CYMDEITHAS AREDIG CYMRUWELSH PLOUGHING

ASSOCIATION

CYLCHLYTHYRNEWSLETTER

Hydref/Gaeaf • Autumn/Winter2014

Rhifyn Rhif. 4Issue No. 4

Yn y llun yma mae Pencampwr Aredig newydd Cymru, EvanWatkin, a’r Is-Bencampwr, Rhodri George, gyda'r teuluRaymond, y cynhaliwyd y Pencampwriaethau ar eu tir. Maesylw llawn i hynny, yn cynnwys canlyniadau encampwriaethauAredig a Phlygu Gwrych Cymru Gyfan2014, a drefnwyd eleni gan GymdeithasAredig Treletert a'r Cylch, yn ymddangosy tu mewn.

Byddwch yn gallu darllen hefyd ynghylchsut y ddaeth yr aradwyr o Gymru ymlaenar y llwyfan rhyngwladol yng NgornestAredig y Byd a PhencampwriaethauEwropeaidd Aredig â Hen Beiriannau.

Bydd y rhifyn nesaf yn cael ei gyhoeddiym Mehefin 2015 ac os oes gennychunrhyw newyddion yr hoffech ei gyfrannu,rydym bob amser yn falch o glywed gennych. Cysylltwch â niyng Nghymdeithas Aredig Cymru trwy'r SwyddogCyhoeddusrwydd Julie Jenkins ar 07870 264406 neujj.lva@tiscali.co.uk

Croeso CROESO CYNNES I RIFYN RHIF 4O GYLCHLYTHYR CYMDEITHAS

AREDIG CYMRU.

Pictured here is the new Champion Ploughman of Wales,Evan Watkin, and Reserve Champion, Rhodri George,with the hosts of the Championships, the Raymondfamily. Full coverage including results of the All Wales

Ploughing and Hedging Championships2014 which this year were organisedby Letterston and District PloughingSociety appear inside.

You will also be able to find out how ourWelsh ploughmen fared on theinternational stage at the WorldPloughing Contest and the EuropeanVintage Ploughing Championships.

The next issue will be published inJune 2015 and if you have any newsthat you would like to contribute, we

would be glad to hear from you. Please contact us at theWelsh Ploughing Association via the Publicity OfficerJulie Jenkins on 07870 264406 or jj.lva@tiscali.co.uk

Welcome A WARM WELCOME TO ISSUE NUMBER 4OF THE NEWSLETTER OF THE WELSH

PLOUGHING ASSOCIATION.

Overall Placing Name Country Stubble GrasslandPoints Place Points Place

Conventional1st Eamonn Tracey Republic of Ireland 194.5 2nd 187.0 1st

2nd Andrew Mitchell (Jnr) Scotland 194.0 3rd 185.5 2nd

3rd Fabien Landre France 196.0 1st 177.5 4th

14th Rhodri George Wales 153.5 16th 155.5 12th

Reversible1st Andrew Mitchell (Snr) Scotland 195.5 2nd 217.0 1st

2nd Beat Sprenger Switzerland 209.0` 1st 194.0 3rd

3rd John Whelan Republic of Ireland 184.0 3rd 208.5 2nd

15th Elfed Jones Wales 158.5 14th 172.5 14th

CANLYNIADAU - RESULTS

CYSTADLEUAETH AREDIG Y BYD 2014WORLD PLOUGHING CONTEST 2014

After the long haul to Canada last year, in 2014 the WorldPloughing Contest returned to Europe, moving nearer tohome to France. Representing Wales for the secondsuccessive year in the Conventional Class was RhodriGeorge whilst veteran Elfed Jones was competing for the5th time in the Reversible Class.

Here follows a report from World Board Member, John Nixon:

“The 61st World Ploughing Contest was held at Saint Jeand’Illac, only 30 minutes from the beautiful city of Bordeauxin the South of France. The families and friends of theWelsh Ploughing Team had an organised tour whichincluded a visit to the world famous Bordeaux vineyards, adairy farm and a suckler cow farm with the local breed ofcattle being Bazadais, also a boat trip to an oyster farmand a visit to the National Park and Bird Reserve.

The weather was very hot and the weekend was spent atthe World Ploughing Contest. The site was very sandybut all the competitors had good equal plots.

