UK's world class farriers take global top honours--World Champion Blacksmith's competition Calgary

摘要

The World Champion Blacksmiths' competition at the beginning of July is a four-day marathon of mental and physical toughness that takes place as part of the Calgary Stampede, Using coal fires to heat their bar stock, farriers pounded out shoes and competed in a variety of classes that test their speed, knowledge, skill and spirit. Paul Robinson of Northern Ireland was on his third trip to the championships and pulled out all the stops in the final day of competition to be declared the World Champion Blacksmith, collecting a 10,000 dollars prize. The top 10 aggregate scores competed in the semi-final.