Driffield Agricultural Society


Driffield Showground
Kelleythorpe
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 9DN
Tel: 01377 257494
Email
office@driffieldshow.co.uk

News from The Driffield Agricultural Society

Members' Evening
Professor Sir John Marsh CBE

Will there be room for farming in the Post 2013 CAP?

John Marsh is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Reading. Chairman of the Council of RURAL (the Society for the Responsible Use of Resources in Agriculture and on the Lane)
Also he is the Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Dairy Information and comes as a highly recommended speaker.

Tickets for this event are £11 each, a light buffet supper is included.

Tickets can be ordered, or reserved, by contacting the Society Office on 01377 257494 where we can take payment for tickets over the phone, or email or write to us at the addresses on the left.

published 23rd Mar
Buttie Hut Volunteers 2010
BUTTIE HUT 2010

JANUARY - St Afrique Twinning
FEBRUARY - Driffield in Bloom
MARCH - St Andrew's Church, Foston
APRIL - Driffield Church Hall Fund
MAY - Rotary Club
JUNE - Friends of Guiding
JULY - The Foston Ladies
AUGUST - SSAFA Forces Help
SEPTEMBER - Driffield & District Lions
OCTOBER - St Catherines Hospice Driffield Support Group
NOVEMBER - Wetwang Pre-school
DECEMBER - Buckrose Concert Band
XMAS - Yorkshire Cancer Research


published 5th Nov
The Driffield Pavilion Project
The concept is to construct a contemporary meeting place based upon bio-renewable materials including timber, straw hemp and lime. Many of these material are capable of being produced locally and will demonstrate that some important new or 'rediscovered' sustainable products are available from the agriculture and landscapes of Yorkshire.

If you would like to become a supporter of the Driffield Pavilion Project and included on the project update circulation list please email your details to friendsofdriffieldpavilion@driffieldshow.co.uk

published 11th Sep
Companion Dog Show Update
Well Ladies and gentleman please give yourselves a pat on the back, that was the best dog show ever, the charity will be please, we decided this year we would also sponsor a guide dog puppy, it is the advert seen recently on the television, throughout this coming year we will be able to get updates and next year you will be able to see how and to whom, or what the money goes to and spent.

I hope you enjoyed the buffet which is our way of saying thank you to the competitors and to the spectators, who support us year after year, and for whom we are grateful.

You all make my job as secretary so much easier each year, and for your turn out and for the standard of dogs, I thank you, you all deserve a prize but we do not have them for everyone, I wish we did.

The judge for the day Ainslie, was as you know from Australia, and I can only say that you all got the best of attention, it was so nice that she enjoyed herself as well, Ainslie said at the end of the show what a lovely entry she got, and to such high standard dogs, I don

published 23rd Jul
Trade Stand Awards
All Trade Stands are judged on their general appearance, public appeal, originality,content and floral content. Stands were placed in 3 categories, Agricultural, Commerical and Rural Craft.

AGRICULTURAL
1st - HH & JM Artley
2nd - H Walton
3rd - Farmstar Ltd

COMMERCIAL
1st - Roger Bentley
2nd - Casino Knights
3rd - Gold from the Wold

RURAL CRAFT
1st - Flat Basket Company
2nd - Sweet Jewellry
3rd - Peter O'Cain

published 22nd Jul
New for 2009 - THE GIFT HALL
Due to an unprecedented response for the Rural Craft marquee we have decided to set up an adjacent marquee called The Gift Hall. We hope you enjoy browsing here as much as you do in the Rural Crafts.
published 22nd Jul
Buttie Hut Volunteers 2009
BUTTIE HUT 2009

JANUARY - N Frod, St Elgin's Church
FEBRUARY - Friends of Northfield School
MARCH - Skerne, St Leonard's Church
APRIL - Driffield Stroke Club
MAY - Burton Agnes Church
JUNE - Driffield & District Scouts
JULY - Driffield & District Access Grp
AUGUST - Nafferton, All Saints' Church
SEPTEMBER - Watton, St Mary's Church
OCTOBER - Ad-Hoc Singers
NOVEMBER - Langtoft, St Peter's Church
DECEMBER - Nafferton Millenium Com
XMAS - Dunnington, St Nicholas Church

published 6th Mar
Driffield Agricultural Society Newsletter Autum 2007 - Issue 21

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published 30th Nov
Driffield Agricultural Society Newsletter - Spring 2007
Introducing the new Society President...Rural Question Time Membership evening .....
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published 1st Mar
Driffield Agricultural Society Autum 2006 Newsletter
Newsletter including the 2006 show report, news on the expanding role with regard to education, the Farmers Market and the Enterprise Village.
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published 1st Jan