A decade of YMA activities

摘要

Now in its 10th year, we look at the activities of the HFS' Young Members Association (YMA), which is open to up-and-coming young breeders throughout the UK and Eire. IK 1985, 15-year-old Thomas Barrett, the first member of the newly formed YMA, askedif he could visit the Wilowna herd. This was duly arranged as part of a 'fix-it' programme designed to attract budding young cattle breeders and showmen to the fledgling organisation. Today, Thomas is still a member and current holder of the President'sMedal Award for outstanding service to the organisation - along with 1,800 others in 26 clubs throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The chief executive of the HFS, Duncan Spring, says that the YMA was set upbecause it was felt there was need for a hard core of young people coming up to safeguard the future of the breed.