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Journal
of
The Guild of Bricklayers
Registered Charity No 1073475
2018 Edition
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Contents Page
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Profile of the President – Kevin Harold
5 Past Presidents, Life & Honorary Members, Long Service Awards
6 National Officers and Trustees of the Guild of Bricklayers
7 The Guild of Bricklayers
8 The National Conference – EMFEC
14 Editorial
15 The National AGM
16 Thanks to the Guild of Bricklayers Sponsors
17 Competition Reports
29 A life well lived, Rex Reynolds
30 The Guild of Bricklayers Regions
31 Membership
33 Invitation to the 2019 National Competitions Final
34 Master Bricklayer of the Guild of Bricklayers
35 Knick Knack Corner
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Kevin Harold - President of the Guild of Bricklayers
Coming from a family who worked in the retail trade it was
expected that I would follow in their footsteps but at the age of
14 I was offered a chance to attend a College to study
construction one day a week. The course included Bricklaying,
Carpentry and Joinery and Plumbing. On leaving school in
1974 I gained a bricklaying apprenticeship through the CITB.
On completing my apprenticeship my circumstances suddenly
changed when my father had a heart attack followed by a
stroke. Unable to continue to work and a family business to run
I left the construction industry to take over the business.
When my father was able to resume work, I returned to the
construction industry working for several building companies. I
headed off to London in 1987 due to the lack of work in the
North West of England, only returning in 1989 for the birth of
my second son. Resuming work back in the North West proved
difficult and for a short time I became self-employed working for several building
companies and undertaking some private work. In 2000 I was offered a part-time job
teaching at the College were I completed my training and today I am still working at the
same college. As I reflect on my career and the different experiences I have had, I can
truly say I have enjoyed every minute, learning lifelong lessons, passing on skills and
knowledge and meeting amazing people.
I would like to thank the people who have influenced my life, by their continued support.
My wife Janet and the members of the Guild of Bricklayers.
Kevin Harold PGB
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Past Presidents
1932-33 W Blaber 1933-34 A T Winstone 1934-35 T Howarth
1935-36 F Taylor 1936-37 G A F Clarke 1937-38 G A F Clarke
1938-39 W F Clarke 1946-47 W F Clarke 1947-48 W F Clarke
1948-49 J C Hodge 1949-50 J Olney 1950-51 E A Davies
1951-52 W G Nash 1952-53 T Whitmore 1953-54 E L Braley
1954-55 C E Outen 1955-56 T Pickering 1956-57 G E Clayton
1957-58 S Smith 1958-59 J E Jeffrey 1959-60 D Bradford
1960-61 N C Sidwell 1961-62 E L Braley 1962-63 E L Elmes
1963-64 W F Wadge 1964-65 G A F Clarke 1965-66 J S Bradbury
1966-67 H F Turner 1967-68 R M Edwards 1968-69 N Bradley
1969-70 B Bradbury 1970-71 D McArthur 1971-72 J E Jeffrey
1972-73 H Timlin 1973-74 E H Fawcett 1974-75 G E Clayton
1975-76 T D Clarke 1976-77 E Johnson 1977-78 W F Elliott
1978-79 G H Fox 1979-80 N Bradley 1980-81 E Robson
1981-82 R J Baldwin 1982-83 R J Baldwin 1983-84 A Capewell
1984-85 B Bloodworth 1985-86 J Monaghan 1986-87 D Treece
1987-88 A Beesley 1988-89 D Carver 1989-90 J Rippon
1990-91 M Thorpe 1991-92 R A Daniel 1992-93 J Rippon
1993-94 M W Pearce 1994-95 P Roberts MBE 1995-96 S Rutter
1996-97 J Gordon 1997-98 A J Glen 1998-99 J Offless
1999-00 R J Baldwin 2000-01 R J Baldwin 2001-02 J Brown
2002-03 J Trueman 2003-04 G Evans 2004-05 D Westwood
2005-06 G Pellatt 2006-07 M Kelliher 2007-08 A Tucker
2008-09 S Barlow 2009-10 J Walden 2010-11 P Elmes
2011-12 A J Glen 2012-13 A Cainen 2013-14 V Scriven
2014-15 P Hodgkinson 2015-16 J Howe 2016-18 P Vine-Roberts
Life Members M Thorpe, S Barlow M W Pearce, B Bradbury, G Evans, J Trueman, A Glen, D Westwood
Honorary Members J Brandon Brian Garratt R Brotherhood J Campbell
C Boulton A Edwards S Morton A Young
D Lepla
E Robson 1955
B Bradbury - 1957
J Nettle - 1962
S Barry - 1964
J Pegg - 1966
C Howman - 1974
G Chambers - 1977
L Phillips – 1978
J Phillips - 1982
M Kelliher - 1983
L Pearson J Moorhouse P Shuker
