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National Sheep Association Wales will be holding its Annual General Meeting at Hafod yr Hendre on the Royal Welsh Showground on Wednesday 20th February. If any of you wish to attend, please contact Helen Roberts ([email protected]). Lunch will be provided only if you book in advance.  ...

Steffan Trophy - Nominations Needed The Steffan Trophy is new award for ambassadors of the Black Welsh Mountain Breed between the ages of 16 and 26. If you know of a young person, worthy of recognition for their work with Black Welsh Mountains, please send a short submission to the Secretary, explaining why you feel their contributions should be recognised, by the 31 January 2019 Pictured is th...

As we come to the close of the year and look back on a sucessful year for the breed and the Association, attention will start to turn to the production of the 2019 flock book. BWMSBA needs good quality photographs of prolific show winners from 2018 for inclusion in the publication. Ideally, photos should be primarily of the sheep, rather than being a "people" picure. In order to reproduce well w...

For those who still haven't sent in your annual flock returns (they should have been sent in by the end of December) the ABSOLUTE FINAL deadline will be the end of January. If not received by then, your flock details will not be included in the next flock book. Please remember that 2019 subscriptions fall due on January 1st and fees need to be paid by 31st January 2019.  Many Thanks.  ...

This year's Royal Welsh Winter was well supported by BWMSBA members as ever with a good number of pairs forward for judging. The judge, Mr Ian Davies, Bedlwyn Farm, New Tredegar sorted through the entries a picked a pair of ewe lambs from Miss Eryn Stephens as his winners.  Eryn (pictured above with her Dad) was delighted with her sucess, but decided not to offer the lambs for sale, opting inste...

Correction from the Autumn Newsletter: Qualifying Shows for the 2019 Gaer Award will be: RWAS Spring Festival, 18—19 May Royal Three Counties Show, 14—16th June Monmouth Show - 6th July Royal Welsh Show, 22nd—25th July New Forest Show, 30th July—1st August Eglwysbach Show, 10th August Llandeilo Show, 17th August. NO DOUBLE POINTS SHOW IN 2019 ALSO NOTE THAT IN 2019, POINTS FROM GROUP CLASSES W...