Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs

March 2017

County Office is currently open Tuesday & Thursdays 10-4. Outside of these times please email. Contact us on 01423 865870 or email [email protected]

James Baker – Competitions Chairman With the bringing together of the sports and public speaking competitions saw a rather bus y day that seemed to work well, with plenty of members taking part and with many moving on to Northern Area with Yorkshire hosting Northern Area this year. Even seeing the return of an out of age team from Yorkshire making up the numbers to keep the competition running smoothly. Yorkshire A team came in 3rd behind two Cumbrian teams only 1 point off 2nd. There has also been strong showings in other recent competitions with members travelling to Northallerton for the clay shoot and York for the Stockman of the Year. Best of luck to all qualifying to the next round. I'm sure the next thing on most of your minds now is the build up into the rally season. If anyone is struggling and looking for any training towards any of these completions been or coming up in the future then let myself or the office know and we will do our best to help. Future dates to remember are Dairy Judging on 21st May at Silsden and Rally on 27th May at Thirsk.

NATIONAL AGM ** Spring Dance ** TORQUAY Dust off your spring outfits and join us for the Spring Dance. st rd th 21 – 23 April 2017 Thursday 13 April At Club Amadeus, Northallerton Everything is now booked!!! 9pm till late - 18 and over only - £8 YFYFC WOT NOT – YORKIE TO TORKIE It’s time to Party!!! 8 members are cycling from

Yorkshire to Torquay – 350 miles – Give

them a wave if you see them. MASCOT GOLD CUP Fancy Dress Theme: Sunday 23rd April Princes & Princesses @ Races Bus info will be available soon. AGM Shirts will be at both sub-committee Great Family Day. meetings in March. See poster .... Monthly County Rally Information –

Rule Changes: Classes 10-12 Breeding Sheep will be Mules. Classes 16-18 – We will not know what the horses are being judged on @

NA until the day. Class 20 Int Floral Art – remove the line suitable to

stand freely. Class 55 – Filo pastry and can be ready made. Class 72 Cookery Display – addition of ‘to feed two people’ to give you an idea of how much food/drink you need to display.

TROPHIES – Please remember to return these before or to Exec in

April - Clean and Wrapped or your club will be deducted 10 points.

Stockman of the Year NEW MERCHANDISE

Well done to everyone who took part!!!! We now have a YFYFC Tie

Stockman of the Year – Blue & Pink 1st Josh Ryder

2nd Henry Atkinson Along with a Beanie hat......

3rd Rob Nelson (These will be available at the Exec AGM)

Young Stockman of the Year – st Full items available – 1 Emma Cockerill nd Joint 2 Jacob Ryder & Kate Cockerill Body Warmers

Thanks to Ebor District, York Auction Centre & Hoodie’s All Judges, Stewards & Members.

Top 12 will go forward to Northern Area Coats Round at Hexham Mart in July.

UPCOMING COUNTY COMPETITIONS - th County Ten Pin Bowling – Sunday 12 March Barnsley Bowl – 1.30pm Check In

REMEMBER YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARDS.

COUNTY RALLY ENTRY FORMS HAVE BEEN POSTED OUT – REMEMBER NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. INCOMPLETE RALLY FORMS WILL BE RETURNED TO CLUBS – PLEASE MAKE SURE Club of the Month – Boroughbridge YFC

Boroughbridge Young Farmers has had a busy start to 2017. Our members have enjoyed a variety of meetings since the New Year and our tour round I’Anson’s feed mill was a particularly great evening, enjoyed by all who attended. We are looking forward to going Go Karting in the next couple of weeks- I’m sure that this will bring out our competitive sides! We have recently held our Muck Chuck, in aid of MS Society. This is an annual feature of our calendar and is a great way to raise money for charity but also to promote Young Farmers within our local area. We will be presenting a cheque for this amount to the charity in one of our upcoming meetings. st We are looking forward to holding our Dinner Dance, to be held at the Pavilions of Harrogate on 1 April. This is sure to be a fantastic night and gives us all a chance to celebrate the year’s successes. We have gained much support from local businesses willing to support the club and we will be having a raffle on the night to raise money for Epilepsy Action.

Craven YFC Rally Do

th Friday 28 April 2017 Club 8pm 16s and overs only Skipton Auction Mart Events Tickets £10

With a Club Shirt Theme Winksley Cum Grantley

YFC Pontefract YFC Dinner Dance

th SAVE THE DATE Saturday 8 April th Kings Croft Hotel, Pontefract 75 Dinner Dance 3 Course Meal £28 14th October 2017 Call Peter – 07521 777080 Majestic Hotel, Harrogate

KNARESBOROUGH HOUSE, HIGH STREET, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0HL Tel: 01423 865870, Fax: 01423 865367, Email: [email protected],

Upcoming County Meeting Dates

Club Exchange 23rd March – Competitions Meeting 30th March – EF&GP AGM Holestone Young Farmers from County 27th April – Exec AGM Antrim, Northern Ireland have been in 11th May – Yorkshire AGM contact and are looking for a club willing to do a club exchange with them. Meetings are held at Knaresborough House at 7.15pm for 7.30pm start and Executive meeting which will be held at July/August/September time. Pavilions of Harrogate at 7.15pm for 7.30pm. This would be a great experience. Everyone's Welcome Please contact County Office for full details.

Dates for your diary MEMBERS NEWS Mascot Gold Cup – Sunday 23rd April Remember to send all your clubs do Wetherby Racecourse information to the office & we will do our County Rally - Saturday 27th May best to advertise it for you. Thirsk Auction Mart

Happy 18th Birthday in March to:

st Matthew Hellowell Kirkbymoorside Happy 21 Birthday in March to: Ben Robinson Tadcaster & Wetherby Hannah Booth Kirkbymoorside Sebastian Huddlestone Rebecca Parkinson Easingwold Emily Farrar Farnley Estate Annabel Charlton Great Smeaton Samuel Kay Escrick Harry Campey Thirsk Rachael Bell Lothersdale Alex Fryer Lothersdale Sam Jacklin-Leng Kirkbymoorside

Sam Pilkington Gisburn

Angus Walton Coniston Cold