On Saturday 9th March, Staffordshire Young Farmers Clubs (YFC) held their successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Ingestre Suite on the County Showground for over 390 YFC members, guests and supporters of the organisation. The Black-Tie Dinner was themed as “Mad Hatters” with a very colourful Alice in Wonderland themed evening complete with an illuminated Cheshire Cat and a photo back drop painted by local talented member of Stone YFC, Phillippa Bourne.
The evening was also kindly supported by Barbers Rural Consultancy who are an independent firm of Chartered Surveyors, Rural Estate Agents and Auctioneers located in Market Drayton. Following a four-course meal, members and guests danced to Tecno, Tecno Disco, enjoyed a flutter on the Casino and socialised with members past and present in true YFC style. The raffle on the night was supported by Barclays Bank Match Funding for up to £1000 and prizes ranged from whisky and wine to vouchers for days out, all kindly donated by the federation’s Vice Presidents, who support Staffordshire YFC throughout the year.
The Annual Dinner Dance is one of the highlights of Staffordshire YFC’s busy social calendar and raises valuable funds to keep the federation running so successfully with over 550 members aged 10 – 26 years of age.
To view and buy photos from the evening, please go to the website for Dave Nelson Photography, by clicking here
10 teams from around the County took part in the darts competition kindly hosted by The Ball Hay Tavern, Leek. The results on the night were:
Team – 1st – Waterhouses A YFC, 2nd – Abbotsholme YFC, 3rd – Chase YFC
Individuals – 1st – Joe Critchlow (Waterhouses YFC), 2nd – Toby Hall (Abbotsholme YFC), 3rd – Rob Clowes (Waterhouses YFC)
Staffordshire YFC were very proud to host seven competitions for their fellow counties in the West Midlands Area of YFC’s yesterday, 24th February 2019, at The Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford. Despite a very foggy start across the area, this did not stop members travelling from Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire to take part in an array of Public Speaking Competitions as well as an afternoon of entertainment in the form of Ballroom Dancing and a Show Choir Competition.
After all the competitions were complete, the results were announced as follows:
Junior Reading: 1st Warwickshire; 2nd Herefordshire A; 3rd Herefordshire B
Junior Speaking: 1st Warwickshire; 2nd Herefordshire B; 3rd Staffordshire A
Intermediate Brainstrust: 1st Herefordshire A; 2nd Staffordshire A; 3rd Herefordshire B
Senior After Dinner Speaking: 1st Herefordshire A; 2nd Shropshire B; 3rd Shropshire A
Situations Vacant: 1st Hannah Armstrong, Warwickshire; 2nd Rachel Rose, Shropshire B; 3rd Amy Boothby, Staffordshire A
Ballroom Dancing: 1st Shropshire A; 2nd Worcestershire; 3rd Warwickshire
Show Choir: 1st Staffordshire B; 2nd Shropshire A; 3rd Herefordshire B
The teams/individuals placed first will go forward to the National Finals of the competitions. The Junior Speaking, Intermediate Brainstrust and Senior After Dinner Speaking will be held as regional finals on Saturday 23rd March and the Junior Reading, Situations Vacant, Ballroom Dancing and Show Choir will be direct to the National Finals which will be held on Saturday 6th July.
Mark Sheets for the competitions can be found below:
WMA AFTER DINNER SPEAKING RESULTS 2019
WMA BALLROOM DANCING RESULTS 2019
WMA INTERMEDIATE BRAINSTRUST RESULTS 2019
WMA JUNIOR READING RESULTS 2019
WMA JUNIOR SPEAKING RESULTS 2019
WMA SITUATIONS VACANT RESULTS 2019
WMA Show Choir results 2019
Members from all around the County travelled to Doveridge Shooting Ground, Doveridge. The results were:
Male – = 1st = Sam Down (Uttoxeter JNFU), Max Standerwich (Lichfield YFC), 3rd Ben Sales (Leek YFC)
Female – 1st – Annabelle Lane (Abbotsholme YFC), 2nd – Katie James (Leek YFC), 3rd – Nicole Brereton (Ashley YFC)
Eccleshall YFC & Uttoxeter JNFU took part in the County round of the NFYFC After Dinner Speaking Competition. Both teams had clearly prepared and researched into their topics with speakers giving after dinner speaches on behalf of The National House Builders Association “Affordable Housing” and The National Pig Association “Bringing Home the Bacon”!
