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CANCELLED DUE TO CLASH WITH ROYAL WEDDING BANK HOLIDAY 30th April & 1st May Model and Craft show & South Wales WII Olympics
8th 9th & 10th July Bridgend County Show
Bridgend Festivals would like to thank everyone who came down and helped make the Feastival fun and exciting this year. It was a great success – with the exception of the unintentionally amusing collapse of the ten foot cauliflower sheep of course.
Later today we will be posting up a small selection of the photo’s Louie Milburn took of the event – in the mean time you can see more of his work here.
UPDATE: Here is that selection I mentioned earlier.
Over August Bank Holiday Weekend over 30000 people attended Bridgend Festivals Fun In The Sun where they were treated to live music and free exhibitions and a range of crafts and gift stalls. A special thanks to all of you who came down. We hope to see you again next year.
Be sure to check out our Facebook page for photos of the event. Click the image below.
Taking place around 9.30 on the 1st and 2nd of October The Feastival (Wales’ Alternative Food Festival) promises to bring liveliest and quirkiest of foods to the centre of Bridgend. There will be a Farmers Market, Food and Drink Stands and a Tasting Tent. Expect a 10 Foot Cauliflower Sheep, Egg Drop, Leek Lobbing, The Mad Chef & Egg on Legs and the most bizarre food art in South Wales.
Be sure to check out The Feastival’s official site as well as they’re blog for more up to date info, as well as recipe’s and food videos.
If you have any queries or questions regarding the event please get in touch with the Festivals Office at 01656 661338 or contact Barry King at king-barry@btconnect.com. Please do not use the comments section. The event organisers themselves do not run this site and I only have access to the information you see here.
UPDATE: Check out the following leaftlet for more Information. Click the image below for a larger version of the flyer.
From August 26th to 30th a wide variety of free entertainment will be coming to ‘The Green’ by Salt Lake Car Park. Live music (spanning from Solo Acoustic Acts to Blues & Rock Bands – line up below), free exhibitions by local artists and photographers, a great range of crafts and gift stalls and top notch archery will be present at our up and coming event – Fun In The Sun.
If you have any queries or questions regarding the event please get in touch with the Festivals Office at 01656 661338 or contact Barry King at king-barry@btconnect.com. Please do not use the comments section. The event organisers themselves do not run this site and I only have access to the information you see here.
| Time | Friday 27th | Saturday 29th | Sunday 29th | Monday 30th |
| 11.00 | Ricky Blodders Bowen Blues & Pop | Sarah Griffiths | Mark Madgie James | Half & Half |
| 12.30 | Liz & Dave | Roger Clatworthy | S.E.X | The Shape |
| 14.00 | The Vulcan Bombers | Ken Milligan | Adam | Plastic Puppies |
| 15.30 | One Night Stand | Murph | Dog Day Life | Tequila Dealer |
Have a look at these superb photo’s of the Bridgend Lions Festival Of Races. A few of them are our own but the vast majority were taken by the supremely talented Louis Milburn who generously lent them to us for the purposes of this gallery.
Be sure to check out his site and see all of his other fantastic photography.
The inaugural Bridgend Lions Festival of Running 5km saw a close race on the tight 5 lap circuit in Bridgend Town Centre. An excellent Welsh field was started by the First Minister, Carwyn Jones AM, and a large group of contenders led through the first kilometre in an ambitious 2.52 led by former Olympic triathlete Marc Jenkins.
The pace settled down, and a group of 10 athletes went through 2k in 5:52 with Simon Jones taking the first of 3 Wyndham Street primes, as the narrow tight course, made a perfect spectator friendly loop of the pedestrianised centre.
The relentless pace saw the group whittled down, with Chris Discombe, confident from his 14:37 Welsh 5000m championship title on the track a week earlier, taking the 2nd prime award.
The race opened up on the last lap with Nat Lane (Cardiff AAC) stretching the field and taking the final prime, however always in the shadows, was the threat of Steve Davies with his 1500m track speed, and devastating kick.
In the final 500m he pounced to take an immediate advantage to impressively pull away to win, taking Chris Discombe with him to 2nd place.
In the womens race Olympic triathlete Helen Jenkins ran from gun to tape, to take the win, and ran a solid 16:35. This win has come off the back of two world class triathlon performances the previous weekends in Madrid and Des Moines, USA.
Alaw Beynon-Thomas was always comfortable in 2nd ahead of Swansea’s Elinor Kirk.
