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FARMWEEK
RURALYOUTH
MAY 31 2018
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Young farmers battle it
out at tug-o-war P44 & 45
Ballywalter YFC
summer BBQ P46 & 47
SCHOLARS: Avara scholars with company and BPC
representatives Mrs Kimberly Oakman, Mrs Bev Bishton and
Mr John Reed. Also pictures are Megan Edwards, Zoe Cutmore,
Sarah Heseltine, Bethany Tomlinson, Rebecca Cox, Emily
Hickman, Hayley Neale, Harriet Gregory, Megan Powell, Rachel
Faulkner, Frances Thomas Erinn Ramsay, Georgina Manns,
James Laarveld, James Falkingham.
Scholarship for
Ballymoney’s Erinn
B
ALLYMONEY woman
Erinn Ramsay, a BSc
(Hons) Agri-food
Marketing with Business
Studies student at Harper
Adams University, has been
I’ll be
undertaking
a year’s
placement with
Avara where
I’ll be given
six months’
experience in
the broiler unit
Erinn Ramsay
awarded a BPC Scholarship, in
association with Avara Foods.
The 20-year-old said: “The
scholarship will allow me
to continue my studies
away from home through
supporting accommodation
costs. It’ll also help me gain
experience and knowledge in
an area that I’m interested in.
“I’ll be undertaking a year’s
placement with Avara where
I’ll be given six months’
experience in the broiler
unit and six months in the
hatchery unit.”
After graduating from Harper
Adams, Erinn’s aspiration is to
continue working within the
poultry industry. Erinn is also
a continuing Alltech scholar.
Moycraig YFC member PAIGE McALISTER enjoys sports and is a
member of the club’s football and tag rugby teams. Paige lives on a
beef and sheep farm and has a job looking after horses.
PICTURE: Cliff Donaldson
