Competition Classes – The British Stickmakers Guild

THE WORLD STICKMAKING CHAMPIONSHIP ORGANISED & RUN BY THE BRITISH STICKMAKERS GUILD 2024 SHOW SCHEDULE

CLASS A	PLAIN WALKING STICK HORN Plain No Decoration Nose In Or Nose Out Of A Size Not To Qualify As A Crook, In Horn Ram, Buffalo, Cow Etc But Excluding Staghorn.
CLASS B	PLAIN HORN CROOK Plain No Decoration Neck Or Leg Cleek Of Working Size In Horn Ram, Buffalo, Cow Etc But Excluding Staghorn.
CLASS C	FANCY STICK HORN In Horn Ram, Buffalo, Cow Etc With Carving Or Decoration, May Be Painted Or Coloured Any Shape Walking Stick, Crook, Leg Cleek, Half Head, Thumb Stick etc, But Excluding Staghorn.
CLASS D	PLAIN THUMBSTICK HORN Plain No Decoration In Horn Ram, Buffalo, Cow etc But Excluding Staghorn.
CLASS E	PLAIN WALKING STICK, WOOD Plain No Decoration To Include Natural One Piece, Nose In Or Nose Out Of Size Not To Qualify As A Crook.
CLASS F	PLAIN CROOK WOOD Plain No Decoration To Include Natural One Piece Neck Or Leg Cleek, Of Working Size.
CLASS G	FANCY STICK WOOD Any Carved Wood Stick Can be Painted Or Coloured, Any Shape Walking Stick, Crook, Leg Cleek, Half Head, Thumbstick, One Or Two pieces Etc.
CLASS H	PLAIN THUMB STICK WOOD Plain No Decoration To Include Natural One Piece stick.
CLASS I	ANY OTHER Any Stick Not Covered By Any Other Class.
CLASS J	STAGHORN FANCY Any Staghorn Stick, Including a thumbstick With Any Carving Or Insert, May Be Painted Or Coloured.
CLASS K	STAGHORN PLAIN Plain No Decoration May Have Caps & Spacers In Another Material Any Staghorn Stick Other Than Thumb Stick.
CLASS L	STAGHORN THUMBSTICK Plain No Decoration May Have Caps & Spacers In Another Material
CLASS M	SHORT STICKS Must Be 42″ Or Shorter, Any Stick Plain Or Fancy May Be Painted Or Coloured.
NOVICE CLASSES, CLASS N AND CLASS O No Person May Enter As A Novice If They Have Competed In Any Open Stick making Competition Before The First Of January 2022.
CLASS N	NOVICE HORN Plain Or Fancy Any Stick Of Any Shape, Any Type Of Horn.
CLASS O	NOVICE WOOD Plain Or Fancy Any Stick Of Any Shape Or Type, Made Of Wood.
CLASS P	MINIATURES Consisting Of A Collection Of Five Sticks All In Proportion & Mounted On A Base. Plain Or Fancy maximum length Nine Inches Any Material Any Shape. ONLY STICKS WILL BE JUDGED
CLASS X	CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS British & UK National Championship Shows, the winner of Best in Show at any of these shows in the year 2022 will be eligible to enter these sticks in Champion of Champions at the Chatsworth Show in 2023
Spacers are allowed in all classes and end caps are allowed in all thumb stick classes. Sticks may be entered, with or without any type of ferrule. No sticks will be accepted with the maker’s name or any type of maker’s brand on any part of the stick.