Eccleshall YFC were placed 1st with Uttoxeter JNFU coming a close second. Both teams will now represent Staffordshire at the West Midlands Area round of the competition being held on 24th February 2019.
Photos from the evening can be found HERE
The Chetwode Arms, Pipegate kindly hosted this years Quiz Competition, 20 teams tested their general knowledge, with the results as:
1st – Eccleshall A YFC
2nd – Uttoxeter C JNFU
3rd – Cheadle A YFC
The first competition of 2019, held at Ten Pin Stafford, 13 teams took part and the results were:
Male – 1st Harry Bowers (Eccleshall YFC), 2nd Rob Clowes (Waterhouses YFC), 3rd Will Roobottom (Chase YFC)
Female – 1st Beth Poynton (Eccleshall YFC), 2nd Jodie Flower (Waterhouses YFC), 3rd Tara Barnes (Leek YFC)
Overall Team – 1st Eccleshall A YFC, 2nd Leek YFC, 3rd Lichfield YFC
Photos from the competition can be found HERE
Happy Christmas from Staffordshire YFC
Winning Christmas Card design from Beth Dennis, Chase YFC
Please note the Office is closed from Tuesday 18th December at 3.30pm until Monday 7th January 2019 at 9am. Please contact our County Chairman, Polly Baines on 07854 815508 if you have any urgent queries.
Staffordshire Young Farmers Clubs (YFC) held their sixth successful Christmas Shopping Evening on Thursday 6th December at The Ingestre Suite on the County Showground, Stafford. The vast room was filled with 63 stalls from across the Staffordshire selling local produce including Nelsons Gin based just outside of Uttoxeter and The Wissage Bakehouse, who are based in Aston just outside of Stafford. Also attending was local Stone YFC member, Becky Roe has just launched her new company called “Pebble and Sage” designing original and unique prints, cards and invitations. Becky has also recently benefited from a grant from Staffordshire YFC, to help her with her design company, helping her business to flourish and grow.
The newly formed Cheadle YFC members also put their creative skills to the test and bought along a stall with handcrafted decorations and gift ideas to help raise funds for the Club.
The YFC Office had to set up a waiting list during the month before as stallholders were desperate to secure a pitch at this growingly popular event. Doors opened to the public at 6.30pm with a brisk trade all evening, with over 380 visitors who were greeted with a freshly baked mince pie and warmed mulled wine to set the festive scene for a great indoor shopping experience. The federation were well supported again by local turkey farmer Sandra Hopley based in Tixall, who kindly supplied hot turkey rolls on sale, which smelt delicious as everyone arrived.
There was also a raffle held during the evening, kindly supported by many of the stallholders who donated prizes and manned very well by Pav and Isobelle of Barclays Bank who very generously agreed to match fund on the evening through the Barclays Bank community initiative.
County Chairman, Polly Baines said “Once again this year, our Christmas Shopping Evening has exceeded all expectations. We are very grateful to the Staffordshire and Birmingham Agricultural Society for allowing us to use the fantastic showground facility to hold the event in. We like to encourage stalls with local produce, craft and unique goods that cannot be found on the high street to come along and they definitely did that on Thursday night, kickstarting to the festive shopping season for all our visitors in style.”
Staffordshire Young Farmers will be holding the evening again next year on Thursday 5th December as part of their vast calendar of events which raise funds for the organisation, which is a registered charity. This enables the Federation to provide support, training and competitions to its membership which is now over 550 young people aged 10 – 26 years.
To view photos from the evening, please click here.
7 teams took part in the NFYFC Netball Competition at Leek High School, the results were:
1st – Uttoxeter A, 2nd – Waterhouses, 3rd – Eccleshall A
