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Competition Results 2009
Competition Results 2009 have been sponsored by Jim Blurton Specialist Shoes, the leading supplier of bar shoes by a World Class farrier.
Australia's Top Apprentice, Melbourne
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1st - Colten Preston (Queensland, University of Qld, Gatton Campus) Apprenticed to Mark O'Leary, Technical Instructors: Craig Jones & Wade Graham
2nd - Ryan Wighton (New South Wales, Scone TAFE) Apprenticed to Johnathan Oehm, Technical Instructors: Bob Sim and Dave Adams
3rd - Steve McLeod (Victoria, North Melbourne Institute of TAFE) Technical Instructor: Colin Smith
Australia's Top Apprentice Mail-In Shoe Competition 2009
While one apprentice from each participating state gets the chance to compete, once again all the other apprentices got their chance as well by sending in an entry to our Mail-In Shoe Competition. The scoring was very close with only a point or two between the placegetters. The results are:
1st Year
1st = Paul Jaroszek & Geoffrey Lefevre (Vic)
3rd - Shaun Van Deventer (Qld) Apprenticed to Niko Van Deventer
2nd Year
1st - Andy McDonald (Qld) Apprenticed to Delwyn Richardson
2nd - Emma MvKavanagh (Qld) Apprenticed to Kent Wells
3rd - Angus Gilmore (Qld)
4th - Bryce Bottomley (Vic)
5th - Jordy Johnson (Vic)
3rd Year
1st - Colten Preston (Qld)
2nd - Steve McLeod (Vic)
3rd - Dean Beath (Vic)
4th Year
1st - Tom Sedger (Qld)
2nd - Steve McLeod (Vic)
3rd - Glen Lefoe (Qld)
British Army Competition
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Military Apprentice Class (Juniors) |
Open Therapeutic 1st - Daniel Bennett 2nd - Charles Hughes 3rd - Matt Randles 4th - Adam Fox 5th - Jonathon Nunn 6th - Gary Darlow 7th - Andrew Bowyer 8th - Jon Atkinson Best Dressed Foot - Ben Ebrey Best Specimen - Charles Hughes Best Military Farrier - L/CoH Granville Blakeway Special Awards Best Farrier Under 25 - Tom Richards Best Military Farrier - WO1 (FSM) Watson Overall Reserve Champion - Adam Fox Overall Champion - Matt Randles |
'Fieracavalli' Festival Italian Championships
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The 24th Italian European Team Farriery Championships held at the amazing “Fieracavalli” Festival of the Horse in Verona, Italy began on November 6th with teams from Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland and England. This year’s England team consisted of three members from the current ‘International’ Championship team; David Smith, Gavin Golby, Matt Randles and joining them former England team member & World Champion finalist Nigel Fennell . With only 2 weeks’ notice, practice of the shoes was limited but thankfully all four of the team were familiar with Italian shoemaking from previous experience at the competition. The four shoes to be made were the Italian Bar shoe, Hind “Rabbit” shoe, Italian Jumping Hind shoe and a Mule shoe with round Calkins - all to be made in 1hr 50 minutes with just a 5mm tolerance. The first day was the beginning of the shoemaking with all the members of the teams battling throughout the day to gain as many points as possible for their country. One team member from each country with the highest shoemaking score qualified to represent their country in the shoeing final. Following a tense night (aided by a relaxing drink in the bar!) the results were announced the following morning - England were well in the lead as a team and dominated the top five placements as individuals with Nigel Fennell winning the shoemaking and so qualifying to shoe in the final. The final consisted of making and fitting an Italian Fullered Front shoe and a Italian Jumping Hind shoe; each shoe requiring an exceptionally high level of detail in both the forging and the fitting. With the assistance of David Smith acting as fireman the class ran fairly smoothly with the only exception being a slightly uncooperative horse! Undeterred an excellent job was produced ensuring Nigel completed a terrific competition for England with team and individual wins, Nigel said “we all had such strong shoemaking rounds the previous day anyone of us could have made the final and it really put us in a good position for day two, we had such a great time together, and it was a real honour to be in such a strong team with David , Gavin and Matt, three of this year’s England team International Champions”. Results 1st England Gold 2nd Italy Silver 3rd Switzerland Bronze Italian International Show Champion Nigel Fennell |
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Lincolnshire Show
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Saturday, Bar Shoemaking |
Sunday, Team Competition 1st - YORKSHIRE PROFEET (Steven Beane, Johnny Atkinson, Paul Collins, Sarah-Mary Brown) 2nd - Team A (Matt Randles, Tom Richardson, Luke Silcock, Andrew Cawley) 3rd - Forden Forge (Elgan Harries, Andrew Turnbull, Matt Saunders, Davey Calko) 4th - Lincolnshire (Shaun Chatterton, Andrew Elkington, D Miller, C Bignell) 5th - Cheshire (Leon Bentham, Nathan May, Lewis May, J C Lee) 6th - Team B (Jonathon Nunn, Ben Ebrey, Jason Price, Tom Williams) Best Shod Foot - Shaun Chatterton (WCF Silver Medal) Best Specimen Shoe - Johnny Atkinson (WCF Bronze Medal) Apprentice Teams 3rd/4th Year Apprentices 1st - Richard Sunderland and Andrew Smith 2nd - Dale Harland and Andrew Cooper 3rd - Rob Bedford and Tom Galloway 4th - Johnny Kirk and Russ Hepworth 5th - Georgina Miller and Debbie Conell 1st/2nd Year Apprentices 1st - Sam Warman and Tom Williams 2nd - S Moran and Andy 3rd - J Gant and J Casey 4th - A Norris and B Elkington 5th - I Nixon and D Green 6th - Jake Elliot and J Schollar |
Norwegian Hoofcare Centre Charity Competition in aid of the Flying Anvil Company
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Result 1st Class |
Result Debutant 1st - Jostein Flagtvedt 2nd - Øystein Myhre 3rd - Odd Anders Otterstad 4th - Niklas Isnes 5th - Ola Fargam 6th - Lena Kristine Sollien 7th - Turid Sevilhaug 8th - Eva Mandelid 9th - Liv Turid Gjerde 10th - Reidar Syvertsen |
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Result 2nd Class 1st - Petter Spilling 2nd - Daniel Evensen 3rd - Dag Reiersen 4th - Fredrik Forsberg 5th - Gregoire Fauquembergue 6th - Lars Nilsen 7th - Ronny Eilertsen 8th - Jostein Flagtvedt |
Result Final 1st - Daniel Evensen 2nd - Petter Spilling 3rd - Fredrik Forsberg 4th - Ronny Eilertsen 5th - Jostein Flagtvedt 6th - Dag Reiersen 7th - Lars Nilsen 8th - Gregoire Fauquembergue |
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Result 3rd class 1st - Daniel Evensen 2nd - Dag Reiersen 3rd - Petter Spilling 4th - Ronny Eilertsen 5th = Fredrik Forsberg 5th = Jostein Flagtvedt 6th - Gregoire Fauguembergue 7th - Aki Paltto 8th - Lars Nilsen 9th - Petter Fargam 10th - Øystein Myhre 11th - David Lund |
Result 1+2+3+Finale 1st - Daniel Evensen 2nd - Petter Spilling 3rd - Dag Reiersen |
National Hunter Championships
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Well the National Hunter Championship is now re-establishing itself in the shoeing calendar, this year drawing the maximum 32 shoeing competitors and also 30 young and keen apprentices, traveling many miles with very early starts. People travelling from as far as Cornwall, Lancashire, Kent, Wales and Scotland - their support is much appreciated by the organisers. The day began at 9 o'clock with the judge Mr Gary Darlow placing the specimens' on the board; a tool and fullered caulkin and wedge for the open competitors and a concave caulkin and wedge for the restricted class. 8 fine Somerset hunters were lined up and the shoeing started at 9.30am, 50 minutes to shoe the drawn foot and make the specimen ! By the end of the first round of shoeing the apprentices' had arrived for their first round at 11am - the morning round of 45 minutes was to make a pair of Hunter front shoes from a gas forge. The second round in the afternoon would see 1st & 2nd year apprentices make hunter hinds and the 3rd & 4th year apprentices make a pair of caulkin & wedge hinds in 50 minutes. Both pairs would be judged as a set to find the winner in each class. The judge for the apprentices was Mr . Andy Reader Smith. Lunch was taken at 1pm with beer, cider and food on hand for everyone and also time to have a look around Wessex Farriers Supplies Ltd trade stand, displaying the full Jim Blurton range of tools along with other bargains to be had - many thanks to them for coming along. By 4pm it was time for another beer and a rest, all done bar the scores! The day had gone with out a hitch with fabulous horses that stood rock solid all day, a huge thank you to our owners who loaned the horses for the day. Apart from a small shortage of bar stock for the apprentices which was overcome the day was a great success. A big thanks must go to Mr John Ford for his time keeping and address system keeping rounds moving to time . Many many thanks to Jim Blurton Tools, who three years ago became title sponsors providing a Bronze statue trophy for the Open class and also prizes for all the other classes - we thank them for continued support. Open Shoeing 1st - Matt Randles (44.6), prize money £500.00 and prizes from JB Tools and Trophy 2nd - Dave P Smith (44.1), prize money £250.00 and prizes from JB Tools 3rd - Andrew Casserly (43.9), prize money £100.00 and prizes from JB Tools Restricted Shoeing 1st - Ryan Price (42.5), prize money £250.00 and prizes form JB Tools and trophy 2nd - F Spittal (41.1), prize money £100.00 and prizes from JB Tools 3rd - Kevin Davies (40.4), prize money £50.00 and prizes from JB Tools Best Dressed Foot - D P Smith Best Open Specimen - Matt Randles Best Restricted Specimen - Ryan Davis (all prizes from JB Tools) Apprentice results to follow...... |
