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-As the Show family picks up

-sticks and heads home...

-..we look back at the busiest

-Thursday ever in Llanelwedd.

-Today,

-almost 55,000 people came in...

-..to enjoy the excitement

-of competition.

-So sit back and enjoy all the drama

-from the 2016 Royal Welsh Show.

-Tonight, we'll see the Cuddy

-and Tom & Sprightly competitions.

-We'll also have the best

-from the Sheep and Cattle Rings.

-We'll see the muscular battle

-between shearers and axe men.

-And more of the Show's characters.

-Thursday is a busy day

-in every competition ring.

-We start amongst the sheep

-with Catrin.

-It's the final day

-of competition here...

-..but there's a big prize

-still up for grabs.

-It's the Interbreed Group

-Championship.

-That's what's happening behind us

-at the moment.

-There are 25 taking part.

-What do you think of them?

-It's a very high standard.

-The way these people

-turn these animals out...

-..they're really worth seeing.

-This is an interbreed competition.

-How difficult is it to judge all

-these breeds against each other?

-It's a tough job,

-but at the end of the day...

-..the judge in the ring

-will favour one group.

-As long as there's nothing

-wrong with the three animals...

-..that will be the winning group.

-What stands out for you

-in this class?

-One has caught my eye,

-and I don't profess to be right.

-It's the group of Hampshires

-over there.

-The Hampshire Downs.

-They have been turned out

-very smartly.

-What appeals to you

-about that group?

-The ram and ewe

-are almost the same height.

-You might expect the lamb

-to be a bit smaller...

-..but from the back,

-they match each other so well...

-..with their tails

-trimmed in a similar way.

-They look smart to me from here.

-The judge has his shortlist

-in one half of the class...

-..the Rouge, Beltex and Suffolk.

-He is now in the other half of

-the class, choosing his shortlist.

-He has now decided on his shortlist.

-Dyfed, do you agree?

-Yes, all three groups

-are tremendous.

-Now he has a real headache.

-He has chosen the very best

-for his shortlist.

-This is when the heart starts

-beating faster, believe you me.

-For the judges or exhibitors?

-For the judges or exhibitors?

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-The exhibitors.

-They know that they're

-a hair's breadth...

-..from winning the Championship.

-The judge is now taking a long-range

-view of his latest shortlist.

-The judge has chosen

-his winning group...

-..the Beltex owned by

-Alastair Jackson from Scotland.

-Many congratulations.

-Many congratulations.

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-Thank you very much.

-What goes into choosing

-the ideal group of three?

-You're looking for a right even

-match in the type of sheep.

-It was clearly worth

-the trip down from Scotland.

-All the best and a great

-congratulations to you.

-In addition to the competitions

-here at the blacksmith's shed...

-..there's been an ongoing project.

-Andrew Rowe has been in charge

-of that project.

-How are you?

-How are you?

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-Good thanks.

-The project is ongoing

-and this is a small part of it.

-Tell us about it.

-As you say, it's a small piece.

-This is a project to create

-a new cenotaph in Belgium.

-There have been contributions

-from all over the world.

-Part of that project

-is to create a poppy.

-That poppy will be placed

-at the bottom of the cenotaph...

-..and sold to help pay

-for the project.

-We've got a finished one here.

-They are incredibly beautiful

-and effective.

-They're also unique.

-They all have

-an individual character.

-Everyone starts

-with the same pattern.

-They're made by hand

-by blacksmiths across the world...

-..so they all have slightly

-different characteristics.

-As you said, people have contributed

-from all over the world.

-How many of these poppies

-do you need, do you think?

-To make it around the Cenotaph

-itself, there are 2016.

-That's to signify the year.

-We're selling up to 5,000 of the

-poppies to pay for the project.

-They're on sale here at the Show.

-Yes, you can buy them here

-and take them home.

-You can also buy them on the web

-at ypres2016.com

-There's a shop on the website where

-you can reserve or buy your poppy.

-You'll then receive your poppy

-in the post...

-..in September after the event.

-Thanks for the chat.

-Thanks for the chat.

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-My pleasure.

-Next up

-is the Welsh Pony Championship.

-The winner of this Championship...

-..will win the Coed Coch Perpetual

-Trophy as well as a rosette.

-Coed Coch is a well-known name

-in the pony world.

-Section A and B ponies.

-Coed Coch Berwynfa and Tan-y-bwlch

-Berwyn are familiar Section B names.

-Miss Broderick has made

-a huge contribution to the breed.

-The Coed Coch Trophy is awarded to

-the champion Section B Welsh Pony.

-Ann Bigley.

-She's talking

-to one of the stewards.

-I think she's made her decision.

-Will Lemonshill Falcon

-win a third prize this morning?

-Here we are.

