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Yarcombe and
District Young Farmers are a charitable organisation
for the young farming and local community in the
surrounding areas of Yarcombe. The club
was founded in 1947 and since that date we have been
running strong as one of the biggest clubs in Devon.
Members are between the ages of 15 to 27 and take part
in many activities within YFC including public
speaking, stock judging, charity fundraising, sport,
acting, many social events and skills for life
activities.
Over the
past years we have held many of our own events
including our annual foam and water parties, charity
duck race, fancy dress raft race, bingo, harvest
supper and much more. Members have been
on scholarships to many different parts of the
world, entered many competitions and gained lots of
skills.
Ultimately
we are a club of likeminded young people who have
lots of fun!
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April 2023:
March and April have been two
busy months for members. Getting stock ready for
the show and sale and preparing for our UV themed disco.
Also continuing to participate in sports competitions,
practicing for mens tug of war and continue to meet every
fortnight for meetings to discuss upcoming events.
Also busy getting entries ready for the upcoming Devon
County show in May.
On Wednesday 15th March a team
of four members took part in the Crealy challenge.
This is a challenge where in teams race around the indoor
play area to get the quickest time, competing against other
teams in Devon. Well done to our one Yarcombe
team that entered who came 17th out of 67 teams.
Still been continuing to take
part in sports competitions. We have played Sid
and Otter at pub sports and had a friendly hockey match
against some east Devon clubs. Tuesday 28th
March, we played Culm Valley @ The Catherine Wheel, Hemyock.
We won both pool and darts. Yarcombe got put
through to play pool for east devon, but unfortunately, we
didn’t attend as it was the same night as our spring disco.
On Friday 17th March at The
York Inn we held our pub of the month. This was a very
successful night with lots of people attending, the pub was
packed. A massive thank you to Dan and all staff at the York
Inn for hosting our pub of the month, and organising band.
On 2nd April Will took part in
the east devon group of stock judging, he took his stock
down and managed to get 4th in the sheep class.
At the meeting he encouraged members to get involved in
stock judging competitions, as it is good experience.
We held our first disco of the
year on Friday 14th April, by kind permission of the Hine
family. The night ran smoothly and we had around
350 attend, raising roughly £7285! A great night
was had by all in UV gear.
The annual Devon YFC show and
sale took place on the 12th April 2023, held at Exeter
Kivells market. It was well attended by members
competing, well done to all those who took part.
We had 11 entries for sheep and 2 for beef. Well
done to Wiktor and Kyle on coming first and second.
Also to Sharon Dyer for getting through to the final with
her lambs. Stock was all sold well, with sheep
prices averaging £300. As a result of a
successful we had a show and sale meal at Sidmouth arms on
Tuesday 25th April, to celebrate all those who had stock.
As a club we helped out at
Yacrombe village coronation event on Sunday 7th May.
Members helped supply and help behind the bar, we raised
£250 for charity. We also did mens' tug of war
competition against Honiton and Culm Valley young farmers.
Upcoming event for the diary – Sunday 18th June Charity
cream tea and auction of promises, held by kind permission
of the Burrough family at Barleymows farm shop, TA20 3PS,
2pm onwards, all welcome. This is hoping to be a
great event with lots of great prizes being auctioned,
raising money for Hospicare.
If anyone has any further questions and would like to become
involved with Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman
Will Vining on 07850605542. We have our club meetings every
other week in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village Hall 8pm
start.
March 2023:
March has certainly
not been a quiet month for the Young Farmers, continuing to
have meetings in halls discussing upcoming events.
Wednesday 15th
March. This is a challenge where in teams of 4 you need to
race around the indoor play area. Well done to
our one Yarcombe team that entered who came 17th out of 67
teams.
Friday 17th March at
The York Inn. This was a very successful night
with lots of people attending. A massive thank you to Dan
and all staff at the York Inn for hosting our pub of the
month.
Last week we played
Sid and Otter at pub sports and had a friendly hockey match
against some east Devon clubs. Thank you to all
who attended.
Tuesday 28th March,
we played Culm Valley @ The Catherine Wheel, Hemyock.
We won both pool and darts.
At our last meeting
we discussed an offer we have had from Barleymows on the
Sunday 18th June 2023. We have been offered the
use of a marquee up at Barleymows for our charity do.
Thank you very much to the Burrough Family for letting us
use your Marquee. Members will be busy
setting up and helping on the day.
With upcoming events
we have on the Friday 14th April. We are hosting
a UV barn disco at the Hine’s. We will be very
busy setting up and getting the barn ready. We
also have on the 12th April 2023, show and sale.
Hope all the members are ready and good luck to all the
members taking part. This is held at Exeter
livestock market.
If anyone has any
further questions and would like to become involved with
Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman Will Vining on
07850605542. We have our club meetings every
other week in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village Hall 8pm
start.
Chloe webber
February 2023:
February has
certainly not been a quiet month for the Young Farmers,
continuing to have meetings in halls discussing upcoming
events. Also, members have been busy getting
organised for the tractor run and other events.
On 31st January
members played against Honiton YFC in pub sports taking part
in pool, darts and skittles. We won the pool and the darts.
More games coming up against other clubs soon.
On Monday 27th
February to begin our meeting we had members from Blackdown
Farm Vets come to talk to us about ‘The changing role of the
farm vet’. This was a very informative talk, a
massive thank you to them for attending.
We have received a
thankyou letter from Yarcombe Church thanking our members
for helping with the churchyard tidy up on Saturday 18th
February. Thank you to Dan and Rob for going to
help out. It is very much appreciated.
On Sunday 12th
February we had our entertains re-run. A massive well done
to all those who took part in the entertains re-run and the
extra entertainment. Thank you to everyone who
helped out on the day serving tea and cakes etc.
We have raised £654.76 for our chosen charity, Hospiscare.
Sunday 26th
February, we had our charity tractor run. We
started and finished at Stopgate by kind permission of the
Barnes family. Thank you to everyone that helped
out on the day including Complete Meats for supplying the
food, Buglers and Hamblys for supplying the Dynos. The event
could not have run as smoothly without everyone’s help. Over
100 tractors attended. We have raised around
£3,159 for Hospiscare. Which we are all very
proud of, well done Yarcombe YFC.
We have our pub of
the month coming up on Friday 17th march at the York inn.
Everyone is welcome and it will be great to see lots there.
There will also be a live music. Yarcombe YFC
have a UV barn disco coming up on Friday 14th April.
Some of our over 18
members have been to Weymouth for SWA. Everyone
that went the weekend had a great time.
If anyone has any
further questions and would like to become involved with
Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman Will Vining on
07850605542. We have our club meetings every
other week in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall 8pm
start.
Chloe
Webber
January 2023:
January has
certainly not been a quiet month for the Young Farmers,
continuing to have meetings in halls discussing upcoming
events. Also, members have been busy practicing
a couple of times a week for our entertains “A Scarecrow
Sees It All”.
On Friday 27th
January we performed our entertains, competing against 4
other clubs in East Devon. We came a very
respectable 3rd. A massive well done to the cast
for putting on a fantastic performance and all their time
and effort throughout the past few months. A lot
of hard work has gone into putting the performance together
painting scenery, learning lines, and practicing dances.
Thank you especially to James Burrough and his team.
Well done to Fiona Laramy for getting best actress.
On Friday 13th
January, Yarcombe organised a ‘whist drive’ at Uppottery.
We had a fantastic turnout of 79 people.
We raised £450 for our charity of the year.
The club has been
busy with sports activities firstly on the 10th January we
played Axminster at the York Inn. We won
skittles. Then on 31st January members played
against Honiton YFC in pub sports taking part in pool, darts
and skittles. We won the pool and the darts.
More games coming up against other clubs soon.
On Sunday 12th
February we put on an afternoon of entertainment performing
the re-run of our entertains “A Scarecrow Sees It All”
followed by entertainment by our vice chairman.
This event was well supported by club members, parents and
friends all coming to watch.
Due to a great
turn out last year Yarcombe club have decided to do another
charity tractor run which will be taking place on Sunday
26th February. Also, all looking forward to
South West Area weekend away.
If anyone has any
further questions and would like to become involved with
Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman Will Vining on
07850605542. We have our club meetings every other week in
either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall 8pm start.
Chloe Webber