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HOSE Competition
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Class 1 Traditional Hunter Shoeing
Class 2 1st & 2nd Year Apprentices |
Class 3 3rd & 4th Year Apprentices For individual marks please email us. |
Royal County Berkshire (Newbury) Show
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We had a great show with full entries. Many thanks to our sponsor Stromsholm with out who we could not put on the show. Cecil Swan for the loan of his excellent forges. All the stewards for their help and of course this years judge, Mr Grant Moon a brilliant and fantastically professional judge. Horse & Pony shoeing 1st - Andrew Casserly 2nd - Steven Beane 3rd - Matt Randles 4th - Richard Slater 5th - D.P.Smith 6th - Andrew reader-Smith Restricted Class 1st - Richard Slater 2nd - James Clowes Best Specimen - Andrew Casserly Hunter Shoeing 1st - Gary Darlow 2nd - D.P.Smith 3rd - Steven Beane 4th - Jonathan Nunn 5th - Richard Slater 6th - Matt Randles Restricted Class 1st - Richard Slater 2nd - Sarah Mary Brown Best dressed foot - Steven Beane Best specimen - Duncan Thomson. Therapuetic Shoemaking. 1st - Steven Beane 2nd - Matt Randles 3rd - D.P.Smith 4th - Gary Darlow 5th - Richard Slater 6th - Ben Ebrey Apprentice Shoemaking 1st - James Haigh 2nd - Jack Harper 3rd - Ben Grange 4th - Adam Illston 5th - Tom Waite 6th - Mathew Fedrick 1&2 year Apprentice Shoemaking 1st - Ben Grange 2nd - Adam Illston 3rd - Jack Casserly 4th - Tom Waite 5th - Thomas Middleton 6th - Luke Blomfield 3&4 Year Apprentice Shoemaking 1st - James Haigh 2nd - Harry Garner 3rd - Luke Tello 4th - Richard Keene 5th - Harry Meek 6th - Gemma Sharpe Show Champion (Rose Bowl) - Steven Beane 2nd - Matt Randles Local Show Champion (Shepard Shield) - D.P.Smith |
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Edward Martin Shoemaking Competition
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Two Man Horseshoeing Class: Jim Balfour and David Shearer |
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Stromsholm Newmarket Apprentice Seminar
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The Stromsholm Newmarket Apprentice Seminar 2009 was a great success, we had 35 apprentices competing on the Saturday and had 26 Farriers/Apprentices join us on the Friday for the Jim Blurton Clinic. 1st/2nd Years Apprentices 1st - Ben Coy 2nd - Sammy O'Gara 3rd - Chris Matts 3rd/4th Years Apprentices 1st - Joe Rose 2nd - Sam Fowler 3rd - William Taylor Eagle Eye - Sam Warman Open - Joe Rose |
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Edenbridge And Oxted 2009
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Class 1 Pony |
Class 4a Heavy Horse Presented By: Stephen Hill The Anthony Clare Trophy 1st - Ben Ebrey 2nd - Dan Birchall 3rd - James Povey 4th - John Martlew 5th - Jon Nunn 6th - George Hutchins Best Apprentice In All Classes (Judge’s Opinion) Presented By: Mark Preece Awcf The Stromholm Trophy Winner: Jack Henty Best Specimen And Highest Competitor Winner: Sarah-Mary Brown The Mick Orgill Special Achievement Trophy Presented By: Harry Garside, (Grandson) Winner: James Povey Best Pair Over The 2 Days Presented By: Mark Preece Awcf The Folly Forge Plate Winners: Sarah-Mary Brown And Paul Collins Reserve Champion Winner: Dan Birchall Championship Presented By: Mark Preece Awcf C Collins & Sons Championship Trophy Winner: James Povey The committee would like to say a big thank you to: Mrs D Hicks, The Worshipful Company Of Farriers, Eastlake & Beachell, Stephen Hill, Westerham Gun Club, Stromholm, Mustad & G W Day & Co for their kind sponsorship. |
NAFBAE International Team Shoeing Competition
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FINAL TEAM RESULTS: 1st - England (Steven Beane 57.2, Andrew Casserly 56.0, Gavin Golby 54.1, Matt Randles 53.2) 2nd - Wales (Billy Crothers 56.5, Grant Moon 54.3, Andy Martin 53.3, James Blurton 52.0) 3rd - Ireland (Paul Duddy 56.1, William O'Shaughnessy 54.1, Paul Robinson 53.0, (Edward O'Shaughnessy 52.8) 4th - USA (Gene Leiser 55.5, Jake Engler 54.5, Brian Nelson 52.2, Dusty Franklin 51.5) 5th - Scotland (David Varrini 55.9, Ian Gajczak 54.7, David Sutherland 52.6, James Balfour 49.2) 6th - France (Ludovic Mathieu 54.0, Nicholas Guilliot 53.5, Mathieu Delcroix 52.6, Christian Albergne 50.9) 7th - Sweden (Niklas Petterson 53.2, Jesper Eriksson 52.4, Matthias Midbrot 51.5, Niklas Petterson 51.2) 8th - Norway (Petter Spilling 53.8, Dag Reirsen 52.7, Aksel Vibe 50.4, Simen Krog 47.2) 9th - Canada (Stewart Bruce 53.2, Adam McQueen 50.5, Matt Kuechler 50.1, Tom Barnett 47.1) 10th - Switzerland (Philipp Buhler 52.8, Peter Brulisauer 51.4, Benedikt Huber 50.1, Aaron Gygax 43.3) 11th - Belgium (Vincent Lamaille 54.1, Yvan Brasseur 47.6, Marc Leclercq 44.8, Yoann Policard 41.6) 9.4 12th - Army (Alex Mercer 53.2, Nick Cooper 51.9, Mark Waston 48.9, Robin Hayden 43.4) 13th - Holland (Jan Koppelman 51.0, Arjenvan Deeler 47.8, Haitze Wiersma 46.8, Douwe Dokter 45.6) 14th - Germany (Hans Stegmaier 46.5, Matthias Rahmann 45.8, Wilhelm Becker 45.6, Bernd Schottmann 42.0) Individual Competition Top 20 1st - Billy Crothers, Wales 46.7 2nd - Paul Robinson, Ireland 45.0 3rd- Philipp Buhler, Switzerland 44.6 4th - Vincent Lamaille, Belgium 44.4 5th - Grant Moon, Wales 44.2 6th - Steven Beane, England 44.0 7th - Matt Randales, England 43.7 8th - James Blurton, Wales 43.1 9th - Ian Gajczak, Scotland 43.0 10th - David Varrini, Scotland 42.8 11th - William O'Shaughnessy, Ireland 42.6 12th - Edward O'Shaughnessy, Ireland 42.3 13th - Paul Duddy, Ireland 42.2 14th - Niklas Petterson, Sweden 41.6 15th - Gavin Golby, England 41.2 16th - Christian Albergne, France 40.9 17th - Simen Krog, Norway 40.6 18th - Andrew Casserly, England 40.1 19th = Mathieu Delcroix, France 40.0 19th = Mark Waston, Army 40.0 For complete results visit the NAFBAE website. |
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Peover Shoemaking Competition
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Peover Shoemaking competition was held on the 16th of August at the Peover Game Fair. Judge Matt Randles DipWCF had a busy day sorting out the record entry of 73 competitors. The standard of shoemaking in all classes was exceptionally high. The organisers – the Darlow family – would like to say a big thank you to all the sponsors – Cecil Swan Gas Forges, Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd, Stromsholm Ltd, J & A Ferrie, Derek Gardner Tools, Jim Blurton Tools, Londonderry Forge Supplies, B.L. Farrier's Supplies, Logotec, Arthur Cottams, Pegasus Horseshoes, Harris Gas, and Claire Brown for her extensive help and a big thank you to all the competitors and for those who joined us for the BBQ the evening before the competition, the results were as follows: Open 1st - Steven Beane 18.40 2nd - Derek Gardner 17.70 3rd - Jon Atkinson 17.60 4th - Tom Pears 17.60 5th - Billy Crothers 17.30 6th - Adam Fox 17.00 7th - Nigel Brown 16.30 8th - Ricky Hilton 16.20 9th - Grant Moon 16.20 10th - Gavin Golby 16.10 1st/2nd Year Apprentices 1st - Alex Collier 9.10 2nd - Ben Grange 9.00 3rd - Ben Taylor 8.90 4th - J.C. Lee 8.80 5th - Dale Harland 8.60 6th - Kris Parkin 8.40 7th - Greg Calvert 8.40 8th - Sam Warman 8.30 9th - Callam Darby 8.30 10th - Tom Williams 8.30 3rd/4th Year Apprentices 1st - Richard Slater 17.90 2nd - James Haigh 17.80 3rd - Tom Galloway 17.50 4th - Matt Crompton 15.90 5th - George Harris 15.80 6th - Daniel Preece 15.20 7th - Matt Alderman 14.60 8th - Chris Green 14.50 9th - Cody Gregory 14.30 10th - Michael Saunders 13.40 Full Photo Gallery |
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St. Mellons Competition (held at Tim Rooney's)
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SPONSORS - Horseshoe and Farrier Supplies Ltd Stromsholm Ltd 1st & 2nd Year Apprentices 1st - Anthony Williams 2nd - Chris Dowler 3rd - Harry Meek 4th - Dan Shinton 3rd & 4th Year Apprentices 1st - Mike Wolverson 2nd - Ryan Anderson 3rd - Glen Nott 4th - Gavin Rees Open Shoemaking 1st - Mike Wolverson 2nd - Matthew Rees 3rd - Nick Cooper 4th - Anthony Williams One Heat Shoe - Winner Harry Meek Special Prize - Winner Chris Hughes Full Photo Gallery |
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Tockwith Show
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3rd & 4th Year Apprentices
Champion - Jon Atkinson |
Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd Shoemaking Competition
