Great day for young Farmers

THE Staffordshire County Federation of Young Farmers Clubs County Rally was held on May 7 at Hall Farm, Pipe Ridware by kind permission of RJ Smith & Son.

After a two year gap it was fantastic to see 10 strong Staffordshire YFC Clubs compete against each other in over 40 competition classes.

The Rally Day started and finished with bright sunshine and saw a great turnout of over 350 members along with sponsors and supporters to cheer on their clubs.

Members have been preparing weeks ahead to enter the Static Classes ranging from making “Royal Picnic Basket,” creating a Tombola Drum, sculpting a Recycled Garden Feature and four photography categories.

In addition to the displayed classes there were many opportunities for members to compete in active competitions including a Water Catching Challenge and the all-time favourite ‘Total Wipeout.’

The Senior Class required competitors to create an exhibit to the theme “Chinese New Year”, which was won by Beth Allen of Cheadle YFC.

She will go forward to compete in the NFYFC Finals held at the Malvern Autumn Show in September.

In the evening, the Junior Tug Of War saw the highest two place teams go forward to the West Midlands Area round in June.

Members aged between 12 and 17 from Waterhouses YFC took first place.

The day was rounded off by the ever-popular Mixed Tug of War, and Waterhouses YFC, taking the silverware, beating Uttoxeter JNFU in the final.

To view the full set of results please click www.taffsyoungfarmers.org.uk/ rally-2022-results.

The day was kindly sponsored by over 60 local companies and supporting organisations.