Make sure that you have your tickets for Cheadle YFC Dance For Dan! Its going to be an amazing night to remember…
Cheadle Young Farmers would like to say a Huge thank you to everyone that came last night to Cheadle Young Farmers 1st Open Air Cinema Night!
It wouldn’t have been possible without everyone’s support and help in buying and sharing our Posts. It was truly an amazing night, We hope everyone that came last night truly had a spectacular night too!
A Huge thank you to Katherine Clarkson (21) & Sarah Bourne (22) pulled it all off with the support of there amazing advisory team! The things you can achieve with Young Farmer! #unstoppable
We would also like to also say thank you to The pavilion, for the hire of there brilliant venue and bar but there support throughout sharing the event and helping set up is truly amazing! And finally to Ian Titterton for the Lorry and barriers!
Please keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page “Cheadle Young Farmers” for upcoming events, and of course next year’s Open Air Cinema Night with Cheadle YFC!
If you can’t wait… Cheadle YFC are having a taster/open night on 22nd August again at The Pavilion for all interested in seeing what Cheadle Young Farmers is all about
The years almost at an end, and what a year its been! From start to finish we’ve pushed ourselves to achieve our club goals and its safe to say we smashed them! Almost every competition was entered, we came back with certificates and silverware in competitions we never dreamed off…
We had another great year at the rally coming away with 4 trophies (and placed in many more) for the various groups of competitions including ‘Most Improved Club’… members new and old took part in static competitions before the day as well as on the day! With many exhibits and members getting placed it helped us on the way to all the trophies we walked away with! a BIG thank you from the rally secretary for all the hard work, effort and time given up to help the club! the rally was followed by what has to be said as our best Staffordshire County Show to-date!…
At the Pre-show Reception Becky Roe won 1st in the Club Display after all her hard work and effort, from finding pictures to making and sticking…. Phillippa Bourne won the Leslie T Chester Trophy for her 500 word story for the 2nd year running… Enya entered the YFC Got Talent on the keyboard/piano giving us a fab rendition! The Wednesday brought along the Tug-of-War competitions in which the Ladies team pulled away with 1st place and would be heading onto West Mids area and the lads team roped in a 3rd place! Moving on to the Thursday for the Float Competition, we’d pulled all the stops out on our float this year with the theme ‘Porridge’ by building in ways in which we wouldn’t usually, but we needed to keep up with the competition! we came away with 2nd place which as a club we are extremely proud of! Phillippa Bourne painted her way to 1st place for the clubs front name board! What a Fantastic show! a Big thank you goes out too all our members and sponsors!
Shortly after the ladies tug-of-war team went on to pull at the west midlands area, coming out on top with 1st place and heading on their way to the national finals! The National finals were held on the 4th August, the girls didn’t get placed, but such a great achievement to reach the finals of what is a very competitive sport, we wish them all the luck for next year and they are always looking for new pullers for the ladies and men’s teams.
The club has had a wide variety of events and socials with other clubs over the past year, ranging from mill tours to rock climbing, to slippery poles… we in turn also took part in the county Chairman’s fundraising idea for Young Minds… #oatcakeontour was a great success, for our club contribution a minibus load of 16 members decided to raise money by climbing Mt. Snowdon with the 4ft wooden oatcake in tow! We left the showground at 3:30am, climbed up and climbed down in some serious sun! all in good time to get back for the beer festival going on at the showground! We raised over a £1600 for Young Minds!
The top table would like to thank all of its members for their hard work and support throughout the year, and hope that the club continues to grow and succeed in all aspects of YFC!
Waterhouses YFC mens team took first place at this years NFYFC Finals of Tug of War at Tenbury Show.
The ladies team from Stone YFC came = 5th
Congratulations to all the members!
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!
A prize fund of over £700 is on offer in the Young Farmers’ Stock and Carcase judging Competitions at this year’s English Winter Fair, Stafford, thanks to backing by AHDB (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board – Beef and Lamb). Teams from across the Country will be competing in the Stock and Carcase Judging competitions, held at the English Winter Fair on Sunday 18th November along with the NFYFC Live and Carcase Judging two day competition over the weekend.
The teams made up of 8 members will be judging Live Beef, Live Lamb, Lamb and Pork Carcase on Sunday 18th November from 9.30am. The Secretary for the Young Farmer Classes, Mrs Julia Taylor explained, “Young Farmers will be able to judge the Beef and Pork Carcase in the purpose-built Carcass Hall, which is a fantastic facility available to us thanks to support from AHDB and the show’s organisers, the Staffordshire & Birmingham Agricultural Society.”
