Wales Farmer APRIL 2014


Tuck in to feast of talent


AUDIENCES devoured a veritable feast of talent when they travelled to north Wales to be enter- tained by the best young


farmers in the country. TheWalesYFCEntertainment


Feast at Venue Cymru, Llandud- no, featured a packed menu show- casing the very best talent young farmers have to offer. Twelve clubs from ten different counties had fought their way through county eliminators for the chance to take to the stage in the finals of the Welsh and Eng- lish entertainment competitions. The competition requires clubs to stage a half-hour production


showcasing a variety of talent such as singing, dancing and comedy. In the English language com- petition, judge Ian Sarginson awarded the coveted EGH Trumper Trophy for best overall performance and anFUWWelsh Royal Crystal Trophy to Llan- badarn Fynydd YFC, Radnor and their entertainment entitled ‘Just Chilled’. Laura Watson also received the award for best actress. In second place was Keyston Pembrokeshire,


YFC, with


Lawrence Hancock winning the best actor title. The third placed team, Went- wood YFC, Gwent also took


home some silverware, winning the Paul Elkington Productions trophy for best technical achieve- ment.


Llanbadarn Fynydd YFC will


now take to the stage in Black- pool with their winning produc-


tion at the NFYFC entertain- ment final to be held during the AGM weekend in Blackpool at the beginning of May. Ellen Rhys was tasked with the


difficult job of judging the Welsh section, where the Bryn Teifi tro-


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HOT STUFF: Llanbadarn Fynydd YFC, Radnor on stage during their winning production ‘Just Chilled’.


phy and a FUW Welsh Royal Crystal Trophy was awarded to Llanfair Caereinion YFC, Mont- gomery for their Entertainment entitled ‘Y Canmlwyddiant’(The centenary). Llanfair Caereinion also received the Paul Elkington Productions trophy. In second place was Pontsian


YFC, Ceredigion, with Rhosybol YFC, Ynys Môn in third, whose members Carwyn Jones and Elin Hâf Morris Jones won the best actor and best actress awards respectively. They both received


Welsh Royal Crystal trophies kindly donated by the FUW, as did their fellow winners in the English section. Also taking place at the Enter- tainment Feast was the disco dancing competition where Clun- derwen YFC, Pembrokeshire were awarded first place ahead of Maendy YFC, Glamorgan sec- ond. Both clubs will nowgo on to represent Wales YFC at the NFYFC disco dancing competi- tion at the prestigious Blackpool Opera House during theAGM.


PENCAMPWYR: Llanfair Caereinion YFC, Montgomery, after winning the Welsh language entertainment competition.


GIRL POWER: The best actresses at the Entertainment Feast were Laura Watson in the English section (above) and Elin Hâf Morris Jones in the Welsh competition.


BEST BOYS: Carwyn Jones, of Rhosybol YFC, Ynys Môn, (above, left) won the best actor award in the Welsh section, while the trophy in the English competition was awarded to Lawrence Hancock, of Keyston YFC, Pembrokeshire (above, right).


DANCING DIVAS: Clynderwen YFC, Pembrokeshire won the disco dancing competition and will now go on to represent Wales at the national finals in Blackpool.


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