The Entertains
November / December 2022:
The winter months
are always busy for young farmers, enjoying Christmas
festivities, getting involved with social, sports events and
attending meetings. We are also getting on well
practicing for our entertains performance learning dance
routines and lines and making and painting scenery, which is
due to be performed on the 27th January at Exmouth, against
other East Devon clubs.
November saw a bus
full of members enjoy a night at Crealy ball on the 19th
November, a fun evening was had by all. On the
26th November, saw the return of our annual club wine &
wisdom. A good night was had by all and thank
you to Cathy for doing her famous quiz. £1805.45
made on the night, to go to towards our charity of the year.
Members have been
busy taking part in sport competitions with a bowling social
at Hollywood bowl on the 28th November, to choose the team
for the county round which took place on the 15th December.
The team came 6th out of 14 teams. On the 29th November
members took part in pub sports against Whimple, which
unfortunately we lost the pool, skittles and darts.
Members have also taken part in mixed netball against other
teams in East Devon on the 4th December, well done to those
who took part. We also enjoyed a skittles social
night at the Sidmouth arms on the 19th December.
The month of
December many members enjoyed attending festive activities
including two balls. A bus full of members
enjoyed dressing up in their ball gowns and black-tie attire
to attend Marshwood ball at Freshwater holiday park on the
3rd December. Then Devon ball at Westpoint on
the 17th December, celebrating the season in style.
Other festive
activities to report included our club Christmas meal on the
9th December at the Sidmouth arms. About 40
members attended a good night was had by all. Thank you to
the Sidmouth Arms for a great meal. The
afternoon of the 11th December 16 members helped out the
Hine family, with the annual turkey plucking. A
great afternoon/evening was had and turnout, thank you.
Tuesday 13th
December 10 members enjoyed an evening making wreaths with
Sarah Broom and supported by the Laura Persey trust.
Thank you to Sarah for teaching us, members had a great
evening making festive wreaths.
Once again, members
went charity carol singing to 3 pubs in the local area on
Friday 16th December, where we were able to raise £280, for
our chosen charity Hospicecare. Then later
in the Christmas to New Year period the club enjoyed a
social day out to Taunton Races on the 30th December where
some were luckier than others.
Coming up in the New Year we have our whist drive on the
13th January at Upottery hall, also our re-run of our
entertains performance on the 12th February at Axminster
guildhall and charity tractor run on the 26th February, more
details to be announced soon.
If anyone has any further questions and would like to become
involved with Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman
Will Vining on 07850605542, or our Secretary Molly David on
07979899726. We have our club meetings every
other week in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall 8pm
start.
October 2022:
October has been
a very busy month for the young farmers, getting involved
with social, sports events and attending meetings.
We have also started practicing for entertains learning
dance routines. Members took part in Devon
hockey at the end of the month. It is the start
of the new young farmers years, with the team of officers
settling into new roles and organising upcoming events.
On the 1st
October a team of members cleaned up Upottery churchyard,
trimming hedges and general churchyard tidy up.
Thank you to those who helped do a great job.
Members joined
the rest of East Devon clubs, getting on a bus in Honiton
high street for Devon’s mystery night out on Saturday 8th
October. Members had no idea where the bus would
be taking them, which they ended up at Exeter racecourse for
an evening of fun dancing and drinking with Paul Chuckle
being the mystery DJ guest.
Congratulations
to Izzy Pearse who took part in the Devon round of junior
call my bluff, where her team came 2nd. She also was awarded
on the night the best female junior speaker.
On the 21st
October several members enjoyed an evening at East Devon’s
dinner and dance
Two members went
to the RD&E hospital on the 28th October to present a cheque
to Clyst ward (the stroke ward), of the money raised over
the past year as a club. We presented a cheque
of just over £3,600 to the nurses on the ward, who were very
grateful for the money received.
At the end of the
month 3 members went to Exeter cathedral to help decorate a
pillar for the harvest festival service. The East Devon
pillar came 1st. Well done to those who helped
decorate it.
Coming up members
are looking forward to attending Crealy ball on the 19th
November and our club wine & wisdom 26th November, Yarcombe
hall and other balls and Christmas festivities.
If anyone has any further questions and would like to become
involved with Young Farmers, please contact our new Chairman
Will Vining on 07850605542, or our new Secretary Molly David
on 07979899726. We have our club meetings every
other week in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall 8pm
start.
September
2022:
September marks the end of the Young Farmers year
with officers finishing their time in roles. We
have had a busy year raising money for charity, enjoying
going to balls & discos, taking part in speaking
competitions and practising & performing our pantomime of
Aladdin, as well as many other social activities as a club,
continuing to meet regularly.
At the start of September members took part in
speaking competitions. The East Devon YFC round
of Brainstrust competition took place on Tuesday 6th
September at Awliscombe Hall - two teams entered an
intermediate and senior team. Well done to those
who took part, the senior team came second with Peter
Grabham being picked for the team to go through to Devon
round as reserve.
Call my bluff competition was held on the 20th
September, senior and intermediate teams.
Intermediate team coming 1st, with Izzy Pearse going through
to the Devon round to represent in the East Devon team. Jack
Tomlinson from the senior team, also being picked to go
through to the Devon round.
We had a busy weekend the 24th September, thank you
to Roger Patch for allowing us to use his shed all weekend.
A team of members helped get the shed ready for our foam
disco, which was held on the Saturday evening, a successful
fun night was had by all. The next day on the
Sunday 25th it was back to the shed in the morning to clear
up and set up for our annual harvest supper, this year in a
different style rather than being in a hall. We
had a buffet, celebrated the past year club’s achievements
with a trophy presentation and celebrated our club leader
Roger who has been committed to the club for 34 years, club
leader for 12 of those years. Thank you Roger
for all your help and support, and all you have done for the
club.
On the 26th September we held our AGM at Upottery
village hall, where past officers were thanked for their
help in the past year and new officers elected, a great
attendance at the meeting. A huge thank you goes
out to our club leaders and advisory for all their
continuous support. During the meeting an
election of new officers were welcomed in for the year
ahead, wishing them a successful year.
If anyone would like to get involved in Young
Farmers, we would love you to join in our activities and get
involved as a member, we have our new members' meeting on
the 10th October at Yarcombe Village hall.
If anyone has any further questions and would like to become
involved with Young Farmers, please contact our new Chairman
Will Vining on 07850605542, or our new Secretary Molly David
on 07979899726. We have our club meetings every
other week in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall 8pm
start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
August
2022:
At the start of August, we entered many club and
individual entries into Honiton show in the young farmers
tent, where we won some respectable prizes. Well
done to those who took part.
The rest of August has been very busy for young
farmers as the weather has been very sunny. We
have met for club meetings in halls and the pub discussing
upcoming events, including planning our harvest supper due
to be held in September. Also, our foam disco
due to be held on the 24th September.
Two teams have been busy practising for speaking
competitions coming up Brainstrust and call my bluff.
The East Devon YFC round of Brainstrust competition took
place on Tuesday 6th September at Awliscombe hall two teams
entered an intermediate and senior team. Well done to those
who took part the senior team came second with Peter Grabham
being picked for the team to go through to Devon round as
reserve.
The end of our YFC year is fast approaching, our AGM
is due to be held on the 26th September. It
certainly has been an action-packed year getting back to
normal after COVID enjoying socialising with friends again
at balls and discos and joining in competitions and events.
Well done to our officers for making it a fantastic year.
If anyone has any further questions and would like
to become involved with Young Farmers, please contact our
Chairman Jack Tomlinson on 07712 479384, or our Secretary
Emily Dunster on 07368 654447. We have our club
meetings every other week on Mondays in either Yarcombe or
Upottery Village hall 8pm start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
July
2022:
The lovely sunny weather of July has seen the Young
Farmers appreciate the long summers evening.
Staring the month with all enjoying a social night at Seaton
Beach on Monday 4th July, where we had a BBQ and played a
game of rounders on the beach. We have met for
other club meetings in halls and the pub discussing upcoming
events, including planning our foam disco.
On Sunday 24th July 14 members helped at Honiton
show, where we set up the main ring and sheep pens.
Thank you to all those who helped, a good time was had.
Members have been busy getting entries ready for
Honiton show, lots of various classes to enter for all, for
a nice local show, which was held on Thursday 4th August.
Well done to Eleanor Gibson and team for helping to get all
the club entries ready. Our club cubicle care
3rd, Scrapbook came 2nd, Club Banner came 1st, Scarecrow
came 1st, hamper came 1st, club promotion board came 4th,
repurposed tyre came 2nd and many other club entries entered
that did well. Well done to many members who
entered individual entries, who got some respectable prizes.
Congratulations to our member Izzy Pearse who won the
overall best photography.
If anyone has any further questions and would like
to become involved with Young Farmers, please contact our
Chairman Jack Tomlinson on 07712 479384, or our Secretary
Emily Dunster on 07368 654447. We have our club
meetings every other week on Mondays in either Yarcombe or
Upottery Village hall 8pm start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
June 2022:
As the summer
months have begun, the young farmers calendar is getting
busier. Our latest club meeting we just held at
Seaton beach, with members enjoying a BBQ and games on a
nice summer's evening. We have also been busy
getting our club entries ready for Devon county show.
At the start of
June Yarcombe YFC boys played football against Combe St
Nicholas football team on the 3rd June, as part
of the Combe St Nicholas jubilee celebrations. A
good game was had and great to see members spectate.
Well done to the boys for winning a close game, 3-3 with the
YFC boys winning the penalties.
On the 25th
June several members enjoyed a club social cycle ride, which
started at the flintlock pub, cycling to the Candlelight,
then onto the York and finishing at the Sidmouth Arms.
A fun afternoon was had by all.
The evening of
the 25th June several members attended the 90th
anniversary Devon YFC ball, in Exeter. A great evening
dancing & drinking the night away.
At the end of the
month, we entered club entries into the Devon county show.
Well done to those for helping get the entries ready over
the past month. Our club scrapbook came 5th
and our club cubicle came 11th. Also
well done to Thomas Gilmartin for winning the best pen of
sheep in the YFC livestock class.
Members are busy
getting ready for various events, with Honiton show soon
upon us, setting up and entering for a nice local show.
Other events to include a foam disco and sports competitions
to have fun and participate in.
If anyone has any
further questions and would like to become involved with
Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman Jack Tomlinson on
07712 479384, or our Secretary Emily Dunster on 07368
654447. We have our club meetings every other week on
Mondays in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall 8pm
start.
Natalie Sampson,
Press Secretary
May
2022:
In May we have been continually meeting as a club to
discuss upcoming events. Also, we have been busy
stating to get our show entries ready for Devon County show.
At the start of the month 2 members took part in the
East Devon stock judging day on Sunday 1st May.
Well done to Dan Olive and Henry Pearse for participating,
both achieving overall 4th in junior and senior stock
judging. Yarcombe coming overall 2nd with the most club
points.
As a social night we had a club BBQ & rounders
evening on Monday 2nd May, at our chairman’s farm.
A good fun evening was had all together.
Coming up we are planning summer events including a
bike ride, disco, and other social events. Also
playing football against Combe St Nicholas football team.
If anyone has any further questions and would like
to become involved with Young Farmers, please contact our
Chairman Jack Tomlinson on 07712 479384, or our Secretary
Emily Dunster on 07368 654447. We have our club
meetings every other week on Mondays in either Yarcombe or
Upottery Village hall 8pm start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
April
2022:
April has been a
busy month socially for the club and continuing to meet for
club meetings in village halls. Also
participating in pub sports which we played against Honiton
Young farmers on 5th April, but we unfortunately lost.
We started the month
off with our well attended Wellies and Work Wear themed
disco on Friday 8th April, by kind permission of the Perry
family hosted in a shed. A good night was had by
all who attended drinking and dancing the night away,
raising a fantastic £5000 profit for our charity of the
year.
On Monday 11th April
as a club social, 17 members went go-karting at Exeter race
world, a fun evening was had by all who attended.
Our next social
activity was our turn to host Pub of the month, where
different clubs from East Devon take it in turn to host.
Many thanks to Martin Phillips at the Sidmouth Arms, for
allowing us to host our pub of the month here on Friday 22nd
April. It was a well attended evening, young
farmers were able to enjoy live music.
On Sunday 24th
April, we held an on-farm show & sale, where three top notch
‘beef out of dairy’ cattle (around 16/17 months old) were
judged. Due to our members being unable to move their stock
to the Devon YFC show & sale at Exeter Market, we wanted to
do something on farm so members hard work could still be
recognised. Well done to Lisa Johnson who came
first, Henry Pearse who came second and Vicky Pearse who
came third. Thank you to our judge Martyn
Boucher, for judging the cattle.
If anyone has any
further questions and would like to become involved with
Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman Jack Tomlinson on
07712 479384, or our Secretary Emily Dunster on 07368
654447. We have our club meetings every other
week on Mondays in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall
8pm start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
March
2022:
March has been another busy month for Yarcombe Young
Farmers, continuing to have meetings in halls discussing
upcoming events for members to get involved with and having
fun with friends joining in with club events.
The first weekend in March saw about 40 members go
to Weston Super-Mare for the annual South West Area, where
clubs from all around the south west joined.
Members enjoyed going to a ball on the Friday night,
Saturday going around Weston to the various bars and clubs.
On the Saturday evening, members went to an emergency
services themed disco with radio 1 DJ Chris Stark.
Then on the Sunday members headed home, some with more sore
heads than others. A good weekend was had by all
and it was great to be back socialising with other clubs
after the event not happening last year.
Eighty
members on Saturday 19th March went to the postponed
from Christmas Devon YFC Paddy’s ball at Westpoint, Exeter.
A good night was had by all getting glammed up in ball gowns
and suits and dancing the night away with friends.
Upcoming we have our Wellies and Work Wear themed
disco on Friday 8th April and club go-karting social on the
11th April, as well as other club events.
If anyone has any further questions and would like
to become involved with Young Farmers, please contact our
Chairman Jack Tomlinson on 07712 479384, or our Secretary
Emily Dunster on 07368 654447. We have our club
meetings every other week on Mondays in either Yarcombe or
Upottery Village hall 8pm start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
February
2022:


