Handover of official Ty Nant sponsored waterproofs,
shirts & cheque - pictured left to right are Tony Bevan,
George Barron (Llanilar AA) & Nicole Seebold (Ty Nant).
The 2nd annual "Ty Nant Classic" took place at
Llyn Brenig reservoir on 23rd July 2000. 90 anglers from
Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales pitted their skills
against each other in testing weather conditions.
The top 3 places went to Welsh anglers: 1st Garry Davies from North Wales with 20lbs of fish; 2nd Ned Thomas; 3rd a local angler, Tony Bevan, a member of the successful Llanilar AA fly fishing team, also sponsored by Ty Nant.
As this event continues to grow in popularity and with the possibility that we may see anglers from the Italian World Cup squad competing next year, places to fish are going to be much in demand.
Ty Nant was the official water in the web-cast & hospitality area at Bristol Community Festival held at Ashton Court, Bristol on 15th & 16th July 2000. The festival, now in its 26th year, attracts over 150,000 people over the 2 days.
The festival main features were the Main Stage, the Club Stage, the Big Top, the Amphitheatre, the Roots Stage, the Performing Arts Marquee, the Hospitality area and many clothes, accessories stalls as well as fairground rides.
Ty Nant was the official water in the Hospitality area,
alongside Red Bull, Sol & Ikea. The area catered
exclusively for VIPs, Press (National & Regional
Television, Radio, Newspapers & Magazine), Artists,
Sponsors & Crew.
The Bristol Community Festival is a non-profit making organisation, all incomes go towards covering its costs.
Pamina a jewellery designer based in London, creatively
uses fragments of Ty Nant's distinctive blue glass in
some of her inspirational pieces made from recycled
silver and acrylic. This summer she has had 3 of her
acrylic and recycled glass bangles accepted to be
displayed in a permanent collection in The museum of
Decorative Arts in The Louve, Paris - one of these
being a stunning Ty Nant piece.
In July this year, 4 brave members of staff took the
plunge and abseiled 30 metres down the side of Bronglais
Hospital, Aberystwyth, Mid Wales. In doing so they
collectively raised over £300 for the RNIB. It was a
glorious day & it was a wonderful view of the town and
coastline from that height!
The four were Margaret Whittingham, Nicole Seebold, Dylan Price and Neil Palmer.
Ty Nant Spring Water took to the catwalk during London
Fashion Week in February 2000 with their support of
leading British womenswear designer, Julien MacDonald,
who created a Ty Nant inspired couture dress for his
'Modern Skins' Autumn/Winter 2000/01 collection.
The exquisite white couture dress, inspired by "the purity of Ty Nant", enthused Julien MacDonald, was of intricate crocheting, incorporating crystals and beads and was modelled by Naomi Campbell as the opening piece to the collection.
Ty Nant increased their marketing profile as official supplier of bottled water at London Fashion Week this February. The partnership with London Fashion Week adds glamorous associations to Ty Nant's heritage. The world's most celebrated buyers, models and press were given Ty Nant as they were chauffeured between shows. Ty Nant was also available throughout the London Fashion Week exhibition and in the VIP press and buyer lounges.
Commenting on Ty Nant's support for British fashion, Julien MacDonald said "without the help of Ty Nant, many things could not come alive, like the models and special couture pieces worn by celebrities such as Whitney Houston and the Spice Girls". Speaking about his own Welsh heritage Julien MacDonald added, "I am very proud to be Welsh. I was brought up drinking Welsh water and as I drink 4-5 bottles a day I feel that by drinking Ty Nant I am drinking from my native land".
The basis of the collection, which celebrates the bottle, its colour shape and contents, started when Pietro Biscaldi, Ty Nant's Managing Director invited eminent Italian artist Mario Schifano to work on a series incorporating the imagery of the Ty Nant bottle. The resulting work, more than mere advertising, exploits the strong impact of the blue bottle and treats it as an icon.
The travelling exhibition, which features 60 works of art by well-known contemporary Italian artists, has already shown in Milan, London and Barcelona and will go on to tour capital and major cities throughout Europe and the USA, including Brussels, Paris, Cardiff, and New York.
Sole, Luna, Acqua Unpublished work 1994
by Mario Schifano
La Fiesta 1999
by Giuseppe Vencato
Ty Nant sponsored a race at the Tregaron Trotting race
meeting, which was held over the 1999 August Bank
Holiday. This is recognised as one of the top race
meetings in the trotting calendar, and incorporated the
Welsh Classic Event.
On Saturday, 24 July 1999, Ty Nant participated in the 2nd annual Lampeter Food Festival. The event was
officially opened at 12.00pm by HRH The Prince of Wales, who was presented with both a cobalt blue and crimson
bottle on his visit to the stand. The glorious weather ensured considerable consumption of Ty Nant at the event!
From 11 - 14 July 1999, Ty Nant exhibited at this
speciality food & drink exhibition in New York in a
focused effort to help develop sales in North America.
This is the first US exhibition at which Ty Nant has
exhibited independently (as part of the Food From
Britain/WDA pavilion), and was a perfect showcase for
the recently launched crimson bottle, which was
extremely well received by the US speciality trade.
