The End of the Regional Season is in Sight Words: Jeff FarmakesJuly 22nd marked the start of the 2017 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500® Regional Series of qualifying competitions in Piney Flats, Tennessee. The 24-stop North American tour establishes the final roster of teams competing in the 2018 World Championship in Las Vegas at the World of Concrete tradeshow. This is the 15th season that SPEC MIX® and its co-sponsors will have hosted the annual series of events initiated to showcase the determination, spirit and expertise of masonry’s skilled craftsmen. As the 2017 Regional season draws down with the last Regional held in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 3rd, we can see that the competition leading into the 2018 World Championship will be at an all-time high. There are several masons who laid over 500 brick and veteran competitor Ken Rutley out of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada topped the winners list with 717 brick laid! Congratulations to the winning teams and we look forward to seeing their masonry skill, speed and stamina in Las Vegas in the Bronze Lot, during the 2018 World of Concrete Trade Show on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. There they will compete for over $100,000 in cash and prizes with the Grand Prize being a 2018 Ford F-250 XLT Super Duty 4 x 4 Truck and the coveted title “World’s Best Bricklayer.” 2017 Regional First Place Winners To-Date (7/22/17 to 10/22/17) East Tennessee Mason — Brian Wade - 624 Brick Tender — Brian Mullins Wade Masonry, Inc., Stanton, KY Ohio Mason — Emilio Dibra - 572 Brick Tender — Charlie Cheatham United Masonry — Highland Heights, OH Utah Mason — Trint Pierce — 562 brick Tender — Alex Groesbeck Kim Pierce Masonry, Spanish Fork, UT Wisconsin Mason — Jake Brock — 488 Brick Tender — Nick Miller Brock Construction, Fort Atkinson, WI British Columbia Mason — Riel Voigt - 697 Brick Tender — Josh Shelley S&S Masonry, Langley, BC Ontario Mason — Filipe Orfao - 693 Brick Tender — Jose Orfao Res Masonry Inc, Cookstown, ON Illinois Mason — Grzegorz Gora- 670 Brick Tender — Stefan Majercak Molloy Masonry, Chicago, IL Florida Mason — Vince Wright - 569 Brick Tender — Clint Wright Wright Masonry, Section, AL Colorado Mason — Esteban Cabral - 665 Brick Tender —Oscar Gaucin Phoenix Masonry, Thornton, CO Washington Mason — Eric Kent - 493 Brick Tender — John Henryzies R&D Masonry, Marysville, WA Pennsylvania Mason — Joe Masters - 342 Brick Tender — Ryan Drakeley Dan Lepore & Sons Company, Conshohocken, PA California Mason — David Jones Sr. - 513 Brick Tender — Mark Starkweather Bratton Masonry, Fresno, CA Quebec Mason — Benoit Jeannotte. - 524 Brick Tender — Rene Rodier Maconnerie Legault, Gatineau, QE Oklahoma Mason — Leif Reints - 583 Brick Tender — Michael Weisinger Reints Masonry, Wyandotte, OK Missouri Mason — Terry Daniel - 470 Brick Tender — Braden Palmer John Smith Masonry, St. Louis, MO Virginia Mason —James Currier- 382 Brick Tender — Charles Foster Top Notch Brick & Block, Norfolk, VA West Tennessee Mason — Zac Guire - 542 Brick Tender — Oscar Herrera Care Supply, Nashville, TN Alberta Mason — Ken Rutley - 717 Brick Tender — Rick Vair Mayzes Masonry, Medicine Hat, AB North Carolina Mason — Wriston McGee - 588 Brick Tender — Kaleb McGee McGee Brothers, Monroe, NC North Texas Mason — Mario Landeros - 544 Brick Tender — Cristobal Anguiana Artisan Masonry, Royse City, TX New England Mason — Ray Byers - 427 Brick Tender — Adam Byers Arch Masonry & Restoration, Pittsburgh, PA There are 3 more Regionals to go this year. It will be a banner year for the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 program by setting a record high total of 24 qualifier rounds that will take place in 20 US cities and 4 Canadian provinces. The winners of each Regional Competition will earn a spot to compete in the 2018 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 World Championship held at the 2018 World of Concrete trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday January, 24th in the MASONRY MADNESS® Arena located in the WOC Bronze Lot. For more information on the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 program please visit the event website at www.smbl500.com.About: Featured