From 29 countries competing, Rhodri finished in 14thplace in the Conventional Class, whilst Elfed was placed15th in the Reversible.

Thanks go to the coach and judge Aled Morgan, also fororganising the transport of the ploughs to the event anddeputy coach Ian Wilson. My sincere thanks to thefamilies and friends for their help and support for makingthis such a wonderful event. We look forward to Denmarkin 2015!”

John NixonWorld Board Member Wales

Welsh Team in Bordeaux: L to R - John Nixon World Board Member, Aled MorganCoach & Judge, Rhodri George Competitor, Elfed Jones Competitor

Rhodri George’s start on stubble

Once again, the All Wales Ploughing and HedgingChampionships were blessed with dry conditions which helpedto ensure that the crowds rolled in to witness the annualcontest to be crowned Champion in both the ploughing andhedging competitions. Letterston and District PloughingSociety under the Chairmanship of William Miles were theorganisers of the Championships and were also celebratingtheir 70th anniversary having been founded in 1944.

On the eve of the Championships, the traditional Blessing of thePlough service was held at Llangloffan Baptist Chapel whichattracted a large congregation of ploughmen and their supporters.Local Baptist Minister, the Rev’d Geraint Morse, assisted by theRev’d Geoffrey Eynon conducted the Service which even includedentertainment by local boy-band “Bois-y-Wlad”.

The site for the Championships was Penfeidr Farm atCastlemorris near Haverfordwest, farmed by the well-knownPembrokeshire farming family, the Raymond Brothers. Twinbrothers, Meurig and Mansel Raymond were the Presidents ofthe Championships, well-known for their connections with theNational Farmers Union, a theme that continued through tothe Local Secretary, Dorian Williams who is NFU GroupSecretary for North Pembrokeshire. He was undertaking theLocal Secretary role for the second time. The ploughing wasconcentrated over two large fields and the hedging - known inPembrokeshire as “plashing”- was located at the same site.

On the Saturday morning, the public were soon flocking toPenfeidr to witness the talents of the competitors taking part ofwhich there were 75 ploughmen, 8 hedging competitors or“plashers” and two teams competing in the wire fencing class.

The World Style Classes as ever was a closely fought contestthat included a number of former Welsh Champions. In theUnder-26 World Style Class, young talent in the form of EuronOwen Griffith, Iestyn James and James George werecompeting whilst Thomas Chinn of Mathry was ploughing inthe Junior Class for competitors under 18 years of age. In thehorse ploughing, John Fletcher was competing with hismagnificent Shires, whilst Will Williams entertained spectatorswith his skills in ploughing with three horses instead of theusual two!

Elsewhere on the site, there was a wonderful array of vintagetractors, tools and machinery. Attracting a lot of attention weretwo beautifully turned-out steam engines that had worked inthe local area in their day. One of them was back in action forthe day providing the power for the threshing demonstration. Ascommented by the Chairman William Miles: “Those who did thisback-breaking job many years ago were probably glad to be justwatching!” Also catching the eye was the scale model of a steamengine complete with its own threshing box constructed by TomGriffiths of Wolfscastle who had spent over 2,500 hours faithfullyreproducing this fully-working model.

Amongst the display of vintage tractors was a rare yellow andsilver Massey Ferguson, manufactured in France in 1966 andone of only 49 built. It had spent many years disguised in redpaint with its true identity only coming to light when current ownerLen Page of Solva started restoring it to its full glory.

At the other end of the scale, there was a magnificent displayof modern working machinery taking place during the day puton by local machinery dealers.

Back in the ploughing competitions, the crowd gathered for thepresentation of prizes. This year, it was the turn of EvanWatkin, previously Champion on no less than 9 occasions, tobe crowned the Champion of Wales, closely followed intoReserve by last year’s Champion and local Pembrokeshireploughman, Rhodri George. In the horse ploughing, JohnFletcher once again triumphed to be Champion HorsePloughman of Wales for the second successive year.

A constant thread running through the Championships was itslinks to the past in this part of North-West Pembrokeshire. TheRaymond family had hosted the Championships 20 years earlierand Mansel Raymond reflected on this in his closing speech atthe presentation of prizes. He reminded the crowd that his latebrother, Gilbert Raymond, had been the Chairman of theChampionships in 1994 when the President had been BennyMiles, the current Chairman’s late father. Looking to the future ofWelsh Ploughing, he stressed the importance of keeping therural skills of ploughing, hedging and plashing alive for futuregenerations and added that “one of the benefits of an event ofthis scale is that it gives the general public the opportunity towitness the skills and craftsmanship of a living countryside”.

