He is the, "World's Best Bricklayer."
This year's overall winner, Leif Reints, age 31, a mason with Reints Masonry, Neosho, MO, was declared "World's Best Bricklayer," at the 2012 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500,® with an adjusted count of 583 brick laid in just sixty minutes. This was Lief's second time competing at the National level. Leif took home the grand prize of a new 2011 Ford F-250, XLT, V8, Super Duty, 4 x 4 truck, $5,000 in cash and thousands in sponsor prizes.
2012 was the 10th Annual SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 which drew over 3,000 spectators during the course of the event. This exciting gathering brings qualifying masons from states such as AL, OH, CA, WI, IA, UT, CO, IL, TN, OK, FL, NC, the Canadian provinces of Manitoba & Ontario, and masons from Australia and the UK. Every year it features the best competing masons and the latest in masonry equipment and services displayed by the Event sponsors, all broadcast LIVE to thousands of viewers across the globe.
Scott Tuttle, age 36, of Quik Trowell Masonry, Clearfield, Utah was awarded the title of SPEC MIX TOP CRAFTSMAN. Scott laid 474 brick. The combined brick count and quality of his wall was judged the, "most sellable." Scott's tender was his son, Brian Tuttle, of Clearfield, Utah. As the SPEC MIX TOP CRAFTSMAN, Scott won $5,000 in cash, a Multiquip EM120S mixer, a STIHL TS 420 A-EWC Cutquik® cut-off machine and thousands in sponsor prizes.
places 2nd overall
Filipe Orfao, a 42 year old mason with Squire Masonry, Cookstown, Ontario placed 2nd overall after laying 547 brick with his tender, Manuel Oliveira. Here you see Filipe as he spreads SPEC MIX® colored mortar on top of Boral brick to build the foundation for his masterpiece.
The old adage, "patience is a virtue," is especially for young bricklayer, Justin Jakubisin. The 2012 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 competition was Justin's fourth time competing in the National event. This time his adjusted brick count of 544 brick was enough to earn him 3rd place overall. He is a 31 year old mason with highly acclaimed Giambrone Masonry in Hudson, Ohio. Pictured above you see Justin and his tender, Aaron Cooke, working together to complete their award winning wall.
TOUGHEST TENDER®
Nick Miller, mason tender for Nick Brock, both if Exteriors Plus in Jefferson, Wisconsin, won the 2012 SPEC MIX TOUGHEST TENDER award for setting up the fastest pre-defined work area in 17:52:94 minutes. This award brought him $2,500 in cash and over $1,000 in sponsor prizes-not a bad payday for less than 20 minutes of hard labor. This award honors the mason tender as a key team member of the masonry team
to the judging of the walls
The twenty-seven Judges of the 2012 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 National take their jobs very seriously. With an average of over 20-years masonry trade experience, these professionals come from all over North America to judge at this event. There are in fact, more judges than there are competing masons at the National. Each mason must meet the rules of the competition exactly or deductions are made from the total brick count.
As the theatrical singer Sarah Elizabeth Holmes from Las Vegas sang the National Anthem, "The Star Spangle Banner," she was accompanied by four U.S. Air Force Honor Guard in full service dress from the Nellis Air Force Base. Standing below the grand prize Ford F-250 Super Duty 4 x 4 truck in front of a silent crowd, the honor guard members performed a flag raising ceremony to kick off the 2012 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 National, a fitting tribute to the masons travelling from across the country to compete.
Event sponsors filled the day with new product demos. SPEC MIX demonstrated the ease and D2W Wetmix System as it dispensed wet SPEC MIX Core-Fill Grout into Multiquip's MAYCO C30HDGWR grout & concrete pump. STIHL gave the crowd an awesome demo of their dustless TS 420 A-EWC Cutquik® Cut-Off Machine. Audience members were challenged to remove a full brick from an existing brick assemblage using a BOSCH Bull Dog Rotary Hammer RH 228VC unit in their Controlled Demolition Challenge.
New Platinum sponsor QUIKRETE challenged the skills and strength of 4 concrete contractors from the competition audience. It was a race against each other and the clock to pour and finish a 18 inch square by 6 inch deep slab made of QUIKRETE 5000 before turning their sledge hammers against a fully cured slab. After the time & energy was expired and each QUIKRETE 5000 Challenger was awarded $500 in cold cash and handed an ice cold beer, which incidentally kicked off the "Beer Cam" coverage.
Sponsored by Boral Brick
There's no denying that the masonry trade tends to be a family affair, but how much do the non-mason members of these families really know about laying brick? Boral Brick set out to find exactly that, challenging Roberta Moyle (IA), Kathy Freeman (Australia), Sharon Campbell (TN), and Connie Jones (AZ), to do what their significant others do every day! Judged by Paul Samples, Boral Brick, Roberta Moyle took home top honors as the Amateur Bricklaying Competition Champion and an engraved commemorative brick.
Widely recognized by the construction industry as the premier event at the WOC/WOM, the success of the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 is largely attributed to the support of its sponsors. Working together to promote the masonry trade and its members, numerous companies pull together by making both cash and product contributions.
