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Young Farmers Club

The Young Farmers Club (YFC) is an organisation that dates back to the 1920's (Hemyock was the birthplace of the YFC, starting as the Calf Club in 1921) and was started to give young people in the countryside a way of socialising with other young people in their areas. Today there are over 700 clubs in England and Wales, 37 of which are in Devon alone!

The main function of the clubs these days is exactly the same, but today YFC offers young people so much more than just a social life. By joining a Young Farmers Club you open the door to a world of opportunity where you can meet new people, learn skills, help the community, travel abroad, compete in many competitions from simple club vs club formats all the way up to national level, and of course the opportunity to have a great time doing it all!

The other key attribute of YFC is that the members of clubs are the ones who run them. Not only is this another opportunity to learn and to gain new experience which could prove handy on a CV, but it also means that clubs only do those things that they feel are fun and important.

Socialising

Young Farmers Clubs (YFC) gives you a great opportunity to socialise and make many new friends. There are literally hundreds of YFC events every year ranging from local YFC discos to the Grand Winter Ball. Being a YFC member provides you with a network of friends to share ideas and transport to help you get out and about.

Sport

There are many sports in which members can take part such as football, rugby, netball, hockey, ten pin bowling, tug of war and many more. Sports are a great way to meet other members. The competitions are open to all (age 10 to 26), whatever your ability. Always remember the aim of the game is to enjoy it!

Conservation

Many clubs undertake a Countryside Action Project. These are usually based on local ideas aimed at improving the local environment or helping the community, all being eligible for local and National awards. Projects are hard work, but everyone has plenty of fun and gains a sense of achievement.

Charity

Both Local and National Charities benefit from charity work undertaken by YFC throughout Devon. Events range from sponsored bike rides (on five man bikes !) to bed pushes to plastic duck races.  These events are always full of FUN!

Entertainments

Every year each club has the opportunity to perform a panto (1999), drama or an entertainments production, this involves the whole club from acting and performing to designing and building the props and scenery.
Carnival floats can be another exciting way of joining in with local public events.

Travel

Do you want to be involved in an International Experience? Yes? Well, if you are a Young Farmer trips vary from Club & County exchanges to Cultural and Home stay tours. You can travel to a huge variety of places and be involved in as many things. From Amsterdam to Australia, you can go anywhere with Young Farmers!

Skills For Life

As a member you will have many opportunities to learn lots of new skills as part of your club programme, ranging from public speaking and debating to car maintenance or computer skills. On completion of Skills for Life projects you will receive a YFC Certificate of Achievement, which could help you in job seeking.

Training

As members of your club various weekends are available ranging from an under 18's 'Intents' camping weekend full of outdoor activities & various exercises, to weekends for the lead officers (Chairmen & Secretaries) helping them to run the clubs more effectively.

When & Where?


We meet at Hemyock Parish Hall in the Forbes Lounge.  Meetings are every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, starting at 7:30pm.  New Members £5.00

Contact Us

For more information, you can email us culmvalleyyfc@hotmail.com
or give Carly Veale a ring on 07803 595718


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Young Farmers Update - February 2010

Young FarmersYet again it has been a busy couple of months for Culm Valley Young Farmers who have certainly not let the recent cold weather get in the way of the busy schedule!

The competitions diary has been full of events with Culm Valley being placed respectively in both the interclub table tennis and badminton. Further fixtures are scheduled with volleyball, hockey and basketball featuring early within the 2010 calendar! Eight members of the club are travelling to Val Thorens in the French Alps along with members from clubs across the region on the annual YFC ski trip - Hopefully the itinerary will not include any trips to A & E!
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Young Farmers Update - December 2009

Young FarmersCulm Valley Young Farmers held their AGM on 13th October, where it was time to recap on yet another successful year and vote in the new members to take on the various roles as officers leading the club, from chairman down to the very important coffee makers! Thank you was said to Emma Greenslade and Emily York who as Chairman and Secretary along with the other officers had given much dedication and hard work in maintaining the clubs momentum. To start off the new year's competitions Culm Valley presented 3 teams at the group Public Speaking held at Awliscombe where the teams took 1st, 2nd and 3rd place! Michelle Batting, Emily Vallis and Kate Stevens will now progress to represent East Devon at the County Round.
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Young Farmers Update - October 2008

Young FarmersApologies for the long delay in updating you on what we have been up to within the club. I would like to congratulate Emily York for scoring the highest points in the junior public speaking competition earlier on in the year and her team coming overall 3rd. Other results were the Devon girl's football team, including Amy Broomfield and Kelly Reed who came 2nd and the Devon rugby team which included Richard McCabe who came 5th. Also the Devon ten pin bowling team, made up of all Culm Valley members who came first. Well done to you all.
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Young Farmers Update - March 2008

Young FarmersIn January we entered four teams into the Countryside and Safety quiz. Well done to all who took part, especially Marcus Busch, Carly Veale and Jeremy Turner for coming fifth.

We also won the east Devon group dodge ball, which again, representing the group we came first at Okehampton later on in the month. We also won ladies 5 a side football and U18 men's football. Also we played skittles against Axminster and lost by 15 pins. The East Devon round of Stars in their Eyes took place in February, congratulations to Mark Davis who came 3rd as Daniel Bedingfield.
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Young Farmers Update - August - December 07

Young FarmersLooking back to the beginning of the August saw a very wet and muddy Honiton Show, which many of our members participated at. We had members showing stock, crafts, cookery and our boys pulled Tug-Of-War and even though they didn't take top place, they still managed to appear on Spotlight the same evening on BBC One!
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Young Farmers Update - August & September 07

Young FarmersMay was a very busy month for many of our members due to Devon county show. We had members taking part in a whole range of classes and activities after weeks of preparation we came home with awards for the club with most points in the cookery section, club with the most points in the static section and club gaining highest number of points in all classes.
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Young Farmers Update - June & July 07

Young FarmersIn February we took part in the East Devon Group drama competition with our play "Zartan", produced by Lorraine Penngelly in which we came first, qualifying us for the Devon round which we also won. We then went on to represent Devon at the south west area round in Weymouth which we came second, again qualifying us for the next round. So then we went up to Cheltenham to compete in the National semi finals which we came a very respectable third. Also throughout our performances we picked up the best moment cup at the group round and the best actor went to Mark Davis at the group and county round as well as the national semi final.
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Young Farmers Celebrate A Diamond Day

Young Farmers Culm Valley Young Farmers Club has celebrated the 60th anniversary of its sale and show. The event was held at Exeter Market at the Matford Centre, Exeter, on Friday April 27.