A report of the Hedging Championship follows “the Gallery”.

A grand view of the ploughing with the Classic Class in full swing. Mervyn John is the ploughman in the foreground

Y 55ED BENCAMPWRIAETHAU AREDIG A PHLYGU GWRYCH CYMRU GYFAN 2014THE 55TH ALL WALES PLOUGHING & HEDGING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 –

PENFEIDR, CASTLEMORRIS, HAVERFORDWEST

Champion Welsh Tractor PloughmanEvan Watkin

Reserve Champion Welsh PloughmanRhodri George

Welsh representatives to World Contest.

Conventional:- Evan WatkinReversible:- D Elfed Jones

The Evan Davies TrophyBest Young Ploughman under 26 years on 1stJanuary for the best work in any classIestyn James

The Border Fine Arts Perpetual TrophyChampion Welsh Horse PloughmanJohn Fletcher

The Richard & Heather March TrophyBest work in semi-digger under 26 classIestyn James

The Monmouthshire Perpetual Trophy

Best ploughing work by a Monmouthshire ploughman

Tony Bradley

Special prize – Trevor Davies Trophy

Best work by a ploughing competitor resident in

Pembrokeshire

Rhodri George

Special prize – Best work by a Kverneland plough

Evan Watkin

Class 1 Semi-Digger – World Style1st Evan Watkin2nd David Chappell3rd Rhodri George

Class 2 Semi-Digger – World Style – Under 261st Iestyn James2nd Euron Owen Griffith3rd James George

Class 3 Reversible Ploughing – World Style1st D Elfed Jones2nd Clive Roberts3rd Wyn Jones

Class 4 General Purpose or Semi-Digger (Classic)1st Jon Cole2nd Stuart Burden3rd Wilfred Richards

Class 5 Vintage Ploughing – Trailer1st Sam Jones2nd Michael J Watkins3rd Gordon Harries

Class 6 Vintage Ploughing – Hydraulic1st Richard E Ingram2nd Arthur Jennings3rd Emlyn Jones

Class 7 High Cut1st John Milnes2nd Vernon Davies3rd Raymond Roach

Class 8 Ferguson TE20 with Standard Ferguson Plough1st Keith Williams2nd John S Evans3rd Robert Godfrey

Class 9 Junior Class – Under 18 Years Old on Day of Match1st Thomas Chinn

Class 10 Commercial Reversible Ploughing1st Roger Jones2nd Gerwyn Evans3rd Chris James

Class 11 Horse Ploughing – High Cut1st John Fletcher

Class 12 Horse Ploughing – General Purpose1st Will Williams

Best Turnout (Horse Ploughing)John Fletcher

Best Working Team of Horses (Unled)Will Williams

Y 55ED BENCAMPWRIAETHAU AREDIG A PHLYGU GWRYCH CYMRU GYFAN 2014THE 55TH ALL WALES PLOUGHING & HEDGING CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS 2014

PLOUGHING RESULTS

Y 56ED BENCAMPWRIAETHAU AREDIG A PHLYGU GWRYCH CYMRU GYFAN 2015THE 56TH ALL WALES PLOUGHING & HEDGING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015

Looking forward to the next Championships, we will be returning to Pembrokeshire in 2015 but to the South of the countythis time. The site is at Paskeston Farm, Cosheston, Pembroke Dock, SA72 4SF and the Championships will take placeon Saturday 26th September.

Preparations are well-advanced under the Chairmanship of George John whose uncle, Norman John, was Chairman ofthe Championships in 1980. The Local Secretary is well-known trailer ploughman, Gordon Harries. A full preview willappear in the next issue of the Newsletter.

