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| August,
2003
NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS Visitors to Manaton Fair on Dartmoor on Saturday 9 August faced an unusual challenge: to build a wall in a competition run by Bovey Construction of Caton, Ashburton. Not a large wall, as it was a hot day, but large enough for Darren Gascoigne, Bovey Construction's contracts manager and a time-served and experienced bricklayer himself, to gauge potential skills. It was also just about right for contestants from four to 40 years old to have some fun.
There were two winners in the children's competition, which attracted the girls as well as the boys. Four-year-old Naomi Thorns from Manaton showed great enthusiasm and confidence, winning appropriately a Duplo construction set. The other young winner was 14-year-old Sam Harrower from Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot, whose careful and methodical work earned him a Lego set.
Representing the dads, Dave Alexander, a mechanical engineer from Chudleigh Knighton, who had never tried bricklaying before, proved a quick learner and won a bottle of champagne for his efforts. "All he needs to do now is lay 500 in a day," said Neil Turner, managing director of Bovey Construction, which also sponsored the fair's classic cars rally.
"It was great fun and a useful learning experience for contestants," said Neil. "Those who haven't tried their hand at bricklaying don't appreciate the level of skill involved. It's certainly not as easy as the professionals make it look. But if Sam or Naomi come back in few years' time, we'd be delighted to sponsor them on an NVQ course." |
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