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

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

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