Results from 2011 BTUSA Nationals.

October 9, 2011 5 Comments

TO ALL WINNERS: Congratulations!
TO ALL CONTESTANTS, SPONSORS, AND ATTENDEES: Thank you!

The Second Annual Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships took place on October 8, 2011, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The complete results are set forth below.

Note regarding scoring: In the final judging, each judge ranked his/her top three contestants from the finalists selected earlier. Each first-place vote was worth 5 points, each second place vote was worth 3 points, and each third place vote was worth 1 point.

Moustache Category:

Gorman, photo by Dash

First Place ($600): Patrick Gorman, 10 points
Second Place ($300): Benjamin Juergens, 10 points
(The judges selected Gorman over Jurgens in the tiebreak.)
Third Place ($100): Glen Moore, 6 points
Other finalists:
Sam Holcombe, 6 points
Taylor Weldon, 6 points
(The judges selected Moore over Holcombe and Weldon in the three-way tie for third place.)
Daniel Lawlor, 5 points
Steve Scarpa, 1 point
Detleff Steinhoefel, 1 point
Paul DeLeone
Matyas Kovach

Partial Beard Category:

Joslin, photo by Dash

First Place ($600): Toot Joslin, 18 points
Second Place ($300): Bill Mitchell, 14 points
Third Place ($100): Nate Johnson, 5 points
Other finalists:
Michael Schrader: 4 points
Kevin Demarest, 2 points
Joe Blossom, 1 point
Ryan Messer, 1 point
Eric Moberg
Chris Noe

Full Beard Groomed Category:

Myatt, photo by Dash

First Place ($600): John Myatt, 14 points
Second Place ($300): Burke T. Kenny, 11 points
Third Place ($100): Doug Renfro, 6 points
Other Finalists:
Benjamin Whitney, 6 points
(The judges selected Renfro over Whitney in the tiebreak.)
Rafael Diaz, 3 points
Blair Johnson, 3 points
Joseph Camacho, 1 point
Jeff Roth, 1 point
John Benedict
Maximo Garcia
Gary Faulkner
Jeb Sturmer
Marq Vigilio

Full Beard Natural Category:

Burgess, photo by Dash

First Place ($600): John Burgess, 13 points
Second Place ($300): Bryan Nelson, 12 points
Third Place ($100): Neil Moherman, 12 points
(The judges chose Nelson over Moherman in the tiebreak.)
Other finalists: Rick Angood, 3 points
Al Skipper, 3 points
George Scripture, 1 point
Aarne Bielefeldt
Dave Grams
Trevor Cranmer
Bob Gallagher
Thomas Gerdes
Dan Hudy
Alan Kelly
Geoff Kershaw
Myk O’Connor
PJ Rhymeswithsausage
Andrew Shuler

Freestyle Category:

Jonathan Rice

Jonathan Rice, photo by Andy Blackburn

First Place ($600): Jonathan Rice, 13 points
Second Place ($300): Thomas (Maurice) Smith (Blurton), 10 points
Third Place ($100): Matt Bischoff, 6 points
Other finalists:
John Buckler, 5 points
Brian Quien, 5 points
Andy Smith, 5 points
Gandhi Jones, 1 point
Bert Mayer

Youngest competitor

Rix, photo by Dash

Chance Rix, age 16, Brownsville, Kentucky

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5 Responses to “Results from 2011 BTUSA Nationals.”

  1. Blair Johnson October 9, 2011 at 11:39 am

    Thanks to everyone for helping make my first competition so beardly awesome!

  2. Ed Lubbers October 11, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Pictures of the winners please!

  3. duane October 11, 2011 at 7:23 pm

    pictures I took at the contest.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/68419609@N05/

  4. JMoustache October 12, 2011 at 10:27 am

    http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.796071135297.2266582.39606201&type=3

    Photos I took at the contest

  5. Wayfaring Wanderer October 25, 2011 at 8:17 am

    The competition was an absolute blast. I had such a great time, and I’m definitely looking forward to next year.

    For those that missed it, or for those who want to see photos, I posted about the event on my blog: Battle of the Beards | The National Beard & Mustache Championships: http://ow.ly/78hIp