Farmers Weekly Awards 2007 - Guestbook

Awards message

Isabel Davies — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:03:52 GMT

I've just been passed this message, which I wanted to add to the guestbook (Ian [see below] is putting in for his pay rise as I write! ):

"Thank you and your colleagues for a great evening at the Grosvenor House Hotel. You looked after your guests extremely well with good food and drink, interesting and enjoyable entertainment and then a presentation session that went so well and finished on time – what organisation!!"You had a great bunch of finalists and it was good to see them all at the Awards. Ian Ashbridge was the host on my table and he looked after us all very well indeed. Please pass on my thanks to him.Kind regards and many thanks again for a splendid evening.

Malcolm Crabtree, Farms Director, Leckford Estate

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big jim — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:36:37 GMT

Myself and my wife Jeanette made up a group of about 40 who travelled up with Clinton Devon Estates from East Devon to support our friend George Perrrott who was running for ~~President~~ ! 'Farm Manager of the Year'. We knew it was going to be quite some bash as best glad rags were the order of the day however I can only describe the Awards as the Oscars for UK Farming. What an amazing priviledge to attend and what with George winning, our crowd went absolutely ballistic (see the pics on the website !) on hearing the news - it willtruly be a night to remember and go down in the annals of excursions out of East Devon forever !

Our sincere thanks must go out to all who instigated the Awards and all the hard work and dedication that has been applied to such an occassion achieved with such pomp and ceremony. 2007 has been an incredibly tumultuous year for the UK Farming Industry and this is just the lift that it has needed. It is so very fitting to see individuals within their fields receiving the recognition for their dedication and passion for their industry, our congratulations go out to all those runners up and winners alike - well done.

Jim & Jeanette Pyne

Ps. Rumour has it that George promised his wife Rachael a new horse lorry if he won ! - we'll keep you posted if he's true to his word !

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David Richardson — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:13:43 GMT

What a super party! And the fact that we (almost 1000 of us) were celebrating the best of British agriculture made it even more enjoyable. All the finalists deserved a prize and the category winners were the kind of people we'd all like to be. As for The Farmer of the Year, the overall winner, John Geldart, he was at last recognised as the star that he is. Well done all of you. And well done Farmers Weekly for arranging it all. Perhaps the magazine should get a prize as well.

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firefox — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:07:08 GMT

What an amazing night out the FW Awards was. This is exactly the sort of event our industry needs to show everyone that despite all the problems we have we can still smile in the face of adversity and we will come out the other side stronger and better than ever.

Farmers Weekly Awards 2007 - tonight is the night

Isabel Davies — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:51:11 GMT

The 36 short-listed farmers will tonight find out whether they are winners in the 2007 Farmers Weekly Awards (follow the link to find the shortlist). All the finalists deserve congratutulations - the fact that they will be there shows that they are demonstrating innovation and expertise in challenging times (and for the livestock sector these times are VERY challenging).

This thread is for people who attended the event to leave their thoughts and for others to leave messages for the winners.