from Sunday 23rd July 2023 – in total 12 rafts with crews navigated the course with varying degrees of success!
Uttoxeter JNFU – Young Farmers
Eccleshall Young Farmers
Ashley Young Farmers Cheadle Young Farmers Uttoxeter JNFU – Young Farmers Uttoxeter JNFU – Young Farmers
“A Day in History”
Best Name Board;
1st – Lichfield YFC (Christmas Day)
2nd – Ashley YFC (1st Day of the Millennium)
3rd – Leek YFC (Olympics 2012 – Super Saturday)
Floats;
1st – Chase YFC (ABBA Winning Eurovision)
2nd – Abbotsholme YFC (Great Fire of London)
3rd – Leek YFC (Olympics 2012 – Super Saturday)
4th – Waterhouses YFC (VE Day)
Results Sheet can be downloaded HERE
Pictures from the Show Float Competition can be found HERE
After a brilliant first day at the County Show, Staffordshire Young Farmers held their Male and Female Tug of War in the Main Ring on Wednesday evening, 31st May. A full grandstand of supporters from across the County and other clubs also turned out in force to watch a hard-fought competition. Many of the teams have been training three times a week since the new year and their hard work and efforts paid off.
With a record number of entries in both competitions and following a great standard of pulling the results on the evening for the male competition were: Waterhouses YFC team beat Eccleshall A YFC to the 1st place position. Eccleshall A YFC were the runners-up and Cheadle YFC took 3rd place.
In the female competition, Waterhouses YFC again took the 1st place after a close finish with Cheadle YFC coming 2nd. Leek YFC came in with a closely fought 3rd place.
The 1st and 2nd placed teams from each competition will now go forward to the West Midlands Round of the competition at being held on Saturday 1st July at Hanbury Show, Worcestershire.
Tug of War remains an ever popular competition which encourages members to work together as a team with long terms benefits of improvement of fitness, strength and technique as well as discipline, enjoyment, sportsmanship, respect and teamwork.
Please click HERE for photos from the evening
The Stafford County Show saw Staffordshire Young Farmers Clubs (YFC) inside their marquee with a fully packed offering of activities for everyone to get involved in along with many displays of the competitions and achievements of the members during the last 12 months. The show also saw the return of the Club Display Competition with YFC members from all ten clubs using their creative skills to create a display promoting their club in a space no larger than 1m2.
The judges for this competition were Charlotte Rigby of HSKSG Accountants & Ailish Ross, West Midlands Area Chairperson, following a difficult deliberation with such excellent displays, the final results were, 1st place Stone YFC, with Eccleshall YFC 2nd and in 3rd place were Lichfield YFC.
Please click HERE for photos of the Club Displays
The Pre Show Reception saw the results from the following competitions:
Leslie T Chester ‘Blog’ Writing Competition
1st – Emily Cartmail – Eccleshall YFC
2nd – Polly Baines – Uttoxeter JNFU
3rd – Natalie Bradley – Eccleshall YFC
YFC’s Got Talent Competition
1st – Uttoxeter JNFU – Toby Hall & Rob Mollatt – Entertaining double act with singing and keyboard music
2nd – Abbotsholme YFC – Eva & Anais with their brilliantly choreographed dance routine and solo singing
3rd – Eccleshall YFC – Dan Moseley & Tom Bowers entertaining with the famous Two Ronnies ‘Mastermind’ sketch
A full breakdown of the results can be found HERE
This year Stockman of the Year competition was held bkp Atkin Farms, Field Hall, Uttoxeter and also travelling to neighbouring dairy farm, bkp of the Mollatt Family, Moorhouse Farm. 7 clubs took part on the day, which each member having to judge, place and give reasons in the following categories, beef, dairy, breeding ewes and butchers lambs. The day was kindly sponsored by 
The results were:
Young Stockjudge of the Year
1st – Waterhouses YFC, 2nd – Uttoxeter JNFU, 3rd – Ashley YFC
Stockman of the Year
1st – Chase YFC, 2nd – Waterhouses YFC, 3rd – Uttoxeter JNFU
Junior Stockjudge of the Year
1st – Tom (Waterhouses YFC), joint 2nd – Adele (Waterhouses YFC) & Matt (Uttoxeter JNFU)
Intermediate Stockjudge of the Year
1st – Jono (Chase YFC), 2nd – Robbie (Chase YFC), 3rd – Liam (Waterhouses)
Senior Stockjudge of the Year
1st – Rob (Uttoxeter JNFU), 2nd – Pete (Waterhouses), 3rd – Will (Eccleshall)
Prize money on the day was kindly donated by Staffordshire & Birmingham Agricultural Society.
Photos from the day can be found HERE
DeMontford High School, Evesham was the location for this years WMA sports competitions day, the results were:
Mens Rush Hockey:
1st – Staffordshire A, 2nd – Warwickshire, 3rd – Staffordshire B
Ladies Rounders:
1st – Shropshire YFC, 2nd – Staffordshire A, 3rd – Staffordshire B
Junior Basketball:
1st – Warwickshire, 2nd – Herefordshire, 3rd – Staffordshire
After 10 weeks of matches involving eight clubs the 2023 Indoor Cricket League has finished with the following results:
1st – Uttoxeter JNFU, 2nd Eccleshall YFC & 3rd Cheadle YFC
Thanks you to all the stewards and umpires who gave up their time and also Abbotsholme School for hosting.
Photos from the Competition can be found HERE
On Sunday 19th March, 12 teams took to the courts for the Volleyball competition. Well done to all that took part and results are as follows;
1st – Cheadle A
2nd – Chase A
3rd – Eccleshall
Photos from the day can be found here
