2012 Sponsorship and those we thank

This is the third Llandovery Sheep Festival - an event inspired by the workshops held by the Llandovery & District Chamber of Commerce (in conjunction with the then Collabor8 Project run by Brecon Beacons National Park Authority) and creation of the "Love Llandovery" Campaign in 2010; a campaign to create a unique identity for the town

The themes of Sheep and Wool are intertwined in our history and culture and this, together with the launch of the Wool Project earlier in 2010 by HRH the Prince of Wales, we hope will help towards boosting the economic sustainablity of our town and its surrounding area.

Our main sponsors are:

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (Rural Alliances Project - see below)

Llandovery Town Council

Llandovery & District Chamber of Commerce

Cambrian Pet Foods (Pencader and Llangadog) - donation of 6 * 15kg dog food for the winners of the Sheep Dog Trials

Lloyds Bank - Sheep Dog trial Trophy
Annonymous - donation of the apGruffydd Trophy for the second sheep dog trial competition

Rural Alliances is a €10million transnational project, 50% funded by the ERDF Interreg IVB North West Europe Programme involving twelve different partners from Wales, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium.

Rural Alliances will focus on three key themes:
o Bringing entrepreneurs and communities together through the creation of new alliance structures to form self-supporting, inclusive, confident rural communities.
o Benchmarking and measuring rural vibrancy through a transnationally agreed process.
o Forging new relationships between the public, private and community sectors to safeguard and enhance public services and rural resources

The partners involved in the Rural Alliances project are: Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (UK), Lead Partner; University of Wales, Trinity Saint David (UK); Boerenbondvereniging voor Projecten vzw (BE); Vlaamse Landmaatschappij (VLM) (BE); Stichting Streekhuis Het Groene Woud en De Meierij (NL); Stichting Streekhuis Kempenland (NL); Gemeente Lochem (NL); Philipps Universität Marburg (DE); South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd. (IE); Mayo County Council (IE); Maison de l'Emploi, du Développement, de la Formation et de l'Insertion du Pays de Redon-Bretagne Sud (MEDEFI) (FR); Laval Mayenne Technopole (FR).

The project contributes to a more cohesive EU society as it derives from a cooperation of people from different countries working on common issues that touch the lives of EU-citizens
Brecon Beacons National Park is a landscape that offers a legacy of unparalleled proportions with spectacular mountain ranges, internationally renowned geology, bountiful wildlife and diverse recreational opportunities. It contains some of the most spectacular and distinctive upland formations in southern Britain and covers an area of 1347 sq km (520 sq miles).

There are many to thank but included are:

Carmarthenshire County Council - advice and assistance particularly all those involved in the various licencing aspects of running such an event
Menter Bro Dinefwr - advice and assistance
The enthusiasm and participation of all the traders and the people behins all the individual events.

Prime Cymru - for providing a calm oasis in which to plan and plot the overall event and for printing the name badges

Glyn Evans devising walks

YMCA - for hosting the 41st Foot

The signage crew - Dai & Marcia Mathews and Huw & Carol Arthur for their sense of humour and fun and for making the spectacular sheep signs. Lots of adventures and stories to tell in the process!

Huw S Thomas - devising the ever popular "Sheep Quiz"

Helene Lovell - Our one and only compere

Trydan Arthur Electrics - providing electricity in marquee and checking that all electrical equipment was compliant

Huw Rees (Dan Yr Allt) and YFC - sheep dog trials

Gillian Wright for endlessly supporting and being a tremendous right arm

And of course thank you to ALL those who attended the workshops, the committee and members of the Llandovery & District Chamber of Commerce and the Llandovery Partnership.

And a special big thank you to our patron, HRH the Prince of Wales, for taking such a keen interest in the festival and our town, now TRH's Royal Home in Wales. What an honour for our community and a huge tribute to the enthusiasm and love we have for our home.

THANK YOU!