Pam Chilman
10th November 2025
To mark her retirement as NSA Wales & Border Ram Sales stalwart, Pam Chilman was presented with a framed painting. The image is of her home bred first prize Kerry Hill ram lamb, painted from a photograph taken back in the late 1990s at the main sale. It is familiar to Welsh sheep breeders, having been used on Kerry Hill Society cards and official catalogues, documents etc over the years. Pam said: “I absolutely love the water colour. I was the secretary of the Kerry Hill Society for so many years. “One year I took my ram lamb to the NSA Wales & Border main sale. It won first prize in the pre sale show and the photo has been well used over the years. “It’s a wonderful memento of my years with both the society and the sale.”
Pam first became involved with the NSA Wales & Border ram sales back in the late 1970 and was one of the original team who launched it in 1978. She was at the time secretary to the then Wales & Border Region of the National Sheep Association. As with so many of that team over the years, she became a ‘Jack of All Trades’, initially penning the sheep using cloakroom tickets and sellotape. Pam then became a ring master in the Blue Faced Leicester ring, an all breed tup inspector and helped with traffic control. She also organised the very popular cheese and wine parties for the pre sale Sunday night get togethers. Latterly she has been responsible for First Aid and for generally manning the desk, solving problems and fielding queries. She and her husband, Jeff, were awarded RWAS Joint Honorary Life