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1st & 2nd Year Apprentices Championship 1st - Ben Taylor 208.0 2nd - J C Lee 181.0 3rd - Tom Williams 175.0 4th - Jack Casserley 168.0 5th - James Elliot 165.0 6th - Harry Meek 161.0 7th - Tom Wait 143.0 8th - Dale Harland 139.0 9th - Ryan Darbyshire 135.0 10th - Sammy O'Gara 135.0 3rd & 4th Year Apprentices Championship 1st - James Haigh 229.0 2nd - Richard Slater 215.0 3rd - George Hutchins 202.0 4th - Dan Preece 201.0 5th - Joel Morris 201.0 6th- Martin Pearson 186.0 7th - Tom Galloway 185.0 8th - Matt Alderman 173.0 9th - Andrew David Smith 160.0 10th - Harry Garner 148.0 Intermediate Championship 1st - Jason Gajczak 127.0 2nd - Ben Casserley 126.0 3rd – Andrew Bowyer 118.0 4th - Leon Bentham 106.0 5th - David Dawson 105.0 6th - Thomas Richards 103.0 7th - John Hick 100.0 8th - Billy Scott 99.0 9th - Tom Farmer 98.0 10th - Andrew James 98.0 Open Championship 1st - Darren Bazin 169.0 2nd - Gary Darlow 156.0 3rd - Jon Atkinson 149.0 4th - Paul Duddy 143.0 5th - Andy Martin 140.0 6th David Smith 139.0 7th - Ricky Hilton 136.0 8th - Mark Watson 120.0 9th - Nigel Brown 115.0 10th - Andy Reader Smith 111.0 To view the gallery click here Full results from each class will be available on the Handmade Shoes website |
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Border Union Show
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Class 1 Apprentice Forging |
Special Prize for Best 1st & 2nd year - Aaron Mulholland Reserve Apprentice Champion - Josh Wilson Apprentice Champion - Aaron Mulholland Reserve Open Champion - Jim Balfour Open Champion - David Sutherland The organisers would like to thank the judge, David Varini and the sponsors for their generous support - J & A Ferrie I.O.Gajczak Tools 07712527753 Swan Forges R & I Farriery Services Ltd 07712527753 ...and to Lasswade Riding School for providing us with the horses. |
Royal Welsh Show
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1. Shoe Making (Open) 1st - Mattthew Rees 2nd - Craig Williams 3rd - Gareth Thomas 4th - Chris Powell 5th - I Tonks 6th - Robert Comerford Specials:£50 + Farriery Tool kindly donated by Mr. James Blurton, WCF Bronze Medal, and the St Mellons Open Horse Shoeing Challenge Cup :- Matthew Rees Special Prize of a Farriery Tool donated by Mr. James Blurton and RWAS Special Prize Card and Plaque for the highest placed competitor under 25 years in Class 1: - Matthew Rees 2.Donkey Foot Trimming Competition 1st - Mark Brettell 2nd - Thomas Richards 3rd - Gareth Thomas 4th - S Glover 5th - T Smith 6th - R L Harris Donkey Foot Trimming Competition - Apprentices 1st - Rebecca Lowe 2nd - Daniel Shinton 3rd - Jamie Barnes Specials - Challenge Tankard kindly presented by Mr. Stephen K. Pugh – Mark Brettell 3.Shoemaking – 1st & 2nd Year Apprentices Only 1st - M Tynan 2nd - Chris Dowler 3rd - Michael Hylands 4th - R Lawrence 5th - Miss Rebecca Lowe Specials:£40 + Farriery Tool kindly donated by Mr. James Blurton, WCF Apprentice Bronze Medal and Gibbins Polo Shirt :- M Tynan Special Hand Made Farriery Tool Kindly Presented by Mr. Glyn David for the best competitor in Class 3 Residing in Wales: - M Tynan 4.Open Traditional Hunter Shoeing 1st - Thomas Richards 2nd - Grant Moon 3rd - David Beardmore 4th - Jonathan Nun 5th - Nigel Brown 6th - Ryan Price Specials:£100 + Farriery Tool kindly donated by Mr. James Blurton and The Mustad Perpetual Challenge Cup and case of EXL Nails kindly donated by Mustad Hoofcare SA :- Thomas Richards Cash Award £20 : - Thomas Richards 5. Shoemaking – 3rd & 4th Year Apprentices Only 1st - Ryan Wadling 2nd - Jamie Barnes 3rd - T Boughard 4th - R Keene 5th - A Farrelly 6th - Gary O’Grady Specials: £40 + Farriery Tool kindly donated by Mr. James Blurton, WCF Apprentice Bronze Medal, Gibbins Polo Shirt :- Ryan Wadling Albert Lewis RSS Memorial Perpetual Cup (competitor residing in Wales) :- Jamie Barnes 6.Open Ride and Drive 1st - Jonathan Nunn 2nd - Grant Moon 3rd - Thomas Richards 4th - Matthew Rees 5th - Ryan Price 6th - Mr Gareth Thomas Specials:£100 + Farriery Tool kindly donated by Mr. James Blurton and The Cooks’s Cup :- Jonathan Nunn Cups / Awards for Aggregate Marks of Classes 4 and 6 Welsh Championship Award - Mrs E.E. Morris Memorial Cup: - Jonathan Nunn WCF Silver Medal – Overall Performance in Classes 4 & 6 and the RWAS Championship Rosette:- Jonathan Nunn RWAS Special Prize Card will be awarded to the competitor under 25 years of age on the first day of the Show – 20th July 2009 – gaining the highest aggregate marks in Classes 4 and 6 + NAFBAE Silver Medal for the winner + NAFBAE Bronze Medal for the runner up :- 1st - Thomas Richards 2nd - Matthew Rees |
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Newport Show
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Staffordshire Branch NAFBAE farriers organised National Show Hunter Shoeing and Shoemaking Competition. Grateful thanks do to all who helped and competed, making the 3rd annual competitiona great success. Thanks to judges John Hughes and Charlie Hughes who did a fantastic job throughout. Also, thanks to sposnors Jim Blurton, Mustad, Horseshoe and Farrier Supplies (Midlands) Ltd, and the Newport and District Agricultural Society for their generous support. Open Shoeing 1st - Richard Slater 2nd - Elgan Harries 3rd - Matt Randles 4th - Steve Hewitt Open Shoemaking 1st - Richard Slater (18.4) 2nd - Matt Rees (17.7) 3rd - Tom Richards (17.2) 4th - Matt Randles (17.0) 5th - Rob Duggan (17.0) 6th - Grant Moon (16.8) 7th - Jonathon Nunn (16.6) 8th - Gareth Thomas (16.5) Apprentice Shoemaking 3rd/4th Year 1st - Richard Slater (18.4) 2nd - Matthew Crompton (17.1) 3rd - James Moles (16.4) 4th - Bob Stubbs (16.2) 5th - Tim Boulton (14.8) Apprentice Shoemaking 1st/2nd Year 1st - Adam Illston (16.7) 2nd - Alex Collier (16.4) 3rd - Antony Mckenzie (16.2) 4th - Alistair Gurney (15.8) 5th - Daryl Green (15.6) 6th - Ben Wyles (14.8) 7th - Ryan Derbyshire (14.6) 8th - Tom Wait (14.6) CHAMPION - Richard Slater Reserve Champion - Matt Randles Full Photo Gallery |
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Romiley Young Farmers
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Senior |
3rd & 4th Year Apprentice 1st - J.Bourne Withy 2nd - G.Harris Best Apprentice Sponsored By B.L Farrier Supplies Ltd - J. C.Lee. Eagle Eye 1st - N. May 2rd - J.Atkinson 3rd - R.Newton |
Kent County Show
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We had a successful three days at the Kent County Show, with over 60 entries spanning the three days. I would like to thank our judges Stephen Newman and Trevor Stern for their hard work, and the stewards and helpers for the smooth running of the competition. I would also like to thank our sponsors Corralls Coal Merchants (Canterbury) for supply the coke, I S & G Steel Stockholders (Beckenham) for supplying the flat bar metal and Kent County Agricultural Society for their support and very importantly all the competitors for travelling near and far to come to Kent, we hope to see many of you again next year.
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Hunter Shoeing |
Apprentice Shoemaking 3rd & 4th Yr 1st - George Hutchins 2nd - Abi Hardy 3rd - Tom Watkins Highly Commended - Joe Gillings Commended - Ben Senders Best Kent Apprentice - George Hutchins Forge & Bring Shoemaking 1st - Stephen Cox Rusbridge 2nd - Anthony Waterfield 3rd - Peter Cronin 4th - Ben Stern 5th - Georgina Swire Best Apprentice - Georgina Swire Kent Show Champion for classes 1, 2 & 3 1st - Mark Watson 2nd - Stephen Cox Rusbridge Kent Men Special for classes 1, 2 & 3 1st - Anthony Waterfield 2nd - Mick O'Dell 3rd - Greg Nuttall Best Competitor Under 25 yrs - Anthony Waterfield |
Great Yorkshire Show Horse Shoeing Competitions
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Class 1: Open Roadster Shoeing |
Class 6: Apprentice Shoemaking (1st & 2nd Years)
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NAFBAE Royal Show Competition
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Class 1 Roadster 1st - Paul Robinson 45.1 2nd - James Blurton 44.6 3rd - Andy Martin 43.8 4th - Gavin Golby 43.8 5th - Jay Tovey 43.5 6th - Gary Darlow 43.0 7th - Matthew Randles 42.9 8th - Ian Allison 42.8 9th = David P Smith 42.7 9th = Anthony Wilson 42.7 Class 1 Roadster - Best Specimen Shoe Sponsored by Jim Blurton Specialist Shoes 1st - Paul Robinson 9.2 2nd - James Blurton 9.0 3rd - Andy Martin 8.8 4th = Matthew Randals 8.6 4th = Gavin Golby 8.6 6th = Gary Darlow 8.4 6th = Jay Tovey 8.4 6th = Joe Bryan 8.4 6th = Ian Allison 8.4 10th = Paul Collins 8.0 10th = David P Smith 8.0 10th = Duncan Thompson 8.0 10th = Anthony Wilson 8.0 10th = Paul Duddy - 8.0 Best Dressed Foot 1st - Paul Robinson Special Prize to Improvers (3 years from Dip) 1st - Ritchie Gilzean 2nd - David Webley Class 2 - Heavy Horseshoeing Competition Sponsored by Londonderry Forge Supplies 1st - Paul Robinson 45.1 2nd - Gary Darlow 44.8 3rd - Andy Martin 44.0 4th - David P Smith 43.6 5th - Duncan Thompson 43.6 6th - Anthony Wilson 43.4 7th - Joe Bryan 43.3 8th - Ian Allison 43.2 9th - James Blurton 43.1 10th - Edward O'Shaughnessy 43.1 Special Prize to Improvers (3 years from Dip) 1st - Ritchie Gilzean 2nd - David Webley Best Specimen Shoe Sponsored by Jim Blurton Specialist Shoes 1st - Paul Robinson Best Dressed Foot - Sponsored by Arthur Cottam & Co 1st - Paul Robinson Class 5 - Tong & Shoe Competition 1st - Matthew Randles & Gary Darlow - 17.6 2nd - Jay Tovey & Joe Bryan - 17.2 3rd - Paul Duddy & Andy Martin - 17.2 4th - David P Smith & Duncan Thompson - 15.8 5th - James Blurton & Anthony Wilson - 15.2 6th - Gavin Golby & Ian Allison - 14.6 7th - Edward O'Shaughnessy & William O'Shaughnessy - 14.4 8th - Rodney Britton & Graham Moran - 13.8 9th - Scott Moores - 13.2 10th - Chuck Jones & Josh Ramsey - 