Dan. Tim is currently in the third year of his apprenticeship under Steve Riggs at Hervey Bay. Tim makes the trip to Scone once a month to do his training with Bob Sim and Dave Adams. This usually consists of a block period of 3 days a month which Tim coincides with spending a few days with another farrier in the Tamworth area to get ensure he gets input into his training from other respected tradesmen.
The Judges Talk
The competitors started the day by being treated to a demonstration by judge for the event Craig Jones. Craig made the same shoe the competitors would be making and shod one foot on a horse to give them a perspective on what he was looking for from them when it was their turn. As a man who hand makes every shoe he puts on as well as being an avid competitor, Craig is well placed to demonstrate these types of shoe making skills. The other apprentices who were spectators for the day were also able to watch this display and I'm sure they would have picked up a few pointers from Craig for their own shoe making exercises.
Event 1
The first event for the competitors was the shoeing of the front feet of a horse with Victory Racing Plates. This proved top be a very interesting part of the competition as none of the competitors regularly shoe racehorses. So with the shoes being put on cold and clips let in with a knife and not burnt in they set about their task with vigor. Below are photos of the front feet completed by each competitor.
Event 2
While Craig started to judge the front feet, they set about making the fullered double clipped hinds for their horses. This is where they all showed why they had been selected as the best from their state. With all of them having spent a lot of time on their fronts they had a big job to get 2 shoes made and nailed on in the time remaining. For quite a while it look as if none of them would have a completed job at the end of the time limit. We need not have been concerned as when the time started to diminish they simply stepped up their work rate to get finished in the nick of time.
Event 3
After some lunch and a well earned rest the boys set about their next task which was the forging of two shoes. The first shoe was a concave egg bar and the next was a lateral toe extension on a hind shoe. The latter of these shoes was a judges choice, so the competitors had no idea what they would have to make prior to the day, so they had to make sure all their skills were up to date as they didn't;t know what shoe they would need to practice.
Event 4
The final event of the day was an Eagle Eye. For those of you who haven't heard of one this is how it works, each competitor gets a 10 second look at a prepared hoof. They can't touch or measure the hoof. After each one has gone and cut the amount of steel they think will be required, they have 15 minutes to make the shoe, with the best fit being declared the winner.
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1st / 2nd Year Apprentices
1st - Antony Williams - won £30.00
2nd - Richard Keene - won £20.00
3rd - Luke Cain - won £10.00
3rd / 4th Year Apprentices
1st - Ricky Hilton - won £30.00
2nd - Simon Krog - won £20.00
3rd - Damian Readman - won £10.00
England Team Trials Results -
1 - James Haigh
2 - Richard Slater
3 - George Hutching
4 - Steven Howard
5 - Robert Bedford
The person that got the best marks in the mock oral was, Michael Girling who won the new Farriers Formula Double Concentrate
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Judge: Gary Darlow AWCF The Army Competition was back in full swing this year, with a dazzling array of talent on display once again.
This year’s judge was last year’s winner, Mr Gary Darlow AFCL. With over 55 competitors taking part, 88 feet being shod and 106 specimens to judge, this really was the biggest the competition has been.
The competition started in earnest with the Military and Ex-Military day on the Friday. The apprentices were up bright and early to light the fires, get the kettle on and then start their rounds. This year the shoes required a bit of thought and lots of skill to produce a winner. The juniors had to make a pair of concave hunter shoes and the seniors a lateral three quarter fullered lateral extension bar shoe and a set toe concave hunter hind. All this was to be done in fifty minutes.
After this the horses were brought into the forge and battle commenced. It was particularly good to see people this year who had not been back to the Army for some years and throughout the day there was much banter, laughter and in some cases tears! The Military class competitors were required to make a unilateral sidebone bar shoe which proved to be very entertaining as well as stimulating much debate as to how much Gary had actually cut for it. After the prize giving was over, it was time for the competitors to take a steady walk down to the town and relax with a few gentle beers and a chat.
The second day saw the open hunter competitors apply a tooled and fullered shoe to the foot and also a tooled and fullered calkin and wedge specimen. As far as I am aware the army remain the only competition where competitors get to put a tooled and fullered onto the foot. Again, all spaces were full with six rounds in total and over eight horses being shod all round. Added to this, the sound and sight of “double tapping” in the forge served to remind us what an impressive sight competition farriery is. This year we had a new prize to give for the hunter class. The prize was the Ivon Bell Cup which is given to the highest placed military/ex military farrier in the open hunter class. It goes without saying that Ivon did so much for farriery, both military and civilian that his untimely loss was tragic and felt throughout the farriery community. I was delighted that Ivon’s eldest daughter Jocelyn had agreed to come and present the trophy to the first ever winner Steve Newman.
The final day was the turn of the open therapeutic class. This year we had to apply a straight bar shoe to the foot and also produce a hammer finished plain stamped rocker-bar front shoe. The competitors get seventy minutes to achieve this and believe me, they needed it. Once again, the class was absolutely full with not a foot to spare and the forge was busy as ever with as much enthusiasm as the first day.
Sunday also saw the return of the sponsors’ lunch. This is where we show our appreciation to all our sponsors by hosting them in the Officers’ Mess during the afternoon. This year, as always, we were very well supported by our sponsors, some of which have been sponsoring us for many years now. The competition ended with the presentation of the Horse Trust Rose Bowl with prize money by Brigadier Paul Jepson of the Horse Trust. This year’s winner was Mr Jim Blurton by the narrowest of margins over the Reserve Champion Steve Newman.
I’d personally like to thank all our competitors, sponsors and the Commandant of the Defence Animal Centre, Colonel DA Macdonald for allowing us to host the competition once again.
Finally, my personal thanks go to all my staff at the Army School of Farriery in the smooth running of the competition yet again.
Next year’s competition will be held on 13th – 15th November 2009.
M Watson
WO1
FSM
RESULTS:
Junior Military Apprentices
1st - Gnr Ryan Anderson
2nd - Gnr Mark French
3rd - L/Cpl Elliott Cooper
4th - L/CoH Giles Tingley
Senior Military Apprentices
1st - L/CoH Chris McCabe
2nd - L/Cpl Ben Turpie
3rd - L/CoH Taff Howell
4th - L/Cpl Stan Stanford
Military and Ex-Military Class
1st - WO1 (FSM) Mark Watson
2nd - Danny Bennett
3rd - Steve Newman
4th - SSgt Nick Cooper
5th - Richard Ellison
6th - Barry Gray
7th - Sgt Alex Mercer
8th - Russell Jones
Best Specimen Danny Bennett
Best Dressed Foot SSgt Nick Cooper
Best Ex-Mil Farrier Danny Bennett
Open Hunter Class
1st - Joe Bryan
2nd - Jim Blurton
3rd - Jay Tovey
4th - Tom Pears
5th - Steve Newman
6th - Jon Atkinson
7th - Shaun Chatterton
8th - Charles Hughes
Best Dressed Foot Tom Richards
Best Specimen Joe Bryan
Best Shod Foot Jim Blurton
Ivon Bell Cup Steve Newman
Open Tharapeutic Class
1st - Steve Newman
2nd - Jim Blurton
3rd - Jay Tovey
4th - SSgt Nick Cooper
5th - WO1 Mark Watson
6th - Danny Bennett
7th - Richard Ellison
8th - Russell Jones
Best Dressed Foot Tom Richards
Best Specimen SSgt Nick Cooper
Best Military Farrier SSgt Nick Cooper
Special Awards
Best Farrier under 25 in hunter and therapeutic classes - Tom Richards
Best Military Farrier in classes B,C and D - WO1 Mark Watson
Army Competition Reserve Champion - Steve Newman
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Judge: Gary Darlow AFCL
Gary Darlow set good tests for all classes which made the competion and saw 39 competitors take part. It was the first competition of this type held by YFEDA on this date but not the last and next year it is hoped the competition will be run over two days.
