YOUNG FARMERS SPEED SHEAR

Wow, what a night, West Melton Young Farmers (WMYF) will remember Saturday, April 15th, as they held their first ever speed shear as a fundraiser to raise funds for people affected by cyclone Gabrielle, raising a total of $4,870. Fifty percent of the funds will be donated to rural support, which will be handed out to those in need who have been affected by this devastating cyclone.

Our amazing twenty competitors who travelled from all over the Canterbury region, we really can’t thank you enough for your support towards our event.

Thank you to our amazing sponsors who got in behind us and kindly donated prizes and gifts to either go into the raffle, spot prizes or the Auction. A huge shout out goes to D J Webster Shearing Ltd for donating not only gear but time and a shearer for preparing and doing the sheep up for the event. Ellesmere Transport for the use of the curtain sider and transporting the lambs from Pemberley Farm in Kirwee. Our two judges, Paul Gallagher who travelled up from Fairlie and Kelvin Webster from Dunsandel, we appreciate not only your time but your commitment.

A massive thank you goes to West Melton Tavern for letting us host our event at their venue and Phil Manera for doing an amazing job of MCing the event and running the Auction. The West Melton Young Farmers

Club members would also like to say a huge thanks to Ady Webster and her partner Ryan Dickey (Chair of the WMYF), who organised most of the event, without them it probably wouldn’t have gone ahead. Congratulations to all our winners.

Intermediate:

1st: Kelly Poehls

2nd: Josh Devane

3rd: Ariki Humphrey

Senior:

1st: Edward Harrington

2nd: Liam Norrie

3rd: Jacob Taylor

Open:

1st: Thomas Ritchie

2nd: Ryan Miller

3rd: Shaun Burgess.

If you’ve ever thought about joining West Melton Young Farmers, now is the time to come down and give it a go. We meet on the last Monday of every month at West Melton Tavern at 7pm, and we look forward to seeing you there.

West Melton Young Farmers Club.