The 13th National Dry Stone Walling Competition Results!!!
Previous Winners Professional Class
1st Place – Ricardo Trejo– Fayetteville, TN
2nd Place – Cecil Aguilar – Georgetown, KY
3rd Place – Luke Koch – Cottonwood Falls, KS
4th Place – Isai Trejo – Fayetteville, TN
Professional Class
1st Place – Jacob Schaefer – Springfield, MO
2nd Place – Bryce Hollingsworth – Northampton, MA
3rd Place – Ben Kidd – Milwaukee, WI
4th Place – Kelly Hickerson – Frankfort, KY
5th Place – Sam Richard – Boulder, CO
6th Place –Levi Anderson – Shelbyville, KY
Amateur Class
1st Place – Brad Knight – Louisville, KY
2nd Place – Jordan Ford– West Union, OH
3rd Place – Thomas Martin – Syracuse, IN
Novice Class
1st Place – Aaron Mullet – Nappanee, IN
2nd Place – Joelien Stingle – Frankfort, KY
Best Foundations
Ricardo Trejo – Fayetteville, TN
Best Coping
Cecil Aguilar – Georgetown, KY
Best Use of Stone/Historic Match
Kelly Hickerson – Frankfort, KY
The 13th National Dry Stone Walling Competition is set for Saturday, September 28th, 2019 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at Lower Howard’s Creek Nature Preserve in Clark County, Kentucky. Winners and awards will be announced at 5:30.
The Dry Stone Conservancy’s Walling Competition is the only event of its kind in the United States and attracts many dry stone enthusiasts and professionals from around the country who compete in novice, amateur and professional classes. Competitors are given eight hours to take down and rebuild a four foot stone fence using no mortar and minimal tools.
Competitors are judged on the efficiency with which they use the stone at hand and accuracy in matching the historic pattern of stonework. They are penalized for excess use of the hammer and neatness counts.
The Walling Competition is part of the Conservancy’s mission to preserve historic drystone structures, advance the drystone masonry craft, and to create a center for training and expertise in the craft.
The Conservancy was founded in 1996 at a time when historic rock fences in the Bluegrass Region were disappearing at an alarming rate and there was a critical shortage of skilled drystone masons compounded by a scarcity of technical information, construction specifications and engineering data. This trend continues today, even as we work to preserve and promote the craft.
Masons of all skill levels are encouraged to compete.