12.8 Class 4 - Open Therapeutic Shoemaking Competition Sponsored by Forge Magazine 1st - Paul Robinson 17.0 2nd - David P Smith 16.8 3rd - Gary Darlow 16.8 4th - Matthew Randles 16.6 5th - James Blurton 16.2 6th - Ian Allison 16.2 7th - Andy Martin 15.8 8th - Gavin Golby 15.6 9th - Paul Duddy 15.4 10th - Jay Tovey 15.2 Class 3 - Hunter Shoeing Competition Sponsored by MUSTAD 1st - Gary Darlow 45.9 2nd - James Blurton 45.8 3rd - David P Smith 45.5 4th - Gavin Golby 45.0 5th - Ian Allison 44.7 6th - Andy Martin 44.6 7th - Paul Duddy 44.6 8th - Paul Robinson 44.3 9th - Jay Tovey 44.1 10th - Anthony Wilson 43.8 Improvers (3 years from DIP) 1st - Ritchie Gilzean 2nd - David Webley Best Specimen Shoe - Sponsored by Jim Blurton Specialist Shoes 1st - James Blurton Best Dressed Foot - Sponsored by Arthur Cottam & Co 1st - David P Smith Class 9 - Royal Show Championship 2009 £250 Cash Prize Sponsored by ProFeet 1st - Gary Darlow 159.3 2nd - James Blurton 157.3 3rd - Andy Martin 156.8 4th - David P Smith 156.5 5th - Gavin Golby 154.6 6th - Ian Allison 154.2 7th - Matthew Randles 154.1 8th - Jay Tovey 153.3 9th - Joe Bryan 153.0 10th - Paul Duddy 152.5 Best Shod Feet - Highest points scored for shoemaking over classes 1, 2 and 3 1st - Paul Robinson Reserve Royal Show Champion - JIM BLURTON Royal Show Champion - GARY DARLOW Special Prize for the Winners Striker, Sponsored by Derek Gardner - Matthew Randles 2009 Royal Show Apprentice Gas Forge Shoemaking Competition Presented by Mr Stuart Spence, Judge Class 6 - 1st and 2nd Year Apprentices 1st - Jack Casserley 19.2 2nd - J C Lee 19.0 3rd - Alex Collier 18.8 4th - Ben Taylor 18.6 5th - Tom Williams 18.4 6th - Ben Coy 18.2 7th - Ashley Norris 18.0 8th - Sammy O'Gara 17.8 9th - Jodhi Beard 17.3 10th - Harvey Andrews 16.8 Class 7 - Apprentice Gas Forge Shoemaking Competitions - 3rd and 4th Year Apprentices Sponsored by Farriers Equipment Ltd 1st - Chris Green 19.2 2nd - James Haigh 19.0 3rd - Harry Garner 18.8 4th - Paddy Homan 18.6 5th - Alwin Starkey 18.3 6th - Ricky Phillips 17.8 7th - Jakk Short 17.4 8th - Liam Cooper 16.4 9th - Jamie Bourne-Withey 16.0 10th - Will Sands 15.9 Class 8 - Apprentice Therapeutic Gas Shoemaking Sponsored by VETTEC Special Prize awarded to the highest placed 1st/2nd Year Apprentice - Ben Taylorl 1st - James Haigh 19.2 2nd - Ben Taylor 19.0 3rd - Harry Garner 18.8 4th - J C Lee 18.6 5th - Tom Williams 18.4 6th - Jack Casserley 18.2 7th - James Elliott 18.0 8th - Paddy Homan 17.8 9th - Daniel Preece 17.5 10th - Scott Moores 17.4 Class 9 - Royal Show National Champion Apprentice 2009 National Champion Apprentice - JAMES HAIGH Reserve Champion - BEN TAYLOR Class 11 - National Championship - Sponsored by MNC Joe Preston Memorial Trophy - awarded to the competitor with the highest points scored for shoemaking over the four days - Gary Darlow Best Shod Foot winning The Frank Moorcroft Memorial Trophy - Paul Robinson 1st - Paul Robinson 55.4 2nd - Steven Beane 54.5 3rd - Gary Darlow 54.0 4th - Andrew Casserley 53.7 5th - Matthew Randles 53.5 6th - Joe Bryan 53.5 7th - Gavin Golby 53.3 8th - Edward O'Shaughnessy 52.9 9th - Andy Martin 52.8 10th - David P Smith 52.7 Special Prize for the winners Striker - sponsored by DT Gardner AWCF Ltd - Paul Collins NAFBAE would like to thank: SPONSORS - ProFeet MNC Londonderry Forge Supplies Farriers Equipment Ltd Swan Portaforge Monckton Coke & Chemical Co DT Gardner AWCF Ltd R.A.S.E. Mustad Vettec Inc Worshipful Company of Farriers Les Armstrong Forge Magazine Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd Arthur Cottam & Co Jim Blurton Specialist Shoes Goldstar Forging Products The NAFBAE Executive Judges - Steve Newman, Mark Evans, Stuart Spence Chief Steward - Wilf Ford Stewards - John Britland, Huw Dyer, Rodney Cranwell, Josh Ramsey, Chuck Jones, Gary Burton and all those apprentices that have helped clear up. Our hard working and ever patient event scorer - Tom Ryan Hostess and assistants - Daphne Cranwell, Francesca Eamons and Hayley Weblin Horse Owners - Willow Farm, Anne MacDonald - Diana Jacks - Waldburg Shires - Mr & Mrs FB Davies View the PHOTO GALLERY |
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North of Scotland World Horse Welfare Shoeing & Shoemaking Competition
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OPEN
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Class 9 Open Eagle Eye -
Class 10 Apprentice Eagle Eye ( Ken & Jamie Playle Trophy) -
Best Specimen Class 1 (B L Farrier Supplies Ltd Trophy) -
Apprentice Overall Points Winner Classes 2,4,6,8 (Stromsholm Ltd Trophy) - The organisers would like to thank all of the sponsors for their support in particular to Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd for the particularly generous sponsorship. The competition went extremely will with 11 competitors in the Open and 9 in the Apprentice section. This year the competition even had an international visitor, Josh Ramsey, who is currently in the Exchange and we wish him the best of luck. |
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World Championship Blacksmiths' Competition, Calgary Stampede
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Class 20 - Forging, Shoe a Foot (shoeing) 1st - Darren Bazin (ENG) 2nd - Derek Gardner (SCO) 3rd - Andrew Casserly (ENG) 4th - Iain Ritchie (CAN) 5th - Todd Walker (USA) 6th - Chris Gregory (USA) 7th - Craig Trnka (USA) 8th - Tim McPhee (USA) 9th - Yoann Policard (FR) 10th - Nigel Brown (WALES) Class 30, Forging, Shoe a Foot (specimen) 1st - Steven Beane (ENG) 2nd - Chris Madrid (USA) 3rd - Iain Ritchie (CAN) 4th - Tom Barnett (CAN) 5th - Darren Bazin (ENG) 6th - Edward Simcock (WALES) 7th - Andy Reader-Smith (NZ) 8th - Andrew Casserly (ENG) 9th - Nigel Fennell (ENG) 10th - Ben Casserly (ENG) Class 40 (Front Concave) 1st - Derek Gardner (SCO) 2nd - Steven Beane (ENG) 3rd - Nigel Brown (WALES) 4th - Grant Moon (WALES) 5th - Brian Nelson (USA) 6th - Andy Reader-Smith (NZ) 7th - Tim McPhee (USA) 8th - Ricky Hilton (ENG) 9th - Ben Casserly (ENG) 10th - John Benfield (ENG) Class 50 (Handmade Tongs) 1st - Gene Leiser (USA) 2nd - Jake Engler (USA) 3rd - Billy Reed (USA) 4th - Grant Moon (WALES) 5th - David Varini (SCO) 6th - Ben Casserly (ENG) 7th - Craig Trnka (USA) 8th - Ian Gajczak (SCO) 9th - Travis Koons (USA) 10th - Nigel Brown (WALES) Class 60 (Hind Preventer) 1st - Steven Beane (ENG) 2nd - Derek Gardner (SCO) 3rd - Ricky Hilton (ENG) 4th - Darren Bazin (ENG) 5th - Grant Moon (WALES) 6th - Travis Koons (USA) 7th - Aksel Vibe (NOR) 8th - Jake Engler (USA) 9th - Ben Casserly (ENG) 10th - Craig Trnka (USA) Class 70 (Front Hunter) 1st - Grant Moon (WALES) 2nd - Steven Beane (ENG) 3rd - Andy Reader-Smith (NZ) 4th - Ian Gajczak (SCO) 5th - Darren Bazin (ENG) 6th - Ben Casserly (ENG) 7th - Derek Gardner (SCO) 8th - David Varini (SCO) 9th - David Dawson (ENG) 10th - Chris Gregory (USA) Class 80 - Two Man Shoeing 1st - Steven Beane and Derek Gardner 2nd - Andy Reader-Smith and Grant Moon 3rd - Darren Bazin and Brian Saunders 4th - Chris Madrid and Travis Koons 5th - Aksel Vibe and Hendrik Berger 6th - Billy Reed and Todd Walker 7th - Benjamin Mangan and Timmy Bolduc 8th - Ian Gajczak and David Varini 9th - Andrew Casserly and Ben Casserly 10th - Matthew Kuechler and Stewart Bruce Class 90 - Eagle Eye 1st - Darren Bazin (ENG) 2nd - Steven Beane (SCO) 3rd - Craig Trnka (USA) 4th - Vincent Lamaille (FR) 5th - Travis Koons (USA) 6th - Nigel Brown (WALES) 7th - Aksel Vibe (NOR) 8th - Gene Leiser (USA) 9th - Andrew Casserly (ENG) 10th - Jake Engler (USA) Class 110 - Four Man Draft Horse 1st - Andy Reader-Smith, Grant Moon, Darren Bazin, Brian Saunders 2nd - Daniel Jones, Craig Trnka, Conrad Trow, Chris Overly 3rd - Jake Engler, Dusty Franklin, Gene Leiser, Tim McPhee 4th - Ian Gajczak, David Varini, Steven Beane, Derek Gardner 5th - Steve Dixon, James Findlar, Ian Ricthie, Ben Yager 6th - Nigel Fennell, Andrew Casserly, Ben Casserly, Ricky Hilton 7th - Matthew Keuchler, Adam Mcqueen, Tom Barnett, Stewart Bruce 8th - Daniel Evensen, Aksel Vibe, Hendrik Berger, Simen Krog 9th - John Benfield, Edward Simcock, Nigel Brown, Dave Dawson 10th - Benjamin Mangan, Bryan Osborne, Brian Nelson, Timmy Bolduc Rookie of the Year - Ben Casserly (ENG) Forging Champion - Steven Beane (ENG) Reserve Forgin Champion - Grant Moon (WALES) Shoeing Champion - Steven Beane (ENG) Best Shod Foot in 'Four Man' - Andy Reader-Smith (NZ) Most Consistent Placing - Steven Beane 2009 World Championship Blacksmith - 1st - STEVEN BEANE (ENG) 2nd - Darren Bazin - (ENG) 3rd - Derek Gardner (SCO) 4th - Grant Moon (WALES) 5th - Iain Ritchie (CAN) Hall of Fame - Grant Moon View the full PHOTO GALLERY |
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Royal Highland Show
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Lincolnshire Show
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125th LINCOLNSHIRE SHOW FARRIERY COMPETITION 24TH & 25TH JUNE 2009
The 125th Lincolnshire show Farriery completion was held the Wednesday and Thursday of the 24th & 25th of June. Although entries were low, high standard of work was produced. This year the judge was Stuart Spence. The Wednesdays Competition included the Open hunter shoeing of which. Apprentice Shoemaking was held over the two days as was the Open therapeutic shoemaking Class. On Thursday the Open Roadster was held.
