SOUTHWELL YOUNG FARMERS HAVE EXCELLED AT THIS YEAR'S NEWARK AND NOTTS SHOW.

The club took home six trophies including the coveted 'Club of the Year' trophy. Natasha Hoggard was also awarded the 'member's member' trophy - an award voted for by members from across the county. Evie Hoggard won the junior butchers lamb stock-judging and Liz Temporal won the senior beef stock-judging. Chris Brown also won the Mick Saxby trophy for the second year running, gaining the most points in all stock-judging competitions. The club also won the trophy for the club exhibit.

Southwell just missed out on the overall club exhibit trophy and overall stock-judging trophy, finishing second to Tuxford on both occasions.

Congratulations to the Young Farmers quiz team who beat NFU members in the annual quiz for the second year running. Both teams had to answer several questions and take part in an exciting round of 'feel the object'. The Young Farmers team was Tom Arnold and Tom Haines from Collingham, Chris and Katy Bevans from Lowdham, Natasha Hoggard from Southwell, Jem Hill and Jo Wyles from Tuxford and Lucy Moore from Worksop.

Young Farmers also beat off stiff competition from Derbyshire in the annual East Midlands Area Public Speaking compeition. The winning Nottinghamshire team were all from Southwell:
Chris Brown - chairman, Ibby Brown - speaker and Evie Hoggard - vote of thanks. Notts also finished third with Sam Shaw from Papplewick receving high marks from the judges, James Ashworth - chairman and Rebecca Welton - vote of thanks also scored highly.

The last time Notts won this competition was in 1994 - a team that included the current M.P for Sherwood, Mark Spencer. So, who knows what awaits today's current Young Farmers, Westminster could be calling.

Young Farmers Triumph Again in Skegness

Over 750 Young Farmers attended the annual area competitions weekend held in Skegness. The two Notts hockey teams finished 1st and 2nd beating teams from across the East Midlands and repeating there success of 2010. The Tuxford hockey team will now go on to represent Notts in the national finals in July.
Notts also finished runners-up in the junior public speaking competition and Evie Hoggard was second in junior member of the year. The county was also represented in the creative writing, ambassador of the year, dodgeball and finished joint third in the ladies 5 a-side football. Lauren Clark, County Development Officer comments on the weekend “Well done to all the competitors, it was great to see so many junior members taking part and I’m very proud of the member’s achievements”

Well done to the Southwell quiz team who finished third in the written pub quiz competition, Worksop were the runners-up and Collingham were the winners. The East Midlands Area Competitions weekend is the 18th-20th March. Check the Calendar for all other important county and club dates