Skills of the Hills 2024

26^th Annual “Skills of the Hills” Competition

Saturday 2^nd March 2024

Burrows Farm, Bolham Water, Clayhidon

By kind permission of Malcolm and Angela Bache

Competition

Open Class For the Percy Duck Challenge Cup Supported by Sheamus Machin	1^st	Colin Risdon
	2^nd	Tim Frampton
	3^rd	Russell Woodham
	4^th	=Andy Burrough & Rob Sturmey
Intermediate Class For the The Dugdale Cup Supported by MNR Mowers	1^st	Adrian Mills
	2^nd	Roly Boughton
	3^rd	Mike Baker
	4^th	Chris Stanton
Intermediate Pairs Supported by Stamps Coaches	1^st	Willow & Daisy Drew
	2^nd	Ed Gaines & Stuart Wright
	3^rd	Matt Townsend & Alan Ferrari
	4^th	Andi Rickard & John Grundy
Novice Class Supported by Cornish Mutual	1^st	Matthew Arnold
	2^nd	Mitchell Dallenger
	3^rd	Leah Burgess
	4^th	Jim Wakefield
Novice Pairs Supported by Blamphayne Sawmills	1^st	Steve Loud & Piran Treen
	2^nd	Michael Tull & Gareth Ford
	3^rd	Andrew & Fiona Harris
	4^th	Ben Morgan-Brown & Graham Hutchinson

Best Competitor Living in the Blackdown Hills Natural Landscape Area Blackdowns Cup	Colin Risdon
Best Veteran Competitor (aged 60 or over) Colin Clements Trophy	Colin Risdon
Best Lady Competitor	Lea Burgess
Best Competitor Aged Under 19 John Coombes Shield	Logan Dunn
Best YFC Competitor NatWest Cup	Josh Sturmey
For Best Work on a Poor Length "Golden Crook"	Lydia Lee
Best Regrowth from the Previous Competition Roger Vickery Trophy	Ed Gaines & Stewart Wright

Event Photographer Tim Russ has kindly posted his photographs of the event on his Flickr page.

Thanks to Tim for allowing us to use his photographs on this site and for taking the time to photograph the event.