Annual dinner invitations -
Applications for the annual dinner and prize presentation on Wednesday, March 16 at the Norfolk Mead should be made to the secretary as soon as possible. Tickets £40 for the three-course meal, starting at 7.30pm prompt. There will be 14 tables, each seating 12 - with a maximum of 170 places. Early application to the secretary invited and all tickets must be pre-paid with cheques to Stalham Farmers' Club or payment direct to the club's bank by March 1. Preference will be given to members in the event of over-subscription - details michaelbpollitt@btinternet.com or 01603 486997.
Entry added: 05 Feb 2016 |
A letter of thanks has been received from North Walsham Young Farmers Club, please vew it in the letter section of the website. Entry added: 25 Jan 2016 |
Message recieved from Stephen and Catherine Temple, they will be hosting a Farmhouse Breakfast Event Sunday 24th January 2016 Copys Green Farm Wighton Wells Next the Sea NR23 1NY tel 01328 820224 9am until 12.30pm Drop-in. Cheese on Toast and Coffee. See the home of Mrs Temples Cheese Brown Swiss diary cows, and calves to see. Periodic guided walks to the anaerobic digestor. Donations in aid of Wighton Village Fundraising Committee which supports playing field, village hut, church and chapel Entry added: 15 Jan 2016 |
Warm welcome to three new members. At the January meeting, John Benton was proposed by Kevin Starkings while Ryan Snowden, who has joined the East Norfolk NFU’s team, was proposed by Josh Grimmer and Andrew Spinks was also formally proposed by Emily Page. Andrew has already been with the club in spirit as it were because he proposed the vote of thanks to our speaker at the November meeting Entry added: 14 Jan 2016 |
Outstanding speaker - More than a dozen members of North Walsham YFC enjoyed supper as guests of the club at the Norfolk Mead, Coltishall, at the January meeting. The evening’s speaker, Suffolk farmer and businessman, William Kendall, spoke to more than 80 members about his career as a serial entrepreneur having helped to launch the New Covent Garden Soup Company and later Green & Blacks Chocolate. Sarah Ellero also thanked Stalham Farmers’ Club for the generous hospitality and hoped that further closer links would be established over the coming years. Louis Baugh, president of Norfolk YFC and a Stalham member, said: “Judging by the numbers attending and the sincere vote of thanks to the club from the Young Farmers it is obviously appreciated and has become a valuable part of their club programme.”
See - Letter of thanks
A fuller report will appear on the club’s website.
Entry added: 14 Jan 2016 |
Come to supper on Wednesday, January 13 and join our young farmer guests from North Walsham and Acle YFCs.
Our speaker, William Kendall, currently in the Northern Shan region of Burma /Myanmar close to the border with China , will be speaking on the theme “Inspiring Businesses.”
All are welcome to join supper with our guests at the Norfolk Mead, Coltishall, from 6pm. Supper, £20, includes a welcome drink, and will be served at 6.15pm – Pan-seared cod, olive oil mash, kale and pea puree, followed by sticky toffee pudding, toffee sauce, ice cream.
Please let the secretary, Michael Pollitt, know by SUNDAY EVENING at the very latest if you’d like to join supper.
William Kendall, formerly of the chocolate brand Green & Blacks and the New Covent Garden Soup Company, runs a south Suffolk organic enterprise. He also farms with his cousin, Sir Peter Kendall, former NFU president, in Bedfordshire, and is a trustee of the Grosvenor Estate, the Duke of Westminster’s family farming interests. Mr Kendall, who takes up the historic role as High Sheriff of Suffolk, is also a director of Wheatsheaf Investments, investing internationally in “future of food” businesses.
And, he’s a director of another enterprise selling more than £1bn pa of meals to leading supermarket retailers – sourcing food from the country’s farmers and growers.
The meeting will start at 7.30pm.
Entry added: 05 Jan 2016 |
A funeral service was being held today, Thursday, December 31, for a keen supporter of Stalham Farmers' Club, Cecil Callow, at St Margaret's Church, Witton, at 11am. Over many years, he was a frequent winner in club competitions including the milling wheat trophy in 2003 and again in 2005 as well as the Cantley Cup for best overall beet crop in 1998 and 2002. Mr Callow, who died aged 83, was the club's chairman in 1982, and also enjoyed success with barley samples over the years too. Donations to St Margaret's Church.
Entry added: 31 Dec 2015 |
Charity's thanks to Stalham Farmers' Club. A donation of £500 to the RABI's emergency fund following the flooding in Cumbria will help "the charity's work assisting farming families." Again, thank you for your continued support, Paul Burrows, chief executive, Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.
See the Letter of thanks in the Newletters section on the left.
Entry added: 30 Dec 2015 |
Two loyal supporters of Stalham Farmers’ Club, Gavin Paterson and his sister Marion Ritchie, were remembered by members and guests at the latest meeting.
Mr Paterson, who was 85, was a long-standing member and his sister, Marion, was the widow of former club president, David Ritchie.
Luke Paterson, chairman, asked members to stand in their memory following their deaths last week.Gavin's obituary can be found under the meet the club section.
Entry added: 11 Dec 2015 |
Intrepid tour operator in yak drama - Specialist tour operator Rob Ferguson survived a high-altitude encounter with four yaks on a rope ladder in Nepal. And he was rescued from an 80ft deep crevasse in Nepal but most of his holiday adventures have been much more mundane. See the latest meeting report for details of his fascinating holiday enterprise. Entry added: 10 Dec 2015 |