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

Summer 2019

May
9th Stock Judging Practice, including dairy, grain and hay, Staplehurst
23rd Weald Granary visit
30th Visit to mixed farm, Ivyhatch

June
8th YFC Day at South of England Show
13th Kent YFC Dairy Stock Judging competition
27th Visit to deer farm, Lye Green, Crowborough

July
5th-7th Kent County Show
11th Visit to strawberry farm, Mereworth
25th Visit to sheep farm, Headcorn

August
8th Summer Sporty Social, Collier Street
22nd Summer BBQ social with calf show preparation, Ivyhatch
25th & 26th Edenbridge Show

September
5th Annual General Meeting TBC, Marden
14th Weald of Kent Ploughing Match, Horsmonden

Winter & Spring 2019

January
Thursday 10th, Practice for Kent YFC Winter Competitions Day, Marden
Saturday 12th, Kent YFC Winter Competitions Day, Sutton Valence
Thursday 24th, Jump In, Tonbridge

February
Thursday 7th, Cake Night, Marden
Thursday 21st, 10 Pin Bowling, Knights Park, Tunbridge Wells
Saturday 23rd, South East Area YFCs Spring Competitions, Hadlow College

March
Saturday 2nd, Weald of Kent YFCs Big Farming Quiz 2019, Marden
Thursday 14th, Talk on No Till Farming by Guy Eckley, Marden
Thursday 28th, Business Meeting, Marden

April
Thursday 11th, Visit to NP Seymour Ltd, Cranbrook
Thursday 25th, Mystery Evening, TBC.

May
Thursday 9th, Visit to dairy farm, Staplehurst
Thursday 23rd, Visit to grain store Mereworth TBC
Thursday 30th, Sussex cattle Ivyhatch TBC

 

Autumn Programme 2018

September
Saturday 15th Weald of Kent Ploughing Match, Four Oaks Farm, Headcorn, all day
Thursday 27th, Visit to local butcher, Hawkhurst

October
Thursday 11th, Club AGM, Marden
Thursday 25th, Pumpkin Picking & Carving, Marden
Tuesday 30th, Club Officer Training, County Showground

November
Thursday 8th, Dream Teams, Marden
Thursday 22nd, Visit to a Sheep Farm, Headcorn
Monday 26th, Ashford Cattle Show

December
Thursday 6th, Club Social, Marden
Thursday 13th, Christmas trip Curling

Summer Programme 2018

May
Thursday 10^th, Dairy Stock Judging Training
Thursday 24^th , Preparation for Open Farm Sunday

June
Saturday 2^nd, National Sheep Association Next Generation Event
Saturday 9^th, South of England Show YFC Day
Sunday 10^th, Open Farm Sunday at Mote Farm
Thursday 14th, Visit to LJ Betts, salad farm
Thursday 28^th Preparation for Kent County Show

July
Fri – Sun 6-8^th Kent County Show, County Showground
Thursday 12^th, Brattle Farm Museum, Staplehurst
Thursday 26th, Far Acre Vineyard, Marden

August
Thursday 9^th Hammond Collection of Micro Cars, Staplehurst
Thursday 30th Business meeting, Marden

Winter Spring Programme 2018

January
Thursday 11^th, Practice night, Marden
Saturday 13^th, Kent YFC Winter Competitions Day and Junior Forum
Thursday 25^th,  Visit to Kent Harvest Centre, Headcorn

February
Thursday 8^th, Games Evening, Marden
Thursday 22^nd 10 Pin Bowling Tunbridge Wells
Saturday 24^th, The Big Farm Quiz, Marden, our annual fundraiser.

March
Saturday 3^rd, Kent YFC County Dinner & Dance, Great Danes Hotel, Hollingbourne
Thursday 8^th, Farm Safety Evening, Marden
Sunday 18^th, Kent YFC Fundraising Training, Sutton Valence
Thursday 22^nd Glow Stick Treasure Hunt, Staplehurst

April
Thursday 12^th, Visit to Mote Farm, Ivyhatch
Thursday 26^th, Hedge Foraging, Staplehurst

Autumn Programme 2017

September
Wednesday 27th, New Members Evening, Staplehurst

October
Monday 2^nd, County Beef Stock Judging Competition, Sittingbourne
Wednesday 4^th, Our 1^st Annual General Meeting! Marden
Wednesday 18^th, Lashenden Air Warfare Museum, Headcorn
Saturday 28th, County Navigation Challenge, Aylesford

November
Wednesday 1st, Board game evening, Marden
Monday 6^th, Have a go at Lamb Stock Judging, Ashford Market
Monday 13^th County AGM – County Showground
Wednesday 15^th, Quad Maintenance, Haynes, Wrotham
Monday 27th, Ashford Cattle Show

December
Wednesday 6^th, Have a go at cupcake decorating, MCHC 7.30pm,
Wednesday 20^th, Christmas trip to Gravity in Maidstone

Summer Programme 2017

July
Thursday 20th, Welly Sports Night, Collier Street
Thursday 27th, visit to cider maker, Marden

August
Thursday 3rd, Driving Range, Maidstone
Thursday 10th, visit to Goat Sanctuary, Boughton Monchelsea
Thursday 17th, visit to Bardsley Farms, near Staplehurst
Thursday 24th, preparing stand for Weald of Kent Ploughing Match
Thursday 31st, Rounders & BarBQ, Marden

September
Thursday 7th, visit to Staplehurst Plant Nursery
Saturday 16th, Weald of Kent Ploughing Match, Marden

Easter update

The club entered their first competitions at Kent YFC Winter Competitions, turns out we’re quite good at baking!  Two seconds and a third were our rewards for the day, and two members also bravely competed in the Impromptu Public Speaking.  Over the Easter school holiday we visited Spenny Farm, Marden, to see the herd of South Devon suckler cows, and we also had an evening of NERF guns and fun in a friendly farmer’s grain store.  We arranged to meet up at Essex YFC show, and worked out what competitions we’ll enter in the YFC Section at the South of England Show.