2008 Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival 17 & 18 May

SMALLHOLDER PENTATHLON COMPETITION

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society is pleased to announce the above brand new competition for the 2008 Smallholder and Garden Festival. This new Competition is being held to promote and develop Smallholder Countryside Skills. The Competition will be held on Sunday 18th May, commencing at 9am and is open to any individual over the age of 16. Entrants will be required to demonstrate their abilities by completing 5 tasks related to smallholding within given time periods and marked out of a maximum of 10 points each. The details of the tasks will not be disclosed beforehand but entrants will need to be prepared to undertake a variety of activities such as identifying things displayed to them driving a quad bike and completing practical countryside skills/activities under guidance. The tasks relating to the Competition will be held near the Livestock Sections and the presentation to the winners will be held in the Sheep Ring just prior to the Supreme Sheep Championship taking place. Entry Fee - £10 per competitor. A one day entry ticket to the event will be sent to each competitor nearer the Show along with general details and list of starting times. Prize Money - 1st place winner will receive £100 and a Welsh Royal Crystal item kindly given by Mr. Emrys Bowen. 2nd place winner will receive £50 and 3rd -£25, 4th -£15 and 5th - £10. Prize Cards & Rosettes will be awarded to 1st – 5th prizewinners. Potential Exhibitors should note that, along with the current rules/bye laws already printed in the Festival Livestock Schedule, the following should also be noted:-

At all times judges’ and stewards’ instructions must be adhered to.

Competitors must not confer with one another or any spectators/public during a competition.

Decisions of the Judges are final, as are those of the competition organisers/stewards in all other matters affecting the competition.

If a large number of entries are received, an eliminator questionnaire will be sent out to all in the first instance.

The organisers reserve the right to cancel the competition at the Festival in the event of insufficient entries being received. To enter, please cut out the below completed form enclosed with a £10 Cheque made payable to the RWAS Ltd and send to ‘Festival Smallholder Pentathlon Competition’, RWAS Ltd, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY or e-mail – rhian@rwas.co.uk. Closing date for receipt of application forms will be no later than Friday 4th April 2008.

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Please state if you are entered and competing in any other competition at the Festival. Please note that a copy of the Festival Livestock Schedule can be found on the Festival Website at www.rwas.co.uk. The Society acknowledges with grateful thanks the sponsorship of this competition by:- Area Sales Manager – Graham Cooper – Mobile - 07966718420 ARCTIC CAT UK LIMITED – Unit 16, Parkside Centre, Potters Way, Temple Farm Industrial Estate, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 5SJ Download application form here (.doc 32kb