Class 1 Open
1st - Steven Beane
2nd - Matt Randels
3rd - Ian Gajczac
4th - Sara Mary Brown
5th - Graham Harland
6th - Glen Brook
Class 2 1/2 YEARS
1st - Tom Galloway
2nd - Ben Grange
3rd - Dale Harland
4th - John Nesham
5th - Jason Richardson
6th - Sam Warman
Class 3 3/4 YEARS
1st - Matt Crompton
2nd - Georgeina Miller
3rd - Benn Green
4th - Russ Hepworth
5th - Michael Darwin
6th - Andy cooper
SPEED CLASS 1st John Atkinson
( The prizes were £80 1st, £50 2nd, £30 3rd in the Open and Stromsholm gave £30 1st, £20 2nd, £10 3rd for both appentice classes and £40 for speed class)
With thanks to Steve Hewitt for the photographs. |
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Judges: Andrew Casserly AWCF (Open) and Mark Connell DWCF (Apprentices)
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Open
1st - Steven Beane (90.2)
2nd - Shaun Chatterton (89.6)
3rd - Gary Darlow (88.8)
4th - David Smith (88.4)
5th - Matthew Randles (87.8)
6th - Elgan Harries (87.6)
7th - Adrian Devereux (87.4)
8th - Nigel Fennell (87.2)
9th - Tom Pears (86.4)
10th - Duncan Thomson (86.0)
1st/2nd Year Apprentices
1st - JC Lee (36.0)
2nd - Ben Taylor (35.2)
3rd - Luke Reynolds (34.4)
4th - Greg Calvert (33.6)
5th - Alex Collier (32.8)
6th - Gareth Schoffield (30.0)
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3rd/4th Year Apprentices
1st - Ben Casserly (35.6)
2nd - Richard Slater (35.2)
3rd - Ricky Hilton (34.8)
4th - Joel Morris (34.0)
5th - Andrew Marris (33.8)
6th - James Haigh (33.6)
* Congratulations to all competitors. Forge & Farrier does have a complete breakdown of results so if you would like to know your individual marks please do contact us. |
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This year saw a full entry for the hunter competition now in its third year at the Bath & West Forge, drawing once again on competition farriers of the highest calibre from around the UK. Also an apprentice shoemaking class was held which drew an entry of 24.
The judge this time was present holder Mr Gavin Golby DWCF & Mr Steve Belasco AWCF kindly judged the shoemaking class, without which we would not have a competition. Many thanks to them both . Also a thank you to Jim Blurton Tools Ltd for their continued support in sponsorship .
The Hunter class was split into open and restricted sections, both making and fitting one shoe on the foot and this year the open competitors making a tool and fullered hind with a knocked up feathered inside heel and caulkin outside. The restricted competitors making a concave caulkin and wedge hind, time allowed 50 minutes.
The apprentice class was split into two parts in the first part they where required to make a pair of hunter front shoes in 45 minutes, and in the second part 1st and 2nd year competitors made concave hunter hinds whilst 3rda and 4th year competitors made a pair of concave caulkin and wedge hinds for this they had 50 minutes. The class being judged on the accumulative score of the set of shoes.
As can be seen in the results the competition was very close and of a high standard all-round.
Many thanks to all who took part and all those who where on hand to help out and to our horse owners who provided some very fine Somerset hunters.
I look forward to seeing you all next year .
Nigel Phillips
RESULTS
Open Shoeing
1st - D Smith (35.9)
2nd - G Darlow (35.6)
3rd - N Fennell (35.4)
4th - D Thomson (35.1)
5th - J Blurton (34.9)
6th - J Tovey (34.9)
7th - A Devereaux (34.5)
8th - M Randell (34.4)
9th - A Casserley (33.9)
10th - E Harris (31.0)
Restricted Shoeing
1st - L Larder (34.0)
2nd - A Lake (33.7)
3rd - P Horner (33.1)
4th - R Slater (32.6)
5th - A Manners (31.5)
6th - F Sampson (31.2)
1st/2nd Year Apprentice Shoemaking
1st - D Preece (34.0)
2nd - M Pearson (33.7)
3rd - P Homon (33.6)
4th - C Green (33.2)
5th - A Bradley (32.8)
6th - A Hunter (32.4)
3rd/4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking
1st - R Hilton (35.3)
2nd - R Slater (35.2)
3rd - B Casserley (34.0)
4th - M Wolverson (33.6)
5th - J Barnes (32.8)
6th - J Morris (31.6)
Forge & Farrier does have the full list of results from this competition, if you would like to know your marks and final position please email us.
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The annual YFEDA Heavy Horseshoe Making was held at Londonderry Forge, Northallerton, North Yorkshire on Sunday 28.09.08. The association would like to thank our Judge, Steven Beane, for his hard work on the day which saw over 50 farriers and apprentices compete with others visiting to enjoy the friendly atmosphere. Thankyou to members who took a turn at being competition stewards & all who entered and came along to make this such an enjoyable day.
We very much appreciate the support of our sponsors who were :-
RICHARD ASH HORSESHOES
MNC LTD
LONDONDERRY FORGE SUPPLIES
HANDMADE SHOES UK LTD
COUNTY STEEL SUPPLIES LTD
F. COOPER & SON ( COAL MERCHANT )
Results
Open Class
1st - G. Darlow (16.8)
2nd - P. Collins (15.7)
3rd - J. Atkinson (14.9)
4th - M. Elliott (14.2)
5th - R. Hurcomb (13.4)
6th = Gr Harland (13.3)
6th = M. Richardson (13.3)
Apprentice Class
1st - R. Slater (17.8)
2nd - R. Bedford (17.1)
3rd - T. Farmer (16.2)
4th - A. Smith (16.0)
5th - J. Richardson (15.6)
6th = T. Galloway (15.5)
6th = B. Taylor (15.5)
Best Placed Junior Apprentices (1st & 2nd Year)
1st - R. Bedford
2nd - A. Smith
3rd - J. Richardson
4th - T. Galloway
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Gas “ Eagle Eye “ Class
1st - J. Gajczak
2nd - D. Lowe
3rd - J. Haigh
4th - J.C. Lee
George Broadhead Shield – awarded to competitor with the best combined Open Class & Gas Class points - G. Darlow |
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WCF Medal for the Best Shod Horse - Katie Jerram's 'Noble Clover' shod by Michael Lamb.
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Congratulations to Tom Phillips, farrier to the Best Shod Horse owned by AL & C Thompson and winner of a WCF medal.
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Congratulations to Jim Blurton, winner of the Best Shod Horse at Burghley Horse Trials. The horse, Kincluny, was ridden by Polly Stockton and owned by Mrs Sarah Wardell.
