2013 Sponsors and Thanks

2013 - This is the fourth Llandovery Sheep Festival - an event initially 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 the creation of the "Love Llandovery" Campaign in 2010; a campaign to create a unique identity for the town
The event is now named as the number one event in our area in the latest 2013 Discover Carmarthenshire brochure
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.
A special big thank you goes 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.

This year we have introduced different levels of sponsorship - each with different sets of benefits for the sponsor

GOLD Sponsorship - donations of more than £500:

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

Brewin Dolphin Ltd - also provide the winners Shield for the Wool Sack Race

Llandovery & District Chamber of Commerce

Llandovery Town Council

Prime Cymru

SILVER Sponsorship - min donations of £250

The Castle Hotel
Castle Kitchens and Bedrooms
Llandovery College
Trydan Arthur Electric

PROUD SUPPORTERS - min donations of £30
AR & H Davies - Chemists
Dorothy and Nigel Burgess
Cibola
The Drovers B&B
Erwlon Caravan & Camping
Evans & Hughes Opticians
Forget Me Not Flowers & Gifts
Gerwyn Fruit & Veg
Iechyd Da
JR Pet Products
The Kings Head Inn
The Level Crossing
Mathews Butchers
National Farmers Union
The Old Printing Office
Pets Pantry
Ken Ratcliffe & Son
Ravenscale Models
The Red Giraffe Studio
Storage Solutions Wales Ltd
P & ER Thomas - Shoes
The Three Horseshoes Fish & Chips
Towy Vale Hamstery
Tudor's Cafe
Vivienne Hairdressers
The West End Cafe

Other donations:
RAD Phillips Dental Surgery
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

There are many to thank but included are:

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

Howell Lewis (Glantawe) - allowing us to use Mart Field for the sheep dog trials

Iwan Denzil Penry Price-Davies (and family) - for organising and compering the sheep shearing demos

Phil Ainger of Display Innovation - Phil and his crew have devised and given freely of their time to create the most amazing fireworks displays.

The signage crew - Dai, Marcia and Rhys Mathews, Elizabeth Rees 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!

Helene Lovell - Our one and only compere

LADCA - Llandovery & District Carnival Association - for loan of marquee and pa system

Derek and Keith Jones for allowing us the use of the Castle Garage showroom for various displays and exhibitions over the years

John Griffith - John 2 Jobs has always given his help and support; building a rack to store flags and loaning his pa system

Will Theophilus - Will Click Click - photography

Mark Vince - West End Cafe - every year he provides the Judges for the Sheep Dogs Trials with lunch or an evening meal.

Jill Blud for giving the volunteers supper after packing up the event on sunday night.

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

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

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 behind all the individual events.

And of course thank you to ALL members of the Llandovery Sheep Festival committee (informal and formal) , the committee and members of the Llandovery & District Chamber of Commerce and the Llandovery Partnership cic as well as all those who have attended the workshops over the past four years.

More about the Rural Alliances Project
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).

THANK YOU!