Pontfaen YFC has celebrated another spectacular success after its annual Illuminated Charity Tractor & 4x4 Run, held on Tuesday, December 23, raised more than £10,000 for good causes.

The festive event saw participants deck out tractors and 4x4s with lights, tinsel, and seasonal decorations, creating a magical procession that delighted spectators lining the route from Brecon Livestock Market to Brecon High School. The club said the generosity and community spirit shown by both drivers and onlookers captured the very best of the Christmas season.

Darren and Deri Allsop were awarded the prize for Best Illuminated Vehicle, impressing both judges and crowds with their eye-catching display.

The money raised will benefit Wales Air Ambulance and The Brain Tumour Charity, with further £500 donations earmarked for paediatric wards at Hereford, Carmarthen, and Merthyr Tydfil Hospitals, as well as Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity. A portion of the funds will also support the ongoing work of Pontfaen YFC within the local community.

You can still donate to this year’s fundraiser here.

Pontfaen YFC would like to extend heartfelt thanks to:

• McCartneys for once again allowing us to start at Brecon Livestock Market

• All our stewards and marshals who gave up their time to ensure the smooth running of the event and collected along the route

• Brecon High School for use of the hall and car park to finish the run and draw the Grand Raffle

• Brecon Town Band for providing festive music and adding to the wonderful Christmas atmosphere

• Father Christmas for travelling the route and handing out presents to all the children

• Brecon Town Council for generously covering the cost of Santa’s gifts and the use of the High School

• Cllr Marie Matthews for judging the Best Illuminated Vehicle competition, and Wynnstay Agriculture for sponsoring the £100 first prize

• Maureen at Brecon Market Café, The Greyhound Hotel, Builth Wells, Young’s of Brecon Ltd, Reflections Hair Salon, Blunt Hair Salon, and The Strand Café, Builth, along with our members, for selling Grand Raffle tickets

• Morrisons, Brecon, Co-op Builth Wells, Castell Howell, Tesco Llandrindod for donating items to sell refreshments including hot chocolates and mince pies.

• Pontfaen YFC would also like to sincerely thank the following businesses for their generous donation of prizes for the Grand Raffle: Brecon Tap; Clarks Brecon; Folly Farm; Hexby; Ifor Williams Trailers; Dalton’s ATV; Old Railway Line; Sheep Game; Sugar Loaf and The Wheelwrights Arms, Erwood.

• All the spectators who came out to support the event - we hope you enjoyed the fantastic display

A huge thank you goes to all the businesses and individuals who provided sponsorship and continued support:

Agrii; Alpaca My Boots; A V Griffiths & Son; Barn at Brynich; BBI; BLUNT; Brecon Car Rentals; Brecon Car Sales; Builth Wells Rotary; Caleb Roberts Insurance; Calibre Connections; Clee Tompkinson Francis; Cooke & Artwright; Cradoc Golf Club; D & M Jones Developers; David Chadwick MP; Farmers’ Welsh Lavender; G See Sense; HBF, Brecon; Hills; How Money Matters; Ivor Duggan & Sons; J A Jones Plant Ltd; Llanfaes Dairy Ice Cream; Lloyds Animal Feed; Lyndon Jones Plumbing; Lyndon Lewis Scanning; NFU Mutual, Brecon; Oaker Wood Leisure; Pencelli Castle Caravan; River Meadow Flowers; Ryans Pork; Morgan’s Butchers; Strand Café; Wigwam, Brecon; W J James; Woodland Davies Partnership; Youngs of Brecon.

Finally, a massive thank you to the participants, whose time, effort, and creativity in decorating their tractors and 4x4s is what makes this event so special. Without you, it simply wouldn’t happen!