Banwen Miners Hunt

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The Banwen Miners Hunt is a Hunt based in West Glamorgan, Wales.

[edit] History

The hunt was formed in 1962-63 on the demise of the old West Glamorgan Hunt and became registered in 1963. Tom Jones and Tom Hopkins began in that year their long Joint Mastership which lasted until 1976. Sir David Evans-Bevan Bart, was President and gave the Hunt the lamp-room of the local colliery when it was closed. This quickly became the Hunt kennels and "a legend was born".

At first the Hunt was wholly run by the inhabitants of the little colliery village of Banwen, although it is now as cosmopolitan as any other hunt. Glyn Rees and Brian Conelius joined the existing Masters in 1974 and the Hunt went professional in 1975 by employing John Davies, late of the Sennybridge Farmers.

It ran its first point-to-point in 1976.

Founded as a true "working man's pack", the Banwen has been at the forefront of the hunting debate since its inception.[1]

[edit] Hunt Country

The country comprises the whole of West Glamorgan and lies adjacent to the Llandeilo Farmers, Sennybridge, Ystrad Taf Fechan and Llangeinor Hunts. It is a mixed country around the Gower Peninsular, with common and arable land, a large tract of open common land at Felindre and Morriston, small stone walled enclosures at Birchgrove and Longford, and rugged open hills and forestries at the top end of the Swansea and Neath Valleys. Main towns are Swansea and Neath.

Best areas are Morriston, Felindre and Birchgrove.

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