I’m fed up with talking about the weather, but I can console myself with the fact we have grabbed every opportunity so far and progress is not too bad.Lancashire and Westmorland Hedgelaying Grand Prix
THE Forest of Bowland leg of the Lancashire and Westmorland Grand Prix competition was held on Saturday, March 7, at Chatburn near Clitheroe and attracted 40 hedgelayers from Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire.
Abilities ranged from expert to novice including five young farmers.
The experts each tackled a 10 yard stint of hedge curving round a tight bend giving an extra level of difficulty.
Many people dropped in to see the hedgelayers at work including a family from Belgium who were staying nearby and a local man who had been trained by Lancashire County Council to lay hedges and build dry stone walls just after the 2nd World War.
Robert Bell was crowned champion hedgelayer on the day but the battle to be supreme champion continues to the wire with the last Grand Prix competition being held at Ellel on March 21.
Championship class
1. Robert Bell
2. Peter Gibson
3. Henry Kirkwood
Open class
1. Dariusz Kownacki
2. John Hulbert
3. Heather Swift
Junior class
1. Craig Procter
2. Henry Knowles
3. Michael Todd
Novice class
1. Alan Rhodes
2. Peter Freeman
3. Chris Gaughan
Best hedgelayer on the day Robert Bell
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