Beard Competition
To compete you will need to register your beard when you arrive.
On the day you will need to sign in at the Beard registration table for pre-judging to confirm the beard category you are wanting to enter is the correct one for your beard.
Those of you who are judged to be the top of your beard category will receive trophies and prize goody bags.
There will be portrait photographers in the building ready to capture your beard in all its glory.
Join The British Beard Club before the event and you will receive additional exclusive benefit.
Yorkshire Beard Day 2024 TBBC Beard Competition Categories.
- Styled Stubble
- Moustache
- Goatee
- Musketeer
- Sideburns / Mutton chops
- Whitby Whaler / Sea Captains’ Chin Warmer
- Business Beard (Short Beard)
- King Edward VII
- Verdi
- Badger Beard (Natural beard of any colour that has distinct stripes)
- Garibaldi
- Full Beard Natural
- Full Beard Styled Moustache
- Full Beard Freestyle
- Partial Beard Freestyle
- Creative & Realistic False Beard Freestyle (open to both children and adults unable to grow a beard)
How do I register to compete? You can register in person on the day of competition from 2pm up until 3:30pm
Does it cost anything to compete? A Generous charitable monetary donation of your own choosing in the charity tin will complete your registration.
All monies raised go to charity. Raising funds for and awareness of Prostate Cancer.
Any questions? please use the contact form on this website. click here
Yorkshire Beard Day 2024 Sat 9th March Beard Competition Style Guide
Competition Beard Style Guide:
Styled Stubble: a few days growth closely cropped and styled/designed/sculpted/patterned using razor and beard clippers.
Moustache: Facial hair on the top lip only. can be any style, left natural or twirled.
Goatee: Hair on the chin or chin and top lip around the mouth.
Musketeer: A narrow pointed chin beard and a distinct moustache usually fashioned with wax or naturally trained.
Sideburns / Mutton Chops: Hair on the side of the face, can be joined by a moustache but chin must be clean shaven.
Whitby Whaler / Sea Captains’ Chin Warmer: beard is full on the chin and cheeks but the top lip is clean shaven. also known as a Chin Curtain or strap.. think Captain Ahab, Abraham Lincoln or the Amish.
Business Beard / Short Beard: a neat and tidy shaped full set beard like a well kept lawn.
King Edward VII: Classic full set beard long enough to be trimmed to naturally occuring point with a naturally trained or subtly waxed and combed tea strainer.
Verdi: short to medium sized beard, not pointy but of a rounded appearance. Waxed and curled moustache.
Badger Beard: Natural Beard of any colour that has distinct stripes.
Garibaldi: Big Bushy rounded beard so thick you can lose items in it…
Full Beard Natural: Full set that has been left to grow out as nature intended… a little cultivation/trimming can have occurred to keep it in check and a comb put through it.
Full Beard Natural with styled moustache: Full set that has been left to grow out as nature intended… a little cultivation/ trimming can have occurred to keep it in check and a comb put through it. Plus a styled moustache which can be a naturally trained one or styled with wax.
Full Beard Freestyle: Anything goes, you can style your full beard however you want, use all manner of product, colourings, hairsprays and waxes as long as the base of your creation is your naturally occuring facial hair. Let your imagination be your inspiration.
Partial Beard Freestyle: Partial beard is any beard that isn’t a full set, you can style your Partial Beard however you want, use all manner of product, colourings, hairsprays and waxes as long as the base of your creation is your naturally occuring facial hair. Let your imagination be your inspiration.
Creative, False Beard Freestyle: This is the category for those of you who can’t grow a beard, either because you are a child, usually because you are a woman or because you just naturally have a baby face 😉 Your false beard can be made to look as real as possible or as spectacularly unreal as possible and made from whatever material you happen to have laying around. Themed or artistic beards are especially good with both the Judges and the spectating crowd… dress up, have fun! take a look at the Whiskerinas for inspiration.
