National Blacksmiths Competition

Chief steward:
Simon Grant-Jones AWCB
2. Puddledock Cottages
Sutton Poyntz
Weymouth
Dorset DT3 6LZ Tel 01305 833059

e.mail:

simon@simongrant-Jones.com

or simon.grantjones@kmc.ac.uk

September 4th & 5th 2010
www.dorsetcountyshow.co.uk

Schedules available from April 2010 from:
Kingston Maurward College
Dorset county show secretary
Chief steward Simon Grant-Jones AWCB
Follow the links on this page

Judge for 2010: Mr Les Staples ,Dorset

Mr James Crossman AWCB (probationer) Somerset


Stewards: Simon Grant-Jones AWCB (Chief steward)
Ron Long, Brian Collis, Colin Edwards-Jones, Justin Butler, Martin Thorpe

Fire basket by Brian Collis

"Farmyard" Fire Irons
also by Brian

Maurward meats
farm fresh pork and beef,
sponsors the Dorset County show blacksmiths.
Tel 01305 215052




Syd Blackmore Roofing
and leadwork
Tel 07966 172315


Cahill Fabrications
the saw mills
Units 5&6
Middlemarsh
Nr Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 5QW
Tel 01300 345856

This is the last show of the circuit and is held at the Cokers Frome showground approximately 1/2mile from Dorchester town centre. The main sponsors are Dorchester agricultural society and Kingston Maurward College.

Schedule for 2010

Static competitions

Class 1: Any item produced using traditional methods with a value under £250 (ex VAT)
Class 2: Any item produced using traditional methods with a value over £250 (ex VAT)
Class 3: Any Item of an artistic nature using any method of construction, with no limit on selling price

Live competitions

Class 4: Any saleable item produced on the showground in 30 minutes no striker allowed
Class 5: Any item that would have "been in use 100 years ago". E.g fire irons, tools, domestic items etc,
To be made on the showground in 75mins no striker allowed.
Competitors to supply their own material and tools. Forge anvil and vice will be provided.

Organisations that have sponsored and contributed to the running
of the Dorset County show competition for 2009 have included:

Dorchester Agricultural Society
Cahill welding and fabrications
Maurward meats
Syd Blackmore roofing
The Blacksmiths guild
The worshipful company of Blacksmiths

If you would be interested in contributing to the show as a sponsor or by assisting on showdays please contact the chief steward on the link at the top of the page

After a break of nearly ten years, the Dorset County show (formerly the Dorchester Show) is back on the national blacksmiths competition circuit. One of only nine shows in the country that qualify to compete to find the national champion blacksmith. Run by Simon Grant-Jones AWCB with the backing and support from Kingston Maurward College and the Dorchester agricultural society, the resurrected competition will be into its Sixth season in 2010.
Simon is a part-time lecturer in Blacksmithing at Kingston Maurward College, a committee member of the Blacksmiths Guild, and also sits on the National Blacksmiths competition committee. He will be pleased to advise on courses in Blacksmithing held at Kingston Maurward and can be contacted on the links at the top of the page.