Silsoe Xmas Cracker

Every year Silsoe members gather with ex-silsoe members for a Christmas meal. 

This year we attended The Green Man @ Stanford for our meal. 

There was 40 people in total who joined in with Xmas games, photo booth and our best dressed competition!! (And of course eating Xmas dinner) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The best dressed individuals pictured above 🎄🎅🏻

Beetle Drive with a Twist 😜 with Biggy YF

Last night members got involved in a Bettle Drive with a Twist A.K.A  a reindeer drive 😃 

 

Members brought 3 objects worth 20p, 50p and £1 and rolled a dice to try and build their reindeer. The winner got to swap one of their prizes with someone else's prize.

 

 

After 9 games the points were added and prizes were given to the overall winners. 

 

Sophie and Fallon won the Junior Comp - pictured below, 

 

 

Ice skating @ Frosts with Woburn YF

       Just a few photos of the members enjoying themselves on the ice 😀⛸⛸

Public Speaking Competition

This year in the Public Speaking Competition we had Sophie and Fallon enter the Reading Comp. Their task was to read a short passage from the book 'An Eagle in the snow' by Michael Morpugo!

We also had 2 members Tom and Alice enter Senior member of the year Competition where members have an interview to discuss their involvement in Young Farmers.

Overall Alice came 2nd and Sophie came 1st and Fallon 4th. 

 

 

County Quiz

On the 30th November, Beds YFC held their county quiz competition. 

After a number of rounds including questions on capital cities, agriculture and some rather questionable songs in the music rounds... 

Charlie, Fallon, Max, Evie, Charlie and Sophie came 3rd in the Junior Comp. 

Tom, Emily, Matt, Fraser and Alice came 5th in the Senior. 

Well done to all who took part 😀

Reindeer Making - 23rd November

In November members helped to make reindeers from wood in order to sell for the years club Charity! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So far we have nearly £300 raised for the 'Make a Wish Foundation' 😃 

 

 

First Aid with Colin

This evening the members were treated to an insight into cardiac arrest, defibrillators and the recovery position.

The members had a go at doing CPR on Annie before trying to put each other into the recovery position. 

Colin also brought along a defibrillator which members had a go at using 😃

Winter Sports Competition

This years Winter sports competition was rounders for under 16 years, netball and football. 

After a very wet morning and unfortunately having to cancel the rounders the over 16 girls got started on their netball and the boys on their football matches. 

Overall the boys made it through to the final and after extra time and still no goals it went to golden ball time against Biggleswade Young Farmers. Luckily Andrew Redman for Silsoe managed to get a goal in and the boys were awarded first place. 

The girls who, despite not having such great success as the boys , had a good time and now know and understand the rules of netball (Faye) 

😜

Ploughing Match and Farm and Garden Produce Show

Earlier this month Leighton Buzzard Young Farmers hosted the County Ploughing Match and Farm and Garden Produce Show in Eaton Bray.

The day consisted of conventional and reversible ploughing classes, main ring events and entries in the produce show of carrots, autumn berries and homemade jams, chutney and flavoured liquors to name a few.

A number of new members enter items into the show as well this year and Sophie in particular had great success in the classes she enter with 3 first places :)

Silsoe also had 4 ploughmen who entered the ploughing classes all who ploughed with a conventional plough.

  

Whilst the ploughing was going on there was a few visual classes going on too...

After the ploughing there was a few main ring events for members to get involved in. 

At the end of the day Silsoe came away with 6 trophies and were given the Trophy for the overall Winners of the Ploughing Match and Garden Produce Show.