Collone Young Farmers

29/10/2026

🐷🐄🧑‍🌾𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑 🐷🐄🧑‍🌾

This year’s Ulster Young Farmer Competition is now open, please use the link in the post below to complete!

Good luck everyone 🤞🤞

📣𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝟏 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄! 📣

Our Ulster Young Farmer Stage 1 competition, proudly sponsored by Danske Bank UK, is officially 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄! 🎉

⏳ Juniors have 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧 to complete the competition, while Seniors have 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 to complete it!

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭:

🔗 Follow the link to our dedicated Ulster Young Farmer webpage: https://www.yfcu.org/ulster-young-farmer-competition
❗ Read all instructions carefully before beginning the competition.
📋 Select the correct link for either the Junior or Senior competition.
✅ All necessary information and instructions will be available on the dedicated webpage.

Best of luck to everyone taking part! 🌟

28/10/2026

🌍✈️ 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 - 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥, 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 & 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 ✈️🌍

On Monday evening we enjoyed our club meeting ‘Future Ready - Travel, Talk & Taste’ - a huge thank you must go to Ruth for organising 🙌🙌

We heard about our members recent travel experiences with Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster to various countries including Switzerland, Bulgaria, Finland and Scotland ✈️✈️

Members also heard about how to apply for the travel opportunities and about the role the YFCU Travel Committee has to play!

We wrapped up the evening with tea and cake together following the Great Farmers Bake Off! 🍰🍰

28/10/2026

🏆🗣️𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 🗣️🏆

Last night members attended the Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster Public Speaking Finals with members attending both the prepared & impromptu sections of the competition 🗣️🗣️

Well done to everyone for making it to this stage - it is a credit to you all 👏👏

Huge congratulations to both Linzi & Grace for placing in their respective age categories 👑🏆

𝟐𝟓-𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝
1st - Linzi Kennedy 🥇

𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟏 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝
1st - Grace George 🥇

𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟏 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐮
1st - Grace George 🥇

27/10/2026

🍰𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟🍰

Last night members took part in the ‘Great Farmers Bake Off’ competition which was held during our club meeting!

It was great to have over 20 members taking part in the competition- well done everyone 👏👏

A huge thank you to our judges Melanie McConnell & Rosemary Nicholl for taking time out of their evening to assist with judging 🍰🍰

Congratulations and good luck to Ruth McWhirter & Laura McCarten as they progress to the next stage 👩‍🍳👩‍🍳

Junior
1st - Laura McCarten 🥇

Senior
1st - Ruth McWhirter 🥇

27/10/2026

🇮🇪🐄𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲🐄🇮🇪

This weekend club member Karen Walker, along with Moneymore YFC member, Joyce Allen, travelled to Limerick for the Macra na Feirme National Conference and Rally - both representing Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster as Vice & Deputy President!

The weekend began with a Jersey night on the Friday night before a trip to Macnamara dairy farm on Saturday morning. The girls learnt about the sustainability of the farm as well as getting to hear more about the grassland 🌱🌱

Saturday afternoon saw the National Conference take place hearing from Taoiseach Míchéal Martin and the Agriculture Minister Martin Heyburn 🗣️🗣️

Saturday was finished off with a silent disco to finish the weekend off 🕺🪩

It is great to see Karen representing Collone YFC and the wider organisation at this level!

26/10/2026

A night to find out about 🇨🇦

25/10/2026

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 - 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲!

🌾🍁🥕 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐘𝐅𝐂 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞🌾🍁🥕

We are delighted to announce that we will be holding our annual Harvest Service on Sunday the 1st of November, at 3pm 🌾🌾

Our service will be very kindly led by the Reverend Norman Smyth, refreshments will be provided following the service 🍎🍎

Everyone is very welcome, it would be great to see you there 🫶🫶

23/10/2026

⭐️𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐘𝐅𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 ⭐️

This year our rewards system has returned with our first reward being a trip after Christmas… more details to follow 🎳🎳

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤?
New Members - 15 Points ✨
Returning Members - 25 Points ✨

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬?
Club Meetings - 1
Stewarding at YFCU Events - 1
Harvest Service - 2
In Person Competitions - 3
Online Competitions - 2

𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🎤🎂
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟 - Monday’s Club Meeting 🎂🎂

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 11th November 🗣️🗣️

𝐔𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 - 29th October 🧑‍🌾

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 - 11th December 🎵🎵

Now is the time to get involved as there is plenty of upcoming competitions and events between now and Christmas 🎄

Monday’s meeting can earn you 4 points - any questions let us know 👋👋

22/10/2026

💕💪𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡 & 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐱 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈💪💕

On the 11th of November members Beth & Molly are taking part in the Dublin Hyrox in aid of this years charity Huntington's Disease Association Northern Ireland!

The girls have been busy training over the last few months for what will be a physically demanding day 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Check out the video below of an afternoons training - Good luck girls we are so proud of you 💕

All donations are appreciated for such a worthy charity!

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/collone-yfc-2?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

22/10/2026

🥩𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝟐 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝🥩

Last night members took part in the Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster Live 2 Dead Competition which was held online - well done to all members for taking part 👏👏

Huge congratulations to Charlie Hutchinson for placing 1st in the 12-14 age category 🥇⭐️