Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs

December 2014 January 2015 County Office is open Monday to Thursday 9-5pm and Friday 9-4pm, telephone number is 01423 865870 and the email address to contact us is [email protected]

National AGM

County Office Christmas Closure

All information has been sent out and the hotel is fully booked for Torquay! Members who are attending please ensure you have your membership forms in the office ASAP in order to get your cards and not risk missing the deadline of Friday 27th March 2015

The YFYFC County Office will be closing on the 23rd December and re-opening on the 5th January. Any emails and phone calls during this time will be answered as soon as possible upon our return.

County Sports Results Dodgeball 1st South West A 2nd South West B 3rd Ryedale A Kwik Cricket 1st Felliscliffe 2nd Farnley Estate 3rd Went Valley Please see full results please visit www.yfyfc.org.uk

MEMBERSHIP CARDS All membership forms MUST be signed by the treasurer and come from the treasurer and cards will be returned to the treasurer. Membership cards will be made up in County Office. Please ensure your photo is clearly labelled with your name. Individuals cannot collect membership cards from the office. County office NEED a photo for Replacement cards.

We are having a few issues with the calendar on the website at the moment, please bear with us while we fix this issue.

Easy Fundraising In order to help the federation out, whenever you are shopping online please set an easy fundraising account up and at no extra cost to yourselves money will be donated to the Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers. This is only on certain websites so please look out for these. Please visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk to find out more!

County Training

The Field Team are always available to visit. Make use of them. Ring Debbie 07885 614677

Christmas Do 18th December 2014

Hypnotist Evening

@ Club Amadeus, Northallerton 9pm-2am

20th February 2015 @ Bramham Village Hall Hypnotist is Ian Dee and starts at 8pm, doors open at 7.30pm

Tickets ONLY £5 Over 18’s only Open to the public. Bring all your friends this will be a super event Pay on the door

Ticket price TBC Fully licensed bar Ensure you get your tickets for this alternative evening

Junior Dance 13th February 2015 @ Darley Memorial Hall Under 18’s only Ticket price TBC YFYFC members only More information will be released shortly

KNARESBOROUGH HOUSE, HIGH STREET, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0HL Tel: 01423 865870, Fax: 01423 865367, Email: [email protected], www.yfyfc.org.uk, Registered Charity No. 504310

Entry Forms are out for the Following:

Upcoming County Meeting Dates

The following competitions entry forms have been sent out:

8th January - F&GP Meeting & budget 15th January - Activities Meeting 29th January - Executive Meeting 19th February - Activities Meeting 19th March- D&M Meeting 26th March - F&GP Meeting

Public Speaking Commercial Dancing

Meetings are held at Knaresborough House at 7.30pm apart from Executive meeting will be at the Pavilions, Harrogate at 7:15pm for 7.30pm. Everyone's Welcome

Efficiency with Safety If you have not received these please contact County Office immediately.

Please note due to the high volume to get through in the F&GP meeting it will be starting at 7pm

Members must have membership form in before or on the closing date, if not members cannot

2014/15 National Rules can be found on http://www.yfyfc.org.uk/members-area/ competition/competition-rules or http://www.nfyfc.org.uk/Rules/ competitions-rules

Closing Dates Please note all closing dates for competitions are on the calendar on the website (www.yfyfc.org.uk), please keep checking these.

Boroughbridge Charity Calendar The calendars are £10 each and all money raised will be going towards the club funds and also to R.A.B.I.

2015 Handbook The 2015 handbooks will be available to collect from the January executive meeting. Please ensure a representative from your club is there to collect these.

DBS Checks Jane Burnell is continuing to visit clubs to do DBS checks. Therefore when she gets in touch please be accommodating and ensure everyone remembers their information at the designated time.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 14th December - Clay Pigeon Shoot & Fence Erecting 18th December - Christmas Do 18th January - County Public Speaking 25th January - Academy Day 1st February - Efficiency with Saftey 13th February - Junior Dance 15th February - County Pantomime 20th February - Hypnotist Evening 1st March - County Bowling 7-8th March - Northern Area Weekend

Please call Alice on 07538 007664 to order a calendar.

Job Vacancy Isaac Poad & Sons Ltd Grain and Seed Merchants Axholme, Cattal, York We are a small, fiercely independent grain merchant who for the past 150 years has bought grains from and sold inputs to farms across Yorkshire and the North. We are looking for dynamic, driven and astute individuals who already trade with farmers in any capacity or those that have a desire to. If you are a forward thinking individual ready for a challenge, wanting a rewarding and flexible opportunity to further your career, then we can help. In the first instance call our MD, Simon Cockerill, on 07850 297370 for an informal chat.

CLUB DO’s Craven District Do’s Please keep a look out for more information on the following Do’s coming up in the Craven District: Friday 30th January @ Skipton Auction Mart Hypnotist followed by a DJ Friday 15th May @ Skipton Auction Mart - District Rally Do.

Calderdale YFC Annual Christmas Do Saturday 13th December 7:30pm till 1am (Last Entry 10:30pm) Victoria Hall, Ripponden, HX6 4BG £5 before, £10 on the door Contact Anna Hallos: 07551 465910 or Hattie Noble: 07818 627187 for tickets

Selby’s YFC Christmas Dinner Dance Saturday 20th December Kyte Hotel, Darrington, WF8 3HR 6:45pm for dinner at 7:30pm Carriages at 1am Tickets £26 Dress Code: Black Tie (A photographer will be present)

Legal to drink in December Happy 18th to: 5 Jack Holmes - Worth Valley 7 Charlotte Burrows - Silsden with Skipton 10 Jack Strandrill - Silsden with Skipton 11 Rosannagh Binns - Worth Valley 13 Rebecca Ward - Tadcaster & Wetherby 13 Lewis Keith - Holme Valley 14 James Mellin - Lothersdale 15 Harriet Green - Knaresborough 19 Tom Stockdale - Upper Wharfedale 20 Grant Strickland - Great Smeaton 25 Zoe Umpleby - Winksley cum Grantley 29 Georgina Ellis - Easingwold 30 Kate Leeming - Silsden with Skipton 31 Mia Dinsdale-Hill - Northallerton

Legal to drink in January Happy 18th to: 7 Andrew Britton - Winksley cum Grantley 23 Jodie Webster - Tadcaster & Wetherby

Key to the door Happy 21st in December to: 17 Stephanie Tue - Cawthorne 17 Tanya Hunter - Lothersdale 21 Sam Ackerley - Derwent

Key to the door Happy 21st in January to: 3 Alex Chapman - Catterick 10 Fred Westmoreland - Great Smeaton 11 Amy Roberts - Tadcaster & Wetherby 12 Holly Wilkinson - Ingleby Cross 14 Thomas Hawkswell - Catterick 24 Caitlin Bell - Ingleby Cross 27 Chad Harland - Felliscliffe

Please contact James Sherwood for tickets on 07711 377345

Easingwold YFC Annual Ball Saturday 7th February @ York Racecourse Voltigeur Suite 6:30pm for 7pm Carriages at 1am Black Tie Tickets £30 each and tables of 10 or 12 available. The deadline for tickets is the 20th December Please contact Gemma on 07743 003374 or Emma on 07894 346954 for more details. Stokesley YFC 85th Anniversary Ball & Auction of Promises Saturday 7th March 2015 @ Marton Country Club 7pm Start Tickets £30 each All money raised by the auction is going to Teeside Hospice Please call Jenny Chapman on 07568 076307 for tickets and more information