Club of the Month

Name of Club:

Llangadog YFC, Carmarthenshire

Number of Members:

47

Where you Meet:

Llangadog Rugby Club

Describe your Club in 3 words:

Active, Friendly, One Family

Favourite Club Night Activities:

• A ‘Lost on a bus’ night – closing the bus windows and being left somewhere remote and having to find the way back on foot

• Christmas party – fun and games, plenty of silly games

Fundraising Accomplishments:

• A tractor ride which raised £1813 for Junior Drovers Rugby Llandovery in memory of Mr. Arwel Davies (Ad-Clad)
• Carmarthenshire Urdd Eisteddfod Appeal Committee 2023 – £725
• Noah’s Ark Charity – £130 after a former member’s little girl received treatment there.
• £1265.82 towards Glangwili Hospital Chemotherapy Unit in memory of Mr. Chris Davies, Cwmcowddi, the father of one of our members.

Work Within the Community:

• Holding the Llangadog C.F.I Show annually.
• Assisting during the Llangadog Sheep Dog Trials.
• Going around the area to sing carols annually.
• Holding an annual thanksgiving meeting and donating food to local food banks.
• Raising money and promoting the Urdd Eisteddfod coming to Llandovery in 2023.

Favourite Competitions:

Everyone enjoys all kinds of competitions at the club. We ensure that everyone gets the chance to compete in every competition! We compete in the Field Day, Eisteddfod, Stock Judging, Competition Entertainment, Public Speaking and the Rally annually.

How do you use the Welsh Language:

The language of the club is Welsh. So we discuss in Welsh during the meetings, when we play games and compete with the rest of the County. However, we are an inclusive club, so if members are less confident in Welsh, we ensure that they understand and contribute in English if they want to. As a result we improve the confidence of members who are learners or less confident in using the Welsh language.

Fun Facts:

• The club is celebrating its 80th year this year
• In 2015 we came 3rd in the NFYFC English Drama

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