Latest News - Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Breeders Association

2025 Subscriptions

2025 Subscriptions Due to ever increasing costs, the BWMSBA Council have agreed that it will be necessary for the BWMSBA annual subscription to rise from 1st January 2025. Decisions to increase fees are never undertaken lightly or without careful consideration. Unfortunately in order for BWMSBA to continue to improve the services it offers to it's members, these increases are unavoidable. Ne...

14^th November 2024

BWMSBA Ruthin Sale 2024

Ruthin Sale Report 15.09.24 There was a small catalogue for the BWMSBA Ruthin Sale this year, but the animals presented for sale attained a good clearance rate of 79%. The top price of the day was for the Male Champion, Penllwyn Flash. Sired by Fedw Be My Ewe and out of a Trefaldwyn ewe, the ram was bred by a relative newcomer to Black Welsh Mountains, E Wyn Williams, Llanfair Caereinion. The r...

3^rd October 2024

BWMSBA Sale Raglan 2024

OFFICIAL SHOW & SALE OF BLACK WELSH MOUNTAIN SHEEP FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST The Annual Show & Sale of Black Welsh Mountain Sheep again attracted a superb quality entry to Monmouthshire Livestock Centre. Buyers came from all across the country to secure the very best bloodlines available. The sale topped at 2000gns for the 5th prize Shearling ram shown by local young breeder, Ffion Evans, Llanvihang...

5^th September 2024

RWAS Shepherd’s Competition 2024

*RWAS Shepherd’s Competition 2024* It was certainly a show to remember for the Evans family this year, as they came out on top in the Royal Welsh Show’s Shepherd’s Competition. The Shepherd’s Competition, is awarded annually in the sheep section for how exhibitors present their animals and pens, also including points for preparation of sheep and handling, sheep husbandry and the number of entri...

11^th August 2024

NEW Logo for BWMSBA

Many of you will have heard on the grapevine that BWMSBA has been in the process of developing a new logo and building a new website. Well. stage one. the logo, is now complete and here it is. Now that’s done the web site build will move on apace, so hopefully, a new, fresh, clean, and easy to use website will be with us before too long. ...

8^th August 2024

Royal Welsh 2024

Full 2024 Royal Welsh Results. Judge: Will Workman Ram, two shear or over 1st Rhian & Elise Rochford 2nd MD & DL Evans 3rd E O Williams 4th Glenda Wyn Hughes 5th Justin Davies 6th Gareth Davies Ram, shearling 1st Glenda Wyn Hughes 2nd E O Williams 3rd JP & M Green 4th Messrs Palmer & Hayward 5th Josh Roberts 6th Morgan Family Ram lamb 1st D & R Rowlands 2nd E O Williams 3r...

1^st August 2024