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Class 1 Pony - Sponsored By: Eastlake & Beachell
Presented by: Sarah Perryman, The Mick Orgill Perpetual Trophy
1st - Anthony Waterfield
2nd - Stephen Hill
3rd - James Hayter
4th - Dan Birchall
5th - Andrew James
6th - Jon Martlew
Class 1 Restricted -
Presented by: Sarah Perryman, The Forge Hill Trophy
Winner: Anthony Waterfield
Best Specimen Shoe For Sunday -
Winner: Stephen Hill
Class 2 Hunter - Sponsored by: Pegasus Horseshoes Ltd
Presented by: Phil Perryman AWCF, The James Todd Perpetual Trophy
1st - James Hayter
2nd - Stephen Hill
3rd - Dan Birchall
4th - Anthony Waterfield
5th - Grey Nuttall
6th - Steve O’Dell
Class 2 Restricted
Presented By: Phil Perryman AWCF, The Owen Pine Trophy
Winner: Anthony Waterfield
Best Specimen Shoe For Monday -
Winner: James Hayter
Class 3a 1st & 2nd Year Apprentice - Sponsored By: G W Day & Co
Presented By: Grace Cronin, The PJC Services Trophy
1st - Jake Fletcher
2nd - Jodhi Beard
3rd - Ryan Anderson
4th - Luke Tello
5th - Louis Meade
6th - Janek Zysemil
Class 3b 3rd & 4th Year Apprentice - Sponsored By: Mr D Hicks
Presented By: Mrs Hicks, The David Hicks Perpetual Trophy
1st - George Hutchins
2nd - Tom Farmer
3rd - Chris Elridge
4th - Wayne Place
5th - Yogi Sharp
Best Apprentice In 3a & 3b (Judge’s Opinion)
Winner: Jake Fletcher, The Stromholm Trophy
Best 1st & 2nd Year Apprentice
Winner: Jake Fletcher, The Putney Show Shield
Class 4a Heavy Horse - Sponsored by: Stephen Hill
Presented by: Stephen Hill, The Anthony Clare Trophy
1st - Anthony Waterfield
2nd - Richard Ellison
3rd - John Foyle
4th - James Hayter
5th - Matt Wallace
6th - Steve O’Dell
Class 4b Apprentice Heavy Horse - Sponsored By: Local Rider Magazine
Presented By: Phil Perryman AWCF, The Suffolk Horseshoe Plaque, & The Worshipful Co Of Farriers Bronze Medal
1st - Tom Farmer
2nd - George Hutchins
3rd - Jake Fletcher
4th - Ryan Anderson
5th - Louis Meade
6th - Sammy O’Gara
The Mick Orgill Special Achievement Trophy
Winner: Anthony Waterfield, Presented By: His Granddaughters.
Best Pair Over The 2 Days
Presented By: Phil Perryman, The Folly Forge Plate
Winners: Jason Brown & Andrew James
The Committee would like to say a big thank you to Stephen Hill for sponsoring the heavy horse classes and Simon Dale from Pegasus Horseshoes Ltd for the concave iron and nails.
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Welsh Farriers on top of the world!
12 farriery teams from across the world took part in the hotly contested Team Horse Shoeing Championships held on bank holiday weekend at The Forge, Stoneleigh.
Organised and run by the UK’s National Association of Farriers, Blacksmiths and Agricultural Engineers, this competition includes the prestigious Individual Championship as well as the hotly contested World Team Championship title.
Each team, consisting of five farriers, is selected to represent their country in a gruelling competition covering three days. The judge’s this year, Jim Balfour (Scotland) and Bruce Hague (Canada), completed the unenviable task of rigorously evaluating and marking each part of the competition.
The Welsh Team consisting of Billy Crothers (Mentmore, Buckinghamshire), Grant Moon (Chebsey, Stafford), Andy Martin (Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire), Jim Blurton (Forden, Welshpool) and reserve Nigel Brown, (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire) presented an exceptionally high standard of work at every stage of the competition whilst demonstrating a strong sense of belief and team spirit.
The Individual Championship was won by Grant Moon which was made all the more remarkable by the fact that Grant had won this tile previously in 1985, a gap of 23 years. Billy Crothers followed in 6th with Andy Martin and Nigel Brown in 10th and 12th respectively. Billy Crothers also took the special prize for the Best Specimen Shoe.
The Team Championship, starting in earnest with ‘gas shoemaking’ on Saturday afternoon saw the English team gain a brief lead in the competition just 0.6 marks ahead of Wales with Scotland 0.8 marks behind in third place. With all to play for in the Team Shoeing on the Sunday, the Welsh team pulled out all the stops with a fine performance to comfortably secure the Team Championship title 2.4 marks ahead of England with Scotland third, Ireland fourth and the USA fifth.
As a competitor and manager of the welsh Team, Jim Blurton stated that it was the best final days performance from any team in the last ten years. “The standard was very high this year but the Welsh Team produced some fantastic work throughout the weekend to clinch a hard fought victory” With Billy Crothers, Grant Moon and Jim Blurton all World Champion Farriers the bar was set very high and with the talents of Andy and Nigel Wales truly are on Top of the World!
Individual - Best Prepared Foot
1st - David Smith (9.0)
2nd = Paul Robinson (8.8)
2nd = Steve Beane (8.8)
2nd - Billy Crothers (8.8)
5th = William O'Shaughnessy (8.6)
5th = Alan Ferrie (8.6)
5th = Grant Moon (8.6)
5th = Simen Krog (8.6)
5th = Hans Stegmaier
Individual - Best Shod Foot
1st - Alan Ferrie (35.8)
2nd - Grant Moon (35.6)
3rd - David Smith (35.4)
4th - Paul Robinson(35.2)
5th - Steven Beane (35.0)
6th - David Varini (34.8)
Individual - Best Specimen Shoe
1st - Billy Crothers - Wales (9.0)
2nd - Grant Moon - Wales (8.8)
3rd = Darren Bazin - England (8.6)
3rd = Paul Robinson - Ireland (8.6)
5th = Andy Martin - Wales (8.4)
5th = Alan Ferrie - Scotland (8.4)
Individual Competition
1st - Grant Moon - Wales (44.4)
2nd - Alan Ferrie - Scotland (44.2)
3rd - Paul Robinson - Ireland (43.8)
4th - David Smith (43.6)
5th - Steven Beane (43.2)
6th - Billy Crothers (43.0)
Gas Forging (Part 1) -
1st - England (35.4) Steve Beane, David Smith, Andrew Casserly, Gavin Golby
2nd - Wales (34.8) Andy Martin, Jim Blurton, Billy Crothers, Grant Moon
3rd - Scotland (34.6) Alan Ferrie, David Varini, Ian Gajczak, Devin Crerar
Team Shoeing Result by Individual
1st - Paul Robinson - Ireland (46.2)
2nd - Billy Crothers - Wales (45.2)
3rd - Jim Blurton - Wales (45.0)
Team Shoeing Result by Team
1st - Wales (178.4) - Billy Crothers - 45.2, Jim Blurton - 45.0, Andy Martin - 44.2, Grant Moon - 44.0
2nd - Scotland (175.8) Ian Gajczak - 44.6, Devin Crerar - 43.8, David Varini - 43.8, Alan Ferrie - 43.6
3rd - England (174.8) Steve Beane - 44.4, Gavin Golby - 44.2, Andrew Casserly - 43.8, David Smith - 42.4
INTERNATIONAL 2008 - Parts 1 and 2
1st - Wales (248.0) Billy Crothers - 62.8, Jim Blurton - 62.6, Andy Martin - 62.2, Grant Moon - 60.4
2nd - England (245.6) Steve Beane - 63.2, Gavin Golby - 61.0, Andrew Casserly - 61.0, David Smith - 60.4
3rd - Scotland (245.0) Alan Ferrie - 62.0, David Varini - 61.4, Ian Gajczak - 61.4, Devin Crerar - 60.2
4th - Ireland (239.8) Paul Robinson - 63.8, Edward O'Shaughnessy - 62.6, David Lynch - 58.4, Sam Brennan - 55.0.
