Archive Article: 2001/10/26

26 October 2001

Champion beet grower Tim Stokes of Wyndmere Farm, Royston, Herts, (second left) receives his £1000 prize, trophy and certificate in the farmers weekly Sugar Beet Grower Challenge from Craig Chisholm of sponsor Du Pont. The judges, which included Simon Fisher of British Sugar (back left), 2000 winner Mark Ireland (back right) and FW arable editor Charles Abel (right), were impressed with his keen desire to improve the crops performance. Runners-up were David Saltmarsh of Trinity Hall Farm, Newmarket, Suffolk, (left) and Alistair Wright of Church Farm, Stalham, Norfolk (not present).