M Rose CBE
R Sinden - 1947
D Treece - 1955
R Baker - 1959
D Downs 1963
D Cartledge 1964
B Upton – 1966
J-Quinton – 1976
A Glenn - 1977
G Rasmussen - 1978
M Butterworth -1982
D Westwood - 1983
G Parkinson Chris Gosden
Long Service Awards W Dawson - 1950
J Butler - 1956
J Rippon – 1959
A Adkin - 1963
P Stephens - 1964
W Ruthven - 1971
J Trueman - 1976
M Pearce - 1977
D Armstrong - 1982
P J Bellis - 1983 C H Wallace - 1983
R Reynolds 1953
G Hayes - 1956
D Lee - 1961
D Davies – 1963
M Jeffery - 1965
T Chambers - 1972
M Thorpe - 1977
W Lewis - 1978
G Evans - 1982
G J Guinan - 1983
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National Officers of the Guild of Bricklayers
President Vice President Past President Kevin Harold PGB [email protected]
Bill Bowman VPGB [email protected]
Phil Vine-Roberts PGB [email protected]
National Secretary National Treasurer Journal Editor S L Barlow PPGB G Evans LMGB M J Walden
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National Competition
Secretary
Charity Finance
Officer
Historian and Inventory
Officer Bill Bowman [email protected]
Gareth Evans LMGB M Kelliher PPGB
Auditors to the Guild Training Officer Education Officer D Westwood LMGB
S Barlow PPGB
Kevin Robinson MMGB [email protected]
T Tucker PPGB [email protected]
Web Site &
Marketing Manager
PR & Media Officer Technical Officer
Phil Vine Roberts PGB J Walden PPGB A Cainen PPGB [email protected]
Trustees of the Guild P Vine-Roberts PPGB G Evans LMGB S Barlow LMGB
M Pearce LMGB T Tucker PPGB
D Westwood LMGB J Walden PPGB
K Robinson MMGB M Thorpe LMGB
J Trueman LMGB
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The Guild of Bricklayers
The Guild is an association founded in 1932 with the aims of promoting and maintaining
the highest standards of craftsmanship in Brickwork.
Membership consists of Journeymen and Master Members, who have served an
apprenticeship or an approved period of training and have obtained the relevant
qualification, are practising bricklayers, site foremen, and managers, clerks of work,
lecturers, tutors or instructors on approved courses. Trainee membership is encouraged and
there is an Associate class of membership for those in industry or education who are
sympathetic to the aims of the Guild.
As a national organisation the Guild has a President, a National Secretary, Treasurer and
Membership Secretary as its main officers. The Guild covers the whole of the United
Kingdom through its thirteen geographical regions, called Sections. Each section elects
from its members a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer and is responsible for organising
the activities of the Section, work and site visits and other activities which promote the
aims of the Guild.
Each year the Guild, through its network of sections, organises regional brickwork
competitions at Senior, Junior and Schools levels with a National Final bringing together
the winners of the senior competitions from each of the regional events. The Guild is
pleased to acknowledge the sponsorship of brick, mortar and tool manufacturers and valued
contributions from local firms at regional events.
Guild members serve on the advisory panels of all the technical education institutes and
supervise competition stands at local and national exhibitions.
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THE GUILD OF BRICKAYERS 26th NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018
Apprenticeships, Technicals and the Changing Landscape of Construction Training. The 26th national conference was opened by the President of the Guild of Bricklayers Phil Vine-Roberts
who articulated the many challenges facing the further education sector and thanked all of the guest
speakers for providing insightful information for delegates in their decision making. Unfortunately not all
questions were answered during the day, largely due to the complexity of the current volume of change,
delegates did however feel empowered in their decision making but more than anything were grateful of
opportunities to discuss their current levels of anxiousness about all the initiatives that are currently been
proposed, once again demonstrating the influence and stimulus provided by the networking opportunities
of the conference and through the extended communities of practice borne out of conference attendance.