5th - USA (238.8) Jake Engler - 61.2, James Foy - 59.4, Gene Leiser - 59.4, Troy Price - 58.8
6th - Norway (230.0) Simen Krog - 60.4, Aksel Vibe - 57.6, Petter Spilling - 56.6, Dag Reiersen 55.4
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Full results, courtesy of Tom Ryan and the National Association of Farriers Blacksmiths and Agricultural Engineers, are available from the Forge Magazine website.
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Winner of the Best Shod Horse, receiving a Worshipful Company of Farriers Medal: John Stanley, Northallerton. Horse Master Barnes ridden by Nicola Wilson and owned by Sir Robert Ogden CBE LLD.
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Judge: Gavin Golby
Sunshine forced its way through the clouds for the competition held at the Cheshire Game and Angling Fair held at Peover Park, Knutsford.
The competition organised and run by Gary, Edwina and Becki Darlow proves to be a consistently popular event enjoyed by many spectators visiting the Fair.
The Organisers would like to thank the Judge, Gavin Golby, sponsors of the classes for their very generous donation of prizes - Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd, Londonderry Forge Supplies, Cottams Horseshoes, Stromsholm Ltd and Derek Gardner Tools and further thanks to Swan Products for the kind loan of the gas forges, Mike and Jackie Randles of Logotec for the embroidery on the complimentary hats for competitors, Harris Gas, B L Farrier Supplies for the trophy for the Best Apprentice Shoe and to all those that assisted in the running of the day.
Open
1st - Steven Beane (17.7)
2nd - David Smith (16.8)
3rd - Jon Atkinson (16.6)
4th - Simon Krog
1st/2nd Year Apprentices
1st - Martin Pearson
2nd - J C Lee
3rd - Alex Collier
4th - Ben Taylor
3rd/4th Year Apprentices
1st - Ricky Hilton
2nd - Richard Slater
3rd - James Haigh
4th - Ben Casserly
Chmapion Apprentice: Ricky Hilton
B L Farrier Supplies Trophy for the best Apprentice Shoe: Ricky Hilton
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Judge: Nigel Brown AWCF
Open
1st - Matt Reece
2nd - Mike Wolverson
3rd - Wade Willis
4th - Dick Enderson
3rd/4th Year Apprentices
1st - Jamie Barnes
2nd - Mike Wolverson
3rd - Julian |
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1st/2nd Year Apprentices
1st - Daniel Shinton
2nd - Anthony Williams
3rd - Harry Meek |
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Class 1 Two Man Roadster Shoeing
1st - Jim Blurton / Ricky Hilton
2nd - Steven Beane / Ben Casserley
3rd - Gary Darlow / Richard Slater
4th - Ian Allison / Gavin Golby
5th - Ian Gajczak / Jason Gajczak
6th - David Beardmore / Josh Eddleston
Class 2 Apprentice Shoe Making Competition
1st - Tom Farmer
2nd - Ricky Hilton
3rd - Ben Casserley
4th - Daniel Preece
5th - Josh Eddleston
6th - JC Lee
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Best First or Second Year Apprentice - Daniel Preece
Farrier That Travelled Greater Distance to the Show -
Mark / Daniel Preece
Best Dressed Feet - Jim Blurton / Ricky Hilton
WCF Silver Medal: Jim Blurton and Ricky Hilton
WCF Bronze Medal: Tom Farmer (3rd/4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
WCF Bronze Medal: Danile Preece (1st/2nd Year Apprentice Shoemaking) |
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Judge: Jon Atkinson
1st/2nd Year Apprentices
1st - Ben Grange
2nd - Dave Harland
3rd - Andy Smith
4th - Sam Warman
3rd/4th Year Apprentices
1st - James Haigh
2nd - Jason Gajczak
Open
1st - Adam Fox
2nd - Sam Beeley
3rd - Steven Hewitt
4th - Nick Clark
Speed Shoemaking - Adam Fox (Open) and Jonny Kirk (Apprentices)
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On an extremely hot and sunny day this competition enjoyed a particularly good turnout and judge, Jon Atkinson provided some excellent specimens to act as the benchmark for the competitors.
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Judge: Darren Bazin AWCF
Open Shoemaking
1st - Elgan Harries
2nd - Thomas Richards
3rd - Matthew Reece
4th - Ed Simcock
5th - Jamie Barnes
6th - Kevin Davies
Donkey Trimming
1st - R. Calderbank
2nd - David Jones
3rd - Alex Mercer
4th - Edward Simcock
5th - Robert Comerford
6th - Mr. Lee Roy Fleet
Donkey Trimming (Apprentices)
1st - Robert Comerford
2nd - Jamie Barnes
3rd - Nick Woods
Open Ride & Drive
1st - Grant Moon
2nd - Nigel Brown
3rd - Jonathon Nunn
4th - Ed Simcock
Open Hunter
1st - Grant Moon
2nd - Elgan Harries
3rd - Matthew Reece
4th - Tom Richards
5th - Gareth Holt
6th- Jonathon Nunn
1st & 2nd Year Apprentices
1st - Garry Clarke
2nd - Anthony Williams
3rd - Christopher Dowler
4th - Richard Keene
5th - Michael Tynan
6th - Daniel Wright
3rd & 4th Year Apprentices
1st - Julia Cheney
2nd - Chris Harris
3rd - Lee Roy Fleet
4th - Robert Comerford
5th - Jamie Barnes
6th - Matthew Wallace
Under 25's - Matthew Reece
SHOW CHAMPION - Grant Moon
RESERVE CHAMPION - Jonathon Nunn
WCF Silver Medal: Grant Moon
WCF Bronze Medal: Elgan Harries
WCF Bronze Medal: Garry Clarke (1st/2nd Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
WCF Bronze Medal: Julia Cheney (3rd/4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
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Judge: Richard Ellis DipWCF (Hons)
The second annual heavy horse shoeing and shoemaking competition took place at Newport show in Shropshire on the 19th July judged by Richard Ellis and organised by the Staffordshire Branch of NAFB&AE. Grateful thanks to sponsors Jim Blurton AWCF for providing prizes for all classes and Swan Products LTD for kindly loaning gas forges for the weekend. Thanks also to Newport and District Agricultural Society, who provided an excellent venue for the competition with a large covered area for the five shire horses to stand under. Twenty farriers and apprentices entered in the competition. Jonathan Nunn would like to thank judge Richard Ellis and all who took part to compete and help organise what promises to be a popular competition.
Shoemaking Results
1st - John Benfield
2nd - Charles Hughes
3rd - Gary Darlow
4th - Elgan Harries
5th - Matt Randles
Heavy Horse Shoeing
1st - Richard Slater
2nd - Elgan Harries
3rd - John Benfield
4th - Gary Darlow
5th - Matt Randles
SHOW CHAMPION - Elgan Harries
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Seniors - One shoe on the foot and one shoe as judge requires
1st - R. Jones
2nd - J. Atkinson
3rd - L. Bentham
4th - A. Calvert
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Eagle-eye - 10 seconds to look at foot plus 10 minutes to make shoe
1st - A. Calvert
2nd - J. Hick
3rd - J. C. Lee
4th - L. Bentham |
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Apprentices - Two shoes as judge requires and fullering required.
