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Chairman
Brian McDermott |
Vice-Chairman
Claire Willis-Burton |
Treasurer
Bill Barker |
Secretary
Janice Woodland
Pen-y-fan Fach Farm
Aberbeeg
Abertillery
Gwent
NP13 2DT
Tel: 01495 214810 |
January
Meeting.
The meeting was very successful with approximately 45 people present for
the forum. Alan Pearce represented the Education and Welfare Committee of
the W.P.C.S. and was able to answer the many different questions that were
put to him. Also giving news of concerns that members had regarding new
legislation. The visits out to Area Associations is obviously the way
forward since the previous seminars were poorly attended. The fund raising
for the new events has got off to a very good start thanks to the members
and friends who bought and sold the many raffle tickets. The draw took
place at the Bailey Arms in front of all that were present in the meeting.
Congratulations to the following prize winners and also a thank you to Mr.
Pearce who resubmitted his prize.
1st
J.A.Wodland. 0242
2nd Bob Edwards. 0110
3rd Stuart Franklin 1541
4th Allen Evans. 0021
5th Kelly Cooper. 1459
6th G.Barker. 1353
7th Roger Davies. 1256
8th Ann Tite. 0995
9th Jodie Stokes. 1272
10th Dorothy Williams. 1786
Members present at the meeting were all given the opportunity to nominate
judges for the Summer show, names being placed on prepared sheets
indicating each section. Ten names for each section were then drawn and
the judges have now been booked.
Summer
Show 2010
Section A Ruth Thacker.
Section B Tracey Landon.
Section C Julie Williams.
Section D Nicola Davies.
Part Bred/Ridden Mrs. D. Powell.
Apologies to some members whose details were unable to be included on the
journal page this year as they were submitted too late. These will remain
in credit and be included for next year. Membership runs from September to
September so please ask for a form if you need one. New members are
joining all the time and it is good to see the Assoc. moving forward
successfully.
February Meeting.
Again a very well attended meeting for speaker Mr. D. Harris of the Pennal
Stud. It proved to be a special evening full of questions, answers,
opinions and humour. An evening that went on late into the night and very
much enjoyed by everyone there.
Special thanks to Mr. Harris for sharing his thoughts and experiences with
Gwent Area members.
March meeting (26th)
The March meeting allowed time for dicussion about
forthcoming events and also some set backs in organising the new Festival.
As there are many new events this year, many of the available dates have
been taken up with fund raising towards the Royal Welsh Show.
It has been decided to hold the Gwent Area Festival in 2011 to ensure
that as many people as possible will be able to take part and also
encourage more spectators.
Our speaker, in the March meeting, was Mr Byron Jones who spoke about
his business interests and hobby which both involve successful times with
driving horses. Our thanks to him for a much enjoyed evening and as there
were a number of interested people I'm sure that he will be hearing from
us quite soon.
The Gwent Area Stallion Parade took place at Sunnybank Equestrian
Centre in Caerphilly on April 4th. The positive comments received by the
society have been extremely encouraging and it has proved to be
a positive step forward in introducing new events. Apologies in the
delay in updating the web site which is down to family illness so
photographs and recognition for contributions will soon be available. Many
thanks to everyone who supported the event, you made the day special for
people who were ready to work hard and introduce something new.
Please come along and enjoy what will
be a very good opportunity to make your choice or just enjoy watching.
The committee look
forward to seeing everyone very soon. |