College tutor wins the ‘Superbowl of bricklaying’ after laying 859 bricks in an HOUR to take home title

A COLLEGE tutor has been crowned the king of British brickies after laying 859 bricks in just one hour. Dale Wherton won the illustrious Super Trowel event, known as the “Super Bowl of bricklaying”. Dale Wherton won the illustrious Super Trowel event Credit: Super Trowel / SWNS Dale beat 15 other competitors to take home the title Credit: SWNS He beat 15 other competitors to take home the title and will now take on other champion brickies in Las Vegas next year. Dale, 35, said it was a “dream come true” to win Super Trowel 2026 at the Hertfordshire Showground in St Albans on August 1. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! He got the competitive bricklaying bug at college in Stoke aged 15 before working in the industry for 20 years. And he has honed his speed skills since becoming a lecturer six months ago at West Nottinghamshire College. The dad-to-be, from Derby, said: “We have test walls with training mortar which doesn’t set, so we can put up and take down as many as we like. “I remember 20 years ago my college tutor showed me this event in Vegas and I thought I’d really love to do that. “Only one other Englishman has won it before as the Americans have dominated. “Even the world’s best boxers dream of going to Las Vegas to compete. Now I’m doing it to lay bricks.” Most read in The Sun Dale will compete in the Spec Mix Bricklayer 500 competition in January in the US. He said: “I’ll be going there as an Englishman trying to win.” Comment now