MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN— It’s official, the 2011 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500^® Regional Season is underway! With 16 regional competitions scheduled for North America, a record high amount, two contests have already been completed and their respective Champions have secured a spot to compete in the 2012 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 National event in Las Vegas during the World of Concrete/World of Masonry on January 25.

Cleveland Rocks the 6th Annual Ohio SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 Regional

CLEVELAND, OH – On a weekend filled with great entertainment in Cleveland Ohio including the NFL Hall of Fame induction, a PGA Tour event featuring Tiger Woods’ return to professional golf and even the world famous Twins Day Festival at Twinsburg, the Ohio Regional of the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 certainly did not play second fiddle when it came to lightning fast action.

For 6 straight years, highly skilled masons from around the state come together to prove who is the top mason in Ohio at the state’s SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 regional competition.  Arguably the most competitive of the 16 local regional competition to be held in 2011, the Ohio contest’s 10 competitors featured the past two National Toughest Tender Champions in Raymond Burton (2010) and Aaron Cooke (2009) as well as 2008 second place finisher Jeff Burton and DIY Dominator’s Masonry Challenge Winner Justin Jakubisin.  Once the action began, it was all business and when the dust cleared, Justin used his home field advantage and personal cheering section to take home the crown laying 696 brick and narrowly beating out second place Jeff Burton from the Cincinnati.

Justin will be heading to Las Vegas to compete at the World Championship SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500, representing the state of Ohio and ready to prove he has the Skill, Speed and Stamina to be the World’s Best Bricklayer!

SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 Regional Returns to Seattle

SEATTLE, WA – On an unusually sunny Friday, the Western States Masonry Trades hosted the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 at the International Masonry Institute in Seattle,WA. The day was filled with masonry industry professionals from the area along with vendors and suppliers showing off their latest products. STO Wall Systems and Evergreen Building Materials combined to demonstrate Liquid water barriers over CMU with stone veneer installed over it. Johnson Level was on hand to show off its extensive line of leveling systems. Horizon Ford hauled in a new flatbed work truck to woo the audience. Food and beverages were provided and the August sunshine in Seattle made for a great Friday afternoon.

At approximately 4pm, Ben Griffin of Keystone Masonry, Yelm, Washington, along with his tender Dennis Chessie swept the top honors at the 2011 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 Seattle Regional. He laid 424 brick in one-hour on a 26’ long double wythe wall with enough precision that he didn’t have any quality penalties, earning him the craftsmanship award amongst a group of ten highly skilled Western Washington masons. His speed and craftsmanship bought him cash and prizes along with a trip to Las Vegas to compete in the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 National Competition at the World of Concrete/World of Masonry in January. There, he will compete against 20 other masons from the U.S., Canada, Germany and Australia for the chance to be crowned the World’s Best Bricklayer and drive away in a 2012 Ford F250 XLT 4x4 Truck.

Second place was awarded to Bricklayer Mark Earwood and his tender, Kenny Fairweather of Fairweather Masonry.  Garret Shafer and his tender, Alex Robledo of R&D Masonry finished with 3rd place honors.

A special thanks to Eastside Masonry, Mutual Materials, Lafarge, Lehigh Cement and all the sponsors who come together to make these events happen, we couldn’t do it without you!

For more information on the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 program go to: http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/linktrack.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.specmixbricklayer500.com

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