1st - J. C. Lee
2nd - Greg Calvert
3rd - J. Andrews
4th - A. Bradley |
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Class 1: Open Roadster Shoeing
1st - Jon Atkinson
2nd - Adam Fox
3rd - Steven Beane
4th - R F Jones
5th - R Britton
6th - Miss S-M Brown
Best Prepared Foot: John Hick
Best Specimen Shoe: Steven Beane
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Class 6: Apprentice Shoemaking (1st & 2nd Years)
1st - J C Lee
2nd - Miss Olwyn Starkey
3rd - Will Jones
4th - Jonny Kirk
5th - D Shinton
6th - A Norris |
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Class 2: Open Hunter Shoeing
1st - Steven Beane
2nd - Adam Fox
3rd - Garry Harland
4th - Rodney Britton
5th - Glen Brooke
6th - Graham Moran
Best Prepared Foot: Sam Beeley
Best Specimen Shoe: Adam Fox |
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Class 7: Apprentice Shoemaking (3rd & 4th Years)
1st - Josh Eddlestone
2nd - Rob Neale
3rd - Ricky Phillips
4th - James Haigh
5th - Damian Readman
6th - A Cox |
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Class 3: Restricted Hunter Shoeing
1st - Sarah-Mary Brown
2nd - James Morton
3rd - James Canning
Best Prepared Foot: Sarah-Mary Brown
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Class 8: Surgical Shoemaking
1st - Steven Beane
2nd - Adam Fox
3rd - Garry Harland
4th - Paul Collins
5th - Jon Atkinson
6th = Rodney Britton / Andrew Shuttleworth
CHAMPION: Steven Beane
RESERVE: Adam Fox
WCF Silver Medal: Steven Beane
WCF Bronze Medal: Steven Beane
WCF Bronze Medal: J C Lee (1st/2nd Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
WCF Bronze Medal: Josh Eddlestone (£rd/4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
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Class 4: Open Agricultural Horse Shoeing
1st - Steven Beane
2nd - Adam Fox
3rd - Paul Collins
4th - Rodney Britton
5th - Garry Harland
6th - Glen Brooke
Best Prepared Foot: Steven Beane
Best Specimen Shoe: Steven Beane |
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Class 5: Open Shoemaking
1st - Steven Beane
2nd - Adam Fox
3rd - Jon Atkinson
4th - Garry Harland
5th - Sarah-Mary Brown
6th - David Lynch |
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Hunter Shoeing
1st - John Martlew (Abbey Manor Shield and Worshipful Co Farriers Silver Medal)
2nd - Stephen Cox-Rusbridge
3rd - Grey Nuttall
4th - Raymond Mathews
5th - Mark White
Highly Commended - Andrew Johnson
Commended - Anthony Waterfield
Shire Shoeing
1st - John Benfield (Margaret Slight Trophy and NAFBAE Bronze Medal)
2nd - Louis Meade
3rd - Greg Nuttall
4th - Stephen Cox Rusbridge
5th - Anthony Waterfield
Highly Commended - Andrew Johnson
Commended - Alex Mercer
Open Shoemaking
1st - Mark White (Open Shoemaking Plate)
2nd - Joe Whitehead
3rd - John Benfield
4th - Stephen Cox-Rusbridge
5th - Greg Nuttall
Highly Commended - George Hutchins
Commended - Janek Zysemil
1-2 yr Apprentice Shoemaking
1st - Louis Meade Jnr (Paul Stern Trophy)
2nd - Dean Scott
3rd - Abi Hardy
Highly Commended - Jack Casserly
Commended - Thomas Wall
3-4 yr Apprentice Shoemaking
1st - George Hutchins (Arthur Cottam Trophy)
2nd - Yogi Sharp
3rd - Russell Deering
Highly Commended - Nathan Brazier
Commended - Mick Woods
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Best Kent Apprentice - George Hutchins (Tankard)
Blacksmithing
1st - John Daly (Don Mallett Trophy)
2nd - Chris Pardoe
3rd - Nathan Brazier
Forge & Bring
1st - Stephen Cox-Rusbridge (Edgar Stern Memorial Trophy)
2nd - Alex Mercer
3rd - Mick Woods
4th - Andrew Johnson
5th - Mark White
Highly Commended - John Stern
Commended - Greg Nuttall
Kent Show Championship (highest marks over classes 1,2,3)
1st - Stephen Cox-Rusbridge (Southern Counties Shield)
2nd - Grey Nuttall (Engraved Tankard)
Kent Men Special
1st - Greg Nuttall
2nd - Anthony Waterfield
3rd - Nathan Brazier
Best Competior under 25 Years (Fred Harrison Trophy) - Anthony Waterfield
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WCF Best Shod Horse: Stephen Crawford Brown
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Open -
Class 1 sponsored by B L Farrier Supplies Ltd
1st - Stephen Gowing
2nd - Alex Sharman
3rd - Sarah Logie
4th - Danolad Nicol
5th - Wayne Balfour
Class 5 sponsored by Woodside Veterinary Group
1st - David Sutherland
2nd - Alex Sharman
3rd - Stephen Gowing
4th - Sarah Logie
5th - Donald Nicol
Class 3 & 7 sponsored by Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd
1st - David Sutherland
2nd - Alex Sharman
3rd - Sarah Logie
4th - Wayne Balfour
5th - Donald Nicol
Apprentice -
Class 2 sponsored by Ali Smith DipWCF Hons
1st - Wayne Balfour
2nd - Mark Innes
3rd - Willie Brook
4th - Troy Owen
5th - Lewis Balfour
Class 6 sponsored by Donald Nicol Farriers Ltd
1st - Wayne Balfour
2nd - Mark Innes
3rd - Oliver Connelly
4th - Jackie Campbell
5th - Willie Brook
Class 4 & 8 sponosred by Richard Ellis DipWCF
1st - John Paterson
2nd - Mark Innes
3rd - Wayne Balfour
4th - Oliver Connelly
5th - Gary Armit
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Class 9 Open Eagle Eye - Alex Sharman
Class 10 Apprentice Eagle Eye, Ken & Jamie Playle Trophy - Jackie Campbell
Best Specimen Class 1, B L Farrier Supplies Ltd Trophy -
Stephen Gowing
Apprentice Overall Points Winner Classes 2, 4, 6, 8, Stromsholm Ltd Trophy - Wayne Balfour
Open Points Winner Classes 1,3,5,7, Brooks Lane Cup, Alex Sharman
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Judge: J Bryan DipWCF (Specimen Shoes), J Ferrie AFCL, FWCF (Foot Judge), M Evans DipWCF (Apprentice's)
Class 1 Hunter - Sponsored by MUSTAD
Winner - Gary Darlow
Best Dressed Foot - Nigel Fennell
Best Specimen Shoe - Sponsored by 3rd Millennium - Gary Darlow
Class 2 Roadster - Sponsored by Farriers Equipment Ltd
Winner - Steven Beane
Best Dressed Foot - Duncan Thomson
Best Specimen Shoe - David P Smith
Class 3 Heavy Horse - Sponsored by Londonderry Forge Supplies
Winner - Gavin Golby
Best Dressed Foot - Jim Hayter
Best Shod Foot - Gavin Golby
Best Specimen Shoe - Steven Beane
Class 4 Open Therapeutic - Sponsored by Forge Magazine
Winner - Steven Beane
Special prize to apprentices entered in this class