February has been another busy month for Yarcombe
Young Farmers, continuing to have meetings in halls
discussing upcoming events and joining in with club events.
The start of the month kicked off with us on Sunday 6th
February, we put on an afternoon of fun entertainment
performing the re-run of our pantomime Aladdin, followed by
entertainment by our vice chairman. This event
was well supported by club members, parents and friends all
coming to watch, thank you to those who helped support us.
We raised just over £1200 for our charity of the year Exeter
Foundation NHS Trust. To celebrate our great
achievement and all the hard work the past couple of months
the cast of Aladdin and directors had a meal together on the
17th February at the Sidmouth Arms, where we watched back
our performance. A good evening was had by all,
and it was great to be together reminiscing our fun we had
over the months.
The club has been busy with sports activities,
firstly on the 15th February members played against Culm
Valley YFC in pub sports taking part in pool, darts and
skittles. We won the skittles and darts, but
lost pool. On the 22nd February we competed in
another pub sports against Whimple YFC, we won the skittles
but lost darts and pool. Members participated in
the East Devon group round of mixed netball on the 27th
February, where we came 3rd out of the 5 clubs competing.
Our Charity Tractor run took place on Sunday 20th
February started at Stopgate farm and finished at Barleymows
farm shop, where hot food was provided. Thank
you to Rose Burrough and her team for providing the food and
somewhere to finish. Also thank you to the
Barnes family for us to gather at the start. 105
tractors took part in the run and people where able to test
out their tractors on the Dyno, which was kindly supplied by
Hambly’s. It was a fun day out with a great
route and had great support of people watching on the sides
of the roads, coming out to support in the rain and wind.
An amazing £2000, was raised for our charity of the year
Exeter hospital.
Recently we presented cheques for the money we
raised in the years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to the FCN on
the 21st February at our club meeting. The FCN
(Farming Community network) gave a short talk about how the
money we raised will help their charity and the work they
do. On the 1st March Natalie, Laura & Dan
(previous secretaries and chairman), went to the Mardon
Neurological Rehabilitation Centre in Exeter to present the
cheque. It was great to hear and see how the
money raised will help them. Each charity was
presented with cheques of £3868.73.
Coming up we are all looking forward to South West
Area weekend away in Weston Super-Mare on the 4th, 5th & 6th
March and the Devon YFC ball on the 19th March.
If anyone has any further questions and would like
to become involved with Young Farmers, please contact our
Chairman Jack Tomlinson on 07712 479384, or our Secretary
Emily Dunster on 07368 654447. We have our club
meetings every other week on Mondays in either Yarcombe or
Upottery Village hall 8pm start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
January
2022:

