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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.
Australia's Top Apprentice 2008 |
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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. Report and photograph's courtesy of Steve Crosbie, Queensland Master farrier's Association. |
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Stromsholm Apprentice Seminar
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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
Hereford Master & Apprentice Competition
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Judges: Mr Mark Evans, Mr Robin May, Mr Nigel Perrott, Mr Ruaraidh Robb.
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British Army Competition
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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
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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 Army Competiton Champion - Jim Blurton |
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YFEDA, Bar Shoemaking Competition
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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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HOSE (NAFBAE Leicestershire Branch)
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Judges: Andrew Casserly AWCF (Open) and Mark Connell DWCF (Apprentices)
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Open
1st/2nd Year Apprentices |
3rd/4th Year Apprentices |
National Hunter Championship 2008, Bath & West Showground
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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. View the FULL PHOTO GALLERY! |
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Yorkshire Farriers Education and Demonstration Association,
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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 |
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 |
Flintham Show
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WCF Medal for the Best Shod Horse - Katie Jerram's 'Noble Clover' shod by Michael Lamb.
Royal County of Berkshire (Newbury)
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Judge: Mr D P Smith AWCF Class 1 Hunter 1st - Charles Hughes 2nd - Andrew Casserly 3rd - Gary Darlow 4th - Andy Reader-Smith 5th - Grant Moon 6th - Nigel Fennell Restricted: 1st - Rayleigh Dasiato 2nd - Thomas Richards Best Dressed Foot - Charles Hughes Best Specimen Shoe - Gary Darlow Class 2 Horse & Pony Shoeing 1st - Jay Tovey 2nd - Jim Ravenscroft 3rd - Matt Randles 4th - Jonathon Nunn 5th - Grant Moon 6th - Andy Reader-Smith Restricted: 1st - Jonathon Nunn 2nd - Dan Birchall Best Dressed Foot - Jay Tovey Best Specimen Shoe - Grant Moon Class 3 Therapeutic Shoemaking 1st - Andrew Casserly 2nd - Grant Moon 3rd - Matt Randles 4th - Jonathon Nunn 5th - Nigel Fennell 6th - Rayleigh Dasiato Best Apprentice 1st - Richard Slater 2nd - Steven Griffin Class 4 Open Shoemaking 1st - Grant Moon 2nd - Duncan Thompson 3rd - Andrew Casserly 4th - Gary Darlow 5th - Jim Ravenscroft 6th - Matt Randles Best Apprentice: 1st - Richard Slater 2nd - Dean Dibsdall Class 5 1st/2nd Year Apprentices 1st - Jack Casserly 2nd - Harry Garner 3rd - Patrick Homan 4th - Daniel Preece 5th - Katie Grose 6th - Jack Boardman Class 6 3rd/4th Year Apprentices 1st - Andrew David Smith 2nd - James Haigh 3rd - Richard Slater 4th - Steven Griffin 5th - Ed Maskell 6th - Dean Dibsdall Local Counties Champion - Nigel Fennell Show Champion - Grant Moon WCF Medal to the Best Shod Retrained Racehorse, farrier Guy Stevens. |
The NAFBAE (Reading Branch) would like to thank show sponsors Stromsholm for their generous support of the competition and presence of the tradestand run by Alan and Steve.
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Euroskills 2008, Rotterdam
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| Huge congratulations to Ricky Hilton and Ben Casserly, to read the full report, click here... |
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Orsett Heavy Horse Show
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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.
The Landrover Burghley Horse Trials
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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.
Edenbridge & Oxted
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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.
NAFBAE 2008 International Team Horse Shoeing Championship Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
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Click here to view the full gallery! 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. |
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Blair International Horse Trials
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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.
Peover Shoemaking Competition
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Judge: Gavin Golby |
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St.Mellon's Shoemaking Competition
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Judge: Nigel Brown AWCF
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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 |
1st/2nd Year Apprentices 1st - Daniel Shinton 2nd - Anthony Williams 3rd - Harry Meek |
The Lowther Horse Shoeing and Shoemaking Competition
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Class 1 Two Man Roadster Shoeing
Class 2 Apprentice Shoe Making Competition |
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) |
Tockwith Show
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Judge: Jon Atkinson |
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. The organisers would like to thank Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd for their extremely generous sponsorship and Swan Products for the loan of the gas forges. Thanks also to all those that helped in the running of the competition. |
Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd Shoemaking Competition
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Royal Welsh Show
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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) WCF Best Shod Horse, Hunter: Nick Youngman |
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Newport Show
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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 RESERVE CHAMPION - John Benfield |
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Romiley Young Farmers Show
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Seniors - One shoe on the foot and one shoe as judge requires |
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 |
Great Yorkshire Show
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Class 1: Open Roadster Shoeing |
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 |
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 Best Specimen Shoe: Sarah-Mary Brown |
Class 8: Surgical Shoemaking CHAMPION: Steven Beane RESERVE: Adam Fox
WCF Silver Medal: Steven Beane |
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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 |
Kent County Show
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Hunter Shoeing |
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 Malcolm Yeats Trophy - Phil Dunmall |
Warfield Driving Show
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WCF Best Shod Horse: Stephen Crawford Brown
World Horse Welfare North of Scotland Shoeing and Shoemaking Competition
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Judge: David Wilson AWCF |
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 -
Apprentice Overall Points Winner Classes 2, 4, 6, 8, Stromsholm Ltd Trophy - Wayne Balfour |
World Championship Blacksmiths Competition, Calgary Stampede
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Contact us for full results and picture gallery....................
Royal Show
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Judge: J Bryan DipWCF (Specimen Shoes), J Ferrie AFCL, FWCF (Foot Judge), M Evans DipWCF (Apprentice's)
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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 Special prize for winners striker - Jay Tovey |
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British Driving Society Annual Show
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WCF Medal for the Best Shod Horse, winner Duncan Thompson
Lincolnshire Show
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Class 1 Open Hunter Shoeing |
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 |
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 |
Three Counties Show
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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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East of England Show
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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) WCF Best Shod HOrse, Heavy Horse: Ben Pinion |
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South of England
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Judge: Nigel Fennell AWCF
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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) 6th - Gavin Golby (41.7) |
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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) 6th - Jim Hayter (41.5) |
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) 6th - Tom Wall (14.0) |
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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) |
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) 6th - Joel Morris (7.6) |
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Royal Bath & West Show
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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) WCF Bronze Medal: Joel Morris (3rd/4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking) |
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Stafford County Show
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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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Suffolk Show
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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
Devon County Show
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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 Reserve Champion - Elgan Harries |
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Woodbridge Show
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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
Herefordshire Spring Fair
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WCF Best Shod Horse, Private Drive: Mark Jones
Leicester County Show
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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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Badminton Horse Trials
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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.
European Farriers Championship: Hansepferd, Hamburg
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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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Ayrshire Branch Competition
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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