Young Farmers will pit the skills picked up in county rounds of the YFC’s Stock and Carcase competitions against others in this nationwide event to secure prizes. “It is a great way for members to test their skill at judging stock on the hoof and on the hook. Each team is given 10 minutes to assess stock and then two minutes to give reasons to the panel of judges for their choices. It is always a popular date on the YFC calendar and well supported by counties across the country” adds Mrs Taylor.
In addition to cash prizes YFC teams will also compete for the Birmingham Agricultural Exhibition Society silver cup for the team accumulating most points which last year went to Warwickshire YFC.
This year again there will be a 3 course meal being held in the Boden Room, exclusively for YFC members followed by entry into the Herdsman’s Supper Disco entry for only £10 on the evening before the competitions, Saturday 17th November. This evening is also kindly supported by Bagshaws Auctioneers.
Young Farmers attending the event will also be able to see the Show’s championships take place in the main arena in Bingley Hall as well as witness the spectacle of the grand auction of prize-winning animals from both the live arena and Carcass Hall on Sunday afternoon.
For details on how to enter your County team, please click here
Our team from Staffordshire did really well on the day with the following placings at the Great Yorkshire Show where the NFYFC Dairy Stockjudging Finals were held:
21 and Under – Rob Mollatt of Uttoxeter JNFU – 3rd
16 and Under – Rob Gray of Lichfield YFC – 19th
21 and Under – Philip Wilson of Uttoxeter JNFU – 17th
16 and Under – Lucy Clayton of Uttoxeter JNFU – 27th
Cheadle YFC are having there first of many outdoor cinema night!
This is a ticketed event!
Adults £12.50
Child’s (under 12) £8.00
Family tickets (2 Adults, 2children) £35
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It’s official…. we are Showing The Greatest Show!
Staffordshire Young Farmers Clubs (YFC) held a very successful Charity Beer Festival outside their YFC Office which is based on the County Showground at Stafford on Saturday 30th June. The Federation were blessed with the run of warm weather and festival goers basked in sunshine as they listened to singers and bands and enjoyed some of the 15 beers and ciders on offer. The event was held to raise money for Young Minds, the leading mental health charity for young people and was the idea of Richard Mottershead, County Chairman of Staffordshire YFC.
The Clubs in Staffordshire YFC have been fundraising for Young Minds since March this year, with a campaign entitled #oatcakeontour! The campaign involves a Giant 4 ft round Oatcake (made from wood), which “toured” around the 11 YFC Clubs in the county. Each club has held a fundraising event, ranging from Quizzes, BBQ’s, a Whist Drive and even taking the Oatcake for a ride on a Steam Engine! Leek YFC raised a grand total of £1200 by holding a Quiz Night back in April along with braving the blazing sunshine on Saturday, and walking 26 miles down to the Beer Festival at Stafford from Leek. With some sore feet, the members were glad to take off their boots and enjoy a chilled beverage.
The final club to host the #oatcakeontour, Stone YFC, went one step further – literally! They met at the County Showground on Saturday morning at 3am, leaving Stafford in a minibus and heading to Wales to tackle Mount Snowdon – complete with the wooden Oatcake which had some customised handles fitted to make the task of taking it to the top a little easier! Again, they braved the warm weather and were grateful of the breeze at the peak. Stone YFC raised £1000 on their mission and were very happy to reach the final destination of the Charity Beer Festival back in Stafford on Saturday evening.
Richard Mottershead, County Chairman said “It was so great to see Staffordshire YFC members of all ages past, present and future come along to support us and Young Minds. We had a fantastic family fun day with a bouncy castle, ice cream, live music and a great selection inside the beer tent, so there was something for everyone. I am so proud to call myself the County Chairman Staffordshire YFC. All the club’s have rallied together to raise money for the #oatcakeontour campaign. It was brilliant to welcome members from all over the country coming to enjoy the music and atmosphere including members from Cornwall, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Wales whilst they were competing at the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs Competitions Day.”
Championing mental health is one of the campaigns which the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs encourage YFC counties to do. Their campaign, Rural Plus, provides information and tools to encourage YFC to become a strong support network for rural young people who may experience rural isolation and mental health issues. An evening is available for all clubs to hold, which aims to raise awareness of mental health and rural isolation issues that young people may face living in rural areas and where to turn for support.
Combined with the event on Saturday, Staffordshire Young Farmers have raised over £6500 for Young Minds with their campaign. The money will be presented to Young Minds at the SCFYFC County AGM which is being held on Friday 9th November.
For all the photos from the day, click here
Newly formed Cheadle YFC have taken the 2nd place in a hard fought Dodgeball Competition which was held at NFYFC Competitions Sports Finals Day on 1st July.
Congratulations to the team – James Moseley, Alife Waring, Zoe Brocklehurst, Helaina Wheat, Mark Hill, Kate Brocklehurst, Harry Large and Greg Large