January has
certainly not been a quiet month for the Young Farmers,
continuing to have meetings in halls discussing upcoming
events. Also, members have been busy practicing
a couple of times a week for our pantomime performance of
Aladdin.
On Friday 28th
January we performed our pantomime Aladdin, competing
against 2 other clubs in East Devon. We came a
very respectable 2nd, but we would have come 1st if we
didn’t incur a 4 minute time fault (for going over 1 hour of
performance time). A massive well done to the
cast for putting on a fantastic performance and all their
time and effort throughout the past few months.
A lot of hard work has gone into putting the performance
together painting scenery, learning lines, and practicing
dances. Thank you especially to James Burrough
and his team. We won best moment throughout the
whole weekend for our final dance. Also, during this
weekend one of our members Natalie Sampson, competed in East
Devon YFC Senior member of the year speaking competition,
well done for taking part.
The club has been
busy with sports activities firstly on the 20th January
members played against Axminster YFC in pub sports taking
part in pool, darts and skittles. We won the
pool. More games coming up against other clubs.
Well done to the
girls East Devon hockey team who played at the Devon round
and came first, going through to the SWA round.
A special well done to Izzy Pearse who was part of the team,
competing on the 23rd January.
On Sunday 6th
February we put on an afternoon of entertainment performing
the re-run of our pantomime Aladdin, followed by
entertainment by our vice chairman. This event
was well supported by club members, parents and friends all
coming to watch. We raised just over £1200 for
our charity of the year Exeter Foundation NHS Trust.
Thank you to all those who came to support, a fun afternoon
was had by all and to see the great performance of Aladdin.
At our club meetings
we are busy planning our upcoming charity tractor run which
is going to be held on Sunday 20th February.
Also, all looking forward to South West Area weekend away
and Devon YFC ball in March.
If anyone has any
further questions and would like to become involved with
Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman Jack Tomlinson on
07712 479384, or our Secretary Emily Dunster on 07368
654447. We have our club meetings every other week on
Mondays in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall 8pm
start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
November/December 2021:
The past couple
of months have been very busy for the Young Farmers calendar
with members attending many events in the lead up to
Christmas. We have had many meetings in village
halls discussing events coming up.
November started
off with continuing to practice weekly for our pantomime
which is due to be performed at Exmouth Pavilions, on 28th
January. We hope to do our re-run of the
pantomime in February date TBC. On 13th November
54 members attended Somerset ball at Sedgemoor market, a
great night was had by all. The following
weekend members attended the re-scheduled Crealy ball, where
again a great night was enjoyed by all. At the
end of November we were able to hold a successful wine and
wisdom in Yarcombe Village Hall, which was well attended.
We raised £275 money for our charity of the year which is
the Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation trust, close to many
members hearts (the amazing work the NHS is doing).
The month of
December many members enjoyed attending festive activities,
these included a club social night ice skating in Exeter, a
club skittles night at the Sidmouth Arms and helping the
Hines plucking turkeys. We even managed to
participate in club sports competing in mixed Hockey against
other clubs in East Devon, where we came 2nd.
Members also competed in Netball against other clubs in East
Devon, we came a respective 3rd. Other festive
activities to report included Sarah Broom Floral Design
kindly hosting a socially distanced wreath making workshop
for a small group of our members. Thank you to
Sarah for her time, our members thoroughly enjoyed the
workshop and made some wonderful wreaths. On
17th December a group of members went carol singing to many
pubs in the local area. We raised £254 for our
charity of the year. Many members enjoyed
dressing up in their ball gowns and black-tie attire to
attend Marshwood ball on the 11th December in the run up to
Christmas, celebrating the season in style.
Unfortunately, the very popular Devon Christmas Ball which
members had been looking forward to attending, was due to
take place on the 18th December, this has been postponed to
a later date due in 2022. Then later in the
Christmas to New Year period the club enjoyed a social day
out to Taunton Races on the 30th December where some were
luckier than others.
If anyone has any
further questions and would like to become involved with
Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman Jack Tomlinson on
07712 479384, or our Secretary Emily Dunster on 07368
654447. We have our club meetings every other
week in either Yarcombe or Upottery Village hall 8pm start.
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
October 2021:
October has certainly been a very busy month for young
farmers. The start of the month we had our new
officers meeting, thanking the past years officers and
welcoming in the new officers for the year. We
have had several meetings in village halls, discussing
upcoming events.
Competitions have started back again, two teams from the
club participated in the Brainstrust speaking competition on
the 7th of October. An intermediate and senior
team was entered, well done to the Senior team who came 4th
and the intermediate team coming 6th. Some
members participating in their first speaking competition.
Will Vining, Moly David and Adam Burrough went onto the
county round on the 29th October to represent in the East
Devon team, coming first, congratulations.
We
held our new members meeting on the 18th October at Yarcombe
village hall where 55 people turned up. It was
fantastic to see a busy hall again for a meeting and getting
back to normal times and young farmers doing what they do
best. A great evening was had by all meeting new
members, learning about young farmers, and having fun
playing games, a lot of laughs was had by all.
Sports competitions have started back again. On
the 26th October the club took two teams to the county
ten-pin bowling competition, at Exeter. A fun
and competitive evening was had by all and well done to
those who took part. Also, on the 7th November
two teams played sports girls team playing netball and boys
team playing football, well done to all those who took part.
The next couple of months are looking to be busy months
again, we are busy practising for pantomime, several balls
coming up and other social events and competitions to all
get involved with as a club.
If
anyone would like to get involved in Yarcombe Young Farmers,
we would love you to join in our activities and become a
member.
If
anyone has any further questions and would like to become
involved with Young Farmers, please contact our Chairman
Jack Tomlinson on 07712 479384, or our Secretary Emily
Dunster on 07368 654447. We have our club
meetings every other week in either Yarcombe or Upottery
Village hall 8pm start.
Natalie Sampson,
Press Secretary
September 2021:
September always
marks the end of the Young Farmers year with officers
finishing their time in their roles. The year
started off quietly and has ended being very busy organising
and attending a lot of social events. It is a
very exciting time for young farmers, as restrictions have
lifted and we are now able to meet in person in village
halls for meetings as opposed to meetings online zoom,
battling with everyone’s dodgy internet signals.
Luckily this year
we were able to hold our club’s Harvest Supper on the 26th
September at Yarcombe hall. This was an evening
to celebrate the club’s and members' past years
achievements. It was great to see past and
current members and parents attend. A great
evening was had with a lovely meal, talk from our guest
speaker John Bird and trophies awarded to members for the
year.
Ball season has
finally started back again much to member’s delight.
55 members went on a coach to attend Devon YFC ball at
Exeter racecourse on the 2nd October. We had a
wonderful evening drinking and dancing the night away.
It was great to be socialising with friends again and
getting in our dresses and suits, which some may have had to
be dusted off.
On the 4th
October we held our club's AGM, which was great to see a
hall full of members keen to sign up to roles.
Differently to our AGM last year held on zoom. A
massive thank you to our Chairman Dan, Secretary Natalie,
Treasurer Jack and Social Secretary Ella for all their
superb hard work and the rest of the YFC officers.
Also, a huge thank you goes out to our club leaders and
advisory for all their continuous support.
During the meeting an election of new officers were welcomed
in for the year ahead, wishing them a successful year. If
anyone would like to get involved in Young Farmers, we would
love you to join in our activities and get involved as a
member, we have our new members' meeting on the 18th October
at Yarcombe hall, 8pm.
If anyone has any
further questions and would like to become involved with
Young Farmers, please contact our new Chairman Jack
Tomlinson on 07712 479384, or our new Secretary Emily
Dunster on 07368 654447. We have our club
meetings every other week in either Yarcombe or Upottery
Village hall 8pm start.
Natalie Sampson,
Press Secretary
August 2021:
August has been a very busy month with getting back
into young farmers activities. It has been great
to see members having fun and socialising with friends
again.
At the start of the month we played rounders & had a
BBQ night against Axminster YFC on the 3rd August, 9 members
played. A good time was had by all and it was
nice to be socialising with other clubs again.
Honiton show was held 5th & 6th August, where
members entered various club classes. It was
fantastic to see a brilliant display of entries showcasing
members talents. Well done to all those who
helped with entries and setting up (including members
parents). We did very good with our entries
gaining 2 firsts, 1 second, 4 thirds and 3 fourths, all
competing against 5 other clubs in East Devon YFC.
Classes included club promotion board, club cubicle, hamper
of British produce and many other various entries.
A few members then went to the Honiton show after disco held
by Honiton young farmers in the showground members marquee
on the Friday night.
We held a club meeting on the 9th August at Yarcombe
village hall and a meeting at the Sidmouth Arms on the 23rd
August. These meetings where both well attended
seeing some new faces, and lots of things discussed
including the busy social events that are going on and being
planned.
We finished the month off with the most enjoyable
day, a raft race from Whitford bridge to Colyford.
Yarcombe YFC held the race on bank holiday Monday 30th
August with 3 teams entered. Well done to the
team of 6 girls who completed the race in the quickest time
and winning the best fancy dress element. A good
afternoon was had by all, and it was lovely to see families
out watching the race.
Further club meetings are in the pipeline, and we
will look to be discussing and arranging more social events.
If anyone would like to become involved in Young
Farmers, we would love you to join our club and encourage
you to contact our Chairman or Secretary for more
information. If anyone has any further
questions, please contact our Chairman Dan Olive on
07811744714, or our Secretary Natalie Sampson on
07775591324.
We hope you all stay safe and well.
Natalie Sampson, Secretary
July 2021:
As the summer months have begun, the young farmers
calendar is getting busier, as restrictions are lifting and
we are learning what YFC clubs are allowed to do.
Many clubs are planning discos for us to attend and other
social activities interacting and getting back to having fun
with our friends.
As June approached, competitions such as the East
Devon Stockjudging were underway. Yarcombe YFC
were placed third in terms of the club with the most overall
points. We are very proud of our member, Henry
Pearse, who participated and did very well in the
competition. Henry was placed first in the Dairy
Linear and was awarded fourth place in Dairy, along with
being awarded fourth place for the overall Junior
Stockjudging competition.
The boys played against Honiton Young Farmers at
Combe football club Monday 28th June. We won
3-2. Good time was had by all, well done to
those who played the friendly match.
July has played a big part of getting back into the
normal YFC activities. At the beginning of July,
we had a club rounders & BBQ evening, which was good fun
playing rounders as the sun was going down. We
have also had our first club meeting back in a village hall,
as opposed to being on zoom or in farm sheds in the past.
We had 16 members attend our meeting at Upottery village
hall on the 26th July. It was great being back in a hall and
being able to meet in person to discuss future activities we
all want to do. Also discussed were upcoming
events including disco’s, Honiton show, sports events and
many more activities.
On the 30th July we held our first disco of the
year. Our disco was held by kind permission of
the Burrough family in a shed. It was a great
success and everyone had a great night dancing and drinking
the night away with friends from across the county.
There was a terrific turnout for the club and a decent
profit was made towards our charities. Thank you
to members of the advisory and members of the club for
helping on the bar and door.
Six members
helped set up for the annual Honiton show on Sunday 1st
August, where we spent the morning putting up sheep hurdles.
Thank you to those who helped out, despite getting muddy and
wet. A few other members on the same day took
part at the Devon YFC field day at Bicton, representing East
Devon group in sports such as netball.
At the Honiton on
the 5th & 6th August, members entered various club classes.
It was fantastic to see a brilliant display of entries
showcasing members talents. Well done to all
those who helped with entries and setting up (including
members parents). We did very good with our
entries gaining 2 firsts, 1 second, 4 thirds and 3 fourths,
all competing against 5 other clubs in East Devon YFC.
Classes included club promotion board, club cubicle, hamper
of British produce and many other various entries.
Further club
meetings are in the pipeline, and we will look to be
discussing and arranging more social events. If
anyone would like to become involved in Young Farmers, we
would love you to join our club and encourage you to contact
our Chairman or Secretary for more information.
If anyone has any further questions, please contact our
Chairman Dan Olive on 07811-744714, or our Secretary Natalie
Sampson on 0777-5591324.
We hope you all
stay safe and well.
Natalie Sampson,
Secretary
May/June 2021:
Both May and June were busier in the YFC calendar,
as guidelines and restrictions surrounding Covid-19 begun to
ease in respect of what clubs/organisations, such as YFC,
were permitted to do. At the beginning of May on
the bank holiday, the club held a group bike ride, which
started at the Sidmouth Arms in Upottery and ended at the
York Inn in Churchinford. Well done to those who
came along, it was a very enjoyable day. We also
held an outside social BBQ on the 19th May, thank you to our
Club Leader, Roger Patch, for kindly allowing the event to
take place.
As June approached, competitions such as the East
Devon Stockjudging were underway. Yarcombe YFC
were placed third in terms of the club with the most overall
points. We are very proud of our member, Henry
Pearse, who participated and did very well in the
competition. Henry was placed first in the Dairy
Linear and was awarded fourth place in Dairy, along with
being awarded fourth place for the overall Junior
Stockjudging competition. Preparations for the
Devon County Show also begun, in terms of both club and
individual entries. Thank you to those members
who took the time to enter individual classes at Devon
County Show.
As the restrictions started to ease surrounding
weddings, we also had a couple of YFC members tie the knot!
Congratulations and best wishes to Becca & Adam Pulman on
their special day back at the end of April and also Dean &
Claire Parris, who recently married in June.
It is a particularly exciting and encouraging time,
with prospective club events in the very near future.
Club meetings are able to be held in person, as opposed to
ZOOM, and it has been wonderful to be reunited with our
friends and members at long last. Further club
meetings are in the pipeline and we will look to be
discussing and arranging summer social events very soon - we
look forward to being able to share details with you all,
when we can.
As always, we encourage all members to stay actively
involved and connected with Young Farmers. If
anyone would like to become involved in Young Farmers, we
would love you to join our club and encourage you to contact
our Chairman or Secretary for more information.
If anyone has any further questions please contact our
Chairman Dan Olive on 07811-744714, or our Secretary Natalie
Sampson on 07775-591324. We hope you all stay
safe and well.
Katie Trevelyan, Press Secretary
April 2021:
It was very pleasing and encouraging to see that
April was a busier month for the club in terms of socially
distanced activities around Covid-19. We now
find ourselves in May already, and the Young Farmers
calendar and potential future activities look to be even
more promising.
We held our Easter charity duck race on Sunday 11th
April, which was a huge success. We are ever so
grateful to those who kindly donated prizes for the event.
Thank you also to those who purchased ducks, helping us to
raise a fantastic £1,370 which will be split between our two
chosen charities; The Farming Community Network and Mardon
Neurological Rehabilitation Centre, Exeter.
On the 18th April, we held an on-farm Show & Sale of
Ewes and Lambs, with Ray Burrough kindly judging the sale.
In fourth place, we had Tom Olive with 5 ewes and 8 lambs
and in third place we had Sarah Broom with 5 ewes and 9
lambs. In second place, we had Steven Salter
with 5 ewes and 7 lambs and finally, in first place, we had
Dan Olive with a great 5 ewes and 8 lambs. Dan
Olive also took ‘overall best presented’ from the day, so a
huge well done to Dan. Well done also to Jasmin
Wickham and Sam Olive who participated on the day.
And a big thank you to Beth Johnson for arranging and
organising the sale to take place.
As the restrictions continue to ease and normality
appears to be that little bit closer, we will shortly be
making plans to hold a club officer meeting, to discuss and
start planning our upcoming summer social events (adhering
to covid restrictions). We hope to be able to
share with you details of our events in the near future.
We encourage all members to stay actively involved
and connected with Young Farmers. If anyone
would like to become involved in Young Farmers, we would
love you to join our club and encourage you to contact our
Chairman or Secretary for more information. If
anyone has any further questions please contact our Chairman
Dan Olive on 07811744714, or our Secretary Natalie Sampson
on 07775591324.
Once again, may we express our appreciation to all
key workers, be it farming, NHS, health-care (to name a few)
for seeing us all through this past year. We
hope you all stay safe and well.
Katie Trevelyan, Press Secretary
March 2021:
As the lockdown restrictions are easing the months
are passing very quickly and we seem to be flying
through the Young Farmer’s calendar. March has been
a busy month learning about the exciting new
restrictions young farmers are going to be able to
do. As a youth organisation, we are fortunate to be
able to have members' meetings outside now and we are
able to resume sports activities in small groups
against other clubs. As you can tell we are
incredibly lucky to have this, and we are planning
ways to meet up safely and ensure social distancing
is maintained with activities.
We continue to host our regular club meetings via
Zoom, where a lot of discussion has been had about
the exciting coming summer months in the future
Young Farmers calendar. This certainly appears to be
more promising and brighter for all. We are very
much all looking forward to the brighter months
ahead and being able to fundraise as much as we can
for our charities of the year, as well as having fun
and catching up with much missed time together as a
club with friends.
As the restrictions do start to ease and normality
appears to be in sight, we hope to be able to share
with you details of our events in the near future. I’m sure many members are looking forward to being
able to meet up with one another and plan activities
outdoors rather than on zoom.
On Saturday 3rd April 6 members participated in
hockey at Axminster sports grounds, this being our
first sports activity of the year. Well done to
those who all took part and came 3rd.
As I am writing this report, we are busy preparing
for our charity duck race, which is going to be held
on Sunday 11th April and will be live streamed on
our facebook page. We have a fantastic array of
prizes to be won and most have been kindly donated. Please look out in next month’s report to see how we
got on.
We also have the annual Young Farmers show &
sale coming up on the 14th April online, a report on
how members stock got on will be in next months
report.
If anyone would like to become involved in Young
Farmers, we would love you to join our club and
encourage you to contact our Chairman or Secretary
for more information. If anyone has any further
questions, please contact our Chairman Dan Olive on
07811744714, or our Secretary Natalie Sampson on
07775591324.
We hope you all stay safe and well.
Natalie Sampson, Secretary
January 2021:
January has always been one of the quieter months in
the young farmers calendar, this year especially has been
even more so for everyone in lockdown. As a club
we have still actively managed to find ways to keep our
winter evenings busy by adapting and embracing the 21st
century technology! This past month, we held an
online club zoom meeting on Monday 18th January, which
members attended discussing what we have been doing as a
club so far in the YFC year and any possible ideas for the
year ahead. Also, within the meeting we had our
cup presentation from Roger Patch who kindly presented
trophies to those who had won them in the previous year, a
very well done to all those members who won a cup.
This of course was a very different style of presenting the
cups than what we have done in previous years traditionally
presented at our Harvest supper. We will make
arrangements to distribute the cups to our winning members
when we are out of lockdown and it is safe to do so.
Zoom video calls seem to play another key part in
January, being the platform where two of our members took
part in the senior member of the year speaking competition,
competing against other clubs within East Devon.
A very well done to Laura Dare who came 3rd and to Dan Olive
our chairman who came 4th in the overall competition.
Many of our members are still continuing to work
from home and our farming members and members who work
within the NHS have never stopped working. May
we take this opportunity to say a HUGE thank you to the NHS
and key workers for seeing us all through this pandemic;
treating patients and feeding the nation amid the
coronavirus crisis in lockdown.
As always, we encourage all members to stay involved
and connected with Young Farmers, now more than ever.
We will be continuing to host a variety of activities
throughout the coming months and will very much keep our
members busy! If anyone would like to get
involved in Young Farmers, we would love you to join in our
activities and encourage you to contact our Chairman or
Secretary for more information. We will keep you
updated with any dates of events or fundraisers in the near
future. In the meantime, we hope you stay safe
and well. If anyone has any further questions
please contact our Chairman Dan Olive on 07811744714, or our
Secretary Natalie Sampson on 07775591324.
Katie Trevelyan, Press Secretary
December 2020:

Our new YFC year commenced in
September 2020, very differently to what we had all
envisaged and hoped for. This new year however welcomed a
few of our existing members into new roles; Natalie Sampson
our new Club Secretary, Ella Wittridge our Social
Representative, Jack Retter our Treasurer and with Dan Olive
our Club Chairman agreeing to stay on another year in his
role. A huge thank you to the above members for their
support, time, and dedication with their roles. It is also
important that we extend our huge gratitude to our members,
club leaders and advisory for their continuous support to
the club during what has been and what will continue to be
an unusual and uncertain challenging time.
Due to Coronavirus, the start of
our YFC year has unfortunately seen most of our planned
events postponed and sadly continues to be the case for the
start of 2021 with recent Government announcements. The last
quarter of 2020 would have played host to many of our
seasonal social events such as our annual Halloween disco,
to our festive events such as Christmas discos & balls, a
club Christmas meal and also our charity fundraisers such as
Christmas bingo and carol singing.
However, on a positive, our
members are now quite the Pro’s with online technology and
Zoom (even with being faced with classic countryside
internet connection!) and therefore we continue to stay in
contact with one another by hosting regular activities and
challenges remotely to keep the YFC enthusiasm and club
spirit alive. In the November lockdown we filled most of our
Saturday nights from the comfort of our own sofas, these
included: We have had an indoor online scavenger hunts where
members are given a series of riddles to solve and the
challenge of finding the said object in their homes. We have
also had a club bingo on zoom where 9 families all joined
in, thank you to Roy Sampson for doing the calling. Also, in
November Cathy Derryman kindly organised a quiz night, which
8 families joined in. This was a bit different to our normal
annual wine & wisdoms, no mess to clear up apart from your
own food & alcoholic beverages! It really is fantastic to
see as many members and their families taking part in these.
Members have also participated in various competitions
through social media and Devon/County YFC, such as photo
entries for the best Christmas cake decoration and decorated
Christmas tree to name an example.
Our club also held a Christmas
Charity Raffle, with an impressive amount of £910 worth of
tickets being sold to the local community. Thank you so very
much to those who supported our raffle and to those who
kindly donated raffle prizes and of course to both Dan and
Jack who arranged for the prizes to be delivered to the
winners, socially distanced of course! The proceeds from
this fundraiser will be split equally between our chosen
charities which are The Farming Community Network and Mardon
House (Neurological Rehabilitation) based in Exeter. Other
festive activities to report included Sarah Broom Floral
Design kindly hosting a socially distanced wreath making
workshop for a small group of our members. Thank you to
Sarah for her time, our members thoroughly enjoyed the
workshop and made some wonderful wreaths.
Many of our members are still
continuing to work from home and our farming members and
members who work within the NHS have never stopped working.
May we take this opportunity to say a HUGE thank you to the
NHS and key workers for seeing us all through this pandemic;
treating patients and feeding the nation amid the
coronavirus crisis.
As always, we encourage all
members to stay involved and connected with Young Farmers,
now more than ever. We will be continuing to host a variety
of activities throughout the coming weeks and will very much
keep the members busy! If anyone would like to get involved
in Young Farmers, we would love you to join in our
activities and encourage you to contact our Chairman or
Secretary for more information. We will keep you updated
with any dates of events or fundraisers in the near future.
In the meantime, we send our best wishes to you all and we
hope you stay safe and well!
If anyone has any further
questions please contact our Chairman Dan Olive on
07811744714, or our Secretary Natalie Sampson on
07775591324.
Katie
Trevelyan, Press Secretary
November 2020:

October has been a busy month for Yarcombe Young
Farmers, starting with our new officers settling into their
roles and organising a few activities. Thank you
to last year's team and we wish the new officers every
success in the year ahead.
On Monday 19th October we entered two teams for the
East Devon round of Call my Bluff speaking competition,
which was held at Broadhembury village hall in a Covid-safe
way. The senior team came 7th, thank you to Molly
David, Jack Retter and Jack Tomlinson for participating.
The intermediate team came 3rd, well done to Vicky Pearse,
Henry Pearse & Lisa Johnson for participating in their first
Young Farmers speaking competition.
Next on the agenda we carried out our community
project on Sunday 25th October at Yarcombe village hall,
tidying the area outside around the hall. Around
6 members turned out to trim the hedges, tidying the car
park and strimming the grass banks. A productive
morning was had by all. Our hard work was
thanked by Helen Parris, she appreciated that members
sacrificed part of their weekend to assist with the annual
tidying task and said how tidy the work done looks.
The evening of Monday 26th October saw 22 members go
to Greendale in Exeter for a fun night indoor Go Karting.
As a club we were lucky enough to have this number of
members attend due to the Covid-safe rules by the Go Karting
venue. Well done to Bobby Barnes coming 1st,
Richie Barnes coming 2nd and Scott Burrough coming 3rd.
We encourage all members to stay involved and
connected with Young Farmers. If anyone would
like to get involved in Young Farmers, we would love you to
join in our activities and still have a few officer
vacancies. We will keep you updated with any
dates of events in the near future and plan to try to
organise some activities online. In the
meantime, stay safe in this next lockdown!
If anyone has any further questions please contact our
Chairman Dan Olive on 07811744714, or our Secretary Natalie
Sampson on 07775591324
October 2020:
The end of YFC year normally finishes in September,
but we can all say that this finished a lot earlier in the
year than we had hoped and planned for! Due to
Coronavirus, putting on hold and cancelling most of our
planned events, cutting it short in the middle of March.
The spring and summer months would have played host to many
barn discos, weddings, balls, local agricultural shows and
various other events to raise money for our charities and
have fun with our friends.
September would have played host to our annual
harvest supper, with cup presentations and thanking our
outgoing officers for all their hard work during the past
year. A great way to celebrate and round off the
Young Farmers year, but unfortunately, this was unable to
take place due to coronavirus social distancing.
Recently on the 28th September we held our Annual General Meeting over
zoom online, a bit different to normal AGMs, having to deal
with dodgy countryside internet signals. We
thanked our outgoing officers for a brilliant year,
especially a great action packed 6 months before coronavirus.
A massive thank you to our Chairman Daniel, Secretary Laura,
Treasurer Louise and Social Secretary Kate for all their
superb hard work and the rest of the YFC officers.
Our chairman Dan Olive, has kindly offered to stay on
another year in his role, thank you. Also, a
huge thank you goes out to our club leaders and advisory for
all their continuous support. During the meeting
an election of new officers were welcomed in for the year
ahead, wishing them a successful year in these uncertain
challenging times ahead. We encourage all
members to stay involved and connected with Young Farmers.
If anyone would like to get involved in Young Farmers, we
would love you to join in our activities and still have a
few officer vacancies. We will keep you updated
with any dates of events in the near future. In
the meantime, stay safe!
If anyone has any further questions please contact our
existing and new Chairman Dan Olive on 07811744714, or our
new Secretary Natalie Sampson on 07775591324
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
August 2020: Back out of
lockdown report.
The last Young Farmers' event was at the start of
March 6-8th, where several members went to Newquay for the
annual South West Area. This event was joined by
other Young Farmers clubs across the South West.
A great time was had by all, but little did we all know this
would be the last big event we would all go to for a long
while (some may have wished they drank more and spent more
time away from home)!
An event which a coach load of members had been
looking forward to going to, at the end of March, was the
yearly Whimple and District YFC ball at Crealy adventure
park. This unfortunately had to be cancelled,
due to the coronavirus outbreak. Also, amongst
many other events our club and other YFC clubs would have
organised was unable to go ahead including: barn, foam and
water disco parties, dyno day, and many other events to
raise money for our charities.
As a club we have found many ways to keep busy and
all stay in contact together and have fun via 21st Century
technology. We had an online scavenger hunt with
club members looking for various items matching a riddle in
their own homes. Members have also done various
baking competitions and selfie challenges through social
media, as well as keeping our farms going. We
took part in a YFC ‘loo roll challenge’ where members
videoed themselves throwing and catching a loo roll in
various ways, locations and outfits, I’m sure most of you
have seen what a laugh it is.
In April members with YFC stock were due to
participate in the Devon YFC show and sale at Exeter
Livestock Centre. This was moved to being an
online virtual show and sale on Wednesday 29th April, where
members sent in pictures of their stock competing against
other clubs in Devon, well done to all members who took
part. A particular well done to our chairman Dan
Olive coming 4th for his pigs and member Kate Burrough
coming 4th for Beef.
The summer months would have taken host to two
annual shows which we get involved, these include the Devon
County Show and Honiton Show. Both of these
unfortunately were cancelled. The Devon County
YFC moved the show to online where a few members took part
in various classes including: scarecrow making, best
lockdown snap, a face mask, lockdown project, a showstopper
cake, and many other classes to get involved in.
Our lives are slowly getting back to normal with
pubs opening and being able to meet in small groups with our
friend’s ‘bubble’! Meetings are still being held
over Zoom. Many members are still working from
home on computers looking out into the countryside, rather
than a company office and our farmers & NHS workers have
never stopped working. A massive thank you to
the NHS staff for keeping our hospitals going and treating
patients in the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to
our farmers for keeping going for food to be on our plates!