The Key Note speaker Marcus Emmerson –
Technical Manager for IG Masonry Support
gave a presentation that demonstrated real
innovation in the design of lintels, the images,
several of which have been seen winning design
competitions were a real inspiration, some of
these help to provide an appearance of depth
and strength to a design that shows of brick and
reminds us why brick is still seen as the number
one material for building design in the UK. I did
overhear delegate’s discussing during the break
that some of these products are de-skilling our
craft and understand that divergent opinion is
healthy and that this argument will continue
long after the conference. It is clear that these
designs can reduce build time, and dare I say
provide aesthetically improved appearance,
they also lead to more bricks been specified by
architects, sold by manufacturers and laid by
bricklayers so this has to be a good thing, they
also make the buildings look amazing, chapeau
Keystone.
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The factory was outstanding, Andy Neal was able to
articulate the complexity of the business, from the
innovation of their designs right through to the logistics
of meeting the needs of the industry and getting vast
amounts of materials to site in time. The factory set up
is modern and provides the workforce with a motivation
to succeed whilst enjoying their work. The Keylite
designs provide excellent solutions to a vast range of
technical issues borne out of dating site practice and the
need to meet modern methods of working. Here Andy is
explaining the innovation in their roof window designs
taking care not to use that overly used V word. Here Eve
Livett – CEO of the Association of Brickwork
Contractors can be seen keenly eyeing the roof windows
and loft ladder, I think she has aspirations of a loft
conversion
Here Andy can be seen discussing how projects are
taken from conception through to completion; delegates
saw the well-equipped and modern welding bays
and the trade operatives bonding brick slips to
complex corbel designs and radial supports. This
is invaluable CPD for our delegates working
with trainees. I was pleasantly surprised how
young the design team were and again Andy
could demonstrate how progressive the company
is in its initiatives to compete with other regional
engineering competitors to attract the best
technicians in to the industry.
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Our first guest speaker was Jill Nicholls
– Senior Relationships Manager at the
Institute for Apprenticeships (IFA)
spoke about how the IFA are
transforming apprenticeships,
specifically around the processes for
developing the new standards. Jill was
happy to accept that practice to date has
been problematic and that there was
little clarity and a lack of a standardised
approach to development that she is
hoping will improve now that there are
templates available to help the industry
led development teams. Of specific
interest to our delegates and slightly
overlapping with other speakers were
the assessment strategies and the
requirements for and of the end point
assessment organisations (EPAOs).
Looking forward I see this causing a
certain amount of uncertainty in the
centre as they decide whether they want
to have a partnership with an EPAO,
how they will meet the requirements of
industry and their employers and how
they might want to compete in what is
essentially an open market for more
business I the assessment market place.
Jill also discussed the content of some of
the standards; the only agreement of the delegates was that this is awfully confusing, especially when there
is such a disparity across the trades many delegates still grappling with the idea that some apprenticeships
will have mandatory qualifications and that some i.e. Bricklaying and Plastering will not. As many of our
delegates are managers these myriad only increases in complexity when having to support several teams
through this process. Another on-going concern still not resolve is what actually constitutes 20% off the
job, is this 20% of the year or of the academic year, there is a huge cost difference and the impact on
training providers significant especially when juxtaposed to the current funding climate and the fact that
business planning or 18/19 will already have been completed.
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Paul Brown has become a real
stalwart of the conference in
recent years, with over thirty
years in the sector as a Director
for Construction and
Engineering in a large college
and a bricklayer to boot Paul is now working as a Portfolio
Advisor for City and Guilds and his knowledge and support
of the conference have been invaluable. We seem to have
been talking about new technical qualifications, new
standards and T levels for a lifetime now and I suppose this
must be as frustrating for Paul as it is for all of the delegates.
The feedback from the conference demonstrates that we still
don’t have the answers and for Paul it is definitely a case of
don’t shoot the messenger. In terms of the sector the fact that
we are meeting to discuss the issues puts bricklayers firmly
at the head of the pack as colleagues from other vocational
areas are not yet even at the point of discussing many of these
issues so at least we will be well prepared when the change
occurs. One of the key concerns for delegates was the chance
to have only 1 re-sit which was feared would impact on ILR
data. Of the many plusses was the support for qualifications
available on the web site which included an updating of the
smart screen materials with new interactive materials including a unit on BIM.
