Next meeting
Wednesday, March 16 - Vera's Coffee Shop (AG Meale's Wayford Bridge). Annual meeting,7.30pm. Supper beforehand.
Maj-Gen Nik Chapman: Food poverty in Norfolk - Possible solutions.
Entry added: 10 Feb 2022 |
Annual dinner
Wednesday, April 6 - Scottow, North Walsham Rugby Club, 7.30pm.
Presentation of trophies, prize cards. Speaker, TBC
Entry added: 10 Feb 2022 |
Welcome to 2022's first club meeting. "There and back again" is a theme for the meeting when Tom Harrison will talk about his experience farming in New Zealand and then returning to head the family's potato enterprise at Trimingham on Wednesday, February 9 at Scottow. The chairman Chris Borrett would welcome members and friends, including a large contingent from North Walsham Young Farmers' Club, to join the supper beforehand. It costs £10 per head for a two-course meal, which will be served from 6.25pm at North Walsham Rugby Club. The meeting proper will start about 7.30pm. If you would like supper, please let the secretary know by close of play on Thursday, February 3 - email michaelbpollitt@btinternet.com or telephone 01603 486997.
NB The annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 16 - location to be announced.
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The late Nigel Wright - On a late January morning, the sun was shining as the funeral for Stalham farmer Nigel Ivan Wright took place at Holy Trinity Church, Ingham. He died peacefully at home just three days before his 83rd birthday. Tributes were paid by his two sons, Alistair and Ben, and daughter Jess. Two of his grandchildren Kevin and Georgina gave readings. .
A long-serving secretary to Stalham Farmers' Club, a former chairman and life vice-president, Mr Wright had held senior regional posts in the National Farmers' Union and served as county chairman as well as being elected to North Norfolk Council and Stalham Town Council. He was laid to rest in the churchyard by the Rev Richard Jackson. Family, friends and club members, many wearing the distinctive blue Stalham hoe tie, later enjoyed a splendid spread arranged by Hannah Deane at the Dairy Barns.
Full obituary - See left, past members.
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At our first meeting in 2022 on Wednesday, February 9, we welcome members of North Walsham Young Farmers' Club as guests to super.
Please support our chairman, Chris Borrett, at the supper at North Walsham Rugby Club (Scottow) on Wednesday, February 9 - and please let the secretary know as soon as possible if you'd like to join the meal.
I need numbers by close of play, Thursday, February 3, please. Supper costs £10 and will be served about 6.30pm. So, a speedy response would also help our caterers too.
Given the challenges facing the pig industry, our menu choice is surely appropriate - roast pork, roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables followed by apple and cherry crumble and custard.
Our speaker Tom Harrison will be speaking about farming in New Zealand and returning to head the family's long-established potato enterprise at Trimingham.
The meeting starts at 7.30pm.
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On other matters
Final and absolute last call for grain samples. If they've been sitting in your office, please bring them or let Chris Borrett know that you'd like to enter.
Please let the secretary know if you'd like to join the supper. It might be sensible too to take a LFT (Lateral Flow Test).
There were touching tributes by the family at the funeral of former club chairman and long-serving secretary Nigel Wright, who was laid to rest in Ingham on Wednesday, January 26. More than 100 attended the service which was taken by the Rev Richard Jackson. Hannah Deane laid on a veritable feast at Dairy Barns which was greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
Michael Pollitt
email michaelbpollitt@btinternet.com or telephone 01603 486997.
Entry added: 27 Jan 2022 |
Nigel Wright - RIP.
One of the longest serving officers of the club, vice-president and former secretary Nigel Wright has died peacefully at home just days before his 84th birthday. He was secretary between 1962 and 1985 and farmed at Church Farm, Stalham. He was the club's vice-president and typically modest, declined on several occasions to be elected president. Our condolences to his family.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 26 at Ingham church, 11am. For a full obituary, see Past club Members on the left.
Entry added: 13 Jan 2022 |
January meeting postponed - A delayed start to the 2022 programme. Apologies for the short notice but it seems sensible to postpone the first meeting of the year given the rise in Covid-19 cases across the east of England.
We had hoped to welcome 14 members of North Walsham Young Farmers' Club to the meeting at Scottow on Wednesday, January 12. In addition, a good contingent of Stalham members would have got the year off to a cracking start.
We hope to meet on Wednesday, February 9. A decision will be taken towards the end of this month about arrangements but hopefully, the meting will be able to take place.
The chairman, Chris Borrett, and vice-chairman, Will Sands, have also agreed to this sensible precaution. Further, Holt & District Farmers' Club has also postponed its meeting next Tuesday, January 11.
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A Happy New Year 2022 to all our members.
At our first meeting on Wednesday, January 12, we welcome members of North Walsham Young Farmers' Club as guests to super. Please support our chairman, Chris Borrett, at the supper at North Walsham Rugby Club (Scottow) on Wednesday, January 12 - and please let the secretary know as soon as possible if you'd like to join the meal.
I need numbers by close of play, Wednesday, January 5, please. Supper costs £10 and will be served about 6.30pm. So, a speedy response would also help our caterers too.
Given the challenges facing the pig industry, our menu choice is surely appropriate - roast pork, roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables followed by apple and cherry crumble and custard.
Our speaker Tom Harrison will be speaking about farming in New Zealand and returning to head the family's long-established potato enterprise at Trimingham.
The meeting starts at 7.30pm. All are welcome, so bring a friend or neighbour.
On other matters
1 Final and absolute last call for grain samples. If they've been sitting in your office, please bring them or let Chris Borrett know that you'd like to enter.
2 On behalf of the club, a sincere thanks to a good member Sarah Bebb, who left British Sugar on December 31 after more than nine years. She was a greater supporter of the club's sugar beet competitions and especially the two-acre. Good luck with your new career in plant breeding.
3 A warm welcome to new members, Ben Place and Sam Summers.
Entry added: 04 Jan 2022 |
The latest club report of the meeting with Cathie Martin on the 8th December 2021 is now in the minutes and reports section on the left Entry added: 09 Dec 2021 |