1st place - Ricky Hilton
2nd place - Ben Casserley
3rd place - Daniel Preece
Class 5 Tongs and shoe (pairs)
Winners - Nigel Fennell & Steven Beane
Class 5 Tongs and shoe (individual)
Special prize for the best tongs - Nigel Fennell
Special prize for the best shoe - Matthew Randles
Class 6 Apprentice 1st & 2nd years - Sponsored by Stromsholm
Winner - JC Lee
Class 7 Apprentice 3rd & 4th years - Sponsored by Stromsholm
Winner - Ricky Hilton
Class 8 Apprentice Therapeutic - Sponsored by WCF
Winner - Ben Casserly
Class 9 Royal Show National Champion Apprentice
Winner - Ben Casserly
Reserve Champion - Ricky Hilton
Class 10 Royal Show Championship
Special prize to the highest placed improver (3 years from DipWCF) - Martin Haigh
Special prize card to 2nd place improver (3 years from DipWCF) - Sarah-Mary Brown
The Cookes Cup (competitor with the highest points scored for shoemaking over classes 1-2-3) - Steven Beane
2008 Royal Show Champion - Steven Beane
2008 Royal Show Reserve Champion - Gary Darlow
Special Prize to the Winners Striker - Nigel Fennell
Class 11 National Championship 2008 - Sponsored by MNC
Joe Preston Memorial Trophy - Steven Beane
Best Shod Foot - James Blurton
2008 National Champion - David P Smith
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WCF Medal for the Best Shod Horse, winner Duncan Thompson
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Class 1 Open Hunter Shoeing
1st - Shaun Chatterton
2nd - Jon Atkinson
3rd - Russell Jones
4th - Anthony Wilson
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Class 4 Open Shoe Making
1st - Shaun Chatterton
2nd - Jon Atkinson
3rd - Russell Jones
4th - Stephen Hewitt
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Class 2 1st/2nd Year Apprentice
1st- Ashley Norris
2nd - Georgina Miller
3rd - Craig Callum
4th - William Jones |
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Class 5 Open Cob Class
1st - Shaun Chatterton
2nd -Stephen Hewitt
3rd - Daniel Bennett
4th - Jon Atkinson |
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Class 3 3rd/4th Year Apprentice
1st - Andrew Marris
2nd - Daniel Lowe
3rd - Ben Green |
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Judge: Richard Ellis Dip WCF (Hons), Huw Dyer AWCF, David Smith AWCF
Class R.1. Therapeutic Shoemaking - Open
1st - Gary Darlow
2nd - Jon Atkinson
3rd - D P Smith
4th - Grant Moon
Class R.2 Cob Shoeing - Benjamin Baker Cup
1st - Grant Moon
2nd - Jim Blurton
3rd - D P Smith
4th - I T Alison
Arthur Watts Cup (Best Dressed Foot) - Grant Moon
Class R.4 Restricted Hunter - Irish Horse Board Trophy
1st - Simon Krog
2nd - James Slimmings
3rd - Gary Morley
4th - Owen Evans
Breakwell Memorial Trophy - James Clowes
Class R.5. Open Hunter Shoeing - Watts Challenge Cup
1st - Grant Moon
2nd - Jim Blurton
3rd - D P Smith
4th - Gary Darlow
Class R.6. Four Forged Corner Test
1st - Nigel Brown
Class R.7. Pony Shoeing - Cosira Cup
1st - Jim Blurton
2nd - Gary Darlow
3rd - I T Alison
4th - D P Smith
Class R.8. Apprentice Shoemaking - Ellis Dawe & Derek Lloyd Challenge Trophy & Bakers Horse Shoes Knife
1st - Joel Morris
2nd - Richard Slater
3rd - Robert Comerford
4th - Katie Grose
1st - Year Tankard:- A Bradley
2nd - Year Tankard:- Katie Grose
3rd - Year Tankard:- Joel Morris
4th - Year Tankard:- R Comerford
Class R.9.Forgeing Competition - Tongs & Shoe
1st - Nigel Brown & Ed Simcock
2nd - Gary Darlow & R Slater
3rd - M Randles & D Tomson
4th - A Vibe & D Evenson
Class R.13. Speed Chain Making
1st - Nigel Brown
2nd - Neil Lossock
3rd - Steve Cooper
4th - D P Smith
WCF Silver Medal: Jim Blurton
WCF Bronze Medal: Gary Darlow
WCF Bronze Medal: Simon Krog
WCF Bronze Medal: Joel Morris (Apprentice Shoemaking) |
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Judge: Steven Newman FWCF
CLASS 1a – 1st & 2nd Year Apprentice Shoe Making
1st - Harry Garner
2nd - Luke Reynolds
3rd - Harvey Andrews
4th - Gareth Schofield
5th - Alex Reilly
6th - Ben Coy
CLASS 1b – 3rd & 4th Year Apprentice Shoe Making
1st - Andrew Marris
2nd - Tom Farmer
3rd - Michael Girling
4th - James Blake
5th - Matt Alderman
6th - Joe Rose
CLASS 2 – Leisure Horse Shoeing
1st - Stephen Hill
2nd - Mark White
3rd - Steve Rust
4th - Justin Rose
5th - Sarah Brown
6th - Colin Seymore
CLASS 3 – Hunter Shoeing
1st - Stephen Hill
2nd - Mark White
3rd - Justin Rose
4th - William O’Shaughnessey
5th - Edward O’Shaughnessey
6th - Russell Deering
CLASS 4 – Master & Apprentice
1st - Stephen Hill & Tom Farmer
2nd - Joe Rose & Justin Rose
3rd - William O’Shaughnessey & C Matts
4th - Edward O’Shaughnessey & Matt Berndes
5th - Russell Deering & James Hackett
6th - L Walker & Andrew Marris
CLASS 5 – Theraputic Shoe Making
1st - William O’Shaughnessey
2nd - Mark White
3rd - Tom Farmer
4th - Edward O’Shaughnessey
5th - Harry Garner
6th - Dean Dibsdall
CHAMPION APPRENTICE – Tom Farmer
SHOW CHAMPION - Stephen Hill
WCF Silver Medal: Stephen Hill
WCF Bronze Medal: Stephen Hill
WCF Bronze Medal: Will O'Shaughnessy
WCF Bronze Medal: Harry Garner (1st/2nd Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
WCF Bronze Medal: Andrew Marris (3rd/4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
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Judge: Nigel Fennell AWCF
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Open Hunter
1st - Andrew Casserly (45.4) WCF Silver Medal
2nd - David Smith (45.0)
3rd - Matthew Randles (44.1)
4th - Jim Hayter (43.3)
5th - Ben Casserly (42.0)
6th - Stephen Cox-Rusbridge (39.3)
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Open Roadster Shoeing
1st - David Smith (44.6)
2nd - Andrew Casserly (44.1)
3rd - Matthew Randles (43.7)
4th - Adrian Devereux (43.3)
5th - Ben Casserly (42.7)
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Open Pony
1st - David Smith (45.8)
2nd - Matthew Randles (44.0)
3rd - Andrew Casserly (44.0)
4th - Gavin Golby (42.6)
5th - Ben Casserly (42.1)
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1st & 2nd Year Apprentice
1st - Jack Casserly (16.3) WCF Bronze Medal
2nd - Harry Garner (15.6)
3rd - Will Sands ( 15.0)
4th - Jake Fletcher (15.0)
5th - Janek Zysmil (14.6)