This year was successful down to the new Coke forges brought for the forge by the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society. This has made a massive difference to the event. Many thanks go to the Judge Stuart Spence, Chief Steward Adrian Middleton and the Sponsors Stromsholm and Arthur Cottams.
Looking forward to next year’s competition, over the winter there are plans to revamp the old forge and make it a bit more “user friendly”. The format for next year’s competition is also having a revamp. On the Wednesday there will be both the apprentice shoemaking classes and the Open Roadster Class. On the Thursday there will be a new Master and Apprentice Hunter shoeing and shoemaking class. Details and format for this class will be announced at the beginning of 2010.
Lastly a big thank you to all those who turned up and competed. Hope to see you all next year.
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RESULTS Class 1 Open Hunter Shoeing 1st - S Chatterton 2nd - M Watson 3rd - R Shelly 4th - R Jones Class 2 1st & 2nd year Apprentice Shoemaking 1st - S Moores 2nd - A Bradley 3rd - D Mulhall 4th - S Green Class 3 3rd & 4th Year Apprentice Shoemaking 1st - J Haigh 2nd - J Short 3rd - A Smith 4th - T Turner Class 4 Open Shoemaking 1st - S Chatterton 2nd - M Watson 3rd - A Smith 4th - T Turner Class 5 Open Roadster Shoeing 1st - S Chatterton 2nd - S Hewitt 3rd - R Shave 4th - C McCabe |
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Three Counties Show
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Therapeutic Shoemaking 1st - Darren Bazin (17.3) 2nd - Gary Darlow (17.2) 3rd - Steven Beane (17.0) 4th - Jon Atkinson (16.8) Cob Shoeing 1st - Derek Gardner (44.5) 2nd - Paul Robinson (44.4) 3rd - Darren Bazin (44.2) 4th - Steven Beane (43.8) Best Dressed Foot - Charlie Hughes Pony Shoeing 1st - Grant Moon 2nd - Matt Randles 3rd - Paul Robinson 4th - Derek Gardner Best Dressed Foot - Matt Randles Open Hunter 1st - Darren Bazin (44.8) 2nd - Derek Gardner (44.5) 3rd - Jim Blurton (44.3) 4th - Steven Beane (44.3) Best Dressed Foot - Matt Randles Restricted Hunter 1st - Thomas Richards (43.5) 2nd - Andrew Bowyer (43.0) 3rd - Robin Turnbull (43.0) 4th - John Hick (42.3) Best Dressed Foot - Robin Turnbull 1st & 2nd Year Apprentices 1st - J C Lee (18.2) 2nd - Harry Meek (17.8) 3rd - Dale Harland 4th - Jasper Smart 3rd & 4th Year Apprentices 1st - Richard Slater (18.0) 2nd - Joel Morris 3rd - James Haigh 4th - Michael Wolverson Tong & Shoe 1st - Grant Moon & Tom Richards 2nd - Ed Simcock & Nigel Brown 3rd - Jay Tovey & Joe Bryan 4th - Derek Gardner & Matt Randles Four Corner Forged Test 1st - Michael Wolverson (73.0) 2nd - Nigel Brown (71.0) 3rd - Duncan Thomson (70.0) 4th - Jon Atkinson (67.0) Speed Chainmaking 1st - Nigel Brown (82.0) 2nd - Andrew Smith (60.0) 3rd - Jon Atkinson (47.0) 4th - Tom Wait (35.0) With grateful thanks to our sponsors - Arthur Cottam & Co Londonderry Forge Supplies Richard Ellis DipWCF Hons Jim Blurton Farrier Tools Full results and individual marks can be provided, please email Claire. Full PHOTO GALLERY |
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East of England Show
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Class 1 1st/2nd Year Apprentices 1st - Sammy O'Gara (9.0) WCF Apprentice Bronze Medal 2nd - Ben Grange (9.0) 3rd - Tom Williams (8.8) 4th - Ben Coy (8.7) 5th - Ashley Norris (8.6) 6th - Chris Westlake (8.4) Class 2 3rd/4th Year Apprentices 1st - Tom Galloway (9.1) WCF Apprentice Bronze Medal 2nd - Andrew Smith (9.0) 3rd - Joe Rose (8.7) 4th - Gareth Schofield (8.6) 5th - Toby Hind (8.5) 6th - Adam Curtis (8.4) Class 3 Leisure Horse Shoeing Sponsored by Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd 1st - Stephen Hill (70.8) WCF Bronze Medal 2nd - Tom Farmer (69.2) 3rd - Adam Forbes (69.0) *tie break on 'fit' 4th - Robert Shave (69.0) * tie break on 'fit' 5th - Ben Hamilton (68.9) 6th - Mark White (68.2) BDF Stephen Hill Class 4 Hunter Shoeing Sponsored by A J Pledger & Co Ltd 1st - James Povey (44.3) WCF Silver Medal 2nd - Nick Hamilton (43.8) 3rd - Mark White (43.6) 4th - Tom Pears (43.5) *tie break on 'fit' 5th - Stephen Hill (43.5) *tie break on 'fit' 6th - Alex Bunclark (43.3) BDF Stephen Hill Class 5 Master & Apprentice Sponsored by Londonderry Forge Supplies 1st - Mark Thompson & Tom Hind (71.1) 2nd - Robert Shave & Scott Taylor (70.8) 3rd - Shaun Chatterton & A Norris (70.7) 4th - Martin Elliot & Jake Elliot (70.6) 5th - Tom Farmer & Sammy O'Gara (70.5) 6th - Stephen Hill & Ben Hind (69.8) BDF Andrew Elkington Class 6 Therapeutic Shoemaking 1st - Stephen Hill (18.9) WCF Bronze Medal 2nd - Tom Pears (18.3) 3rd - Michael Richardson (18.2) 4th - Robert Shave (17.9) 5th - Ben Hamilton (17.7) 6th - Mark Thompson (17.5) Champion Apprentice - R C Gowing Perpetual Trophy 1st - Andrew Smith (26.2) 2nd - Tom Galloway (26.1) Show Champion - Gulley/Gowing Trophy 1st - Stephen Hill (133.2) 2nd - Robert Shave (129.3) Perpetual Trophy Wood Carving of "Blacksmith At Work" Donated by Mr D L Gulley awarded to best work produced by a competitor under the age of 25 years during the show - Tom Farmer Full results and individual marks can be provided, please email Claire. Full PHOTO GALLERY |
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South of England Show
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Class 1, Open Hunter 1st – David Smith (42.6) - *tie break specimen shoe 2nd – Ben Casserly (42.6) - *tie break specimen shoe 3rd – Rickly Hilton (42.5) - *tie break specimen shoe 4th – Matt Randle (42.5) - *tie break specimen shoe 5th – Gavin Golby (42.0) 6th – Andrew Casserly (41.2) 7th – Nigel Brown (41.1) 8th – D Birchall (40.6) Class 2, Open Pony 1st – Ricky Hilton (44.4) 2nd – Andrew Casserly (43.9) 3rd – Matt Randles (43.8) 4th – David Smith (43.7) 5th – Billy Crothers (43.6) 6th – Gavin Golby (43.3) 7th – G Nuttal (42.6) 8th – Ben Casserly (42.0) Class 3, Open Roadster 1st – Andrew Casserly (44.7) 2nd – David Smith (43.6) 3rd – Gavin Golby (43.5) 4th – Nigel Brown (42.6) - *tie break specimen shoe 5th – Billy Crothers (42.6) - *tie break specimen shoe 6th – Ricky Hilton (42.2) 7th – Ben Casserly (41.9) 8th- Matt Randles (41.4) Class 4, Open Shoemaking 1st – Andrew Casserly (17.9) 2nd – Dave Smith (17.8) 3rd – Nigel Brown (17.2) - *tie break front shoe 4th – Billy Crothers (17.2) - *tie break front shoe 5th – Matt Randles (17.1) 6th – Ben Casserly (16.6) 7th – Stephen Cox-Rushbridge (16.0) 8th – Pete Cronin (14.4) Class 5, 1st & 2nd Year Apprentice 1st – Jack Casserly (17.6) 2nd – Tom Williams (17.3) 3rd – James Elliott (17.1) 4th – Thomas Worsfield (16.4) 5th – Sam Warnham (16.0) 6th – Luke Bloomfield (16.8) 7th – Ben Price (15.5) 8th – Michael Hyland (15.4) Class 6, 3rd & 4th Year Apprentice 1st – George Hutchins (16.4) 2nd – Tom Wall (16.2) – *tie break hind shoe 3rd – Daniel Preece (16.2) – *tie break hind shoe 4th – Jake Fletcher (15.6) 5th – Joe Gillings (15.4) 6th – Janek Zysemil (15.2) Show Champion – Dave Smith (Gamble Jarvis Trophy) Reserve Champion – Andrew Casserly Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd Perpetual Cup – Pete Cronin The Committee would like to thank Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd for their generous sponsorship of the competition. Special thanks also to judge, Jay Tovey, and the Stewards for their extremely hard work and Wayne Upton of the Worshipful Company of Farriers for the presentation of medal and prizes. Full PHOTO GALLERY |
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Sledmere Shoemaking Competition, East Yorkshire
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3rd/4th Year Apprentices Open 1st - Steven Beane 2nd - Steve Hewitt 3rd - Matt Randles Apprentices 1st - Ben Granger 2nd - Declan Pack 3rd - Johnny Kirk |
The organisers would like to thank the following companies for their generous sponsorship: Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd Garry Harland Tools, 07710 161668 Londonderry Forge Supplies Swan Products Rectory Gas Supplies, 01759 371305 Special thanks must also go to Graham and Gary Harland, Huw Dyer, Mark Mattheson and Johnny Atkinson for supplying anvils and equipment without which the competition would not have gone ahead. |
Royal Bath & West Show