By contrast this is a first
attendance at the guild of
Bricklayers Conference for
Chris Carter-Rowlands who
gave an update on the current
position regards qualifications
from the awarding
organisation formerly known as CSkills which sat under the
CITB umbrella. Chris outlined many advantages of not been
connected to the construction sectors industry training board and
thee include opportunities for increased delivery of overseas
qualifications and the ability to offer endorsed courses to centres.
Chris said that the transition to the new brand has been smooth
and they are now making excellent progress while many of the
full-time quality team are still in post and providing that high
level of support to centres through the EQA activities. One of the
key messages of both Paul and Chris was the ability to partner
with either awarding organisation as an End Point Assessment
Centre.
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It
was
nice
to
Welcome back an old friend to the conference. After
twenty years in the FE sector Leigh Jakeman has now
moved to the National House Building Council,
themselves a big supporter of the conference in recent
years. Leigh provided delegates today with a briefing on
construction defects, on a weekly basis he can be seen
delivering these events to all of the major contractors and
these are seen as key in making savings from the
remedial works that occur as a result of defects from poor
workmanship. The crux of the message from Leigh is that
the trades often lack an understanding of each other’s
work; a great example of this was the inability to rake out
appropriately for flashings, often not using a template to
get these in the right place, not getting them deep enough
and omitting them altogether. Most of these defects have
led to costly works to prevent water ingress. Some of
these details seem insignificant but it demonstrates an
inability of teachers striving to get learners through
exams to be able to donate sufficient time to concentrate
on these issues and perhaps this should be something that is considered in the development of our new
qualifications to prevent the misery of those moving into what should be their dream homes. It will be
great to invite Leigh back in future to give us some more examples; this really is invaluable CPD for tutors
and what the conference should be all about.
Mike Leonard of the Better Building Alliance joined the
conference again and shared anecdotally his work with
government on the building industry and getting young people in
to work. Mike shared his concerns with the naivety of some of
the current government initiatives, particularly those around he
levels of the apprenticeships and the proposed T levels, as whilst
recognising that action is required neither seem to be positive
moves in building a stronger more educated workforce with little
emphasis on real skills devilment that address the type of issues
that Leigh has discussed and that those delegates still teaching
fear are impractical
and undeliverable.
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I am particularly interested in the following topics at future conferences Would like some employers to be involved Excellent venue, some sound issues with the screen Will be in touch All and any industry related innovation / development. On-going updating of qualifications and apprenticeships very much like today. Standardisation. How other centres deliver best practice. Share ideas and resources. Can there be a place on the Guild of Bricklayers web site to upload resources. Invite CSCS to the next conference
Great factory tour Good discussion on T Levels Good range of speakers, all relevant, host location was excellent Good range of speakers, all relevant, host location was excellent Excellent tour of the factory good updates on T levels Excellent tour of the factory. I was interested to hear the updates on the T levels. Good Range of speakers. Good venue The day was very interesting with a good mix of industry related presentations and qualification / education based presentations. Did not get some of the answers I had hoped for but I think that is because the answers Very well catered for. An interesting tour which was conducted very well with expertise. Presentations were well presented with some useful information shared. Very good session, very diverse set of presentations with a great tour around the factory. Hopefully we can get hold of the presentations if possible from keystone & NHBC
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2018 - Editorial
Where is the breaking point for Further Education? I have been in Further and Higher
education for 23 years and have on occasions been utterly bombarded with change
and sometimes questioned the direction of travel within the sector. Some of these I
look back on with amusement such as our now infamous lifting and slinging units,
others though have been rather more painful in their implementation. Whenever the
sector is faced with change the construction teams and particularly the bricklayers
usually manage to come out fighting. Many of us are still awaiting the impact of the
new apprenticeships but on first sight the sheer number of methodologies to be used
for assessment across the different occupations gives the appearance of chaos.
