Opening meeting - Welcome to the 177th season. Thanks to the east Norfolk branch of the National Farmers' Union for mailing the programme, details of the winter season's meetings should be popping through your letterbox. If your 2018/2019 programme has not arrived in a day or two, please let the secretary know. And the first meeting, on Tuesday, October 16 will be a tour of Kettle Foods at Bowthorpe, Norwich, by invitation of the managing director, Ashley Hicks. As numbers are limited and must be booked in advance, drop a note to the secretary - michaelbpollitt@btinternet.com
Entry added: 16 Sep 2018 |
Double success for beet grower.
For the second time in five years, Robert Cook has clinched the club’s Cantley Cup for highest overall beet yield.
For the full report please see the club member section on the left. Entry added: 12 Sep 2018 |
Quiz challenge - Members are invited to take part in the Norfolk Livestock Club’s 2018 autumn challenge quiz on Monday, October 29, 7pm. If any member would like to join a six-strong team in a pub-style quiz at Easton & Otley College’s sports centre, please contact the secretary (michaelbpollitt@btinternet.com) There will be 10 rounds of questions, with a break for a light buffet supper. Entry fee, £5 per head, includes supper. Entry added: 12 Sep 2018 |
Entries for whole crop beet. The competition will be judged in the first full week of September by Ken Matthews. He has judged the whole crop for a number of years. Please send entries, with a map showing the location of the field - and its size - and any landmarks to the secretary by close of play on Monday, September 3. An indication of field gate or entry point would be helpful. The field must be at least 10 acres. There is no entry fee for any of the club's competitions, including for wheat and barley samples. Some beet entries have already been submitted and acknowledged. Any queries to the secretary on 01603 486997 or email, michaelbpollitt@btinternet.com Entry added: 31 Aug 2018 |
The funeral service for William will take place at St Mary the Virgin Church, Happisburgh on Wednesday 5th September at 2.00pm. A private family committal will follow at St Margaret’s Church, Witton.
Family flowers only please but donations, if desired, for St Margaret’s Church, Witton and Bloodwise (formerly Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research) may be given at the service or sent c/o and payable to Murrell Cork Funeral Directors, 57A Mundesley Road, North Walsham NR28 0DB
Entry added: 21 Aug 2018 |
Obituary - William Donald. A former club president and chairman, he died on Sunday, August 19, aged 82. A full tribute can be found in the Past Club Members section on the left. Entry added: 21 Aug 2018 |
A former president of Stalham Farmers' Club, William Donald, died peacefully earlier today, Sunday, August 19. One of the youngest ever chairman to serve Norfolk National Farmers' Union, he was also a former chairman of the country's leading potato marketing co-operative, Anglian Produce. Our thoughts are with his widow and family. A full tribute will follow. Entry added: 19 Aug 2018 |
Unique village sign taken - A unique hand-made village sign has been stolen from the heart of a tiny community in east Norfolk. The distinctive Brunstead sign has stood by the main road from Stalham to Walcott for about 30 years. Stalham Farmers' Club member Alan Beck, who made the metal sign with Patrick Ames, of Home Farm, Brunstead, said that it had been taken between early Friday night and early Saturday morning. July 28. “It is such a well-known feature and I can’t believe that someone would take it for its scrap value,” said Mr Beck. His family has farmed at Brunstead Hall, next to St Peter’s medieval church, since 1919. “The sign features a man sitting on a horse-drawn drag rake because it was the name of the former Brunstead village pub,” said Mr Beck, of Orchard Farm. "We’ve informed the police and if anyone saw anything and can help to track it down, we’d be really grateful,” he said. Entry added: 30 Jul 2018 |
Memorable farm walk and visit - A tour of the Strumpshaw Hall estate's farming operations, steam museum, and RSPB reserve was greatly enjoyed by an 80-strong party, organised by club chairman Henry Alston. It was a joint event with East Norfolk branch of the National Farmers' Union and included a walking tour of the RSPB's Strumpshaw reserve. For many highlights included the chance to ride around the park on the museum's light railway, hearing the Art Deco cinema organ or riding on one of the world's five surviving fairground rides, the Ark, which can achieve speeds of more than 30mph! It was a memorable evening. Full story - see the photo Gallery on the left. Entry added: 20 Jul 2018 |
Congratulations – A top Norfolk Farm Machinery Club trophy has been won by Geoffrey Beck, of Brumstead, near Stalham, with a design to remove tractor wheelings, in front of a subsoiler. He was presented with the Peter Bullimore Memorial Trophy by the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association’s president, Ben Turner on the first day of the show on Wednesday, June 27. The late Mr Bullimore, who farmed at East Ruston , was also a long-standing member of Stalham Farmers’ Club. And Geoffey, of CN Beck & Sons, also wins £75 as well as the distinctive trophy.
Geoffrey is pictured with wife Mandy holding the Peter Bullimore Trophy. Photograph: Chris Thomas, of Normac. Entry added: 05 Jul 2018 |