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Restricted Pony Shoeing 1st - Andy Reader-Smith (71.25) 2nd - Andy Bowyer (66.5) 3rd - F Sampson (64.75) 4th - J Summerville (64.5) 5th - D Dawson (63.75) 6th - L Lardder (63.5) 1st/2nd Year Shoemaking 1st - Dan Shinton (16.2) 2nd - A Illston (15.9) 3rd - T Middleton (15.6) 4th - D Roberts (15.3) 5th - J Holder (15.1) 3rd/4th Year Shoemaking 1st - Joel Morris (17.0) 2nd - Harry Garner (16.2) 3rd - J Haigh (15.9) 4th - M Pearson (15.4) 5th - L Lardder (15.0) 6th - Dan Preece (15.0) Open Pony Shoeing 1st - Ian Allison (81.2) 2nd - Andy Reader-Smith (80.85) 3rd - Nigel Brown (80.2) 4th - Jim Blurton (79.5) 5th - John Benfield (77.7) 6th - Gavin Golby (77.55) Best Prepared Foot - Nigel Brown Best Specimen Shoe - Jim Blurton Open Cob Shoeing 1st - Matt Randles (71.2) 2nd - Ian Allison (70.7) 3rd - Jim Blurton (70.5) 4th - Gavin Golby (70.35) 5th - Ricky Hilton (70.2) 6th - Joe Bryant (69.35) Best Prepared Foot - Ed Simcock Open Shoemaking 1st - Matt Randles (18.6) 2nd - Gavin Golby (16.7) 3rd - Ricky Hilton (16.6) 4th - Jim Blurton (16.4) 5th - Ian Allison (16.2) 6th - Andy Reader-Smith (16.0) Open Hunter Shoeing 1st - Jim Blurton (72.55) 2nd - Andy Reader-Smith (72.2) 3rd - Matt Randles (71.45) 4th - Nigel Perrot (71.3) 5th - Nigel Brown (71.0) 6th - Duncan Thompson (70.65) Best Prepared Foot - Matt Randles Show Championship CHAMPION - Jim Blurton Reserve - Matt Randles With grateful thanks to sponsor Richard Ash Horseshoes Full PHOTO GALLERY |
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NAFBAE Staffordshire Branch Competition, Stafford County Show
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A total of 65 farriers and apprentices took part in the annual farriery competition organised by the Staffordshire Branch of the National Association of Farriers Blacksmiths and Agricultural Engineers. This year a new speed shoemaking class provided a challenge to the competitors who had to make a 3/4 fullered caulk and wedge in 20 minutes. Grateful thanks to the Staffordshire and Birmingham Agricultural Society who have provided an excellent venue for the event. Thanks also to Horseshoe and Farrier Supplies for sponsoring the competition and to Mustad who provided brand new O Dwyer Damascus forges for use at Staffordshire Branch events. The forges performed faultlessly throughout the two days proving to be very versatile, giving a controllable and enormously efficient heat when needed. Competition secretary Jonathon Nunn would like to thank all who supported the event such as stewards and officials, and Mike and Jackie Randles of Logotec Embroidery for the generous help with t-shirts, stewards clothing and prizes. Judge Mark Preece did a fantastic job and provided some excellent specimen shoes for us. He commented on the high standards of work he saw over both days. Class 1 Open Roadster Shoeing 1st - Steven Beane (45.1) 2nd - Gary Darlow (44.8) 3rd - Jon Atkinson (43.9) 4th - Matthew Randles (43.7) 5th - Grant Moon (43.7) 6th - Charles Hughes (43.4) 7th - Rob Duggan (42.8) 8th - Elgan Harries (42.8) Best prepared foot - Oliver Gregory Class 2 Restricted Roadster Shoeing 1st - Jason Megan (44.6) 2nd - Gareth Thomas (44.6) 3rd - Dave JOnes (43.5) 4th - Matthew Rees (43.4) 5th - Tom Richards (43.3) 6th - Gareth Holt (42.6) 7th - Michael Saunders (42.2) 8th - Matthew Crompton (42.2) Class 3 Open Shoemaking 1st - Grant Moon (18.2) 2nd - Richard Slater (18.0) 3rd - Steven Beane (18.0) 4th - Elgan Harries (17.9) 5th - Mark Watson (17.4) 6th - Matt Randles (17.4) 7th - Gary Darlow (17.1) 8th - Jon Atkinson (17.1) Class 4 Apprentice 1st & 2nd Years 1st - Tom Williams (17.8) 2nd - Garry Clark (17.4) 3rd - Alex Collier (17.2) 4th - Anthony McKenzie (17.0) 5th - Ryan Derbyshire (17.0) 6th - Ben Grange (16.9) 7th - Ben Wyles (16.8) 8th - Scott Moores (16.8) Class 5 Apprentice 3rd & 4th Years 1st - Julia Cheney (17.6) 2nd - Jamie Barnes (17.5) 3rd - Andrew David Smith (17.4) 4th - Jamie Bourne Whitney (17.2) 5th - Matthew Crompton (17.2) 6th - Richard Slater (17.2) 7th - Olwyn Starkey (16.9) 8th - Timothy Boulton (16.8) Class 6 Speed Shoemaking Open 1st - Grant Moon Apprentice 1st - Matt Crompton Staffordshire Champion Vic Bailey Memorial Trophy - Grant Moon Staffordshire Champion Apprentice Farriers Supplies Challenge Trophy - Matt Crompton Full PHOTO GALLERY |
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International Competition, Bern, Switzerland
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1st - Ian Gajczak, Scotland 2nd - David Varini, Scotland 3rd - Philipp Buhlerr, Abtwil 4th - Devin Crearer, Scotland 5th - Walter Frehner, Marthalen 6th - Aaron Gygax, Zofingen 7th - Jason Gajczak, Scotland 8th - Daniel Zwissler, Rohrschach 9th - Peter Brülisauer, Nedudertiefen 10th - Ralf Reichardt, Uerkheim 11th - Martin Triaca, Dietikon 12th - Michael Bühlmann, Niederhünigen 13th - Martin Pellikka, Scherz 14th - Fredi Hess, Altbüron 15th - Silvan Erne, Tegerfelden 16th Johan Veurink, Netherland 17th - Trevor Sutherhand, New Zealand 18th - Furukawa Manabu, Japan 19th - Johan Dollen, Netherland 20th - Alexander Werner, Germany 21st - Niklaus Bigler, Thürnen 22nd - Urs Röthlin, Obernau 23rd - Thomas Fischer, Tennwil 24th - Simon Alt, Uzwil 25th - Adrian Kramis, Altwis With thanks to Ian Gajczak for kindly supplying the photographs. |
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Suffolk Show
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Fireman and Doorman Pairs Championship |
Apprentice Shoemaking 1st & 2nd Years 1st - Scott Taylor 2nd - Ben Coy 3rd - Duncan James 4th - Daniel Tidnam 5th - Christopher Matts Reserve - Sammy O'Gara Highly Commended - Christopher Gates Commended Jake Elliott Apprentice Shoemaking 3rd & 4th Years 1st - Robert Bedford 2nd - Alex Reilly 3rd - Matthew Berndes 4th - Ben Parker 5th - Joe Rose Reserve - Adam Curtis Highly Commended - William Taylor Commended - Robert Bush Local class for apprentices residing in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex or Cambridgeshire. 1st - Scott Taylor 2nd - Alex Reilly 3rd - Matthew Berndes The Dobberson Perpetual Challenge Trophy, presented by the Dobberson Family in memory of Sid for the competitor gaining the most points in the Farriery Competitions - E & W O'Shaughnessy The Weylands Perpetual Trophy presented by R J & C J Clark for the Best Overall Apprentice - Robert Bedford Reserve - Matthew Berndes |
Lincolnshire Show
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Pony Shoeing |
1st & 2nd Year Apprentices 1st Anthony Williams 2nd - Ryan Darbyshire 3rd - Harry Meek 4th - Luke Cain 5th - Danny Roberts 6th - D Northmore 7th - Tom Wait 8th - L Bloomfield 9th - S Manson 3rd & 4th Year Apprentices 1st - Harry Garner 2nd - Jamie Barnes 3rd - Chris Green 4th - Ryan Wadling 5th - J Gillings 6th - Daniel Preece 7th - Tom James 8th - Abi Hardy 9th - Will Sands Forges kindly sponsored by Vaughns (Hope Works). |
1st NAFBAE Bedforshire Branch Shoemaking Competition
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Class 1 1st & 2nd Year Apprentices |
Class 4 Eagle Eye Open - Andrew James Organised and run by Jon Foyle DWCF and Mike Burgoyne DWCF. Thanks to Jon Foyle for kind permission to publish these results, for a breakdown of scores and for full results please visit Tom Ryan's website Equinehoof by clicking here. With grateful thanks to the sponsors: MNC Ltd Stromsholm Saltmore Farrier Supplies 01462 733123 |
Otley Shoemaking Competition
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Open Shoemaking Class 1st - Steven Beane 2nd - Gavin Golby 3rd - Matthew Randles 4th - Ian Allison 5th - Jon Atkinson 6th- Jonathan Nunn 7th - Tom Pears 8th = Leon Bentham 8th = Glenn Brook 10th - Adam Fox Apprentice 1st & 2nd Year Shoemaking Class 1st Ben Grange 2nd Dale Harland 3rd Ashley Norris 4th J C Lee 5th - Jake Elliot 6th = Jonny Kirk 6th = Allan Ashcroft 8th - Tom Middleton 9th - Greg Calvert 10th - Sam Warman
Apprentice 3rd & 4th Year Shoemaking Class
Open Speed Shoemaking Class
Apprentice Speed Shoemaking Class
Eagle Eye Class We are hugely grateful to the generous support to all our sponsors these include - Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd , NWT Horseshoes 01244 541 394 Londonderry Forge Supplies, Richard Ash Horse Shoes, Vettec, B&L Farrier Supplies, Keratex, County Steel, Energas, Swan Products . Also for all the helpers throughout the day these include Graham Harland, John Hick,Garry Harland, Simon Jackson for bringing the fires and everybody else that helped making the competition run fantastically well throughout the day." |
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Milton Show, Peterborough
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Open Shoemaking: |
Open Apprentice 1st - Sammy O'Gara 2nd - Ben Coy 3rd - Sam Warmen 4th - Becky |
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1st/2nd Year Apprentices 1st - Ben Coy 2nd - Sammy O'Gara 3rd - Scott Taylor 4th - Sam Warmen |
Badminton Horse Trials
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'Vortex' was judged to be the winner of the WCF Best Shod Horse at Badminton Horse Trials. Ridden by Tim Price (NZL) and owned by Jonelle Richards and Rider, Vortex finished a superb 20th overall. Vortex is shod by Andrew Nicholls. Badminton was won this year by Oliver Townend and Flint Curtis, owned and bred by Edward and Robert Nicholson. Flint Curtis is now shod by Jim Blurton and Forden Farriers since Oli's move to Ellesmere in Shropshire. Congratulations to them all. Picture: Tim Price and Vortex kindly provided by www.optimalphotography.com |