Colleges are still struggling to fully implement the study programmes, particularly
with meaningful work placements for every learner, not to mention issues with the
GCSE Math’s and English as they really are the straw that is breaking the camel’s
back for learners, many of which have already sat these exams five or six times at
school. Certainly when looking back to when I left school if I had been made to re-sit
these exams to enter a bricklaying programme I would have entered the industry
casually to pick up the required skills. These are major issues but not my biggest
concern at the moment, the key to our education system is in putting the best industry
specialists in front of our learners to pass on their skills and knowledge and to make
lessons fun and stimulating. At the moment the way we treat our teachers is appalling,
I regularly come across stories of redundancies in the name of cost cutting, staff
going off sick as they have been overworked covering for colleagues who have
already gone off sick themselves with stress, where and when will this end. Why isn’t
teaching a sought after profession? Why do we pay teachers less than they can earn in
industry? why do we abuse teachers with these workloads? These are all questions
that need answering and have greater impact on further education, we won’t just lose
a generation of tradesmen many skills can be lost if we don’t bring our highly skilled
work force in to teaching.
Regards
M J Walden
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86th Annual General Meeting – Liverpool Following the usual flow of passionate debate and discussion about the state of the industry, education
and the guild there was a pleasurable presentation that included the following awards. Congratulations go
to Kevin Harold on his nomination as President and Bill Bowman as the Vice President.
Andrew Cainen receiving his Master Members Certificate
Phil Vine-Roberts receiving his PPGB medal.
Dennis Westwood receiving a long service award Mike Butterworth receiving a long service award
Gareth Evans receiving a long service award Mike Kelleher receiving a long service award
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The officers and members of The Guild of Bricklayers would
like to express their thanks for the continued support provided
by companies for their competitions during 2018.
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Competition Region Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire
Venue DN Colleges Group – North Lindsey Campus Date 04.06.2018
Organiser: Dave Cox [email protected] 01724 284046
Senior Winner
Matthew Johnson Derby College
Senior Second
Marc Vardi North Notts College
Senior Third
Mikey Fleet-Chapman
Lincoln College
Junior Winner
William Austin Derby College
Junior Second
Callum Russell Burton & South Derbyshire
Junior Third
Billy Herbert
Chesterfield College
Judges Section
1 David Anwar MGB Lead Judge North West 2 Andrew Cainen PPGB North West
3 Kevin Harold PGB North West
4 Julian Walden PPGB Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire
Competitors and members of the Guild were welcomed for the day by Principal Mick Lochran. Prizes
for the day were presented by Kevin Harold the President of the Guild who thanked North Lindsey
for their hospitality during the day. Kevin also thanked the main sponsors Wienerberger and the MIA
for the bricks and Mortar and also OX tools and Tilgear who both attended and donated fabulous
prizes for the winners. The President also congratulated Derby College for their outstanding
achievement in winning both the Senior and Junior Competition.
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Welsh Section 2018
Venue Bridgend College, Pencoed Campus 22nd March
Organiser: Gareth Evans LMGB email [email protected] Tel:01239625525
Senior Winner Ifan Williams
Coleg Meirion Dwyfor
Senior Second Issa Alqodsi
Coleg Gwent Newport Campus
Senior Third Lloyd Graham Griffiths
Bridgend College
Junior Winner Lewis Griffiths
Coleg Meirion Dwyfor
Junior Second Luke Fry
Bridgend College
Junior Third Tom Verrier Coleg Gwent Ebbw Vale Campus
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Judges Bill Bowmen Vic Scriven
Bill Lewis Gareth Evans
VPGB Lead Judge
PPGB
MMGB
LMGB
Section West Midlands West Midlands
Welsh Section Welsh Section
The Welsh Section competition was hosted by Bridgend College at the Pencoed Campus. Competitors were
welcomed to the college by Phil Vine-Roberts PPGB and Construction Curriculum Manager. During the day
members of the Welsh Section held their AGM where members respected a minutes silence in remembrance
of Sean O’Donnell past Chair of the section and a very active member. Gareth Evans Welsh Competition
Secretary presented the awards and trophies and in his opening remarks he thanked the Principal of the College
for the hospitality and gave special thanks to all of the staff for their preparation for the competition. He also
thanked the competitors for taking part in the competition and Wienerberger for providing the bricks and the
Mortar Industries Association for providing the mortar. Special thanks for the tool suppliers who provided tools
for top 3 competitors in each competition.
