8th February 2010
Brecknock Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs 63rd Annual Drama and One Plus Festival was held at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon on 1st - 6th February 2010 supported by Barclays bank. Members competed in the Senior Drama, Junior Drama, Senior One Plus and Junior One Plus competitions.
During the week long Festival, twelve clubs competed and up to 250 young people performed on stage. Builth Wells YFC won the Senior Drama competition with their production of ‘Extraxts from Shakers' produced by Anwen Nicholls, this same production won the NFU Mutual Trophy for Best Production of the Festival. Builth Wells YFC won the junior Drama section with their production entitled ‘King Henry VIII' produced by David Price. There were 27 One Plus entries, thirteen of which were senior and fourteen junior entries. Llandefalle YFC achieved first place in the Junior One Plus competition with ‘Time to Say Good Bye' and Llandefalle YFC also won the Senior One Plus competition with ‘Right Here...Right Now.
The Brecon & Radnor Express sponsored the awards to members for their outstanding contribution to the Festival, Sam Machin, Erwood YFC won Best Actor 26 years or under; Mairwen Davies, Builth Wells YFC won Best Actress 26 years or under; Samuel Powell, Erwood YFC won Best Actor 18 years or under and Vicky-Lynn Healey, Erwood YFC won the Best Actress 18 years.
The FUW sponsored the awards to members for their outstanding contribution to the One Plus section of the Festival, Mark Powell, Sennybridge won Best Male Performance 26 Years or under and Katie O'Byrne, Trecastle won Best Female Performance 26 years or under. Samuel Powell, Erwood received the Kirsty Jones Memorial Award for Best Performance under 16 years.
The talent within the Federation does not stop with the acting skills, two out of the thirteen Drama entries were original scripts, and written specifically for the Festival, Llandefalle YFC The Show Must Go On" won the Builth Wells YFC Trophy for the Best Written Play.
The Spin Dogs, awards for Best Set was presented to Builth Wells YFC with their production "King Henry VIII".
A new award was presented this year for the first time, kindly donated by George Cooper in memory of his wife Sally Cooper who sadly passed away in June. Sally was passionate about choreography and a new award was given in her memory. The award was won by Builth Wells YFC, Senior One Plus "Only Nan's Allowed".
Brecknock YFC is very grateful to the two evening sponsors; NFU Mutual, Brecon and Hayley Morgan, Baskervilld and to Barclays Bank for match funding the raffle for the week. To The Brecon & Radnor Express and FUW for sponsoring the Best Performance awards and for everyone else who have supported the festival.
Builth Wells YFC will be representing Brecknock Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs at the Wales YFC Drama finals on Friday 5th March 2010, at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Tickets are available from Theatr Brycheiniog and go on sale from the 22nd February 2010.
SENIOR DRAMA competition
1, George Kershaw Trophy - Builth Wells "Extracts From Shakers"
2, Ivor Williams Trophy - Erwood "Gosforth's Fete"
3, Mrs Harold Elston Trophy - Llandefalle ‘B' "A Fishy Business"
Junior Drama competition
1, John de Winton Cup - Builth Wells, "King Henry VIII"
2, Ivor Williams Memorial Trophy - Erwood, "Sing When Your Winning"
3, Jean Evans Challenge Trophy - Llandefalle, "The Show Must Go on"
SENIOR One Plus Competition
1, BAFA Trophy - Llandefalle ‘B', "Right Here...Right Now"
2, Mrs O.M. Davies & Sons Trophy - Sennybridge ‘A', "Bubble Trouble"
3, Roly Price Memorial Award - Llandefalle ‘A', "Spot On"
JUNIOR One Plus Competition
1, Mrs G Price Award - Llandefalle ‘A', "Time to Say Goodbye"
2, FUW Trophy - Erwood, "The Sick Note"
3, Allianz Cornhill Trophy - Trecastle, "My Massey Ferguson"
FUW AWARDS TO MEMBERS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION IN THE ONE PLUS SECTION OF THE FESTIVAL
1, FUW AWARD, Best Male Performance Under 26 years - Mark Powell, Llandefalle YFC
2, FUW AWARD, Best Female Performance Under 26 Years - Katie O'Byrne, Trecastle YFC
Best performance Under 16 years in One Plus Competition - Samuel Powell, Erwood YFC
THE NFU MUTUAL Awards to members for their outstanding Contribution to the Festival
Best Actor Under 26 - Sam Machin, Erwood YFC
Best Actress Under 26 - Mairwen Davies, Builth Wells YFC
Best Actor Under 18 - Samuel Powell, Erwood YFC
Best Actress Under 18 - Vicky-Lynn Healey, Erwood YFC
Awards
Spin Dogs Trophy for the Best Set
- "King Henry VIII" Builth Wells YFC
Builth Wells YFC Trophy for the Best Written Play
- ‘The Show Must Go on", Aileen Powell, Llandefalle YFC
NFU Mutual Trophy for the Best Production at the Festival
- - Builth Wells YFC, "Extracts from Shakers"
