16 rafts sailed down the River Trent from Little Haywood to Wolseley Bridges kindly arranged by Mr R Hooley of Chase YFC.
After great fun, plenty of soaking and frantic paddling of oars, the results were:
Ladies – 1st Eccleshall; 2nd Uttoxeter B; 3rd Waterhouses
Mens – 1st Eccleshall B; 2nd Uttoxeter A; 3rd Eccleshall A
Well done to everyone who took part, a great finish to 2017/18!
Teams from around Staffordshire YFC took part in the West Midlands Area of YFC’s Male and Female Tug of War Competitions at the Three Counties Show on Sunday 17th June. Also teams took part in the Junior (12 – 17 years) Tug of War which was also held on the same day including a team from the newly formed Cheadle YFC.
Following a great competitions, the results were as follows:
Junior Competition: 3rd Place – Staffordshire A (Waterhouses YFC)
Ladies Competition: 1st Place – Staffordshire A (Stone YFC), 3rd Place – Staffordshire B (Eccleshall YFC)
Mens Competition: 1st Place – Staffordshire A (Waterhouses YFC)
The teams from Waterhouses and Stone will now go forward to take on the rest of the Country at the NFYFC Finals which are held on Saturday 4th August at Tenbury Show in Worcestershire.
All 11 clubs had been working for months putting together their floats to the theme ‘British Sitcoms’, the sun shone on the Thursday of Stafford County Show and the water fight was enjoyed by all. The results from the competition were:
Overall Float
1st – Uttoxeter JNFU, 2nd – Stone YFC, 3rd – Ashley YFC
Best name Board
1st – Stone YFC, 2nd – Uttoxeter JNFU
Please take a look at the photos HERE
12 entries were received were the ‘500’ word story competition, each entry had to incorporte 15 specific words. The winners of the competition were:
1st – Phillippa Bourne – Stone YFC
2nd – Imogen Bloxham – Eccleshall YFC
3rd – Annabelle Lane – Abbotsholme YFC
The Wednesday of the County Show saw clubs from around the County compete for the Tug of War silverware, the results were:
Male
1st – Waterhouses YFC, 2nd – Eccleshall YFC, 3rd – Stone YFC
Female
1st – Stone YFC, 2nd – Eccleshall YFC, 3rd – Uttoxeter JNFU
Take a look at the photos HERE
Eight acts competed in this years competition with the results being:
1st – Leek YFC – Meg Barnes, Holly Stanyer, Lizzy James & Izzy Proctor
2nd – Uttoxeter B JNFU – Emily & Eve Phillips
3rd – Uttoxeter A JNFU – Rob Mollatt & Toby Hall
Please click HERE for photos from the competition
After a full on day of competitions ranging from Soapbox Racing to Floral Art….. The Overall Results for the silverware were as follows:
Overall Rally Cup:
1st Uttoxeter; 2nd Waterhouses; 3rd Stone
Most Improved Club Shield:
1st Stone; 2nd Ashley
Rose Bowl:
1st Eccleshall/Stone; 2nd Uttoxeter; 3rd Waterhouses
Junior Cup:
1st Waterhouses; 2nd Lichfield; 3rd Eccleshall
Intermediate Cup:
1st Ashley; 2nd Lichfield; 3rd Stone
Senior Cup:
1st Stone; 2nd Eccleshall/Uttoxeter; 3rd Waterhouses/Chase
Associate Cup:
1st Uttoxeter; 2nd Waterhouses; 3rd Ashley
Eccleshall Shield:
1st Eccleshall; 2nd Chase; 3rd Stone
Sports Cup:
1st Ashley; 2nd Eccleshall; 3rd Uttoxeter
Tractor Handling Cup:
1st Ridware; 2nd Stone; 3rd Eccleshall
TWW Jones Award (Wildlife Quiz):
1st Uttoxeter; 2nd Eccleshall; 3rd Chase
Tug of War Tray:
1st Waterhouses; 2nd Stone; 3rd Uttoxeter
Sheep Shearing Trophy:
1st Uttoxeter; 2nd Stone
For all the photos from a brilliant Rally Day held by kind permission of J A Bloor Agricultural Services, please click here
All Clubs took part in this years Indoor Cricket League, starting in January over ten weeks, this years results are:
1st – Uttoxeter JNFU
2nd – Eccleshall YFC
3rd – Leek YFC
This year Stockman of the Year competition was held bkp the Stubbs Family, the dairy cattle were judged nearby bkp of DA & ME Whitehurst. 8 clubs took part on the day, which each member having to judge, place and give reasons in the following categories, beef, diary, breeding ewes and pigs. The results were:
Young Stockjudge of the Year
1st – Lichfield YFC, 2nd – Leek YFC, 3rd Chase YFC
Stockman of the Year
1st – Uttoxeter JNFU, 2nd – Eccleshall YFC, 3rd – Lichfield YFC
Junior Stockjudge of the Year
1st – William Galbraith (Eccleshall YFC), 2nd – Maisie Tinwell (Leek YFC), 3rd – Rob Gray (Lichfield YFC)
Intermediate Stockjudge of the Year
1st – Kate Mollatt (Uttoxeter JNFU), 2nd – Peter Cotton (Waterhouses YFC), 3rd – William Leese (Eccleshall YFC)
Senior Stockjudge of the Year
1st – Harriet Wilson (Eccleshall YFC), 2nd – Phil Wilson (Uttoxeter JNFU), 3rd – Jake Manning (Lichfield YFC)
Photos from the day can be found HERE
Leek High School was the venue for this years Volleyball Competition, 6 teams competed with the results as follows:
1st – Waterhouses YFC 
2nd – Lichfield YFC 
3rd – Uttoxeter JNFU 