We will keep you updated with any dates of events
and new members meetings in the near future. In
the meantime, stay safe! If anyone has any
further questions please contact Chairman Dan Olive on
07811744714, or Secretary Laura Dare on 07411837605
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
April 2020:
A coach load of members had been looking forward to
going to Whimple and District YFC ball at Crealy adventure
park, this unfortunately had to be cancelled, due to the
coronavirus outbreak. We look forward to this
ball being hopefully re-scheduled for later on in the year.
All other Young Farmers Club events have also been cancelled
for the time being.
In these uncertain times as a club we have been
getting involved with various virtual challenges including a
recent online scavenger hunt with club members and baking
competitions through social media, as well as keeping our
farms going. We took part in a ‘loo roll challenge’ where
members videoed themselves throwing and catching a loo roll
in various ways, locations and outfits. Unfortunately, the
annual Devon YFC show and sale, which was meant to be held
at Exeter market by Kivells, was moved to being a virtual
show and sale on Wednesday 29th April where members sent in
pictures of their stock. Well done to chairman Dan Olive
coming 4th for pigs and member Kate Burrough coming 4th for
Beef and other members who took part.
Due to the current situation on coronavirus, as a
Young Farmers Club some of our members have set up a
campaign to help the local community around Upottery, Combe
St Nicholas, Cotleigh, Yarcombe, Broadway and surrounding
areas. Please contact us on 07411837605, if we
can assist you in any way to help the vulnerable and
elderly. We hope you all stay safe and well in
these uncertain times.
If anyone has any further questions please contact Chairman
Dan Olive on 07811-744714, or Secretary Laura Dare on
07411-837605.
Natalie Sampson, Press
Secretary
March 2020:
At the
start of March, 36 members went away for the Young
Farmers most anticipated weekend of the year ‘South
West Area’ at Newquay from the 6-8th March, joined
by others Young Farmers clubs all across the South
West. A very good time was had by all,
sampling Newquay’s pubs and clubs. We
have been playing pub sports, which on the 11th
March a group of members played against Axminster
YFC at York Inn, we won the pool and darts.
A
coachload of members had been looking forward to going to
Whimple and District YFC ball at Crealy adventure park, this
unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus
outbreak. We look forward to this ball being
hopefully re-scheduled for later on in the year.
All other Young Farmers Club events have also been cancelled
for the time being.
In these
uncertain times as a club we have been getting involved with
various virtual challenges and baking competitions through
social media, as well as still keeping our farms going.
Due to the current situation on coronavirus, as a Young
Farmers Club some of our members have set up a campaign to
help the local community around Upottery, Combe St Nicholas,
Cotleigh, Yarcombe, Broadway and surrounding areas.
Please contact us on 07411-837605 if we can assist you in
any way to help the vulnerable and elderly.
We hope
you all stay safe and well in these uncertain times.
If anyone has any further questions please contact Chairman
Dan Olive on 07811-744714, or Secretary Laura Dare on
07411-837605
Natalie
Sampson, Press Secretary
February 2020:
The start of February on
the 2nd saw us perform our drama re-run
of hound dog at Axminister guildhall, which was a
fun afternoon of entertainment by members, raising a
good amount of profit for our charities.
Next in February saw 18
members take part in a club social night bowling at
Hollywood bowl Taunton on the 15th
February, with a night out in the town after.
A good night out was had by the boys. A
bowling team of 6 members mixture of boys & girls
then went down to Exeter to represent the club on
Friday 28th February.
Members have also been getting on well, busy playing
skittles, pool and darts against other clubs across
East Devon in February, winning all 3 games against
Sid & Otter. We won skittles and darts
against Whimple. Also, we won skittles
against Culm Valley and also beat Honiton at Darts.
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At our meeting on the 17th
February Martin Broom, kindly came to Yarccombe hall, to
help teach members how to play whist, which was great
preparation for our whist drive.
On Saturday 29th
February we held our annual whist drive at Yarcombe Village
Hall where up for grabs was a chicken dinner, vouchers and
many other prizes. This event was well attended
with a very good turn out of 56 people (14 tables)
attending. Thank you to members who helped on
the night and all those who attended to help support us at
this event, we raised profits of £220 for our charities.
As I am writing this several
members are getting ready for our big Young Farmers weekend
away (South West Area), which is held in Newquay this year
from the 6th – 8th March.
I’m sure a good time will be had by all beside the sea.
If anyone
has any further questions please contact Chairman Dan Olive
on 07811744714, or Secretary Laura Dare on 07411837605
January
2020:

After a busy December rounding off 2019 many members were
kept busy with all the Christmas festivities, including
balls, YFC meals, carol singing and Taunton horse races, a
brilliant time was had by all.
2020 has come around very quickly, kicking off with many of
our members busy practising for the East Devon YFC drama
competition round. This year we performed ‘Hound dog’ on
Friday 24th January at Exmouth Pavilion which we came a
respectable 4th place, well done to all members who took
part and to all those who helped backstage to get the drama
ready. A huge thank you especially to Sam Parris for
producing our show and pulling us all together over the past
few months.
Alongside all of this we have also found time to fit in a
lot of sport, with the girls taking part in 5-a-side
football on 17th January and came 3rd, well done to those
who played. On 19th January members played mixed
netball, well done to those who took part, with Yarcombe
entering two teams, Yarcombe A coming 1st, and Yarcombe B
coming 2nd. There was a boys 5-a-side football team
who made it into Devon round and played on 31st January and
came 4th.
Pub sports started off on the 29th January where we played
against Whimple YFC competing in skittles, darts and pool,
which we won the darts and skittles. We have upcoming
matches against Honiton and Culm Valley, good luck to all
those taking part.
The re-run of our performance of ‘Hound Dog’, was held on
Sunday 2nd February at Axminster Guidhall. A good
turnout was had with profits going towards our charities of
the year, Exeter Mardon Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre and
Farming Community Network. Afterwards there was family
entertainment by chairman Dan Olive of a ‘First and Last’
game show. Thank you to everyone that came along and
supported us!
Date for your diary is our whist drive which is on Saturday
29th February Yarcombe Village Hall 7:30pm for 8pm start.
If
anyone has any further questions please contact Chairman Dan
Olive on 07811744714, or Secretary Laura Dare on 07411837605
Natalie Sampson, Press Secretary
Yarcombe and District Young Farmers
October 2019:

September sees the end of the
YFC year, where we celebrate what we have achieved over the
last year, and look forward to welcoming some different
members taking on new roles. Earlier on in the
month however members took part in the ‘just a minute’
competition with the senior team of Andrew and Robert Dyer,
Rosie Turner and Kate Tevelyan coming 4th, and the junior
team of Peter Grabham and Will Vining coming a fantastic
2nd.
Sunday 22nd September saw us
hold out annual harvest supper at Yarcombe Village Hall,
where we celebrated the years’ successes, and were delighted
to welcome our guest speaker Mr Russell Steer (auctioneer
for Kivells), so many thanks to him for coming along.
The evening also saw us give out some awards to highlight
members’ individual successes as follows:
Sports:
Shillingford Sports Cup (boys): Tom Olive
Tommy Key Sports Cup (girls): Chloe Webber
Show cups:
Ploughing Match Cup: Dan Olive
Roots Cup: Kate Trevelyan
Most points
awarded in 2018/19 (over 18’s):
Advisory Cup: Robert Dyer
Mrs English Cup: Rosie Turner
Most points
awarded in 2018/19 (under 18’s):
Minsups Cup: Daniel Sampson
Rose Bowl: Emily Stanbury
Senior Cups:
Monica Bishton: Trophy Rosie Turner
Community Trophy: Robert Dyer |
Public Speaking:
Alan & Diana Dyer: Shield Emma Dyer
Loyal Member:
Ian Rich Cup: Fiona Laramy
Skittles:
Boys Cup: Scott Retter
Girls Cup: Rosie Turner and Molly David
Entertains:
Andy Barnes Cup (Best actor/actress): Rosie
Turner
Barbara Basket Shield (Personal achievement):
Robert Dyer and Charlie Hine |
Following the wedding of Emma and Phillip Burrough we were
due to hold our afternoon tea and charity auction in their
marquee the following day on Sunday 29th September.
Due to the bad weather this event got moved to Yarcombe
Village Hall, where despite the last minute change in venue,
plenty of people still turned up to support.
With help from auctioneer Will Handel of Greenslade Taylor
Hunt, we were able to take over £3,000 which following costs
will go towards our charity pot for the year.
Finally at the end of the
month on Monday 30th September we held our Annual General
Meeting where we thanked our outgoing officers for a
tremendous year, and welcomed in our new officers for the
year ahead, wishing them as successful a year as the last.
A particular mention must go to president Mr George Pidgeon
who stepped down after 5 years in his role, we couldn’t be
more thankful for his help in this time.
If anyone has any further
questions please contact our new Chairman Dan Olive on 07811
744714 or Secretary Laura Dare on 07411 837605.
September
2019:

