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Royal Cornwall Show (5th, 6th & 7th June 2025)

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We hope you are all enjoying the first couple of shows of the year. Our next stop is Wadebridge, Cornwall, at the Royal Cornwall Show! This is Round 4 of the National Blacksmithing Competition Circuit.

Although online entries are closed now, do not worry! Late entries can be accepted; please see the schedule below. We hope to see you all there for a fun-filled show.

As the showing scene portal is now closed for entries, you will have to get in contact with Steve Wilson regarding entry booking.

Schedule link;

https://cdn.prod.websitefiles.com7_Blacksmith%20Schedule%20(draft).pdf

Two weeks to go until the 2025 (Saturday 18th) NBCC ‘Judging Seminar and Competition’

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Book up now for the 1st NBCC round held at Holme Lacy College (National School of Blacksmithing)

Entries close Friday 7th March 2025

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Just over two weeks to go until the NBCC Seminar and 1st round of the National Blacksmith Competitions. The event is kindly being hosted by Hereford College and is shaping to be a great day. There are multiple Student entries in the Live Forging student competition, and the Open (Professional) Class & Open static are filling up too. If you want more details or to get involved you can enter using this link: Entry Form

For details of the set Student Live Forging Competition here’s a link to a downloadable PDF: https://championblacksmith.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nbcc-student-comp-piece-trammel-hook-2.pdf

For Schedule details: https://championblacksmith.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/schedule-08-03-25-3.pdf

Live Forging Student Competition 2025

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This is the piece (‘Trammel Hook’) that the Students are asked to make either on-site at Hereford on 8th March 2025 (9:00 AM) or at their own College under competition conditions and sent to Hereford for judging on 8th March 2025.

There is a downloadable PDF at this link: https://championblacksmith.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nbcc-student-comp-piece-trammel-hook-2.pdf