More great news ...

Today was the public speaking competitions at Box End Kempston. 

The competition that took place were:

Junior Member of the Year

Junior Reading 

Junior Public Speaking

Intermediate Brainstrust

Senior After Dinner Speaking 

Senior Member of the Year 

Silsoe enter 4 of the competitions and did brilliantly! 

Josh, Elena and Will all took part in junior public speaking, staging a mock meeting!  Elena chaired , Will gave a talk on different languages and Josh gave the vote of thanks! 

Overall they came 2nd , with Josh being the best vote of thanks!! 

5 members also entered Junior Member of the Year and Josh was placed 2nd. 

We also had a team in the intermediate Brainstrust . Charles, Philip , Emily and Rupert all did fab and came 2nd overall as well! 

Finally Alice entered the Senior Member of the Year Competition and won! This means Alice will now represent Bedfordshire in the eastern area round of the competition!! 

Thank you to all the advisory members who helped to train the team!! 

Last night - Animal First Aid

Last night members had a meeting with Julia and Jerry from Julia Bonness Vetertainery surgery in Barton all about animal first aid. 

After the talk Julia answered any questions members had.

Then members took part in a quiz to see how much they had learnt and all got a free animal first aid kit. 

The winners of the quiz with 26/27 were Fleur, Suzy and Megan. In second place with 25/27 was Alice and Abbie. (Pictured below) 

We won!!!

I am pleased to announce that the silsoe 'teddy bear' positioned on the A507 near redbourne school made of bales came 1st. 

Well done to everyone who helped make him! 

The full results were: 

2nd - Leighton buzzard combine 

3rd - North Beds Minions

4th - Bedford Tower Bridge

5th - Biggleswade tractor, woburns cow and blunhams man 

Opportunities in Young Farmers

Being a Young Farmer is not just about weekly meetings and competitions , it offers so many more opportunities. 

One major oppurtunity is to travel to places all over the world! Ghana, Canada, New Zealand to name a few. 

Over the past week 1 Silsoe member has had the oppurtunity to go to Scotland on a study tour! 

This particular trip was just for under 18's and lasted only a few days but other trips can last for a month , 2 months or even longer! Pictures are below... 

The guys learnt about developments in the industry of farming! 

Halloween Spectacular - Wednesday 22nd October

Last night members enjoyed some Halloween Games!! 

There was apple bobbing.... 

Battling the spiders web... 

Putting hand in gunge.... 

And ghost hunting ... 

Next weeks meeting is the County Quiz at Biggleswade Football Club. 

Winter Sports Competition - Sunday 19th October

On Sunday 8 Silsoe members played 6-a-side dodgeball with the rest of the county! 

After 7 games Silsoe claimed 3rd place!! The team are pictured below.... 

The final results were: 

5th Bedford 

4th Blunham 

3rd Silsoe 

2nd Woburn 

1st Biggleswade 

Next county comp is on Wednesday 29th October at Biggleswade Football Club for a Pub Quiz!! 

Waitressing at the Oldies Harvest Supper

A few Silsoe members spent last night waitressing at the Oldies Harvest Supper, which is where the ex Young Farmers from around Bedfordshire meet to have a meal together. 

Myself, Emily , Charles, Philip, Jack and Sally (Biggleswade member) all help serve a total of 70 ex Young Farmers.