-No, Valeur Dancing Fairy Lustre

-has won it.

-Congratulations

-to Valeur Dancing Fairy Lustre...

-..who's been very successful today.

-She's owned by the Landon family.

-She's the winner

-of Welsh Pony Championship.

-How hard is it

-for Mr Robert Howard...

-..when he has the cream

-of Welsh ponies in front of him...

-..to decide on a winner?

-He must have the model

-of the perfect horse in his mind.

-So he's seeing

-which one matches that model.

-The hat has come off.

-What do you think, Heledd?

-I want the story -

-I want Caebryn Endeavour to win.

-What about you?

-What about you?

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-I'm going for the female.

-I think I'm right!

-That's why you're the expert!

-Russell Bennett and Graham Roberts.

-We'd recognize him

-from his choice of trousers!

-Costa Lillybette.

-An excellent morning

-for Section B and C.

-They returned

-to the Main Ring later...

-..to compete for

-The Tom & Sprightly Perpetual Cup.

-Heinz Speikerman is a real horseman.

-Definitely. Just look at his face.

-He's here to find the best horse,

-nothing else.

-Heinz rears Section D horses.

-This may be a good pattern

-for Heinz.

-However, there are three other

-strong contenders in the ring.

-We haven't looked at

-the Section C horse yet.

-The Section D champion too,

-Costa Lillybette.

-Next will be the Section A winner,

-Talgarth Taylor.

-He has a pattern

-that Heinz will be fond of.

-The final one

-is Valeur Dancing Fairy Lustre...

-..from the Netherlands.

-The Section B champion.

-The Section B champion.

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-She's moved well all day.

-The hat has come off.

-The Section B champion

-has won it. Fair play.

-She's moved so well today.

-The Landon family.

-The Tom & Sprightly champion,

-Valeur Dancing Fairy Lustre...

-..owned by the Landon family

-from Kidwelly.

-Many congratulations to them.

-In the next part, Dai will be

-in amongst the young bulls.

-Catrin will still be with the sheep.

-The young farmers

-will be busy competing.

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-My name is Elfyn Thomas.

-I live in a village

-called Capel Dewi.

-It's by Carmarthen.

-The society asks me to bring my dogs

-every year.

-It's an honour to bring them here

-and show them working.

-I bring a young dog out first.

-I want to show the audience

-how the dog is supposed to work.

-It's important that the dogs respond

-to the commands and the whistle.

-It's an honour

-to be here every year.

-It's important that I also see some

-new faces and familiar ones too.

-I love it here every year.

-The Junior Bull

-Interbreed Championship...

-..took place

-first thing this morning.

-The native breeds

-started proceedings.

-Paul Gentry

-has hit the Aberdeen bull.

-The Aberdeen bull is first out.

-The Aberdeen Angus bull,

-Glympton Revolver...

-..would represent the native breeds

-in the Supreme Championship.

-Next up, the continental breeds.

-Who won this one?

-I still say that the Limousin

-will win it.

-I think you're right.

-Excellent.

-I think this one

-will be the overall champion.

-I'd go for this one

-if it was between those two.

-Peredur and Llyr Hughes's bull would

-be the one going head to head...

-..with Glympton Farms' bull

-in the Supreme Championship.

-This is the championship to find

-the best junior bull in the Show.

-They are two good bulls.

-He won't be long

-in making a decision.

-A Limousin bull owned by

-Peredur Hughes and his son, Llyr.

-Glympton Farms from Oxfordshire...

-..own the Aberdeen bull.

-Two of the most popular breeds.

-Both are in front of us, Richard.

-The Lim is enormous.

-He is. He's enjoying himself.

-He loves being out there.

-He knows there are plenty of eyes

-on him.

-He's a real specimen.

-What did he say?

-"A very, very, very easy winner."

-Congratulations to Peredur and

-Llyr Hughes, Rhosgoch, Amlwch...

-..for winning the Junior Bull

-Supreme Championship...

-..with their Limousin, Pabo Legend.

-I'm sure we'll see him back

-in the near future.

-It's Thursday afternoon

-and the Food Hall is bouncing.

-Everyone's looking

-for last-minute bargains.

-I'm at Cywain's stand again.

-I'm joined by Non Rhys. How are you?

-I'm joined by Non Rhys. How are you?

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-Fine.

-You're representing

-the taste of nature.

-What is the taste of nature?

-I collect or grow plants.

-I make syrups out of flowers

-and different plants...

-..which are grown in Ffair-fach

-or in West Wales.

-Everything's seasonal.

-A lot of people have blackcurrants

-in their garden.

-People feel safer trying that first.

-Then nettles.

-I like that Welsh word - dynent.

-That's what we call it

-where I'm from.

-It's a good word!

-Then the Blodeuwedd

-is the calendula viola marigold...

