BFBA National farriery championships 28 september 2012

Welcome to the BFBA event of 2012

Congratulations to Steven Beane for winning the 2012 BFBA National Farriery Championships and to all the competitors at this fantastic event.

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National Apprentice Champion -
1st - Andrew Tennant ;
2nd - Greg Crawford; 3rd - Phil Smith; 4th - Dan Rabin; 5th - James Gant

National Championship - Best Specimen Shoe -
Sponsored by Jim Blurton Specialist Shoes
1st - Jon Atkinson;
2nd - Steven Beane; = 3rd - Lewis Balfour, Andrew Nickalls, Ben Casserly & Andrew Martin

National Championship - Best Dressed Foot -
1st - Matt Randles;
= 2nd - Lewis Balfour, Darren Bazin & John Benfield

National Championship - Best Shod Foot -
1st - Shaun Chatterton;
2nd - Steven Beane; 3rd - Darren Bazin; 4th - Andrew Casserly

National Championship -
1st - Steven Beane;
2nd - Jon Atkinson; 3rd - Shaun Chatterton; 4th - Darren Bazin

Calling ALL Farriers and Apprentice Farriers

 

BFBA 2012 National Championship
Friday 28th September
First round - 8am
Last round - 12.30pm

Presentation - 6.30pm (at The Forge)

Specimen shoes available to download -

National Championship Shoes - Judge: Nigel Fennell

DOUBLE CALKIN - 17 1/2 inches of 1 1/4 x 1/2
Width = 6 3/8; Length - 7 1/2 (toe to outside heel); 7 1/4 (toe to inside heel)
Heel Width = 3 inches

DEEP SEATED BAR SHOE - HAMMERFINISH
from 16 1/2 inches of 1 x 1/2 inch
Width 6 3/8; Length from toe to bar - 6 1/2
Hammerfinish only and no cutters!

National Apprentice Shoes - Judge: Huw Dyer - UPDATED 25 JUNE

 

BREAKING NEWS - 20 MARCH 2012 -
BFBA September event expands further

Following the success of Farriery Focus and the new format International Team Horseshoeing Championships at Stoneleigh, a new addition to the September weekend event is set to make it an even bigger spectacle.

Friday 28 September will now feature the BFBA National Farriery Championships to find the top British competition farrier of 2012.

This will lead into the International Team Horseshoeing Championships on the Saturday and Sunday.

Farriery Focus will run throughout Saturday with top speakers and demonstrations from the world of farriery.

BFBA President, Gary Burton DipWCF, explains:

“In the last couple of years the Association has been developing its role - launching the now well established Farriery Focus, the improved International Team Horseshoeing Championships, apprentice Pre-Diploma exams and this year a pre-AWCF work-up course.

The National Farriery Championships have also remained a very important part of this, but even when it was held during the Royal Show, it really wasn’t at a great time. This is the showpiece of the top British competitors, but we have forever been trying to fit it into the heart of the season and often too close to the Calgary World Blacksmithing Championships, let alone other significant UK competitions.

It also doesn’t make a lot of sense running a championship event before all the qualifying events have been held.

Because it has always been for the top few and a shoeing competition rather than just a shoemaking event, it has always really needed to be part of a larger event.

With the end of the Royal Show, then the Royal Festival of the Horse, I genuinely felt that Land Rover Max would again give us that extra fun element. It would seem, however, that too has been cancelled this year!

Entries last year were not as strong as we’d have liked. The cost of staging a competition like this isn’t trivial. I’m sure you will agree that it also isn’t right that the Association should be forced into the position of making a loss on a competition that is run for the benefit of just a few members.

Therefore, it seems to me completely logical to bring the National Championships together with the International and create one big spectacle that will be much easier and less costly to run as well as being more interesting for visitors and sponsors alike.”

Full details for visitors and competitors of the BFBA Farriery Championships weekend and Farriery Focus will be available in the pages of Forge Magazine and the website www.forgemagazine.co.uk

In the meantime, do put these dates in your diary – Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 September 2012.