John Fletcher, Champion Horse Ploughman

The Gallery

Evan Watkin, Champion Tractor Ploughman

Rhodri George, Reserve Champion Ploughman 10 year old Rhys Ouseley who was learning the ropes in depth stewarding

Euron Owen Griffith, 2nd in Class 2 Semi-Digger World Style Under 26 James George, 3rd in Class 2 Semi-Digger World Style Under 26

Wyn Jones, 3rd in Class 3 Reversible Ploughing - World Style Aled Morgan (Left) and Evan Watkin (Right) in Class 1 Semi-Digger World Style

Emlyn Jones, 3rd in Class 6 Vintage Hydraulic Joey keeping an eye on proceedings for his owner, Richard Ingram, winner of Class 6 Vintage Hydraulic

David Nicholas in Class 4 Classic Raymond Roach, 3rd in Class 7 High Cut

Vernon Davies, 2nd in Class 7 High Cut

Last year’s Chairman Arthur Jennings and judges Sam Jones, winner of Class 5 Vintage Trailer Gordon Harries, 3rd in Class 5 Vintage Trailer

John S Evans, 2nd in Class 8 Ferguson Class

Tom Griffiths of Wolfscastle with his model steam engine and threshing drum Hard at work in the Threshing Demonstration

Vintage Tractor Display MF 2130 built in Beauvais, France in 1966

Threshing Demonstration

Wilfred Richards, 3rd in Class 4 Classic ClassWill Williams, winner of Class 12 General Purpose Ploughing

Elfed Jones, winner of Class 3 Reversible Ploughing - World Style Roger Jones, winner of Class 10 Commercial Reversible Ploughing

Tony Bradley, winner of the Monmouthshire TrophyEvan Watkin, Champion Welsh Tractor Ploughman with Meurig and Hilary Raymond

Iestyn James receiving the winner’s trophy for Class2 Under 26 World Style from Rosalind Raymond

John Fletcher, Champion Horse Ploughmanwith Rosalind Raymond

Thomas Chinn, receiving the winner’s trophy forClass 9 Junior Class from Meurig Raymond

Mansel Raymond giving his closing speechRhodri George, Reserve Champion

WIRE FENCING RESULTS

Class 13 Open Pairs1st Glyn Arowsmith & Russell Lewis2nd Keith Pugh & Peter Thackeray

HEDGING RESULTS

Class 14 Pembroke and Glamorgan Style 1st Gareth G Evans2nd Roger Minchin

Class 15 Any Other Hedging Style – Open1st Gwynfor Harding2nd Richard Lewis3rd Rita Jones

Class 16 Any Hedging Style – Under 26 Years of Age1st Gethin Jones

CLA Trophy for Champion HedgerGwynfor Harding

PENCAMPWRIAETHAU FFENSIO GWIFREN A PHLYGU GWRYCHWIRE FENCING & HEDGING CHAMPIONSHIPS

In the Hedging Championships, there was some strong competition in the contest to be crowned the Champion Hedger. In theClass for the Pembroke and Glamorgan Styles, Gareth G Evans was awarded first place for his length of hedge whilst in the Classfor any other style, Gwynfor Harding was placed first. Gethin Jones from Brecon won the Class for competitors under 26 years ofage. After some deliberation, the judges, D Richards and WEL Woosnam awarded the Championship to Gwynfor Harding ofCaersws, Powys.

Meanwhile, in the dry ground conditions, the wire fencing teams of Glyn Arrowsmith and Russell Lewis from Llowes and KeithPugh and Peter Thackeray from Llandysul worked exceptionally hard to complete their allotted lengths - all by hand. Thewinners were Glyn Arrowsmith and Russell Lewis, regular winners at the Championships.

Gethin Jones and his prize winning hedge Roger Minchin, 2nd in Class 14

Gwynfor Harding, winner of Class 15 and Champion Hedger Richard Lewis, 2nd in Class 15

Winners of the Wire Fencing Class,Glyn Arrowsmith and Russell Lewis

Gareth G Evans, winner of Class 14, Pembroke & Glamorgan Style

PENCAMPWRIAETHAU AREDIG Â HEN BEIRIANNAU EWROP - 2014EUROPEAN VINTAGE PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2014

The Championships were this year hosted by the Republic of Ireland and werecombined with the Irish National Ploughing Match and Show held in the South West ofthe country in Co. Laois near Stradballey.

The coach for the Welsh Team, John Tucker, reports from this event:

“As the Chief Steward of Llangattock Ploughing Society, I had to forego this positionthis year as I was delighted to be asked by our Welsh competitors of the EuropeanVintage Team to act as their judge. Having to travel to Ireland on the Sunday meant Iunfortunately had to miss the Llangattock Ploughing Match.