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Competition Region Yorkshire
Venue; Doncaster College Date 25th May 2018
Organiser: Sean Casey, Steve Ellison
Senior Winner: Morgan Chambers
Barnsley College
Senior Second: Nathan Jamison
York College
Senior Third: Daniel Wilson
Selby College
Junior Comp Winner:
Adam Batty
Barnsley College
Junior Second
Joshua Ireland
York College
Junior Third
William Hawkins
Sheffield College
Judges Region or College of Work
1 John Truman PPGB Lead Judge North West 2 David Anwar MMGB Judge Accrington & Rossendale (North West)
3 Kevin Harold PGB Judge Liverpool College
4 Andrew Cainen PPGB Judge North West
5 Mike Kelleher PPGB Judge North West
The day was a great success with a variety of guests and sponsor’s including Eve-Marie Levitt Chief
Executive Officer at the Association of Brickwork Contractors, Steve Shackleton, Learning and Skills
Manager from HMPS, [email protected], [email protected] , Chris
Moule [email protected] and [email protected] who were on hand to demonstrate new tools on
offer and give a short talk to the staff and visitors. Huge thanks went to Doncaster College & Sean and Steve
and support staff from the for their excellent preparation of the workshops before and throughout the day.
The event was overseen by the Guild President Kevin Harold who helped give out the awards and prizes at
the end of the day and thanked the hosts and the main Sponsors, Wienerberger and MPA Mortar industry
Association, for their support throughout all the Guild competitions. Julian Walden, Head of STEM
welcomed the members of the Guild and thanked them for their cooperative working in planning the event
with special thanks to the Yorkshire Region Competition Secretary Phil Hodgkinson PPGB.
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Competition Region Western
Venue SWINDON COLLEGE Date 18-5-2018
Organiser - Stephen Southern Tel:- 01793 491591 Ex 2650 [email protected]
Senior Winner: Victor Sukharer
Swindon College
Senior Second: Thomas Wills
Cornwall College
Senior Third: Luke Newland
City of Bristol College
Junior Winner: Ross Nelson
City of Bristol College
Junior Second Shayne April Rose Davies
Wiltshire College
Junior Third Daniel Stott
Taunton College
Judges
1 Phil Vine-Roberts Lead Judge 2 A. Spiller
Region or College of Work
Wales
Wales
Phil Vine-Roberts PPGB opened the day’s event welcoming students, lecturers and sponsors to the
College. At the end of the Competition, Guild President Kevin Harold thanked everyone taking part also thanking all sponsors then presented Certificates, Trophy’s and prizes to the competitors.
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Competition Southern
Highbury College Date - 18.04.2018
Organiser – Robert Higgins Tel 0239383131 email:- [email protected]
Seniors
1st Travis Pay
Highbury College
2nd Theo Carl
Chichester College
3rd Jordan Hughers
Sussex Downs College
Juniors
1st Aaron Dempseey
Fareham College
2nd Trevor Neal
Sussex Downs College
3rd Aaron Feldberg]
Northbrook College
Judges
1 Phil Vine- Roberts PPGB Lead Judge
3 A Spiller
Wales
Wales
The standard of work from all the competitors was excellent; President of the Guild of Bricklayer Phil Vine Roberts
presented the competitors with Certificates, Prizes and Trophy’s. The President closed the day’s event by thanking
staff of the College’s all competitors, judges, including Mortar Industry Association for the Mortar, and Wienerberger,
our brick sponsor, for their efforts in contributing towards a very successful.
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Competition West Midlands
Venue MORETON MORRELL COLLEGE Date 15-3-2018
Seniors
1st Sam Yeomans
Stafford College
2nd Connor Keyte
Moreton Morrell College
3rd Sam Hayes
Stoke-On-Trent College
Juniors
1st Morgan Smith
Warwick College Rugby
2nd Dan Smith
Moreton Morrell College
3rd Lee Woodlard
Stafford College
Judges Judges
1 B.Bowman VPGB Lead Judge
2 V. Scriven PPGB
West Midlands
West Midlands
The Competition was opened by Bill Bowman VPGB, he thanked everyone for attending the days
competition and the college staff for their hard work in preparing for the competition as well as the
Mortar Industry Association and Wienerberger for their excellent sponsorship of the materials for
the day. Vic Scriven PPGB was on hand to assist with the wards and prizes.
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Competition Northern
Venue Hartlepool College Date 21.03.2018
Organiser-Andrew Hetherington Tel-01429404099 email [email protected]
Seniors
1st Alex Rioch
Bishop Auckland College
2nd Liam Small
Durham College
3rd Jake Phillpott
Hartlepool College
Juniors
1st Lee Nichol
Durham New College
2nd Callum Hay
Hartlepool College
3rd Paul McCarthy
Gateshead College
Judges
1 David Anwar MGB
2 Andrew Cainen PPGB
Lead Judge
North West
North West
Darren Hankey Principal of Hartlepool College welcomed everyone and wished all the contestants
the best for the day. Darren assisted by Paul Briggs presented all competitors with Certificates and
the Winners with their Trophy’s.
