WALES REGION
Regional Contact member – Alison Ross
The end of the show season 2025 concluded with the Royal Welsh Winter Fair where Gwenllian Evans and Euan Edmunds were both in the ribbons with their respective Gwenerin and Sable pairs of lambs.
Our Christmas meal was held at The White Hart, LLandeilo, with our annual meeting beforehand. It was a very pleasant and informative afternoon. I would like to thank everyone who attended and especially those who travelled a fair distance.
As already mentioned in the last Jacob Journal, the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society has decided that it will no longer hold the spring show. We will consider a stand at the next NSA meeting in Wales, but this will be 2027. It was agreed that we would look at a small board and JSS poster to fix to a pen at the local shows as an alternative this year.
We have plans well underway for 2026 with an open day at Jackie and Gwyn Jones’ Milldale four horn and Werndale two horn flocks. There will be a judges’ seminar at the venue which is near Welshpool. Further information will be posted on social media and the JSS website soon.
The Royal Welsh Show dates are 20th-23rd July. Show day for the Jacob classes has not been posted yet but I will add them to the diary of events on the Wales webpage once they are published.
The JSS pedigree sale for Wales will be held at Monmouth Livestock Centre on Saturday 19th September. Despite the restrictions of last year, the sale was well attended and we hope to welcome more members from other regions this year.
The regional flock visits will be held on either the first or second weekend in October.
