New year, new officer - Club AGM Wednesday 9th September

Last weeks meeting was the Club AGM where the new officers and committee were elected!! 

Tom Harwood was elected in as our new Chairman, with Jack Tomkins standing as Vice. 

Sofia Hernanz and Alice Redman were elected as the Secretaries, Charlotte Fleet Chapman as the Treasurer and Kirsty Jones helping to organise the club programme. 

We were joined by members of the advisory (parents and ex members) , our County Chairman Oonagh Oneil and our County Organiser Jane Heliwell. 

After the meeting members and advisory enjoyed cheese, wine and nibbles! 

Crazy golfing - 2nd September

So after 7 weeks off for Harvest , Silsoe are up and running again with their weekly meetings. 

First one being crazy golf at Mr Mulligans Pirate Golf at Milton Keynes. 

With a few hole in ones and despite lots of members in the rough, water or the bunker ,members enjoyed the golfing! 

Exchangee 2015

Earlier this month Jess and Alice took an exchange girl called Karin , who came from Switzerland, to Wrest Park for a day out! 

Every year Bedfordshire Young Farmers host an exchange from a different country and each club take them out for the day. 

Whilst in Bedfordshire she also visited Woburn Safari Park , a sheep show and went punting in Cambridge. 

Previously she had spent time in Wales and after Bedfordshire was going on to visit London and Edinburgh before returning home! 

Silsoe Young Farmers go kayaking for charity!!!

On Saturday 5 Silsoe members took part in the Bedford Charity Canoe race along the Great River Ouse! 

The race entailed completing 2 hours of paddling in a boat of your choice either a canoe, kayak (single or double) or paddle board! 

Tom, Andrew and Alice shared a double kayak and managed to do 7.5 laps (which is 7:5 miles) in 2 hours! 

Toby and Claire chose a single kayak and took it in turns and completed 6.5 laps! 

At the end the team of Tom , Andrew and Alice were awarded joint 1st place and so there was a paddle off! 

Andrew raced against another boy across the river turn around and came back, whilst it was neck and neck on the way across the river , the other boy capsized his kayak which meant Silsoe won the prize! 

All in all Silsoe raised over £200 between us (over £100 of which was raised by Claire) towards Keech Cottage Hospice! 

Also on the day members got to try out a giant paddle board and had a go in a cyclinder shaped zorb! 

Spot of golf.... Wednesday 8th July

Members went to practise their golfing skills on Wednesday at Beadlow Driving Range!! 

Water sports on Bedford River - 1st July

Last week members spent the evening canoeing and kayaking around Bedford river! 

Members had to line up their boats and swap over whilst on the water. By the end of the evening a lot of members had ended up in the water!!!

County meeting in June - Farm Walk

Members of Bedfordshire YFC joined the Bedfordshire Branch of the NFU to have a look around Gary and Angela Spiers farm in Pepperstock, Luton. 

Members were shown around the various fields of different crops and saw their herd of cows too. 

Afterwards a BBQ and drinks were avaliable!