Wales Farmer 22 YFC September 2013
Champions talkthe talk
■ Plenty of Welsh success at nationalfinals
WALES YFC had plenty to talk about after the recent NFYFC national competi-
tions weekend. As well as the prestigious pub-
NFYFC Competitions Day results
Junior member of the year: Runner-up Elin Havard, Sennybridge YFC,Brecknock. Junior reading: 1st Brecknock. 2nd Pembrokeshire. Junior speaking: 2nd Brecknock. Best speaker Elin Havard.
Intermediate brainstrust: 3rd Ceredigion Senior after dinner speaking: 3rdPembrokeshire Video clip: 1st Radnor. Knitting: 3rdCharlotte Lewis, Radnor. Christmas card: 3rdSioned Howells,Carmarthenshire Photography: Charity 2nd Esyllt Thomas,Pembrokeshire; community 1st Alun Roberts, Pembrokeshire; lighter side of farming 3rdAled Woosnam, Montgomery; Rurallife 2nd SaraThomas, Carmarthenshire; Tradition 3rdAlun Roberts, Pembrokeshire Men’s Football: 1st Carmarthenshire Junior Dodgeball: 2nd Brecknock Ultimate Frisbee: 3rd Ceredigion
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Carmarthenshire’s cup winning five-a-side football team.
WELL-SPOKEN: Elin Havard, of Brecknock was named best speaker in the junior speaking competition, with her county team placed second overall (below, right). Elin was also the runner-up in the junior member of the year competition.
lic speaking finals,morethan 500 members,friends and familyfrom all over the country converged on StaffordshireCounty show- ground to takepart in craft com- petitions and sport finals. NFYFC
vice-chairman
Hannah Talbot said: “Our com- petitions programme offers all members achance to takepart in something they might not have tried before, and this weekend reallyshows offthe variety of competitions on offer.” The highlight of the first day
wasthe announcement of the newnational junior member of the year,with Elin Havard,of Sennybridge YFC,Brecknock named the runner-up. It wasagood dayfor Elin, who
wasalso named best speaker in the junior speaking competition, with her team from Brecknock placed second. The junior reading team from
Brecknock went one better,win- ning their competition, just ahead of their fellowWelsh rivals from Pembrokeshire. Pembrokeshirealso represent- ed Wales in the senior after-din-
WELL-READ: The winning junior reading team from Brecknock.
ner speaking, with the team of Alun Griffiths,Tania Hancock, Alice James,Wayne Shanklin and RichardSummons placed third, with Alice topping her section. The intermediate brainstrust
team from Ceredigion also talked their wayinto thirdplace. In the craft and artistic compe-
titions,Radnor’svideo clip earned them first place,while the county’sCharlotte Lewis was thirdinthe knitting andSioned Howells,ofCarmarthenshirealso picked up athirdplace in the Christmas carddesign. Therewas plenty of success in
the various categories of the pho- tography competition, with Alun Roberts,ofPembrokeshirewin- ning the community section and
placed thirdintradition. There wasalso athirdfor Aled Woosnam, of Montgomery in the lighter side of farming category, while Esyllt Thomas,from Pembrokeshire,
and Sara
Thomas,fromCarmarthenshire were both placed second in the charity and rural life sections respectively. The following daysaw the
sports finals taking place on the StaffordshireUniversity campus, with moresuccess forBrecknock as theirjuniordodgeball team wasplaced second, Ceredigion were thirdinthe ultimate frizbee contest and Carmarthenshire wonthe men’s five-a-side football tournament after anail-biting penalty shoot out.
TRIO OF THIRDS:
Pembrokeshire’s senior after-dinner speaking team was placed third (above), as was the intermediate brainstrust team from Ceredigion (left) and their ultimate frizbee team (right).
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