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2011 UK Jersey Youth Weekend - results
Hello, the new UK Jerseys Youth Committee is up and running.
The
committee met for the first time in April.
We discussed how we could improve activities and develop the
Society for the Youth members. As it was our first meeting
we spent a lot of time talking over current events and how
we will be improving these; but we did also come up with new
future events, and how to encourage more youth members and
promote our breed.
We will be meeting again before the end of
the year to continue all of the events and ideas we discussed.
Please
feel free to contact Jo Stubbs, UK Jerseys Youth chairman,
if you have anything you would like us to discuss or help improve
nationally or just in your area.
Meet the team ………
Chairman – Jo
Stubbs (Coldeaton Jerseys)
Committee
Dave Christophers
(Trerose Jerseys)
Izzy Wright (Fourcrosses Jerseys)
Lizzie Bland (Clifton Jerseys)
Matt Pye (Bayview Jerseys)
Millie Shipley (Pavenham Jerseys)
Jo Stubbs
My
name is Jo Stubbs; I am 27 years old and a deputy manager
at a Children’s Day Nursery,
I’m
also Vice County Chairman of Derbyshire Young Farmers and
UK Jersey Youths Chairman.
My family’s herd prefix
is Coldeaton.
I have been involved with Jerseys and especially
showing since I can remember, leading calves as soon
as I could walk or should I say them leading me. This
is why I am keen to help improve and promote Jersey Youth
so we can offer more for the members.
Together we run
a herd of 45 Jerseys mainly young stock but we do have
a few cows. As we do not sell our milk we rear calves
and pigs on what we produce. We also have 90breeding
ewes.
I have always loved the friendly but competitive atmosphere
at shows and the friends you make along the way, its
like they say once you got the bug that’s it, and I guess
I inherited mine off dad.
If you have any ideas that I can
put forward at a meeting or need any help or support,
please contact me by email at jo.stubbs@live.co.uk Or
by phone on 07792283438 |
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Matt Pye
My name is Matt Pye and I am 20 years
old.
I work on the family farm in the Lune Valley, Lancashire,
milking 200 cows and we are in the final stages of changing
from all Holsteins to all Jerseys, following the formation
of Bayview Jersey Herd in 2004.
Last year we achieved
several Championships in the show ring and our first
Interbreed Champion.
We also hosted the Jersey Youth
Weekend which is something I would encourage all Jersey
Youth to take part in for a cool weekend. |
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Lizzie Bland
Info about myself? erm,
I am 19, I live at Abbott Lodge, home of 'Clifton Jerseys.'
We have 270 head of pedigree cattle.
I work for Sheila
Metcalfe, cattle photographer, and I enjoy meeting
new people and setting up the cows ready to be photographed.
I
am also an active member of Penrith Y.F.C enjoying the
social side of farming and competitions. |
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Milly Shipley
My name is Milly Shipley;
I am 18 years old and will be starting a degree in Rural
Land Management at The Royal Agricultural College in
October.
My prefix is Pavenham.
I have always had a strong
passion for Jersey cows and from a young age I have taken
part in handling competitions and stock judging, with
both Jerseys and Holsteins. I have had great success
at both local and national level.
I have been team leader
at the Young Member’s Weekend
and am always happy to help and give advice to the younger
members. |
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Izzy Wright
I’m Izzy Wright from
Fourcrosses Jerseys based in Staffordshire. Fourcrosses
is a family farm running breeding ewes, a herd of beef
cattle along with a fattening unit but, most importantly
to me, are the 230 pedigree Jersey cows with 200 followers.
Those
that know me will know that this is a huge part of my
life and a passion in which I would be lost without.
I was only a young girl when I found I had a big craze
for these brown four legged creatures and as I got older
my passion grew bigger.
My first memories of involvements
in the breed would be when I began leading calves at
local shows, then as I got older my brother and I took
part in many YJB weekends in which I gained a lot, such
as learning more about the breed, clipping, showmanship
and things I learnt from the older breeders. Most importantly
was the friends I made along the way.
Taking this home
the hobby then became a bit more of a competition when
I wanted to be higher up the line. I took a lot more
interest in the work at home, breaking calves and helping
to prepare them.
That is when I was working my way up
and all the hard work started to pay off. My first memorable
achievement was winning the Champion Coloured Breeds’ Handler
in 2002 and many other local calf and handler competitions.
It definitely takes a lot of hard work and dedication and
has all be worth. In 2010 our herd won 6 Breed Championships,
some 35 cups and trophies and the Herds’ Competitions
in the North Midlands JCC.
Fourcrosses’ proudest moment
was being awarded the Lilly Hill Perpetual Challenge
Cup.
After leaving college with a NDA I am now working
full time with the herd at home, concentrating on the
health of the cows, fertility, sire selection, and advertising
the herd in ways such as showing and entering competitions.
I
have mainly worked along side my dad but always listened
to others in the industry. One day I do hope to follow
in my dad’s foot steps, with a few tweaks along
the way! I always believe no one ever stops learning,
and I have always wanted to look at the dairy systems
abroad to see how different places/countries work. This
year I was honoured to win a trip to Denmark with the
Jerseys, on behalf of Viking Genetics. I met some fantastic
people, saw some amazing farms which are home to hundreds
of astonishing cows. This trip has made me think more
in to the production of the Jersey cow, as sometimes
she is under estimated. This was a fantastic trip in
which I would encourage other young members to take part
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2011 UK Jersey Youth Weekend
We will be holding our UK Jersey Youth
Weekend on 19th, 20th & 21st August at Pierrepont Farm,
The Reeds Road, Frensham, Surrey GU10 3BS by kind permission
of Michael & Bev Clear & Family and The Countryside
Trust. [details]
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