The start of
August was a very busy time for the club.
It began with Honiton show where members were busy entering
varying classes from field, to cookery, photography to
handicraft. It was great to see such a wide
display of entries showcasing members’ talents.
Later that week
was the Yarcombe Terrier Races which saw members joining in
to help set up the event in the week, before running the bar
on the Saturday evening to help raise money for village
funds. This was once again a very successful
evening.
The week
culminated in a charity cream tea in Uplyme by kind
permission of Andrew and Kelly Bright and their families,
following their wedding on the Saturday evening.
We ran the event alongside Axminster Young Farmers Club,
helping to raise nearly £1600 towards our chosen charities.
Thank you to all those who attended and helped to support
this event in any way.
The following
week saw the first of the years’ speaking competitions
starting to take place, with Rosie Turner, Kate Trevelyan,
Will Vining and Peter Grabham coming a brilliant 2nd in the
Brainstrust competition. A couple of weeks later
Kate Trevelyan, and Robert and Emma Dyer, did very well in a
tight Call My Bluff competition coming 3rd place with only
1.5 points separating the top 4 teams.
On Friday 9th
August we held our annual foam party by kind permission of
the Dyer family, which was once again a roaring success,
with multiple teams turning up to pull tug of war despite
the pouring rain.
Later in the
month members took part in a group rounders competition at
Honiton Showground rounding off what has been a very busy
month over the summer! Looking forward we are
heading into the new YFC year, and hope to welcome lots of
new members in the coming months.
If anyone has any
further questions please contact Chairman Robert Dyer on
07552 743600 or Secretary Rosie Turner on 07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press
Secretary
August
2019:

The start of the
month saw our mixed netball team head up to Stafford on
Sunday 7th July, to compete in the national finals.
The team did us very proud, narrowly missing out on the
final stages.
The following week a
coach load of members travelled to Withleigh to join in with
their 90th anniversary celebratory ball. A great
evening was had by all who attended.
On Sunday 21st July
11 members went into the Honiton Showground, giving up their
day to help set up the many sheep pens and the main ring,
time that was very much valued by the show committee.
The club would also
like to thank John Carter for his kind donation of £100 to
the club after he received the John Salter award in Yarcombe.
The money was gratefully received and we hope to put it
towards some new sports kits.
Coming up on Sunday
29th September from 2pm, we will be holding a cream tea at
Knapp Farm, Yarcombe, EX14 9PB, following the wedding of
Phillip Burrough and Emma Dyer. As well as the
cream tea we will also be organising a Chinese Raffle, so we
hope to see lots of you there.
If anyone has any further
questions please contact Chairman Robert Dyer on 07552
743600 or Secretary Rosie Turner on 07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press Secretary
July 2019:

As we move into the summer, the
farming calendar gets busier, meaning a quieter time for YFC
activities, but we still manage to squeeze a couple of
things in.
The start of June saw the boys playing
a friendly game of 11-a-side football against Combe St.
Nicholas reserves, where the team did extremely well winning
4-2! This is a great achievement considering our
team aren’t used to playing as a team every week.
At the end of the month we held our
annual water party by kind permission of the Broom family
which was well supported, helping us raise some money for
this year's chosen charities as well as Stockland
Pre-school. Thank you to all who helped the
event run smoothly.
Coming up we are holding a Cream Tea
in conjunction with Axminster YFC by kind permission of the
Bright family, on Sunday 4th August from 2pm, at Uplyme, DT7
3RR, signposted from the A35. We look forward to
welcoming lots of you there to help raise money for Exeter
Intensive Care Unit (a charity close to Kelly after she
spent time there recovering from an accident), NEST
(Neonatal Emergency Stabilisation Team), Farming Community
Network and Devon Air Ambulance.
We will also be holding our annual
foam party on Friday 9th August at Knapp Farm, Yarcombe,
EX14 9PB, where there will also be a tug-of-war competition
at the start of the evening.
If anyone has any further questions
please contact Chairman Robert Dyer on 07552 743600 or
Secretary Rosie Turner on 07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press Secretary
June 2019:

May is a busy time of year in the farming calendar but
members managed to squeeze in some time for various YFC
activities. The start of the month saw members
both helping and supporting Yarcombe village’s big breakfast
in order to help raise money for the village hall funds – a
well supported event.
Devon County Show came along in the middle of the month with
the cubicle theme “Children’s Television” which thanks to
the hard work of Ella Wittridge and her team came a very
respectable 11th out of all the clubs across Devon.
Our club promotion board and scrapbook which I put together
also did particularly well, coming a fantastic 1st and 2nd
respectively, leaving us taking home the Pennant Trophies
Club Programme award.
On
Sunday 26th May we held our annual charity bike ride with
over 30 members taking part cycling from Buckland St. Mary,
to Bishopswood, to Churchinford, finishing at Upottery – an
enjoyable day for all. Thank you to Diana Dyer
and Sarah Olive for stewarding the event.
We
look forward to a busy summer ahead.
If
anyone has any further questions please contact Chairman
Robert Dyer on 07552 743600 or Secretary Rosie Turner on
07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press Secretary
May 2019:
April was yet another busy month for the club.
We began with our Easter barn disco, held by kind permission
of the Hine family in Combe St. Nicholas. The
sunny evening helped make this a well-supported event so
thanks to all who attended and helped the night run
smoothly.
Later in the month we held our annual Show and Sale, this
year held at Exeter Livestock Centre, which was held in
conjunction with other clubs from across Devon YFC.
It was a hugely successful day with results as follows:
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Pair of Butchers Pigs |
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Jack Burrough |
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Champion: |
Sarah Broom |
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Champion: |
Scott Burrough |
22 and under: 1st: |
Beth Johnson |
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21 and under: 1st: |
Matthew Broom |
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Best Single Pig: |
Oli Hind |
Best Presented: |
Jack Burrough |
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Novice: 1st: |
James Vining |
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Sarah Broom |
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Also, well done to Kate Burrough who entered the open beef
out of beef class (open to anyone from any club across
Devon) and came a brilliant 2nd.
Scott Burrough went on to win the Champion pair of pigs from
all members across Devon, and then to win the title of
“OVERALL SUPREME SHOW CHAMPION”, so a huge well done to him.
Thank you to show secretary Kate Burrough for her help in
organising, also to all our judges and sponsors for your
support.
The show and sale culminated in a celebratory meal at The
Sidmouth Arms where we presented members with their prizes
and trophies.
If
anyone has any further questions please contact Chairman
Robert Dyer on 07552 743600 or Secretary Rosie Turner on
07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press Secretary
April 2019:

The start of March saw the much-anticipated South West Area
Activities weekend with around 40 members heading to
Weymouth. We had a team competing on behalf of
Devon in the mixed netball competition, who managed to
successfully win and will now go on to represent the South
West at the national finals later this year so a huge well
done to them!!
A
coach load of members attended Whimple & Broadclyst YFCs
ball held at Crealy Adventure Park, where an enjoyable night
was had by all.
Yarcombe Hall Committee held a fundraising wine and wisdom,
where we had a couple of teams take part.
Members have also continued enjoying competing amongst other
teams across East Devon in skittles, pool and darts with
varying success.
Coming up we will be holding our annual show and sale, this
year joining alongside other clubs from Devon, at Exeter
Livestock Market on Wednesday 24th April. Prior
to this we will also be holding our dairy heifer show, which
will be judged on farm. Good luck to all those competing.
If
anyone has any further questions please contact Chairman
Robert Dyer on 07552 743600 or Secretary Rosie Turner on
07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press Secretary
March 2019:
February saw
the club perform our re-run of our entertains production
“Selfie” at Axminster Guildhall – a huge thanks once again
must go to Sam Parris who helped to produce this year’s
production. The production was followed by
additional entertainment from assistant Chairman Dan Olive,
who presented Yarcombe’s very own Family Fortunes.
Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the
event.
Members then
took part in a club social night bowling in Taunton, before
then competing in the county bowling competition at Exeter
where we managed to come a fantastic 3rd out of all the
clubs within Devon, so well done to all who took part.
On Friday 22nd
February we held our annual whist drive at Yarcombe Village
Hall which was well supported, with the highest male being
chairman Robert Dyer, and highest lady and overall highest
score going to member Sarah Broom. Thank you to
all who helped to support this event.
On
Sunday 24th February Sarah Broom and Emma Dyer performed
with other members from across East Devon, in the county
choir competition where the team managed to come a fantastic
2nd, and having great fun along the way.
Members
have also been busy playing skittles, pool and darts against
other clubs across East Devon, to battle for a place in the
county final. They will also be attending the
South West Area of Young Farmers Weekend in Weymouth where
we have a team of mixed netball players competing against
other clubs from across the south west – good luck to the
team!
Coming
up on Friday 19th April we will be holding our first barn
disco of the year by kind permission of the Hine family in
Combe St. Nicholas (Frog Lane Farm, TA20 3HQ) 8pm-1am.
If
anyone has any further questions please contact Chairman
Robert Dyer on 07552 743600 or Secretary Rosie Turner on
07713 124884.
Emma
Dyer, Press Secretary
February 2019:

