Oct 1968

Page 69

THE SOCIETIES YOUNG FARMERS' CLUB There were two visits during the term, one to Mr. Morris's farm at Selby, the other to Mr. Fenwick's farm near Grimsby. The party arrived at Mr. Morris's farm at 2-15 p.m. and went round the first farm of 360 acres. Here we saw two small foals in the stables and crops of barley, wheat and potatoes. Front here we went to the other farm which is 670 acres. 100 acres of monogerm seed is sown here, together with barley, potatoes and wheat. We. then went round the chitting house and from there to a very good tea, provided by Mrs. Morris. For the second visit the club went to Mr. Fenwick's farm. Here the Fenwick brothers farm over 3,000 acres. First we went round two pigrearing units and then moved on to calf-rearing units, passing many acres of peas. We then saw a building which covered one acre. This had been bought at the docks and re-assembled at the farm. Finally we were given a magnificent tea by Mrs. Fenwick and left to return to School. During the term committee meetings were held, one being a combined dinner and meeting with the advisory committee. F.T.G.

MOTOR ENTHUSIASTS CLUB The Club's activities this term were concentrated on outings and visits, there being only one indoor meeting. The first outing was to the B.R.S.C.C.'s race meeting at Croft Autodrome. There was much more competition at this meeting than there had been on our previous visit there and consequently the paddock was more interesting and the racing more exciting. We arrived in time to see all of practice and the party left by minibus after the fourth event—the G.T. Sports Car race. This, the best race of the day, was won by Tony Dean in his Ferrari Dino but the rest of the field was hotly contested by several Chevrons including John Woolfe's new 3 litre, powered by a Formula 1 Repco-Brabham engine, which has now become very competitive indeed. The sole indoor activity of the term took the form of a film meeting. Four films were shown. The first was of the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally featuring the Sunbeam Imp Team. Next, two "Le Mans" films were shown providing a notable contrast as the first was of the 1956 24-hour race which was eventually won by an Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar `D' type, whereas the second portrayed the story of the great Ford 1-2-3 victory in 1966 Finally there was a film of the Argentine Grand Prix. In fact this "race" bears more resemblance to a rally, and the strength and reliability of Mercedes Benz cars were made very apparent. On Whit Saturday several of the Club's members attended the B.R.S.C.C. meeting at the local Rufforth circuit. We were very lucky in 68


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