Shefford YFC meets on alternate Wednesday evenings at Brightwalton Village Hall from 7.30pm until around 9pm (though venue and timings depend on what activity is taking place that week). Take a look at their most recent annual news report (below) to get a flavour of what Shefford YFC are about, or you can find out more by emailing the Club (click on the button below):
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Shefford YFC 2024/25 News
By Georgina Tuggey – Club Chair 2024/25
Looking back over the last year, it is crazy how quickly time has passed – what a great year for Shefford YFC it has been!
Our club has continued to welcome new members, and our programme has been packed with engaging activities for everyone.
At the end of last year, we had a Halloween games night at Brightwalton Village Hall, where members got to do pumpkin carving, apple bobbing and a hanging donut game.
At the end of last year, we had a Halloween games night at Brightwalton Village Hall, where members got to do pumpkin carving, apple bobbing and a hanging donut game.
The next meeting we hosted was bingo; this was a slightly different meeting to the usual indoor meetings we have, but it was a great addition to the programme and enjoyed by all.
Christmas soon arrived and we had the annual carol singing evening at Brightwalton Village Hall, were VPs, members and parents are invited for an evening of carols and nibbles to raise money for Helen and Douglas House.
We also held our first Christmas Disco, another new addition to the programme, which we opened up to the county. It was enjoyed by all the members, they had great fun, and we are looking forward to holding another Christmas Disco again this year.
Earlier in the year, we had an informative tour around Berkshire Vet at Greenham Common where we learned more about animal care and veterinary practice.
We then had the County Sports Competitions at Newbury Showground, where our members showed great teamwork and placed first in the rounders competition.
Our ladies netball team also placed first.
Our annual fundraiser, the Shefford YFC Quiz, was a success, this was again held at Compton Village Hall – very big well done to advisory for all the efforts in organising this.
It was our turn to organise the County Preshow, kindly hosted by Caroline Graham at her farm in Henwick. It was a lovely sunny day, packed full of competitions starting with stock judging in the morning, cookery in the afternoon, and ending the day watching the fencing competition.
Not long after Pre-Show, it was then time to start prepping for the Country Fayre in June; we had a meeting at Brightwalton Village Hall to start mapping ideas and members had the chance to showcase their ideas for the float. We then had a few meetings down at the farm, building the float ready for show day. Our hard work paid off as we were the winning float on the day with the theme of “Shefford by the Sea”.
In between all our meetings, our members have had the opportunity take part in a range of competitions throughout the year.
Our ladies netball team won county rounds in February and got through to South East Area Spring Competitions Day in Kent, where they placed first again and got through to Nationals up in Staffordshire.
Some of our members joined with Newbury YFC to compete in the Rounders qualifier at the Southeast Area Summer Competitions Day in Alton at the end of the June. They did extremely well and got through to Nationals up in Staffordshire, where they were placed a brilliant third place.
Two of our Senior members, Ed Denton and Katie Goodman, competed in the Stockjudge of the Year South East Area Qualifiers and won prizes for their individual classes.
Annie Goodman also qualified to take part in the Intermediate Dairy Stockjuding National Finals at the Great Yorkshire Show.
Alicia, Tabby and I got through to the National Floral Art Finals, which took place at Malvern Show at the end of September. Alicia and Tabby did fantastically well there. We’re very proud of all our members who took part in competitions this year.
I would like to say a big thank you to the advisory – IJ, Amanda, Evelyn, Milly, Clare, Rachel, Rich, Emma, Tim and Ian) there is a lot of work which goes into running the club.
Over the next year, we will be focussing on making sure that the younger members are getting the most out of YFC as possible and taking part in competitions across the next Young Farmers’ year.
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