News

April 2017

Guild of Bricklayers Competition
Southern and Notts/
Lincolnshire Heats Held

Southern and the Notts/Lincolnshire regional heats of the Guild of Bricklayers competition for apprentices have now been held.

Senior winner of the Notts/Lincolnshire heat held at the Grimsby Institute was Jack Markham of Burton and South Derbyshire College while William Austin of Derby College took the junior title.

Sussex Downs College was the venue for the Southern competition and its student, Steven Tate, was the senior winner.  James Roberts of Northbrook College took the junior title.

Tarmac supplied the mortar for both competitions on behalf of national competition sponsors, the Mortar Industry Association.

Stephen Tate of Sussex Downs College receives his senior category award from president of the Guild of Bricklayers, Phil Vine Roberts and Veronica Diett, wife of Kevin Diett, lecturer in charge of brickwork at Sussex Downs College, who died last year.

President of the Guild of Bricklayers, Phil Vine Roberts and Veronica Diett, present the junior category award to James Roberts of Northbrook College.

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