"WE NEED a farmhouse breakfast like this, after every training session", said Narberth Rugby Club players when members of the Pembrokeshire branch of the Women's Food and Farming Union cooked them a full breakfast after their Thursday evening training session during Breakfast Week.

Players from the 1st and 2nd XVs and club officials joined the Mayor of Narberth, Eric Feetham, and the Deputy Mayor, Sue Rees, at the Queen's Hall, Narberth, where they were welcomed by WFU chairman, Angela Evans, and secretary, Olwen Phillips. WFU members served their 50 guests a full farmhouse breakfast using as much local produce as possible.

Muesli, milk and fruit juice were followed by British bacon, pork, garlic and leek sausages (produced by David Irving and Son, Haverfordwest); organic black pudding (given by Llain Farm Meats, Mathry); fried and scrambled eggs; mushrooms and tomatoes.

The hearty eaters finished off their farmhouse breakfast with toast, rolls (supplied by Liz's Bakeries, Narberth), butter and a selection of marmalades from Sharon's Kitchen, Broadhaven. Tea and coffee were also served. Joan Irving sourced and supplied the British produce.

Narberth Rugby Club president, Garth Parker, expressed the players' appreciation of the WFU members' hospitality so late at night, adding that players would like to have a farmhouse breakfast like the one they had just enjoyed cooked for them after every training session.

WFU chairman, Angela Evans, thanked Narberth Rugby Club for joining in the Breakfast Week promotion and WRU members for their contribution to the evening's success. The event was sponsored by the Home Grown Cereals Authority and the Welsh Development Agency.

This is the fourth year of National Breakfast Week, which aims to increase cereal usage both directly through breads, muesli, etc, and indirectly through sausages, bacon and eggs. The campaign is supported by the Women's Farming Union.