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This year's Annual Sale of Pedigree Black Welsh Mountain Sheep will take place at Monmouthshire Livestock market, Raglan on Friday 28th August.  Entries forms are being sent out to all BWMSBA members and catalogues will be available nearer the data of the sale.  To request a catalogue, please contact the auctioneers J Straker Chadwick, either by phone or email [email protected] ...

Given that much of life has had to be put on hold for this summer, the annual Young People's Awards, presented by BWMSBA for excellence and outstanding contribution to the breed and the BWMSBA, will not be presented in 2020.  The George Hughes Award and the Steffan Trophy will be back on track for 2021. If, in the meantime, you can think of a young person whose contribution is worthy of note, yo...

As you'll all be aware, BWMSBA has had to postpone the planned Centenary Dinner, that should have been held at the Celtic Royal Hotel on 3rd October 2020. Unfortunately the hotel is unable to host a rescheduled event next year as they do not have any availabilty through October or November. The hotel has confirmed that anyone who had booked accomodation there will be entitiled to a full refund. I...

BWMSBA Chairman, John Griffiths, would like everyone to know that it has been deceided that all planned Centenary events will now be deferred until 2021. The planned early Open Day and the Centenary Show had already been postponed but it's now become clearer that running the Open Day planned for September and the Gala Dinner (planned for 3rd October) is not viable in the circumstances. GIven th...

The BWMSBA has received an advice document for native breed livestock keepers from teh Rare Breed Survival Trust.  There's some useful information included - please follow the link to take a look. https://www.rbst.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=fc158e63-8d17-4255-a2c9-b96981bbc86a ...

It's with a heavy heart that I have to inform you all that a decision has been made to postpone the BWMSBA Centenary Open Day planned for 6th June, that was to have been hosted by the Jervoise family, near Basingstoke.   In addition, the BWMSBA Centenary Show will also be postponed. This was due to have been held on 8th August at the Royal Welsh Showground.   A decision about the other two sp...