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Open Shoemaking
1st - Andrew Casserly (18.4) WCF Bronze Medal
2nd - Adrian (17.0)
3rd - David Smith (16.8)
4th - Gavin Golby (15.5)
5th - Ben Casserly (15.3)
6th - Stephen Cox-Rusbridge (15.2) |
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3rd & 4th Year Apprentice
1st - Ben Casserly (15.6) WCF Bronze Medal
2nd - George Hutchinson (14.3)
3rd - Stephen O'Dell (13.2)
4th - Michael Girling (12.0)
5th - Yogi Sharpe (9.8)
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Judge: Richard Ellis DipWCF (Hons)
Open Hunter
1st - David Smith (72.0)
2nd - Jim Blurton (71.2)
3rd - Ian Allison (69.0)
4th - Gavin Golby (68.8)
5th - Darren Bazin (68.8)
6th - Shaun Chatterton (68.4)
Best Dressed Foot - David Smith
Open Shoemaking
1st - Gavin Golby (15.2)
2nd - Darren Bazin (14.8)
3rd - Axel Vibe (14.75)
4th - Adam Fox (14.7)
5th - Joseph Bryan (14.6)
6th - Jim Blurton (14.3)
Open Pony Shoeing
1st - Jim Blurton (78.8)
2nd - Ian Allison (77.6)
3rd - Matt Randles (77.4)
4th - Jay Tovey (77.4)
5th - Darren Bazin (77.3)
6th - David Smith (76.9)
Best Dressed Foot - Matthew Smailes
Open Cob Shoeing
1st - Gavin Golby (70.0)
2nd - David Smith (70.0)
3rd - Nigel Brown (69.6)
4th - Jim Blurton (69.4)
5th - Ian Allison (68.8)
6th - Darren Bazin (68.4)
Best Dressed Foot - Adrian Devereux
Apprentice Therapeutic Shoemaking
1st - Ed Maskell
2nd - Steven Griffin
3rd - Joel Morris
4th - Daniel Preece
5th - Fred Sampson
6th - Martin Pearson
1st & 2nd Yr Shoemaking
1st - Harry Garner
2nd - Tom Bougord
3rd - Chris Green
4th - Richard Keene
5th - Adam Illston
6th - Alexander Eltringham
3rd & 4th Yr Shoemaking
1st - Joel Morris
2nd - Ed Maskell
3rd - Steven Griffin
4th - Kathryn Dawe
5th - Lee Tibbatts
6th - Fred Sampson
Restricted (Local) Pony Shoeing
1st - Andy Reader-Smith (43.8)
2nd - Alex Lake (43.6)
3rd - Nigel Perrott (43.2)
4th - Andrew Bowyer (41.0)
5th - Paul Horner (39.4)
6th - Andy Manners (39.2)
Bst Dressed Foot - Alex Lake
Bath & West Show Champion - Jim Blurton
WCF Silver Medal: Gavin Golby
WCF Bronze Medal: Gavin Golby
WCF Bronze Medal: Harry Garner (1st/2nd Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
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Judge: Carl Bettison AWCF
" NAFB&AE Staffs Branch competition at Stafford County show was well attended by sixty farriers and apprentices. Carl Bettison did a superb job throughout judging the roadster and shoemaking classes He included some aluminium shoes and tooled and fullered shoes which made an interesting competition. Thanks to President of NAFB&AE Richard Hurcomb who attended to compete and present trophies. Also thanks to sponsors, Farriers Supplies Midland, Swan Products Ltd, NAFB&AE, Mike and Jackie Randles of Logotech embroidery, E.C Straiton & Partners and the Worshipful Company of Farriers."
Class 1 Open Roadster Shoeing
1st - Gary Darlow
2nd - Jon Atkinson
3rd - Russell Jones
4th - Tom Richards
5th - Leon Bentham
6th - Jason Megan
7th - Matthew Randles
8th Grant Moon
Best Prepared Foot - Jason Megan
Best Specimen Shoe -Gary Darlow.
Class 2 - Restricted Roadster Shoeing
1st - Julia Cheney
2nd - Tom Richards
3rd - Rick Ward
4th - Jason Megan
5th - James Farnham
6th - Oliver Gregory
7th - Stephen Wyles
8th - Matthew Rees
Best Prepared Foot - James Farnham
Best Specimen Shoe - Richard Slater.
Class 3 - Open Shoemaking
1st - Richard Slater
2nd - Matthew Randles
3rd - Russell Jones
4th - Alan Calvert
5th - Jon Atkinson
6th - Gary Darlow
7th - Ben Casserly
8th - Grant Moon.
Class 4 - Apprentice Shoemaking 1st & 2nd Year
1st - J.C. Lee
2nd - Matthew Fedrick
3rd - Gary Clark
4th - Ashley Norris
5th - Anthony Williams
6th - Richard Sunderland
7th - Anthony Mackenzie
8th - Jasper Smart
Class 5 - Apprentice Shoemaking 3rd & 4th Year
1st - Ben Casserly
2nd - Richard Slater
3rd - Matthew Crompton
4th - Michael Girling
5th - Julia Cheney
6th - Ricky Hilton
7th - Spencer J. Edwards
8th - Daley Johnson.
Staffordshire Champion - Richard Slater
Staffordshire Apprentice Champion - Richard Slater
WCF Silver Medal: Gary Darlow
WCF Bronze Medal: J C Lee (1st/2nd Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
WCF Bronze Medal: Ben Casserly (3rd/4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking)
WCF Bronze Medal: Julia Cheney (3rd/4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking) |
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Judge: Mark Preece AWCF
FIREMAN AND DOORMAN PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP.
1st - S Gowing & S Taylor
2nd - Robert Shave & Mark Thompson
3rd - Edward O'Shaughnessy & William O'Shaughnessy
Reserve - Tom Farmer & Stephen Hill
Highly Commended - James Povey & Steven Rust
Commended - Stephen Hill and Mark White
APPRENTICE SHOEMAKING (1st & 2nd Years).
1st - Robert Bedford
2nd - Danny Mulhall
3rd - Christopher Matts
4th - Thomas Higgins
5th - Harvey Andrews
Reserve - James Newhouse
Highly Commended - Ben Coy
Commended - Adam Curtis
APPRENTICE SHOEMAKING (3rd & 4th Years)
1st - Tom Farmer
2nd - Andrew Marris
3rd - Matthew Berndes
4th - James Warden
5th - Joe Rose
Best Overall Apprentice - Robert Bedford
Local class for apprentices residing in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex or Cambridgeshire
1st - Danny Mulhall
2nd - Andrew Marris
3rd - Christopher Matts
NATIONAL SUFFOLK PUNCH SHOEING CHAMPIONSHIP
1st - S F C Taylor
2nd - Stephen Hill
3rd - Robert Shave
4th - Edward O'Shaughnessy
5th - William O'Shaughnessy
Reserve - Stephen Gowing
Highly Commended - James Pilcher
Commended - Ben Hamilton
Local class for competitors in residing in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex or Cambridgeshire
1st - S F C Taylor
2nd - Robert Shave
3rd - Edward O'Shaughnessy
THERAPEUTIC CLASS
1st - James Pilcher
2nd - Ben Hamilton
3rd - Edward O'Shaughnessy
4th - William O'Shaughnessy
5th - S F C Taylor
Reserve - Robert Shave
Highly Commended - Harry Garner
Commended - James Povey
SPECIAL - For the competitor gaining the most points in the Farriery Competitions - S Taylor
WCF Medals:
Silver - S F C Taylor
Bronze - James Pilcher
Bronze (Apprentice Shoemaking) - Robert Bedford.
