The Laura Crane Trust

Members of Thirsk Young Farmers presented a Cheque for £300 to The Laura Crane Trust. The Money was raised at last years Big Bath II and was presented to Mr Harry Woodheads chosen charity, The Laura Crane Trust. The Laura Crane Trust is a charity which raises funds for reasearch to be carried out into cancer in children and young adults. The aim of the research is to improve treatment and save young lives. As you will agree the charity is very fitting to our age group and a well deserving charity. A huge thank you to all members who work hard to raise the money.

Ready Steady Cook!

Members this week experimented at our very own version of Ready Steady Cook! Six teams competed to create a meal in 20 minutes with a goody bag of ingredients. I think i can quite safely say we haven't found the next Ainsley Harriet or Jamie Oliver! On a positive note we have had no reports of food poisoning from the judges yet! A huge thank you to Johnathan, Marion, Carol and Claire for judging the teams efforts. Well done to the winning team, The Kinky Tomatoes (Alex M, Dave S, Kirsten B, Helen S and Martin C) who made a beef stir fry and noodles.

Everyone is welcome to join us on Monday Night for the cheque presentation to The Laura Crane Trust meet at the Auction Mart at 7.30pm

Highland Dancing

This week members tried their hand or should i say feet at Scotish Highland dancing. As you can see from the picture some were better than others and also took it more serious than others!!! A huge thank you to Lynsey Craggs for teaching us a couple of Highland dances. Here are some of picture from the evening.


The Hotel is now booked for the Hexham Weekend! We will be staying in the The Hadrian Hotel priced at £30 per person to include bed and breakfast. The hotel is close to the night do venue. Check it out by googling the hotel name, let me know what you think! So get your coloured costumes ready for the Smartie Party!

Thirsk Young Farmers Newsletter

We are pleased to write and tell you of the successful start to our competition year. The club is going from strength to strength with an abundance of new and enthusiastic members. All new office holders have taken to their roles like ducks to water and are striving to create a club to be rivalled with. It is fantastic to see the club grow in strength. We wait in anticipation for the rest of the competing year.

We would like to share with you some of our success from early in the competition year. Congratulations to Andy Stonehouse, Anna Ramshay, Hannah Fletcher and Richard Craggs who came 3rd in the Yorkshire Senior Brainstrust competition in December. Andy Stonehouse was placed 3rd as Senior Chairman. We wish the team luck as they go on to represent the club at Northern area in March.


Congratulation to Matthew Keel placed 7th and all the members who represented the club in the Clay Pigeon Shooting in January.

Members took two teams to the Yorkshire Ten Pin Bowling competition in January. Congratulations to Andy Stonehouse, Kathryn Turnbull, Pete Sanderson and Hannah Fletcher who were 2nd overall as a team. Congratulation to Andy Stonehouse placed 1st and Michelle Harker placed 3rd individually overall.



Most recently members headed to Lady Lumley’s School at Pickering to represent the district in Men’s Rugby and Ladies Hockey. A huge thank you to Andy Ryder, Hannah Fletcher and Michelle Harker for coaching our teams to success. A fantastic day was had by all competitors and supporters. The boys braved the mud and cold to be placed 4th. The ladies won the competition stealing the trophy from Ryedale district and now head to Hexham to compete at Northern area level.


We will shortly be placing an order for new club shirts for the competitive year. We are proud to announce our club sponsor for 2009 will be Brockhills of Yorkshire. If you are interested in purchasing a club shirt please contact myself on the above number.

We would like to invite you to support our Charity Race Night to be held at Dalton Village Hall on Saturday 4th April 2009. The tickets are priced at £5 to include a pie and pea supper. The tote from the race night will be donated to the clubs chosen charity which is The Lambert Memorial Hospital. Tickets can be purchased from any of the office holders. We look forward to seeing you at the event.



With this letter we have enclosed the 2009 Club Programme, as you will see we have a wide range of events and activities on the horizon. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you along to any of the activities you may wish to take part in, your presence is always welcome and we look forward to seeing you in the near future!

We wish the club all the best for the rally season and look forward to reporting our continued success later in the year!

Thirsk Young Farmers Blog

Hi guys, seen as it is difficult at the moment to update the website thought it might be a good idea to have a blog to keep everyone upto date! Feel free to make comments on all activities and information. Hope you think it a good idea! See you all soon!