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100 Year Werkman Horseshoes, International Horseshoeing Event
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The first Dutch horseshoe factory, Werkman & Co., was located in Groningen in 1909. Now 100 years on the business has celebrated with a grand event on 7th , 8th and 9th of May. Farriers, vets and equine professionals gathered from all over the world to mark this wonderful occasion. |
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Woodbridge Show
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Open Shoeing |
Best Dressed Foot- Tom Farmer Best Specimen- Tom Wall Best Shod Foot - Stephen Hill Most Workmanlike Apprentice- Tom Watkins. A total of 36 apprentices and 16 qualified farriers took part in a successful and enjoyable competition. The day ran smoothly with everyone on time and the organisers would like to thank all of those who participated and of course the judge for the day Robin May AWCF.. Special thanks must go to the sponsors - Roger Clark FWCF (Hons) Steel and cash prizes Farriers Choice Tools and cash prizes Richard Gowing (Hons) FWCF Cash prizes And also to Derek Murfitt for bringing the cobs used in the shoeing class. |
Leicester County Show
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Open Hunter Shoeing 1st - Derek Gardner 2nd - Jay Tovey 3rd - Gary Darlow 4th - Steven Beane 5th - David Smith 6th - Matthew Randles 7th - Gavin Golby 8th - Adam Fox 9th - Jon Atkinson 10th = Richard Spence 10th = Nigel Brown Best Prepared Foot - David Smith Best Speciment Shoe - Derek Gardner Open Roadster 1st - Steven Beane 2nd - Jon Atkinson 3rd - Gary Darlow 4th - Derek Gardner 5th - Matthew Randles 6th - Jay Tovey 7th = Gavin Golby 7th = Nigel Brown 9th - Shaun Chatterton 10th = David Smith 10th = Tom Pears Best Prepared Foot - Shaun Chatterton Best Specimen Shoe - Steven Beane 1st & 2nd Year Apprentices 1st - J C Lee 2nd - Ben Coy 3rd = Ben Grange 3rd = Ralph Blatchford 5th - Scott Moones 6th - Sammy O'Coara 7th - Sam Warman 8th - Tom Williams 9th - Joel Baker 10th - Ashley Norris 3rd & 4th Year Apprentices 1st - James Haigh 2nd - Steven Howard 3rd - Paddy Homan 4th - Jakk Short 5th - Chris Green 6th - Ryan Wadling 7th - Harry Garner 8th - Dan Preece 9th - Jack Harper 10th - Andrew David Smith Highest Score Shoemaking over two days for the Open Hunter and Roadster Class - Steven Beane Forge & Farrier does have complete results including all scores for the competition. If you would like to know your individual marks please email us. |
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World Championship Blacksmiths Competition, Madison, Wisconsin
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Class 1 - Pair of Draft Shoes 1st - Jim Quick (47) 2nd - Richard Becker (46) 3rd - Todd Walker (45) 4th - Gene Leiser (44) 5th - Conrad Trow (43) 6th - Chris Overly (42) 7th -Travis Koons (41) 8th - Jake Engler (40) 9th - Chris Madrid (39) 10th - Tyler Marshall (38) 11th - Iain Ritchie (37) 12th - Bryan Osborne (36) 13th - Earl Craig (35) 14th - Jason Hill (34) 15th - Travis Smith (33) 16th - Ben Mangan (32) 17th - Raleigh Desiato (31) 18th - Daniel Jones (30) 19th - Matt Lybeck (29) 20th - George Barker (28) Class 2 Heartbar and Deep Seated Barshoe 1st - Jim Quick (47) 2nd - Chris Overly (46) 3rd - Ben Mangan (45) 4th - Travis Koons (44) 5th - Chris Madrid (43) 6th - Tyler Marshall (42) 7th - Jake Engler (41) 8th - Tim McPhee (40) 9th - Gene Lieser (39) 10th - Richard Becker (38) 11th - Conrad Trow (37) 12th - Dusty Franklin (36) 13th - Iain Ritchie (35) 14th - Billy Lewis (34) 15th - Timmy Bolduc (33) 16th - Eric Russell (32) 17th - Daniel Jones (31) 18th - Bryan Osborne (30) 19th - Raleigh Desiato (29) 20th - David Sierra (28) Class 3 Shoe one foot with a Roadster Specimen 1st - Jake Engler (47) 2nd - Travis Koons (46) 3rd - Gene Lieser (45) 4th - Todd Walker (44) 5th - Jim Quick (43) 6th - Tyler Marshall (42) 7th - Chris Overly (41) 8th - Chris Madrid (40) 9th - Ben Mangan (39) 10th - Conrad Trow (38) 11th - Dusty Franklin (37) 12th - Daniel Jones (36) 13th - Timmy Bolduc (35) 14th - Richard Becker (34) 15th - Iain Ritchie (33) 16th - Tim McPhee (32) 17th - Travis Smith (31) 18th - Raleigh Desiato (30) 19th - Brian Nelson (29) 20th - Matt Lybeck (28) Overrall Results 1st - Jim Quick (137) 2nd - Travis Koons (131) 3rd - Chris Overly (129) 4th - Jake Engler (128) 5th - Gene Lieser (128) 6th - Chris Madrid (122) 7th - Tyler Marshall (122) 8th - Richard Becker (118) 9th - Conrad Trow (118) 10th - Ben Mangan (116) 11th - Todd Walker (108) 12th - Iain Ritchie (105) 13th - Daniel Jones (97) 14th - Tim McPhee (95) 15th - Timmy Bolduc (94) 16th - Dusty Franklin (93) 17th - Raleigh Desiato (90) 18th - Billy Lewis ( 86) 19th - Bryan Osborne (86) 20th - Jason Hill (76) |
With thanks to Craig Trnka for providing the results and images. For more details regarding the World Championship Blacksmiths visit their website. |
NAFBAE Ayrshire Branch Competition
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Apprentice Gas Forging (sponsored by Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd) 1st - Ben Casserly 2nd - George Hutchins 3rd - Harry Garner 4th - Julia Cheney 5th - Mark Innes 6th - Tom Galloway Gas Forging (sponsored by Handmade Shoes (UK) Ltd) 1st - Ian Gajczak 2nd - Adam Fox 3rd - Ruraidh Robb 4th - John Atkinson 5th - David Dawson 6th - Tom Richards 7th - Jay Tovey 8th - J Benfield 9th - Darren Bazin 10th - David Varini Apprentice Eagle Eye (sponsored by Mustad Hoofcare) 1st - Julia Cheney 2nd - J C Lee 3rd - Richard Slater 4th - George Hutchins 5th - Graham McBurney 6th - Harry Garner Eagle Eye (sponsored by Mustad Hoofcare) 1st - Jay Tovey 2nd - Ivor Valentine 3rd - Gary Darlow 4th - John Atkinson 5th - David Sutherland 6th - Ian Allison 1st & 2nd Year Apprentice Class (sponsored by B L Farrier Supplies) 1st - Ben Taylor 2nd - J C Lee 3rd - Johnny Kirk 4th - Jack Casserly 5th - Lewis Balfour 6th - Oliver Connolly 3rd & 4th Year Apprentice Class (sponsored by B L Farrier Supplies) 1st - Richard Slater 2nd - Ben Casserly 3rd - Robert Bedford 4th - Stuart Malcolm 5th - Daniel Preece 6th - George Hutchins Two Man Apprentice (sponsored by Vettec) 1st - JC Lee & Richard Slater 2nd - Ben Casserly & Jack Casserly 3rd - Johnny Kirk & James Haigh 4th - Harry Garner & Daniel Preece 5th - Robert Bedford & Tom Galloway 6th - George Hutchins & Janek Zysmill Two Man Front Draught Shoes (sponsored by Drew Wilson & Colin Fyfe) 1st - Paul Robinson & David Varini 2nd - Ian Gajczak & Jason Gajczak 3rd - Andrew Casserly & Ricky Hilton 4th - Jim Balfour & Wayne Balfour 5th - Jim Ferrie & Allan Ferrie 6th - Darren Bazin & Brian Saunders Two Man Draught Hind Shoes (sponsored by Drew Wilson & Colin Fyfe) 1st - A Mercer & M Watson 2nd - Paul Robinson & David Varini 3rd - Gary Darlow & Jay Tovey 4th - Darren Bazin & Brian Saunders 5th - Ian Gajczak & Jason Gajczak 6th - Andrew Casserly & Ricky Hilton Two Man Draught Shoes Overrall (sponsored by Drew Wilson & Colin Fyfe) 1st - Paul Robinson & David Varini 2nd - Ian Gajczak & Jason Gajczak 3rd - Andrew Casserly & Ricky Hilton 4th - A Mercer & M Watson 5th - Darren Bazin & B Saunders 6th - Jim Ferrie & Allan Ferrie 7th - G Darlow & J Tovey 8th - M Randles & D Thomson 9th - N Brown & E Simcock 10th - J Balfour & W Balfour Two Man Roadster (sponsored by Life Data Labs Inc, producers 'Farrier Formula' ) 1st - Gary Darlow & Jay Tovey 2nd - Paul Robinson & David Varini 3rd - Jim Ferrie & Allan Ferrie 4th - Ian Gajczak & Jason Gajczak 5th - Paul Duddy & Mark Payne 6th - M Randles & Duncan Thomson 7th - A Casserly & R Hilton 8th - D Crerar & D Sutherland 9th - I Allison & D Webley 10th - T Richards & C Hughes Best Shod Foot Two Man Roadster (sponsored by Life Data Labs Inc, producers of 'Farriers Formula' ) - Paul Robinson & David Varini Best Roadster Two Man (sponsored by Life Data Labs Inc, producers of 'Farriers Formula' ) - Gary Darlow & Jay Tovey Intermediate (sponsored by David Shearer) 1st - David Dawson 2nd - D Webley 3rd - Jason Gajczak 4th - Geoff Elphick 5th - Frazer Spittal 6th - Scott Rose Open (sponsored by Forge & Farrier) 1st - Andrew Casserly 2nd - Ian Allison 3rd - Gary Darlow 4th - Duncan Thomson 5th - Allan Ferrie 6th - Paul Robinson 7th - Ricky Hilton 8th - Darren Bazin Best Dressed Foot Open (sponsored by Forge & Farrier) - Ian Allison Best Shod Foot Open (sponsored by Forge & Farrier)- Andrew Casserly APPRENTICE CHAMPIONSHIP (sponsored by Stromsholm) Champion - J C Lee Reserve Champion - Ben Casserly 3rd - Richard Slater 4th - George Hutchins 5th - Jack Casserly MASTER CHAMPIONSHIP (sponsored by J & A Ferrie) Champion - Gary Darlow Reserve Champion - Jay Tovey 3rd - Ian Gajczak 4th - Paul Robinson 5th - David Varini Click here to view the full photo gallery. If you would like to know your marks and position for individual classes please email claire@forgeandfarrier.co.uk. |