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2018 Competition Region North – West
Venue Tameside College 16th
March 2018
Organiser: Steve Astley [email protected] 0161 908 6726 Mob: 07890565431
Senior Winner
Oliver Ogden
Preston College
Senior Second
Jack Bircham
Warrington and Vale Royal College
Senior Third
Callum Isbell
Riverside College Junior Winner
Adam Armstrong
Preston College
Junior Second
Nathan McGahey
Blackburn College
Junior Third
Rick Caple
Warrington and Vale Royal College Judges Section
1 Mark Bicker MGB Lead Judge West Midlands
2 Joe Lumb MGB West Midlands
3 John Trueman LMGB North West
Kevin Harold PGB presented the trophies after an excellent competition with very high standards
of work. Kevin thanked the sponsors, judges and staff at the college for their work in preparing the
workshop. The Principal Jackie Moores welcomed Guild members and competitors, and provided
hospitality throughout the day. There were prizes for first, second and third in both categories in
addition to the cash prize with excellent sponsorship from Tilgear and Ox Tools that ensured the
six placed winners took away a selection of tools.
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Competition London
Venue Bexley College Date 12-6-2018
Organiser Jaswinder Chall Tel- 01322 404204 email [email protected]
Seniors
1st Joseph Richie
Weybridge College
2nd Leigh Sudbury
Mid Kent College
3rd Luke Neville
Brooklands Ashford College
Juniors
1st Zak Kharbouch
Brooklands College
2nd Charlie Grogan
Mid Kent College
3rd Henry Overton
Ashford Campus College
Judges
1 S. Barlow LMGB West Midlands
2 B. Bowman VPGB Lead Judge West Midlands
2 N. Edwards MGB Southern
3 D. Westwood LMGB West Midlands
Robert Lynch from Bexley College opened the event welcoming everyone to the College and
wishing all the competitors the best for the day. There were representatives from OX Tools, Tilgear
and Dewson all prizes to the Winners. At the end of the competition Kevin Harold PGB presented
Certificates and Awards to the Winners and thanked all of the sponsors for their kind donations in
making the days event a success.
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Competition Region South Midlands
Venue - West Suffolk College
Organiser Martin Cribb
Senior Winner
John Moore West Suffolk College
Senior Second
Matthew Bennett
Suffolk New College
Senior Third
Oliver Askew
Peterborough Regional College
Junior Winner
Adam Schnieder
Peterborough New College
Junior Second
Alexander Hoxey-Smith
Bedford College
Junior Third
Joel Gilmore
West Suffolk College
Judges
1 Steve Barlow PPGB Lead Judge 2 Bill Bowman VPGB
23th May 2018
Region or College of Work
West Midlands
West Midlands
Mark Aimes, Area Manager opened the competition by welcoming everyone to the first competition held at West
Suffolk College, and wished all competitors the best of success. Representatives from Tilgear and OX Tools
were in attendance, and donated prizes of trowels and levels to the winners. A big thanks to Martin Cribb who
organised the day and worked hard looking after the competitors. Presentations were made by Steve Clarke, a
College Governor, and Bill Bowman, Guild Vice President. Bill Bowman closed the day, wishing winners
success in the final, and a safe journey home.
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Competition National Final BROOKLANDS College WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE 2018
Organiser – Christian Hatherall-Good
Seniors
1st SAM YEOMANS
Stafford College
2ND JOHN MOORE
West Suffolk College
3RD MORGAN CHAMBERS
Barnsley College
Juniors
1ST ADAM SCHNEIDER
Peterborough Regional College
2ND ADAM BATTY
Barnsley College
3RD ADAM ARMSTRONG
Preston College
Judges
1 Steve Barlow LMGB Lead Judge
2 Phil Vine Roberts PPGB
3 Bill Bowman VPGB
4 Dennis Westwood LMGB
West Midland
Wales
West Midlands
West Midlands
Christian Hatherall-Good welcomed everyone to Brooklands College wishing competitors all the
best for the competition and officially opened the competition .Throughout the day there were
demonstrations by manufactures On the day Winner of the Guild Final 2017 Tyler Pearce
constructed a panel of brickwork as a Finishing Flag in black and white bricks. Following the
awards Presented by Mike Russell manager MIA, Christopher Causer The Worshipful Company
of Tylers and Bricklayers Kevin Harold PGB thanked Wienerberger and the MIA for their kind
donations along with the tool sponsors who donated a large selection of tools as prizes.
