Wales Farmer September 2013 Fishguard Show


Threshing out more success


THE popular Fishguard Show


returned Fronhaul


attractions. With 60 cups and £6,000 in


prizemoney up forgrabs,com- petition wasfierce among the exhibitors. The show, nowinits 156th


year,also boasted ahorticulture tent, acraft marquee,cookery demonstrations,companion dog show, as well as apopular parade of


agricultural machinery


through the ages. Showsecretary Janet Cornock


said: “It’sbeen trulyamazing, we had abit of ashowerinthe morning, which kept the visitors from going offtothe beach.


to Fields,


Cefnydre, with all the usual classes, stands and


By Ceri Coleman-Phillips “It seemed busy around the


field, exhibitors were really happyasthey always arewhen it’sfine weather.The quality of entries in the cattle,sheep,pig and horse classes wasvery high, as it is year after year. “Numbers were down, which


is across the boardinall shows apparentlyand TB isn’t helping, butweweredetermined to try to keep all the individual breed classes,rather than joining them altogether,with the sheep and the beef cattle especially.” Some of the winners in the


livestock classes included E. B. and S. A. Jones from Wolfscastle, whowon the interbreed group of three sheep championship,and T.G, E.I. and N. Thorne from


YOUNG HANDLER:


Five-year-old Noah Jenkins, of Leweston, Camrose.


MilfordHaven, whowon cham- pion Hereford. Mikeand Lucy Georgiou,


from Llanddewi Velfrey,picked up the most points in the pig sec- tion, while Ewan Hendrie,who visited with his familyfrom Talgarth in Brecon, wonthe champion sheep prizewith his Black Welsh Mountain ewe. He said: “It’sbrilliant; you


don’t get higher than achampi- onship.Black Welsh Mountains arevery good sheep,but when yougoupagainst continentals,it is very difficult to beatthem.” The champion local pony


went to Mrs S. Thorne,from Letterston, while the popular mounted fancy dress category waswon by Megan Clewer- Evans from Rosebush. The


Arthur John, Prichard


Memorial Awardfor amajor contribution forthe betterment of agriculturewent to Tim and Margaret


from


Castlemorris Feeds. The awards forthe exhibitor


gaining the most points and the local member gaining the most points both went to P. and S. Williams,Home Farm,Camrose.


ALL BEEF: Randall Williams, of Fishguard, with the any other continental pure bred beef winner.


ALL PICTURES: Wales Farmer.


TRADITIONAL WORK: Among the displays was athreshing demonstration.


CHAMPION: The supreme sheep champion was the Black Welsh Mountain ewe from Ewan Hendrie, of Talgarth, Brecon.


SHOWS 19 Fronhaul Fields, August 2nd


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