Young Farmers celebrate competition success to begin new year

Pontfaen YFC has enjoyed a busy and successful start to the new YFC year, with members achieving excellent results across a wide range of competitions.

The year began with the Brecknock YFC Have-a-Go competition at Llangammarch Hall, where 10 teams took part. Pontfaen’s Ruby, Ffion, Elinor, Ella and Lizzy were named the winners.

Members then turned out in force for Eisteddfod Day at Gwernyfed High School. In the Just a Minute competition, judged by Mr Gareth Davies; Connie, Riley, Celyn and guest member Evie from Sennybridge took first place. Connie and Evie were also selected to progress to the Wales Finals next year.

Pontfaen also secured two places in the Junior Public Speaking. Elin, Ameila and Darcey finished second, while Darcy, Alice and Cari took third place.

There was further success in the homework sections for Pontfaen. Sian achieved first place in Prose, Limerick and Letter, while Rachel, Connie, Celyn and Alice earned second place for their club history podcast project. Rachel also had second in Portrait, Beth took second place in 2D Art, Nia placed second in 3D Art, and Henry came third in the 90th birthday card category.

Pontfaen members also shone on stage. Amelia won the under-17 Music Solo, while Sian won the under-28 category. Alice, Gryff, Amelia, Darcey and Elin were the ‘Have you got Talent’ winners. The club also won both Mime to Music and Sketch, placed third in Dancing, and secured second place in the Duet through Elin and Darcey.

The busy programme continued with the Carcass Judging competition, held at W J George in Talgarth, where Dylan, Luc, Ollie and Connie represented the club.

Dylan finished third in Lamb Carcass and third overall in the under 16 category, while Connie achieved third place overall in the under 21 category.