I met up with our Team in Pembroke on the Sunday morning, 21st September - GordonHarries in the Trailer Class, Tony Bradley Hydraulic and Griff Jones Classic, also JohnLewis our Steward. Tony didn’t make a very good start by having a burst tyre on histrailer whilst travelling to Pembroke, then a second tyre burst on the way to the ferry atFishguard.

On arrival in Ireland, we went to the practice ground on the Monday. The plots were onhard ground and some competitors finished early. The hope was that the ground wouldbe better for the competition but not so, the ground was on a slope both ways. Tonywas at the bottom of the field with a lot of trash left to bury; the ground was also veryhard and dry which was not helped by the stones, some of which were so big that Tonyhad to plough around them.

Gordon was ploughing towards the top of the field and had the same sort of conditions trying to plough against the slope.He also had some large stones on his plot, breaking his disc arm on one of them. There was a large stone in his finish toobut it was not enough to stop him being placed second in the Trailer Class and being awarded the John Costain Memorial Trophy for the best trailer plough finish.

Over on the other side of the hill, Griff Jones in the Classic Class was battling with more stones, some of which were 12 –18 inches round. By ploughing at 8 inches depth, Griff was able to do a reasonable job burying most of them.

All in all, I would like to congratulate the team for doing their best for Wales with Tony Bradley finishing in fifth place in theHydraulic Class, Griff Jones sixth in the Classic Class and Gordon second in the Trailer Class. I would also like to thankGill, Shirley and Maureen for keeping us all going with refreshments.”

John TuckerCoach for Wales Team, European Vintage Ploughing Championships

PENCAMPWRIAETHAU AREDIG PRYDAIN - 2014BRITISH PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2014

Welsh Ploughmen travelled South to Hampshire in October to take part in the British Ploughing Championships. JohnNixon reports from the event on the fortunes of the Welsh competitors.

“The British Ploughing Championships were held near Basingstoke and the Welsh competitors kept the flag flying forWales. Rhodri George came first in his class on the first day and qualified for the plough-off along with Brenig Bryan andAled Morgan. Rhodri came 4th and won the John Jones Trophy for the best ploughman from Wales.

Father and son team, Hugh and Euron Griffith were also in thepoints with Hugh taking first place in the David BrownPloughing Championship whilst son Euron was placed third inthe YFC Conventional Ploughing Championship. RobertConvery was placed fourth in the David Brown Class. DavidHankey also came in fourth but in the Classic Class.Meanwhile in the horse ploughing, John Fletcher, recentlycrowned Champion Welsh Horse Ploughman, was placedfourth in the General Purpose class.

Well done to everyone in such wet and very cold conditions.”

John Nixon

Hugh Griffith at the All WalesChampionships

Rhodri George at the All WalesChampionships

Gordon Harries with his awards

CYMDEITHAS AREDIG CYMRU YN SIOEFRENHINOL CYMRU 2014

WELSH PLOUGHING ASSOCIATION AT THE ROYALWELSH SHOW 2014

The Welsh Ploughing Association was delighted to welcome President of the Royal WelshShow, local Radnorshire farmer, Mrs Rhian Duggan and her husband John to the WPAStand at the Royal Welsh Show.

Mrs Duggan took time out of her busy schedule over the four days of the Show to make presentations to the WelshTeams competing in international competitions in 2014 at the reception held on the Wednesday evening.

The WPA stand was this year organised and manned by the hosts of the 2014 All Wales Championships, Letterston andDistrict Ploughing Society, with help from stalwarts Edwina Griffiths and Tony Bradley.

OBITUARIESIngram BarrellLife Member of the Welsh Ploughing Association whorepresented Great Britain at the World Ploughing Contest in 1981and 1988.

Glyn DaviesFounder member of the Newport & Nevern Ploughing Society.

John SandfordLife Member of the Welsh Ploughing Association who judged at theAll Wales Championships on many occasions.

Sonny SmithLife Member of the WPA who, with his wife Jackie, was a greatsupporter of the WPA. Amongst his ploughing achievements, hewon the British Championships in 1975 and 1976 and representedhis country on three occasions at the World Contest.