-..I grow in the greenhouse

-in Ffair-fach.

-The children like that.

-It's very good on ice cream.

-I'll start with the Blodeuwedd.

-You serve this with ice if it's hot.

-Add some water or soda or ice cream.

-Or put it in a cocktail if you want

-a mojito in the afternoon!

-That's lovely.

-Let's try the final one.

-The nettle one.

-They're very good for you.

-Often, what's good for you

-doesn't taste nice.

-I never thought you could make

-something like this from nettles.

-I had to try.

-It's a way of enjoying it,

-hopefully.

-Ooh!

-That's lovely!

-I never thought nettles

-tasted like that.

-Wow! That's lovely!

-If you ever need nettles, phone me -

-we have loads on the farm.

-I'll bring them down.

-I'll bring them down.

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-Good, OK!

-Good luck with the new venture.

-Thank you for the chat, Non.

-The young farmers

-take over this area on Thursday.

-We call it a forestry competition

-but it's more woodwork.

-Two members of the YFC...

-..will have made a wooden gate

-from raw materials.

-They have two hours to get it done.

-They started at 9.30 this morning.

-We have two members

-representing each Welsh county.

-They've had to do similar

-competitions amongst their counties.

-It's the best of the counties

-competing...

-..to be the best in the country.

-They'll have set a high standard

-before starting.

-They're all exhibited outside

-the circle in the afternoon.

-What we're trying to do

-is show the public...

-..and people who don't know

-what the Young Farmers do...

-..the different skillsets

-that they have.

-The standard of the gates I saw

-this morning was exceptional.

-It'll come down to the minutiae.

-You wouldn't be surprised

-if they all did this as a day job.

-If these were all young farmers...

-..they would get work

-as carpenters all year round.

-Ceredigion was successful

-in this morning's competition.

-My old club, Llanddeiniol YFC,

-were the winners.

-It's nice to see that the members

-are still at it...

-..and that there are still craftsmen

-in Ceredigion.

-This afternoon, the young farmers

-have a fence-building competition.

-They're using

-the rural craft method.

-There are a number of skills they

-have to show in building the fence.

-They have to tie the wire together

-and put a turn in the fence.

-There are different elements

-that are connected to it.

-Again, it's a good finish

-from the young farmers.

-Their work is being exhibited.

-There are no limits to the talents

-of the young farmers.

-It's nice to see the core crafts

-are still alive.

-This is the Interbreed

-Ram Lamb Championship.

-Tom Evans of Coedhirion,

-Llanddarog, is with me.

-This is a comparatively new

-competition.

-It's a competition...

-..to give lambs which can't win

-the Supreme Championship a chance.

-They are lambs

-which will continue the breed.

-It's praise for potential,

-which is what you get in ram lambs.

-These animals

-are the future of the breed.

-What will the judge be looking for

-in a ram lamb champion?

-They'll be looking at size,

-how sharp the animal looks...

-..and how well it stands

-on its four legs.

-The judge is Jeff Chilman.

-Do you know what he favours?

-It's a really tough job

-in this class..

-..because they come

-in all shapes and sizes...

-..and with all types of wool.

-He has a tough job.

-He has a tough job.

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-Yes.

-The 2016 Interbreed

-Ram Lamb Championship...

-..has gone to Mr Basil Cooper

-with his Southdown ram lamb.

-Congratulations to you.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Very proud.

-You've come close a few times.

-I was reserve two years ago

-and the year before...

-..so I've been runner up twice.

-I'm very proud to win

-the George Hughes Trophy.

-Many congratulations.

-This is the Ewe Lamb Championship.

-What do they look for

-in this competition?

-These are the future of the Show

-for many years to come.

-They breed the herds of the future.

-They will come here as yearling ewes

-next year...

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-It's great to see

-the variety of breeds.

-We have the popular breeds...

-..and you can see that some breeds

-are more prominent.

-It's nice to see them in the same

-ring as the less popular breeds.

-He's coming to the Ryelands.

-We have a small herd of Ryelands

-at home.

-There wasn't even a class for

-Ryelands four or five years ago.

-Now they are up to about fifty.

-A crowd has gathered to see one of

-the final competitions at the Show.

-The judge judges and compares

-from a distance.

-The Suffolk is brought forward.

-Of course the Suffolk

-is brought forward!

-No doubt about it!

-The question is

-who will join the Suffolk.

-The Bleu du Maine

-caught your eye as well, Tomos.

-The Ewe Lamb Championship,

-as if there was any doubt at all...

-..has gone to the Suffolk.

-Yesterday's Supreme Champion

-is owned by John Sinnett.

-Join us after the news.

-We'll follow one of this Show's

-stalwarts on his big day...

-..the commentator turned judge,

-Charles Arch.

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