We have started off 2019 as
busy as any other year. Most of our time has
been taken up with rehearsing for our entertains production
of “Smartphone” which we performed at the end of January at
the East Devon round of the Entertains competition in
Exmouth where we came 5th.
Also, that weekend Emma and
Robert Dyer took part in the Senior member of the year
competition, having to answer questions on stage in front of
the audience, following an interview held earlier in the
month. Congratulations to Emma for coming 3rd in
a tightly fought competition. Also, well done to
Molly David who came 4th in the junior member of the year
competition where the standard was very high.
Alongside all of this we have
also found time to fit in a lot of sport. First
up, we had the girls’ 5-a-side football which we managed to
win at both the East Devon and County round! We
also had 2 teams enter the group mixed netball where both
teams successfully came 1st and 2nd. We then
went on to the county round where we managed to come a
brilliant 2nd. Huge congratulations to all
members for their sporting success!
At the start of January, David
Laramy enjoyed a week away with the National YFC Ski trip to
Belle Plagne in France – a great opportunity that was
thoroughly enjoyed.
Coming up we also have members
performing in the East Devon choir team, who by the time of
reading this will have competed at the county round in
Barnstaple at the end of February, so good luck to all
involved.
If anyone has any further
questions please contact Chairman Robert Dyer on 07552
743600 or Secretary Rosie Turner on 07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press Secretary
December 2018:
Christmas through
to the New Year is always a busy time in the YFC calendar
and this year was no exception. We kicked off
the festivities with our Christmas meal, this year held at
the York Inn, Churchinford, at the start of December.
This was followed by turkey plucking one evening at the
Hines in Combe St. Nicholas in order to help raise money for
this year's charities - members managed to help pick 70
birds in total.
We decided to do
things differently this year at our Christmas meeting,
combining it with our skittles throw off, with members
donating money to charity in order to play, followed by a
buffet. Once again, our charity carol singing
was hugely successful on Friday 14th December, where we were
able to raise well over £400, again for our chosen charities
for the year ahead. Emma Dyer also represented
the club by doing a reading at Yarcombe Church’s carol
service.
Many members
enjoyed dressing up in their black-tie attire to attend both
Devon and Marshwood balls in the run up to Christmas,
celebrating the season in style, and later in the Christmas
to New Year period the club enjoyed a social day out to
Taunton Races where some were luckier than others!
Alongside all of
this, members have been busy preparing for the upcoming
entertainments competition at the end of January, as well as
Emma and Robert Dyer competing in the Senior member of the
year, and Molly David competing in the Junior member of the
year competitions, so good luck to all of those involved.
We will be
performing a re-run of our entertainments production, on
Sunday 17th February, 2pm for 2.30pm start at Axminster
Guildhall. Also coming up we will be holding our
annual whist drive on Friday 22nd February, at Yarcombe
Village Hall, 7.30 for an 8pm start.
If anyone has any
further questions please contact Chairman Robert Dyer on
07552 743600 or Secretary Rosie Turner on 07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press
Secretary
November 2018:

November has been yet another
busy month for the club, we kickstarted the month by helping
commemorate 100 years since the end of World War 1.
We supported Yarcombe’s “Thank You 100” event on Saturday
10th November by helping to provide the bar. On
the Sunday we then laid a wreath at the church service.
Also this weekend Emma Dyer represented East Devon at the
county round of After Dinner Speaking where the team came a
brilliant 3rd place in a tightly fought competition.
This month members also paid a
visit to Harry’s Cider based near Langport where members
were fortunate enough to have a look around the orchards and
cider making facilities, learning more about the process
from apple to bottle. The winning netball team
went on to compete at the county round coming a fantastic
3rd place so well done to all who took part.
At one of our meetings we were
pleased to be the first club in Devon to undertake the Rural
+ training, a session derived from the National Federation
of Young Farmers Clubs, aimed at increasing members’
awareness of mental health conditions. It
highlighted the importance of us all talking about our
mental health and being more aware of rural isolation.
We once again held a successful
wine and wisdom in Yarcombe Village Hall, which was well
attended, helping to raise money for our 2 chosen charities
for the year ahead: NEST: Newborn Emergency Stabilisation
and Transport Team and Exeter RD&E Intensive Care Unit, both
charities close to the club's heart.
The club is looking forward to a
busy festive period, and if anyone has any further questions
please contact Chairman Robert Dyer on 07552 743600 or
Secretary Rosie Turner on 07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press Secretary
October
2018:

October has been
another busy month for the club, starting with our AGM and
election of new officers where it was great to see lots of
people taking on new roles. Thank you to last
years team and we wish the new officers every success in the
year ahead.
New chairman and
secretary Robert and Rosie went to an Officers Training
Weekend in Okehampton organised by Devon YFC to learn more
about their roles.
We had a team enter
the final speaking competition of the year: After Dinner
Speaking, with members creating speeches on Model Railways
and Police Officers. Emma Dyer was selected to go through
and represent East Devon at the county round where the team
managed to come 3rd.
We held our
Halloween disco at Yarcombe Village Hall on Friday 26th
October, which was well supported, and it was great to see
lots of people embracing the fancy dress theme!
We held our new
members meeting the following Monday where it was great to
welcome lots of new members, and we played some games at the
end to help everyone get to know one another. At
this meeting we also welcomed Dave Cook from Devon
Freewheelers who spoke to us about the amazing work they do,
and we were fortunate enough to be able to present him with
a cheque for £2500! This money has been
gratefully received by the charity.
On Sunday 4th
November we had 2 teams playing at the East Devon round of
the netball which we managed to WIN so well done to everyone
who played.
We were also pleased
to be able help support the "Thank You 100" Celebration
party in Yarcombe Village Hall by helping run the bar on
Saturday 10th November.
Members look forward
to the upcoming busy Christmas period with lots on in the
programme.
For further information on Yarcombe & District YFC, please
contact our Chairman Robert Dyer on 07552 743600 or our
Secretary Rosie Turner on 07713 124884.
Emma Dyer, Press Secretary
September
2018:
September marks the end of our young farmers calendar year
and the changeover of officers moving forward.
It has also been the month for the start of speaking
competitions with two teams from Yarcombe taking part in
Brainstrust on the 2nd of September. Well done
to the junior team who managed to come 2nd place (Peter G,
Daniel S, Will V and Jack R).
It
was decided this year to donate £2500 to each of our chosen
charities. Emma Dyer and Claire Johnson visited
Bristol Children’s Hospital on Tuesday 18th where they
learnt the ward we were donating to looks after children
with neurological conditions, or who are recovering from
brain surgery. The money will go towards
refurbishments that are currently underway on their rehab
ward for patients undertaking a longer stay.
Devon Freewheelers, our other charity are going to come
along to a monthly meeting in the near future to receive
their money and provide us with a talk about what their work
involves.
This year’s harvest supper took place on Sunday 23rd Sept at
Yarcombe village hall. Thank you to all members
for making the night a success and run so smoothly.
A special thanks to Pat Tomlinson our guest speaker for
providing an interesting speech about his role in
agriculture. Well done to all prize winners on
the evening and thanks to all our advisory and parents for
continuing to support us.
On
the 29th Emma D, Chloe W and Emily S took part in the ready
steady cook competition at the Malvern Show.
This was to represent Devon YFC at the National cookery
finals. The team came a respectable 19th place
out of 35 teams that entered.
With nothing left to report I would like to say a massive
thank you to everyone for the continued support to Yarcombe
YFC every month and particularly this year.
Upcoming events:
26th October – Yarcombe YFC Disco @ Yarcombe VH
4th November – East Devon Netball
17th November – Yarcombe YFC Wine and Wisdom @ Yarcombe VH
Louise Johnson Press Secretary
August 2018:

August is always home to the ever famous Honiton
Agricultural Show, which is a big event in the East Devon
YFC calendar. This year held on the 2nd of
August several members entered a variety of classes,
supporting team Yarcombe. A huge thank you goes
to Kelly Nichols for all her time put into the club cubicle
which came a respectable 6th place and to Louise Johnson
whose scrapbook and promotions board for the club both came
3rd place. Not only an enjoyable day, members
got to attend the ‘after show dance’ that evening and
Hontion YFC’s twilight ball on Saturday the 4th.
We
once again did the bar at the Yarcombe terrier races on
Saturday the 4th. This made a profit of £1164.77
which was decided to be split, donating £600 to Yarcombe
church and the rest to charity. Thank you to
Yarcombe community for their continued support and we hope
all members of the public had an enjoyable evening with
their dogs!
On
Friday the 10th we held our annual foam party at Reads Hill
Farm, Chardstock by kind permission of the Burrough family.
With a bar, BBQ and disco the event was set out to be a good
evening, however was unfortunately called short due to an
incident beyond our control, whereby an over 18 attendee hit
her head on the concrete floor. Due to these
unforeseen circumstances and the emergency services being
called it is likely that this event will make a loss in
profit but will be subsidised by the amount of supplies we
have left over to use at our next event. Thank
you to all our advisory and club supporters for helping us
deal with the situation on the evening.
We
finished the month off with the most enjoyable day, a raft
race from Whitford bridge to Colyford. Yarcombe
YFC held the race on bank holiday Monday 27th August with an
amazing 14 teams taking part and all crossing the finishing
line. Well done to the team of Yarcombe boys who
completed the race in the quickest time and to the team from
Axminster YFC for winning the best fancy dress element.
Total profit made on the day was £281.
Upcoming events:
18th September – East Devon ‘Just a Minute’ speaking
competition
23rd September – Harvest Supper @ Yarcombe VH
1st October – Club AGM @ Upottery VH
26th October – Yarcombe YFC disco
For more information about Yarcombe & District YFC contact
our chairman Richie Barnes on 07519353652 or our secretary
Emma Dyer on 07462344587.
Louise Johnson Press Secretary
July 2018:

July was kicked off for Yarcombe YFC with a current vs old
members cricket match held at Upottery Cricket Club on
Sunday 8th July. This was a scorching hot day so
congratulations to all who played until the very end.
Twelve members managed to complete a charity bicycle ride
the following weekend, on Saturday 15th July, cycling 10
miles in total. This consisted of following a
route around the local area and stopping at half a dozen
pubs along the way. Thank you to members of the
public who donated and supported the event as they saw us on
their travels. All money has gone towards our
chosen charities this year.
We
finished the month off with a charity cream tea held on
Sunday 29th July. The event was held at Birch
Oak Farm, Yarcombe by kind permission of the Parris family
and two of our senior members, newlyweds Jenna and James
Parris. We would like to thank them for letting
our club use their beautiful marquee. Around 300
people turned out to support the cream tea, despite the
weather not being on our side a great afternoon was had by
all. Congratulations to all members and advisory
that donated and baked all scones, cakes and raffle prizes
sold on the day. We managed to raise around
£1400 to go towards, Devon Freewheelers and Bristol
Children’s Hospital Neonatal Ward.
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