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Inventive and creative smallholders who can come up with a labour-saving machine or gadget that makes life easier for themselves and which might be usefully exploited by other smallholders are being encouraged to enter a new competition in time for this year's Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival.

The competition is seeking to discover unique inventions devised for use indoors or outside which may be either an old piece of equipment adapted for an alternative use or a new and original piece of machinery designed to assist in the running of the holding.

The principal rule of the competition is that the invention is something that demonstrably saves time and work for the smallholder. The usefulness of the invention will be taken into account as well as the creativity of the inventor.

Competitors will be required to send photographs, or a video, DVD or drawings of their inventions together with a written description and brief explanation of its function.

Preliminary judging and the shortlisting of entries will take place in time for the finalists to display their inventions at the two-day Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival - held in association with Smallholder magazine - on the showground at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, on May 19 and 20.

Gold, silver and bronze awards as well as cash prizes will go to the winners.

Entries for the competition, together with details relating to the invention, must be returned to the RWAS at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, by March 31. Entry forms and further information can be obtained from the Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival on 01982 554408.

Tickets for the Festival held in association with Smallholder magazine, sister title of South West Farmer, are available online now at www.rwas.co.uk. The popularity of the event, much of which is staged under cover inside the showground's extensive buildings, has increased rapidly in recent years. Last year it attracted a record attendance of 24,144 visitors.

Further information is available from Rhian Thomas on 01982 554408.

4:42pm Thursday 8th March 2007

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