The annual farm walk, which is being held jointly with East Norfolk National Farmers' Union, takes place by invitation of the Strumphaw Steam Museum on Wednesday, July 18, starting at 5.30pm prompt. It will feature a tour of the estate's farming operations, a presentation by the RSPB on the adjoining reserve, and an opportunity to look behind the scenes at the special museum. To assist with catering, it is essential that members (and their guests) let the organisers, Henry Alston, or the secretary (Michael Pollitt 01603 486997) or the NFU North Walsham office know beforehand because numbers may be limited.
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Fundraising reception - Norfolk’s police commissioner Lorne Green, who addressed members and guests at the club’s recent annual dinner, is looking to raise funds for his re-election campaign. Broadland Conservative Association has invited Defra secretary Michael Gove to an early evening reception on Friday, April 6 at The Barn, Woodbastwick NR13 6HL, (5.30pm to 7.30pm). Tickets cost £25 – available on the website https://www.conservativeevents.co.uk Entry added: 27 Mar 2018 |
The latest photo's from the Club Dinner 2018 are now available in the Photo Gallery on the left. There are 215 fantastic photos of the evening and they can be downloaded by clicking on the greyed out section of the photos below which stops the slideshow so you can copy and paste! Enjoy. Entry added: 24 Mar 2018 |
A service of thanksgiving for the life of Frank Read, who has died 84, and was secretary to the club for almost a quarter of a century, will be held on Thursday, April 5, 1pm at Blofield church. For full obituary - see club officers, left. Entry added: 23 Mar 2018 |
Thanks for great honour. Stewart Marsh wrote after being awarded the E H Wenn President's Cup. "I am still over whelmed. I regard it as such an honour and privilege to receive this award and totally, as far as I am concerned, out of the blue. I couldn't have believed that I would have been considered for such an honour in a thousand years."
He received two certificates at the March 2018 annual dinner, one for runner-up in the barley and another for second place in the wheat cup for Milligen McLeod Farming. "I was stunned, amazed and totally surprised when my name was announced as the winner of the President's Cup. To have such recognition by the farming community means more to me than I am able to express," he added.
In his 27-year managerial career with the late George Milligen and later his nephew John McLeod, he won a total of 17 trophies, including eight barley, five times with wheat, sugar beet and also the inter-club malting barley supreme championship.
Entry added: 20 Mar 2018 |
Frank Read - service of thanksgiving
A service of thanksgiving for the life of Frank Read will be held on Thursday, April 5, 1pm, at the church of St Andrew and St Peter, Blofield. This follows an earlier family cremation service. Family flowers only but donations for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.
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Support for Spring Fling. The club presented a cheque for £300 to Greg Smith, chief executive of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association, to support the long-running Spring Fling event. This was started in 2000 and now attracts around 5,000 children and their parents to the one-day event at the Norfolk showground. And the next Spring Fling takes place on Tuesday, April 10.
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Trophy winners - see club report. Entry added: 16 Mar 2018 |
Outstanding award. An outstanding member was presented with one of the club’s top awards, the E H Wenn President’s Trophy.
At the 2018 annual dinner, retiring chairman Jonathan Deane told the 115 members and guests that it had been decided to awarded the trophy from time to time to mark an outstanding contribution to the club.
He said the latest winner had been a great supporter of the club’s competitions for more than a quarter of a century. And Stewart Marsh, who managed the late George Milligen’s farm at Easton Ruston since 1992, had won 17 club trophies over the years. And in more recent years, he had continued his run of success with Mr Milligen’s nephew, John McLeod.
This had included a total of 13 successes in the grain competition, with eight barley and five wheat championships, two in the best two-acre and two championships in the whole beet crop. In addition, he produced the first winning sample for the new inter-club supreme barley championship against Holt & District Farmers’ Club.
And in the 2017 awards Mr Marsh was runner-up in both the wheat and barley sections.
In presenting the trophy, he wished Mr Marsh a long and happy retirement.
The EH Wenn Trophy was re-presented by Jennifer Grier and has since been won by the late Frank Read in 2012, Ken Leggett, Tim Papworth and in 2015, potato judge Denis Walsh. Entry added: 16 Mar 2018 |
Challenges for rural policing. Widespread domestic abuse was a huge issue for policing in Norfolk, said the county’s crime commissioner. Lorne Green, who was elected almost two years ago, told the 176th annual dinner of Stalham Farmers’ Club about the scale of domestic abuse across the county.
He shocked the 115 members and guests at the Norfolk Mead Hotel, Coltishall, as he reported that between 40 and 50 complaints were being made each day or more than 5,800 last year. And the growing number of sexual abuse cases was also alarming too, he added.
Mr Green said that rural policing was one of his major challenges and that he had set up a task force to review progress in tackling crimes including illegal hare coursing. He also defended his decision to replace about 150 police and community support officers from the end of this month with 123 dedicated officers and staff, which would help to give the chief constable a county-wide resource to meet the modern policing challenge. By using and investing in technology to give police officers the tools to tackle the new types of crime, it would provide better protection for communities and society, he said. His robust defence of his strategy clearly impressed his audience.
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