Best Shod Horse, Heavy: R J Clark FWCF
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Judge: Mark Evans Dip WCF
Class 1 - Pony Shoeing
1st - Andrew Nickalls
2nd - Nigel Brown
3rd - Elgan Harries
Class 2 - Shoe Making Open
1st - Ricky Hilton
2nd - Stephen Cox-Rusbridge
3rd - Nigel Brown
Class 3 - Roadster Competition
1st - Elgan Harries
2nd - Andrew Nickalls
3rd - Matthew Rees
Class 4 - Hunter Shoeing Open
1st - Elgan Harries
2nd - Nigel Brown
3rd - Andrew Nickalls
Class 5 - Firemen/Doormen Comp
1st - Andrew Bowyer & Andrew Nickalls
2nd - Elgan Harries & Rob Duggan
Class 6 - 1st & 2nd Yr Apprentices
1st - Will Sands
2nd - Daniel Preece
Class 7 - 3rd & 4th Year Apprentice
1st - Ricky Hilton
2nd - Ben Casserly
South West Championship - Andrew Nickalls
Devon County Show Champion - Nigel Brown
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WCF Silver Medal: Stephen Hill
WCF Bronze Medal: Dean Scott (Apprentice Shoemaking)
WCF Bronze Medal: James Blake (Apprentice Shoemaking)
WCF Best Shod Horse, Hunter: Roger Clark
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WCF Best Shod Horse, Private Drive: Mark Jones
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Judge: Andy Martin AWCF (Open), Joe Bryan DipWCF (Apprentices)
Open Roadster
1st - Jay Tovey (90.2)
2nd - Dave Smith (89.0)
3rd - Ed Simcock (88.4)
4th - NIgel Brown (87.6)
5th - Gary Darlow (87.4)
6th - Jon Atkinson (87.2)
7th - Joe Bryan (87.0)
8th - Matthew Smailes (87.0)
9th - Gavin Golby (87.0)
10th - Matthew Randles (86.2)
11th - Darren Bazin (86.2)
12th - Simon Krog (85.6)
13th - Tom Pears (84.8)
14th - Duncan Thomson (84.6)
15th - Russell Jones (84.2)
16th - Adam Fox (83.2)
17th - Richard Spence (82.8)
18th - Mark Watson (82.0)
19th - James Clowes (78.8)
20th - Sarah Mary Brown (78.4)
Open Hunter
1st - Dave Smith (89.6)
2nd - Gary Darlow (88.8)
3rd - Matthew Randles (88.8)
4th - Andrew Casserly (88.6)
5th - Adam Fox (87.2)
6th - Nigel Brown (87.2)
7th - Joe Bryan (86.4)
8th - Jay Tovey (85.2)
9th - Gavin Golby (85.0)
10th - Duncan Thomson (84.4)
11th - Ed Simcock (83.8)
12th - Jon Atkinson (81.6)
13th - Frazer McDonald (81.4)
14th - Mark Watson (81.2)
15th - Richard Spence (78.6)
16th - Russell Jones (78.4)
17th - Sarah Mary Brown (78.4)
18th - Simon Jackson (76.0)
19th - Matthew Smailes (75.8)
20th - Alex Mercer (74.6)
1st/2nd Year Apprentice
1st - Jack Casserly (33.2)
2nd - Dean Scott (32.4)
3rd - Gareth Schoffield (31.0)
4th - Luke Reynolds (29.6)
5th - Chris McCabe (28.6)
6th - Thomas Wall (27.6)
7th - Katie Grose (27.2)
8th = Anthony Williams (26.8)
8th = Peter Bamford (26.8)
10th = Adam Bradley (26.4)
10th = Ralph Blatchford (26.4)
3rd/4th Year Apprentice
1st - Ricky Hilton (32.8)
2nd - Richard Slater (32.6)
3rd - Ben Casserly (32.6)
4th - Julia Cheney (32.4)
5th - Andrew Marris (30.4)
6th - Michael Richardson (29.4)
7th - Joel Morris (27.6)
8th - Alexander Bunclarke (25.6)
9th - Andrew Smith (24.0)
10th - Mike Girling (22.0)
WCF Best Shod Horse: Richard Spence |
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Winner of the Best Shod Horse at Badminton this year was Paul Gordon DipWCF from Sandbach, Cheshire. Ridden by Hannah Bate and owned by Katie Worlock & Janette Brocklehurst, Valdemar finished 36th in the competition overall.
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INDIVIDUAL -
1st - Steven Paul Beane (UK) 396.9
2nd - Derek Gardner (UK) 393.6
3rd - Paul Robinson (IRE) 391,5
4th - Jim Blurton (UK) 389,5
5th - Gonzague Baijot (France) 387.3
6th - Paul Duddy (IRE) 385.5
7th - Yoann Policard (France) 385.0
8th - Gert Jan Salm ( Niederlande) 382.6
9th - Aksel Vibe (Norway) 378.7
10th - Henrik Berger (Denmark) 370.0
11th - Mattias Mittbrodt (Sweden) 369.2
12th - Phillip Bühler (Switzerland) 368.8
13th - Edward O’Shaughnessy (IRE) 365.9
14th - Joop Wijnen (Netherlands) 365.5
15th - Bruno Jessen (Denmark) 364.9
16th - Simen Krog (Norway) 364.6
17th - Jacob Algot (Denmark) 364.1
18th - Christian Krieg (Switzerland) 362.9
19th - Tobias Petersen (Denmark) 362.5
20th - Thibault Racine (France) 361.1
22nd - William O’Shaughnessy (IRE) 356.4
31st - Sarah-Mary Brown (UK) 340.7
TEAM
1st - United Kingdom (Steven Paul Beane, Derek Gardner, Jim Blurton, Sarah-Mary Brown) 1520,7
2nd - Ireland (Paul Robinson, Paul Duddy, Edward O’Shaughnessy, William O’Shaughnessy) 1499.3
3rd - France (Gonzague Baijot, Yoann Policard, Thibault Racine, Laurent Nisou) 1482.3
4th - Denmark (Henrik Berger, Bruno Jessen, Jacob Algot, Tobias Petersen) 1461.5
5th - Norway (Aksel Vibe, Simen Krog, Petter Spilling, Dag Reiersen) 1453.9
6th - Netherlands (Gert Jan Salm, Joop Wijnen, Douwe Dokter, Arjen van Deelen) 1445.8
7th - Switzerland
8th - Finland
9th - Germany
10th - Spain
11th - Austria
12th - Hungary
13th - Sweden
14th - Czech Republic
15th - Russia
16th - Ukraine |
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Judges: Stewart Armstrong FWCF, Graham Moran DipWCF, Rodney Britton DipWCF
The Ayrshire Branch would like to thank the sponsors of all the classes for their support and in helping to make this competition a success.
Apprentice Gas Forging (sponsored by Stromsholm Ltd)
1st - Ricky Hilton
2nd - Ben Casserly
3rd - Richard Slater
4th - Stuart Malcolm
5th - Wayne Balfour
6th - Frazer Spittal
Gas Forging (sponsored by Kevin Moriarty and Stewart Armstrong)
1st - Ed Simcock
2nd - Duncan Thompson
3rd - Stephen Beane
4th - Gary Darlow
5th - Nigel Brown
6th - Paul Robinson
Apprentice Eagle Eye (sponsored by Vettec)
1st - Jason Gajczak
2nd - Ben Casserly
3rd - Julia Cheney
4th - Jack Casserly
5th - Daniel Broad
6th - Troy Owen
Eagle Eye (sponsored by Vettec)
1st - Gary Darlow
2nd - Gary Morley
3rd - Justin Rose
4th - Darren Bazin
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