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Year VENUE WINNER COLLEGE SECTION
2007 Blackpool
College Adam Jeal Wiltshire College Western
2008 Scunthorpe
College Nathan Evans Ystrad Mynach
College
Wales
2009 Walsall
College Peter Kelly Newcastle College Northern
2010 Liverpool
College Jason Green Wirral Met College North West
2011 Bridgend
College Christopher Hill Stafford College West Midlands
2012 West Notts
College Shaun Fausset Blackpool and Fylde
College
North West
2013 Cardiff
College Louis Wilkinson Sussex Downs
College
Southern
2014 Sussex Downs
College Ryan Stevens Shrewsbury College West Midlands
2015 Leeds College
of Building Osian Rhys Flynn Coleg Menai Wales
2016 Petroc College Jordan Richards Derby College Lincs / Notts
2017 Derby College Tyler Pearce Weybridge College London
2018 Brooklands
College Sam Yeomans Stafford College London
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Remembering Rex Reynolds - a life well lived
Rex Sydney Reynolds – passed away peacefully at
Barnet General Hospital on Tuesday 30 January 2018,
just two weeks short of his 90th Birthday. Members of his family and care team were at his bedside, his wife Patricia predeceased him in 2004. He is survived by his three children, Lloyd, Avis and Carole.
Rex was born on 13th February 1928, the fifth child of
ten in Wraxall, Wiltshire. At three years of age he caught
pneumonia and was given only 24 hours to live, the
doctor announced that it was not worth his coming back
as he could do nothing else for him, his parents did not
give up that easily and nursed him constantly unitil he made a full recovery. Rex went to the local primary
school, and at age 11 moved to a secondary school in Bradford on Avon, the day after World War 2 was
declared. Because of his rural background, in his first week at school he was put in charge of 50 evacuees
from various cities, and was told: “ Reynolds - Teach them Gardening.
At 14 he left school, equipped only with the three Rs, and went to work fulltime on a local farm. After a
year of this, he decided that farming was not for him and wanted to work on building sites rather than the
land. He had several building jobs, but this only lasted a few months, as under the Government Control
of Engagement Works Order, Rex was ordered to go back to work on the land as he had agricultural
experience. As soon as he could he was back in contact with one of his previous building employers and
was reinstated, this time as a bricklayer’s labourer. He did so well his employer suggested Rex study
bricklaying at the local technical college. Rex jumped at the opportunity and enrolled for a six year
apprenticeship and went on to teach bricklaying for a further five years, five nights a week.
Around 1950 Rex started studying for the Institute of Clerk of Works exams, being admitted in 1954 at
age 26, making him the youngest candidate ever to be become a member. That same year, his son Lloyd
was born, to be joined later by two daughters, Avis and Carole.
By 1960 he had become a qualified Bricklayer, Stonemason, Contract foreman and Area Building
Manager for City of Bath Council,
In 1968 he was appointed President of the Institute of Clerk of Works, the youngest candidate to
attain this position.
In 1970 Rex achieved another personal goal by acquiring his own building company in Clerkenwell.
Reynolds and Hawkins employed around 60 staff at its height and achieved a great reputation for quality
reflected many of Rex’s own values. Rex was always considered a gentleman, polite, positive and
charming, and always ready to help anyone in need. He was generous and shared his time and energy, he
was dapper always in a suit and tie, even on the beach! During his life, Rex was the President of his
professional trade association and an active member of several more. He was Master of two Masonic
lodges, and member, president or chairman of at least eight other distinguished organisations. He was a
Committee member for many local charities, and on the board of governors for 5 local schools.
In 1979 he was made a Member of the Worshipful Livery Company of Glovers and granted the freedom
of the City of London.
In 2014, after 60 years of service, Rex was presented with The Institute of Clerk of Works Lifetime
Achievement Award - For which he was very proud. The same year he was invited to exercise his right
as a Freeman of the City of London to drive sheep over London Bridge .
Lloyd, Avis and Carole
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