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National Master & Apprentice Competition 2009
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OVERALL RESULTS: 1st - England (491.1) 2nd - Ireland (472.7) 3rd - Wales (470.7) 4th - Scotland (464.7) 5th - Army (455.6) Click here for a breakdown of these results. INDIVIDUAL CLASSES: Class 1 Team Coke Shoeing 1st - England (174.3) 2nd - Wales (168.4) 3rd - Scotland (167.7) 4th - Ireland (176.5) 5th - Army (165.3) Class 1 Top 5 Individual Pairs 1st - D Smith & R Slater (England) 2nd - S Beane & J Haigh (England) 3rd - P Robinson & A Mulholland (Ireland) 4th - G Golby & S Howard (England) 5th - W O'Shaughnessy & R Potter (Ireland) Click here for a breakdown of these results Class 2 Team Gas Shoemaking Results 1st - England (67.2) 2nd - Wales (64.1) 3rd - Scotland (64.1) 4th - Ireland (62.8) 5th - Army (59.2) Class 2 Top 5 Individual Pairs 1st - D Smith & R Slater (England) 2nd - N Fennel & G Hutchins (England) 3rd - N Brown & M Wolverson (Wales) 4th - D Sutherlands & S Malcolm (Scotland) 5th - D Varini & J Campbell (Scotland) Click here for a breakdown of these results Class 3 Team Gas Shoeing Results !st - England (179.9) 2nd - Ireland (179.1) 3rd - Wales (174.6) 4th - Scotland (173.3) 5th - Army (170.6) Class 3 Top 5 Individual Pairs 1st - P Robinson & A Mulholland (Ireland) 2nd - D Smith & R Slater (England) 3rd - G Golby & S Howard (England) 4th - S Beane & J Haigh (England) 5th - D Varini & J Campbell (Scotland) Click here for a breakdown of these results Class 4 Team Coke Shoemaking Results 1st - England (69.7) 2nd - Ireland (65.3) 3rd - Wales (63.6) 4th - Army (60.5) 5th - Scotland (59.6) Class 4 Top 3 Individual Results 1st - D Varini & J Campbell (Scotland) 2nd - D Smith & R Slater (England) 3rd - G Golby & S Howard (England) Click here for a breakdown of these results Class 5 Reserve Coke Shoemaking 1st - England (M Randles & R Bedford) 17.5 2nd - Scotland (S Brown & L Balfour) 16.3 3rd - Wales (E Harries & D Shinton) 15.3 4th - Ireland (D Lynch & G O'Grady) 15.0 5th - Army (P Cox & R Howell) 14.2 Click here for a breakdown of these results Hosted this year by the British Army this competition was a complete success and an enjoyable time was had by all. Special thanks to the sponsors for their invaluable support - Mustad B L Farrier Supplies Life Data Labs Inc, producers of 'Farriers Formula' Arthur Cottams Jim Blurton Specialist Shoes & Farrier Tools Londonderry Forge Supplies MNC Ltd Stromsholm Imprint Equissage J & A Ferrie NWT (Horseshoes) Ltd Richard Ash Horseshoes William Hercock Vettec Easibed Gibbins To view the full Photo Gallery click here |
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Shire Horse Show, Peterborough
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Class 1 - 1st/2nd Year Apprentice 1st Ben Coy 2nd Ben Grange 3rd Danny Roberts 4th Johnny Kirk 5th Christopher Matts 6th Jason Richardson 7th Tom Middleton 8th Ralph Blatchford 9th Chris Westlake 10th Dale Harland Ben Coy won a Bronze Medal Class 2 - 3rd/4th Year Apprentice 1st James Haigh 2nd Robert Bedford 3rd Harry Garner 4th Dan Preece 5th Tom Galloway 6th Richard Slater 7th Jack Harper 8th Rowan Coleman 9th William Jones 10th Joe Rose James Haigh won a Bronze Medal and the Farriers Cup for Overall Best Apprentice. Class 3 - Open 1st Steven Beane 2nd Stephen Gowing AWCF 3rd Tom Pears 4th William O’Shaughnessy 5th A M Brooke 6th Jon Atkinson 7th Stephen J H Hill 8th Gareth Holt 9th Andy Shuttleworth 10th Andrew James Steven Beane won a Silver Medal & Rose Bowl for gaining most points in Class 3, He also won “Best Prepared Foot” and a bronze medal for Open Shoemaking. Iron and nails kindly donated by A J Pledger & Co Ltd. Forge & Farrier would like to thank Sylvia Adams for these images - they are a small selection of a fantastic range. If you are interested in viewing more photo's or would like to purchase an image please contact her via her website - www.apersonalviewphotography.co.uk. |
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National Stallion Show, Perth
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Open |
Apprentices 1st - E Taylor 2nd - J Wilson 3rd - J Campbell 4th - Olly 5th - A Ireland 6th - Rob |
G W Day Shoemaking Competition
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Kindly sponsored by Stromsholm and Plumpton College |
Class 5: Open 1st - Nigel Fennell 2nd - Andrew Casserly 3rd - Mike O’Dell 4th - Nick Cooper 5th Dan Birchall 6th Anthony Waterfield 1st/2nd Year Highest Score winner of David Sharpe & James Hayter Sheild - Jack Casserly 3rd/4th Highest Score winner of the Frank Dean Trophy - Paddy Homan G W Day & Co Sheild - Nigel Fennell |
2009 National Forging & Horseshoeing Competition
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North American Challenge Cup
Sponsored by Vector Horseshoe Nails
1st Billy Crothers, AWCF
2nd Craig Trnka, CJF
3rd Travis Koons, CJF
4th Billy Reed, CJF
5th Grant Moon, CJF, AWCF
6th Jake Engler, CJF
Delta Mustad Hoofcare Center Specialty Forging Class
Sponsored by Delta Mustad Hoofcare Center
1st Jake Engler, CJF
2nd Craig Trnka, CJF
3rd Gene Lieser, CJF
4th Grant Moon, CJF, AWCF
5th Chris Madrid, CF
6th Billy Crothers, AWCF
Two-Person Draft Class
Sponsored by Durasole & Edward Martin's Original Hoof Coating
1st Travis Koons, CJF & Timothy McPhee, CJF
2nd Bob Allen, CF & Mark Milster, CJF
3rd Stephen Hendrickson, CF & Mark Thorkildson, CJF
4th Sarah Mary Brown & Paul Collins
5th Mitch Taylor, CJF & Bryan Osborne, CJF
6th Robert Slansky, CJF & Ben Hupp, CJF
Journeyman Class
Sponsored by Farrier Academics (John Blombach, CJF & Debora Ash, CF)
1st Billy Reed, CJF
2nd Timothy McPhee, CJF
3rd Billy Crothers, AWCF
4th Jake Engler, CJF
5th Chris Madrid, CF
6th Chris Overly, CJF
Vern Hornquist Class
Sponsored by Myron McLane, CJF & Walt Taylor, CF
Billy Lewis, CJF
Reserve National High Point Award
Sponsored by Farrier Industry Association
Jake Engler CJF
National High Point Award
Sponsored by Grant Moon, CJF, AWCF & Bob Pethick, CJF
Craig Trnka, CJF
Overall High Point Award
Sponsored by WSFA & Mike Chisham, CF
Craig Trnka, CJF
American Farrier's Team
Four AFT members, along with two alternates, leave Convention as international representatives of the American Farrier’s Association. While traveling to competitions, AFT members serve as informal ambassadors of the AFA and the horseshoeing profession in the US and North America.
Conscious of the support of the AFA and the entire farrier industry, AFT members make a concerted effort to share what they have learned in international competition with the AFA community.
2009 American Farrier's Team
Look for complete team coverage in upcoming issues of Professional Farrier™ an Official Publication of the American Farrier's Association™.
Jake Engler, CJF (Captain)
Gene Lieser, CJF
Tim McPhee, CJF
Dusty Franklin, CJF
Brian Nelson, CJF (1st alt.)
Daniel Jones, CJF (2nd alt.)
Lancashire & Cheshire NAFBAE Roadster and Master & Apprentice Competition
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(Saturday) Annual Roadster Shoeing Competition Judge: Mr A Wilson AWCF Class 1 Roadster Shoeing 1st - Matt Randles (Cottams voucher and NAFBAE Silver Salver) 2nd - Steven Beane 3rd - Nigel Brown 4th - Charles Hughes 5th - John Atkinson 6th - Gareth Thomas Restricted prize - Gareth Thomas Apprentice 1st & 2nd Year 1st - Ben Taylor (Cottams voucher and NAFBAE Silver Salver) 2nd - Jake Elliott 3rd - Harry Meek 4th - Tom Williams 5th - Tom Galloway 6th - Anthony Williams Apprentice 3rd & 4th Year 1st - Ricky Hilton (Cottams Voucher & The Joseph Wiseman Trophy) 2nd - Tom Farmer 3rd - Mike Wolverson 4th - Mark Innes 5th - James Moles 6th - Liam Cooper Best Specimen Shoe (Joe Preston Trophy) - Matt Randles Eagle Eye - Matt Randles (Sunday) Master & Apprentice Competition Judge: Mr W Preece FWCF Master & Apprentice Shoemaking 1st - Paul Robinson & Aaron Mulholland (Myerscough College Shield) 2nd - Nigel Brown & Harry Meek 3rd - Derek Gardner & Ben Taylor 4th - Paul Robinson & Graham Mc Burney 5th - Gary Darlow & Alex Collier 6th - Elgan Harries & Dan Shinton Master & Apprentice Shoeing 1st - Jim Blurton & Julia Cheney (Myerscough College Shield) 2nd - Jim Blurton & Ricky Hilton 3rd - Jim Blurton & Katy Grose 4th - Tom Pears & William Jones 5th = Elgan Harries & Davey Calko and Andy Shuttleworth & Josh Eddleston 6th - Paul Robinson & Ryan Potter Surgical/Therapeutic Shoemaking 1st - Jon Atkinson (Cottams voucher& Myerscough College Shield) 2nd - Derek Gardner 3rd - Matt Randles 4th - Nigel Brown 5th - Gareth Thomas 6th - Tom Pears |
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