European Vintage Ploughing Team L-R Griff Jones, John Lewis, John Tucker, Gordon Harries,Ellis Davies, John Duggan, Rhian Duggan, Laura Thomas, Tony Bradley & John Nixon

NEWYDDION ODDI WRTH YSGRIFENYDDIAETH CYMDEITHAS AREDIG CYMRUNEWS FROM THE WELSH PLOUGHING ASSOCIATION SECRETARIAT

At a recent Council meeting of the Welsh Ploughing Association, Chairman William Miles announced that Aled Jones hadbeen awarded a prestigious Nuffield Scholarship. Aled’s study topic is “The Role of Agricultural Societies and Shows inpromoting, developing and innovating the agricultural industry” and he will be reporting in due course on the results of hisvisits at home and abroad. It is hoped that a summary of Aled’s findings from his visits to agricultural societies, shows andexhibitions in the UK, USA, Canada and Africa will appear in a later issue of the Welsh Ploughing Association Newsletter.

Llongyfarchiadau i Aled oddi wrth bawb o Gymdeithas Aredig Cymru. Congratulations to Aled from all at the Welsh Ploughing Association.

Results of “Put your thinking cap on”

In the last newsletter, we asked you to guess the identity of the missing person in the photograph. Dai Jones tells us it wasMartin Kehoe, a Northern Ireland ploughman who has competed at the All Wales Championships in the past. Although nameswere suggested, no one guessed correctly on this occasion. Thank you to everyone who took part.

World Ploughing Team L – R Elfed Jones, Aled Morgan, Ellis Davies, John Duggan,Rhian Duggan, Laura Thomas, Rhodri George, Ian Wilson & John Nixon

William Miles welcoming President of the Royal Welsh Show, Rhian Dugganand husband John, together with Lady Ambassador, Laura Thomas

The crowd at the evening reception

Match Date Contact

World Ploughing Contest 3rd & 4th October 2015

Hjardemålvej, Northern Jutland, Denmark

European Vintage Ploughing 20th September 2015 01348 873000

Championships, Veendam, Netherlands

British Ploughing Championships 10th & 11th October 2015 01302 852469

Marden, Tonbridge, Kent

World Ploughing 2016 8th – 11th September 2016 01302 852469

Incorporating the British Ploughing Championships

and the World Ploughing Contest, Crockey Hill, York

event Date Contact

Royal Welsh Spring Festival 16th & 17th May 01982 553683

Royal Welsh Show 20th – 23rd July 01982 553683

Royal Welsh Winter Fair 30th November & 1st December 01982 553683

CYSTADLAETHAU CENEDLAETHOL A RHYNGWLADOL - 2015 & 2016NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PLOUGHING MATCHES - 2015 & 2016

DIGWYDDIADAU CYMDEITHAS AMAETHYDDOL FRENHINOL CYMRU - 2015ROYAL WELSH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY EVENTS - 2015

DIOLCHIADAU - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSPhotographs reproduced by kind permission of GraceDavies, Andy Ford, Julie Jenkins, Bill Wood, John Nixon.

The Welsh Ploughing Association was founded in 1958 by theRadnor Valley Ploughing Society.The objectives of the Association are:• To promote and encourage the art and skill of ploughing,

hedging and other rural crafts.• To promote an annual Welsh Match, to be held each year in

a different area of Wales.• To provide facilities whereby entrants from Affiliated

Societies to the Welsh Ploughing Association may compete for the Welsh Championship and represent Wales at the British Championships and other such competitions.

• To promote the British Championships, the World Ploughing Contest and other such competitions.

SeCRetaRiat: The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Ltd,Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SYTel: 01982 553683 • Email: heather@rwas.co.uk

Website: www.welshploughing.comRegistered charity no. 515090

We have taken all reasonable care to ensure that theinformation contained within this newsletter is accurate at thetime of going to print.

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GORNESTAU AREDIG LLEOL - 2015 LOCAL PLOUGHING MATCHES - 2015A list of matches appears on the separate insert in the Newsletter.

YN Y RHIFYN NESAF……………… IN THE NEXT ISSUE………………

There will be a preview of the 56th All Wales Ploughing & Hedging Championships to be held in South Pembrokeshire.This issue will also include a report of the Les Goodwin Memorial Match held in September and a look back at theexploits of one our leading members of the Welsh Ploughing Association.