Kilraughts Young Farmers

24/04/2025

⚽️Football Heats⚽️

Last week our boys and girls football teams headed to Mallusk to take part in the YFCU football heats!

Huge congratulations to both the incredible teams for the fantastic performances, making it through to the finals held at Balmoral Show!!!👏

11/04/2025

⭐️🏆Parents Evening🏆⭐️

On Friday 4th April, we held our parents evening in Kilraughts Presbyterian.
The evening included a junior sketch, choir performance, speeches, prize giving, some light refreshments and ended with our final performance of this years arts festival.
Thank you to all family and friends who came to support us and thank you to our guest speakers for joining us. 👏🎤

We would like to thank our outgoing committee for all their hard work and wish the 2025/2026 committee the best of luck 👏

07/04/2025

𝗜𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 (𝗝𝗼𝗲) 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Joseph (Joe) Patton, who served as President of the Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster from 1969 to 1971.

Joe was a dedicated leader, a passionate advocate for young people in agriculture, and a true friend to our organisation.

His legacy lives on in the many lives he touched and the enduring spirit of community he helped foster within YFCU. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Joe’s family, friends, and all who knew and admired him.

Thank you, Joe, for your leadership, service, and commitment. You will be fondly remembered.

06/04/2025

Kilraughts YFC are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Joe Patton.
Joe was a past YFCU president and a fantastic advocate for our club and the entire organisation and this lives on through his grandchildren today.

We would like to express our deepest sympathies to the entire family circle

A true gentleman

Joseph (Joe) Patton.

Patton - April 6th 2025, peacefully at Antrim Hospital, Joseph (Joe) dearly loved husband of the late Mary, The Ganaby, Gracehill Rd., Ballymoney, much loved father of Rosemary, Marshall and Maureen , a very dear father-in-law, granda and brother of John, Anne and the late Mary, Hugo and Hall and a dear brother-in-law and uncle.

Service of Thanksgiving on Tuesday at 1.00pm in Roseyards Presbyterian Church.

House strictly private.

Donations in lieu of flowers, if desired, to Roseyards Presbyterian Church Building Fund c/o DJM Robinson & Son, 121 Culcrum Rd., Cloughmills, BT44 9DT.

"He giveth his beloved sleep."

03/04/2025

🌟 You’re Invited! 🌟

Join Kilraughts Young Farmers for our Parents and Friends Evening!

📅 Friday, 4th April 2025
🕢 7pm
📍 Kilraughts Presbyterian Church Hall

Come along for a fantastic evening of fun, entertainment, and community spirit — everyone is welcome!

We look forward to seeing you there!

03/04/2025

🐄Stock Judging Practice🐄

Good luck to our members who are competing in the Dairy Stock Judging Heats tonight.
We held a few practices for our members alongside Glens Young Farmers Club to help them be prepared for the competition. Thank you to Andy McNeill and Robin Orr for allowing us to use their farm for practices and helped in preparing our members. It is very much appreciated 😃🐄

25/03/2025

🌟Gala Day 2025🌟

A massive well done must go to our amazing cast who travelled to Millennium Forum on Saturday to perform ‘Stodge City Clean up’ to compete in the Arts Festival Gala 2025.🎭🤠🪘

🏆We are delighted to win best choreography award🏆

A special mention again to producers Hannah Kirkpatrick and James Currie for all their hard work and dedication. A massive thank you to our wonderful band and everyone who helped behind the scenes, without you all it would not have been possible. 👏

Again, a big thank you to Loughguile Credit Union for their generous donation towards our club to help cover the cost of our travel to the gala. 😃🚌

22/03/2025

Gala bound! 🎉
A huge thanks to the Credit Union for their generous donation, covering the cost of our travel. 💙🚍

06/03/2025

🌿🍀 Get ready for the ultimate St Patrick’s Party! 🍀🌿

Join us on Saturday, 15th March at Ballymoney Rugby Football Club — kicking off at 9pm till late!

🎉 Hosted by:
✨ Finvoy YFC | Kilraughts YFC | Moycraig YFC

🎧 Music by DJ Apollo — bringing the beats all night long!

💸 Entry: £10
🔞 Over 18s only!

Don’t miss out on the craic — grab your mates, dress in green, and let’s celebrate St. Paddy’s in style!

03/03/2025

🥳🎤GALA BOUND🎤🥳

We are delighted to announce that we are through to the Arts Festival Gala to perform ‘Stodge City Clean up’ at Millennium Forum on Saturday 22nd March. 🪘🎭 🤠

A massive thank you must go to our amazing cast and producers Hannah Kirkpatrick and James Currie. Also, thanks must go to our wonderful band and everyone who helped behind the scenes, without you all it would not have been possible. 👏

Everyone put their heart and sole in the performance at the heats in Ballymena Academy and it payed off. We can’t wait to perform it again and see you all there at the Gala 🥳

27/02/2025

🌟🎤🥁Arts Festival Heats 🥁🎤🌟

‼️TONIGHT is the NIGHT‼️
It’s finally performance time tonight and we are performing at Ballymena Academy to compete in the Arts Festival 2025. We would like to wish all the clubs involved the best of luck with their performances. We can’t wait to perform our production tonight and hope to see you all there to cheer us on!

06/02/2025

🌟 This Thursday, we had the pleasure of hosting our home club meeting at the Stables. We were thrilled to welcome Casey from Wild Tails! 🐾

Casey brought along some amazing exotic animals from his sanctuary, and we had the chance to meet a snake 🐍, skunk 🦨, armadillo 🦔, meerkat 🦦, millipede 🪱, and even a hedgehog 🦔! It was such a unique experience, and everyone was in awe of the incredible creatures he cares for. 🌿

A huge thank you to Casey for taking the time to visit us and share his passion for wildlife conservation. We truly appreciate it! 🙏

06/02/2025

Super seeing so many club members placing in the finals of demonstration presentation!

12-14
🥇 1st - Amy Scullion
🥉 3rd - Maria Dobbin

14-16
🥈 2nd - Jack Orr

21-25
🥉 3rd - Lauren McNeill

Excellent work Kilraughts!

Our 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 final took place yesterday evening and the results are now live on our website. 👏

The judges were impressed with how well prepared the participants were and how knowledgeable everyone was on their chosen topics. There was a great range of topics demonstrated which included how to AI a cow, preparing a bull for a show, baking scones, crocheting, extracting starch from a plant and much more!

📲 Find the results here: https://www.yfcu.org/competitions.

06/02/2025

TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST FOR OUR 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟! 🎬🎟️

This hugely anticipated event, in partnership with the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, will be held across three nights: Wednesday 26th, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th February 2025 in Ballymena Academy. Doors open each night at 7:15pm with the first act on stage at 7:30pm.

𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 £𝟭𝟱.𝟬𝟬 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲. Please note that refunds are not accepted and a ticket can only be used for the night listed, tickets cannot be swapped for a different night. All details about this event can be found on our website, please contact the YFCU HQ office on (028) 9037 0713 if you have any questions.

📲🔗 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗪: https://www.yfcu.org/event-list

30/01/2025

🎉 Competition Winner Announcement! 🎉

We would like to apologise for the delay, but we’re excited to announce the winner of our competition for Colin Graham Night at Limelight, Belfast!

And the winner is…
🎟 Maureen Scullion 🎟

Huge congratulations! 🎊

Please get in touch with Hannah, Erinn, or Lauren to claim your tickets. Enjoy the show! 🎶