RESULTS
MEN
| Pos | Name | Club | Time | ||
| 1 | Steve | Davies | Belgrave Harriers | 00:14:49 | |
| 2 | Chris | Discombe | Les Croupiers RC | 00:14:53 | |
| 3 | Nathaniel | Lane | Cardiff AAC | 00:14:57 | |
| 4 | Simon | Jones | Belgrave Harriers | 00:15:04 | |
| 5 | Marc | Hobbs | Swansea Harriers | 00:15:13 | |
| 6 | Michael | Kallenberg | U20 | Carmarthen Harriers | 00:15:17 |
| 7 | Darran | Hiscox | Bridgend AC | 00:15:22 | |
| 8 | Daniel | Gurmin | Swansea Harriers | 00:15:26 | |
| 9 | Marc | Jenkins | Bridgend AC | 00:15:32 | |
| 10 | Andy | Friend | Cardiff AAC | 00:15:41 | |
| 1 | Alun | Wood | 40+ | Bridgend AC | 00:17:42 |
| 1 | David | Wilson-Evans | 50+ | Swansea Harriers | 00:17:33 |
| 1 | Eric | Hughes | 70+ | Bridgend AC | 00:23:36 |
WOMEN
| Pos | Name | Club | Time | ||
| 1 | Helen | Jenkins | Bridgend AC | 00:16:36 | |
| 2 | Alaw | Beynon-Thomas | Carmarthen Harriers | 00:17:54 | |
| 3 | Elinor | Kirk | Swansea Harriers | 00:17:58 | |
| 4 | Kate | Roberts | Bridgend AC | 00:18:08 | |
| 5 | Sally | Hazelhurst | San Domenico RC | 00:18:34 | |
| 1 | Satu | Haikala | 35+ | Brecon AC | 00:19:51 |
ELITE 5km
| Pos | Time | Bib | Firstname | Lastname | Gender | Cat | |
| 1 | 00:14:49 | 13 | Steve | Davies | M | ||
| 2 | 00:14:53 | 14 | Chris | Discombe | M | ||
| 3 | 00:14:57 | 15 | Nathaniel | Lane | M | ||
| 4 | 00:15:04 | 27 | Simon | Jones | M | ||
| 5 | 00:15:13 | 2 | Marc | Hobbs | M | ||
| 6 | 00:15:17 | 20 | Michael | Kallenberg | M | ||
| 7 | 00:15:22 | 22 | Darran | Hiscox | M | ||
| 8 | 00:15:26 | 4 | Daniel | Gurmin | M | ||
| 9 | 00:15:32 | 1 | Marc | Jenkins | M | ||
| 10 | 00:15:41 | 18 | Andy | Friend | M | ||
| 11 | 00:15:45 | 25 | Lee | Ladd | M | ||
| 12 | 00:15:49 | 29 | Matt | Collins | M | ||
| 13 | 00:16:07 | 144 | Matthew | Evans | M | ||
| 14 | 00:16:19 | 23 | Jonathan | Peters | M | ||
| 15 | 00:16:36 | 100 | Helen | Jenkins | F | ||
| 16 | 00:17:21 | 30 | Tom | Davis | M | ||
| 17 | 00:17:25 | 26 | Craig J | Hudson | M | ||
| 18 | 00:17:33 | 12 | David | Wilson-Evans | M | 50 | |
| 19 | 00:17:42 | 28 | Alun | Wood | M | 40 | |
| 20 | 00:17:54 | 96 | Alaw | Beynon-Thomas | F | ||
| 21 | 00:17:58 | 5 | Andrew | Dwyer | M | 40 | |
| 22 | 00:17:58 | 94 | Elinor | Kirk | F | ||
| 23 | 00:18:08 | 95 | Kate | Roberts | F | ||
| 24 | 00:18:18 | 24 | Matthew | Herbert | M | ||
| 25 | 00:18:24 | 9 | Phillip | Jenkins | M | 45 | |
| 26 | 00:18:34 | 93 | Sally | hazelhurst | F | ||
| 27 | 00:18:39 | 17 | Jeff | Thomas | M | 40 | |
| 28 | 00:19:17 | 6 | Mark | Dunscombe | M | 45 | |
| 29 | 00:19:51 | 99 | Satu | Haikala | F | 40 | |
| 30 | 00:20:36 | 11 | Brian | Dias | M | ||
OPEN 5km
| Pos | Time | Bib | Firstname | Lastname | Gender | Cat |
| 1 | 00:19:35 | 124 | Jason | Evans | M | |
| 2 | 00:20:09 | 102 | Peter | Turner | M | 55 |
| 3 | 00:20:16 | 145 | Roger | Davies | M | |
| 4 | 00:20:18 | 147 | Eifion | Owen | M | 50 |
| 5 | 00:20:19 | 134 | Will | Campion | M | |
| 6 | 00:20:31 | 129 | Stephen | Cale | M | 45 |
