February
3rd Visit to Escape Room, Paddock Wood
17th Visit to Crawfords Machinery Dealer, Charing
24th Visit to cattle farm, Hawkhurst
March
4th Fifth Big Farming Quiz, Benenden
12th South East Area Spring Competitions
17th Visit to sheep farm, Sissinghurst
April
7th Auctioneering evening, Staplehurst
21st Visit to M & A Brown & Sons, Goudhurst
May
5th Committee Meeting
Autumn Winter 21
October
17th Litter Pick in Frittenden, 11am – 12.30pm, as part of the National YFC Litter Pick
21st Club Committee Meeting, Frittenden Memorial Hall, 7.30pm
28th Ernest Doe Power Open Evening, Woodchurch
November
11th Food for Thought, a fun workshop on reducing food waste, Frittenden Memorial Hall, 7.30pm
15th Kent YFCs Annual General Meeting
18th Happy Birthday – the club is five years old!
24th South East Primestock YFC Stock Judging Evening, South of England Showground
25th Ten Pin Bowling, Tunbridge Wells
December
9th Christmas Craft, Frittenden Memorial Hall, 7.30pm
January
6th Club Committee Meeting, Frittenden Memorial Hall, 7.30pm
13th Winter Competitions Day Practice, Frittenden Memorial Hall, 7.30pm
15th Kent YFC Winter Competitions Day
20th Fruity careers in Kent with the National Fruit Show Education Team and VR headsets! Frittenden Memorial Hall, 7.30pm
Autumn 2021
Please make contact before attending a meeting, using wealdofkentyfc@gmail.com or any of our social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, just in case we have moved or postponed.
September 9th, Annual General Meeting, Staplehurst
September 18th, Weald of Kent Ploughing Match, Pluckley. We are on the YFC megastand, so come and see us for some fun with Mount Lodge YFC and Ashford YFC.
September 23rd, New Members Evening, Frittenden – find out what it’s all about, and meet our members
October 13th, Tag rugby session at Cranbrook Rugby Club, with Ashford YFC as more people is more fun!
Summer 2021
We are currently preparing for the Kent County Summer Fayre, on 10th and 11th July, organised by the Kent County Agricultural Society. We are not taking any new members at the moment, but once the show is done, we are happy to welcome new members. The next meeting will be a barBQ on Thursday 15th July at 7.30pm near Yadling. Anyone wishing to come should book in by sending an email to wealdofkentyfc@gmail.com. We will be visiting Clock House Farm, Coxheath on 29th. There will be a couple more fun meetings in August before the new YFC year begins in September 2021.
Programme Winter Spring 2021
January
14th Talk on Falconry by Dan Smith
28th Club to Club – a meeting with Cobtree YFC
February
11th Pancakes!
25th Deal or No Deal
March
11th Farming in Australia with Corrinne Watkins
25th GeoGuessr evening
April
1st meetings about reopening in a Covid secure way
8th Business meeting
22nd Games evening
May
13th Meet the Agronomist with Mike Simmons from Agrii.
27th Games evening
All meetings are on Zoom due to COVID lockdown 3.0
Autumn 2020
The club has reopened and is also welcoming new members. Here’s what we’re doing!
September 10 Maize maze, Goudhurst
September 24 Annual General Meeting (virtual)
October 8 Sports evening, Marden
October 22 Orienteering x Crystal Maze, Staplehurst
November 12 Talk on Machinery Careers with Claire Seymour of N P Seymour Ltd
November 26 YFC does Dragon’s Den, TBC, Staplehurst
December 8th Talk in Antarctica
We are reopening soon!
We are preparing to reopen the club in September 2020. The programme will be a combination of Zoom meetings – we have some excellent talks and presentations lining up – and actual real outdoor meetings, socially distanced of course!
The number of people attending outdoor meetings will be restricted, and there will be a booking system.
More soon! ✌️💪😎
Activities are currently suspended
Our Young Farmers Club has temporarily closed due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Hopefully we’ll be back in the autumn! In the meantime, keep washing hands!
Winter/Spring 2020
February 1st First Aid Training, Yalding
February 6th Business Meeting
February 20th Ten pin bowling, Tunbridge Wells
February 29th Fourth Big Farming Quiz
March 12th Team Food Challenge
March 17th YFC is currently suspended during to the outbreak of COVID-19. We hope to resume normal young farmering later in the year! Keep washing those hands!
Autumn Programme 2019
September
5th Annual General Meeting, Matfield Village Hall
14th Weald of Kent Ploughing Match, Horsmondon
26th New Members Evening, Marden Sports Club
October
5th Ashford YFC Dinner and Dance, Headcorn
10th Cheese night! Marden Sports Club
19th & 20th, Kent YFC Fence Erecting, Pasture Management and Biodiversity training, Maidstone
24th Pumpkin Picking and Carving, Collier Street
November
2nd Kent YFCs Night time Navigation, Canterbury
14th Visit to pig farm, Hawkhurst
18th TBC, South East Prime Stock YFC Stock Judging, Ardingly
25th Ashford Cattle Show
28th Farm Safety Talk, Marden Sports Club
December
12th Ice Skating, Tunbridge Wells
January
9th Competitions Practice, Marden Sports Club
11th Kent YFCs Winter Competitions Day, Sutton Valence
23rd Poultry butchery – bring an oven ready chicken! Cranbrook