| 7 | 00:20:35 | 153 | Georgie | Dando | F | |
| 8 | 00:20:41 | 135 | Debbie | Cooke | F | 40 |
| 9 | 00:21:14 | 118 | Steve | Parker | M | 40 |
| 10 | 00:21:27 | 128 | Jo | Poupon | F | |
| 11 | 00:21:36 | 137 | Gavin | Earnshaw | M | |
| 12 | 00:21:44 | 133 | Ian | David | M | 45 |
| 13 | 00:22:38 | 146 | John | Nicholas | M | |
| 14 | 00:22:52 | 120 | Josie | Hunsdon | F | 35 |
| 15 | 00:23:04 | 136 | Simon | Thomas | M | 50 |
| 16 | 00:23:06 | 114 | Pun | Kwon Wong | M | |
| 17 | 00:23:10 | 140 | Alex | Thomas | M | |
| 18 | 00:23:11 | 104 | Mick | Olivant | M | 55 |
| 19 | 00:23:34 | 141 | Steve | Matthews | M | 45 |
| 20 | 00:23:36 | 103 | Eric | Hughes | M | 70 |
| 21 | 00:23:43 | 126 | Catherine | Olivant | F | 35 |
| 22 | 00:23:46 | 119 | David | Sellick | M | 45 |
| 23 | 00:24:42 | 132 | Ian | Stratton | M | 40 |
| 24 | 00:24:55 | 109 | Paul | Connett | M | |
| 25 | 00:24:56 | 105 | Tony | Nicholas | M | 45 |
| 26 | 00:24:56 | 138 | Andrew | Gardner | M | 40 |
| 27 | 00:25:25 | 139 | Lewis | Wilkins | M | |
| 28 | 00:25:37 | 125 | Allan John | Lock | M | 55 |
| 29 | 00:25:43 | 130 | Andrew | Reed | M | |
| 30 | 00:25:50 | 116 | Mark | Harris | M | 40 |
| 31 | 00:26:51 | 101 | Nigel Leighton | Jones | M | 55 |
| 32 | 00:26:54 | 150 | Kelly | Price | F | |
| 33 | 00:26:54 | 106 | Angharad | Rees | F | 45 |
| 34 | 00:27:13 | 122 | Julian | Irving | F | 35 |
| 35 | 00:27:17 | 123 | Don | Grinnell | M | 65 |
| 36 | 00:27:26 | 115 | Liz | Ashby | F | |
| 37 | 00:27:32 | 143 | Goodman | Maddocks | M | 50 |
| 38 | 00:28:02 | 110 | Phil | Turner | M | 45 |
| 39 | 00:28:04 | 142 | Elaine | Horox | F | 35 |
| 40 | 00:28:08 | 117 | Caroline | Robinson | F | 35 |
| 41 | 00:30:09 | 113 | Julie | Rees | F | 45 |
| 42 | 00:30:10 | 149 | Nicola | Fewar | F | |
| 43 | 00:30:30 | 151 | Nicola | Bennett | F | |
| 44 | 00:31:26 | 127 | Renata | Beguini | M | |
| 45 | 00:31:48 | 148 | Katie | Church | F | |
| 46 | 00:31:48 | 152 | Melanie | Woolis | F | |
| 47 | 00:37:44 | 108 | Frances | Watkins | F | 70 |
TEAMS
| Pos | Club | Points | ||
| 1 | Cardiff AAC | 3 + 10 + 12 | 25 points | |
| 2 | Swansea Harriers | 5 + 8 +18 | 31 points | |
| 3 | Bridgend AC | 7 + 9 + 19 | 35 points |
If you want to get an idea what our 2010 Fun In The Sun event will look like, be sure to check out our photo’s from last year’s one – now up on our facebook page.
Click on the picture to follow the link to the photo album.
Something nifty from the archives for you all. A whopping 230 Photos from the 2009 Bridgend County Show are now available on our Facebook page. To take a gander at the charming photos – excellently shot by Louis Milburn – click on the photo.
Taking place at the “Green” adjacent to Salt Lake Car Park in seaside Porthcawl, Fun In The Sun see’s over 60 traders setting up stalls on Bank Holiday Weekend (Thursday the 26th to Monday the 30th).
If you are a member of a group or society interested in promoting a hobby or pastime at the show be sure to give us a ring at 01656 661338.
