Young farmers’ convention is AXED after more than 50 years following ‘appalling’ drunken behaviour from some of the 6,000 guests at this year’s event
- Mobile footage from this May’s event shows farmers chanting offensive songs
- Police said two people were arrested after people got carried-away at the event
- The farming federation said they were canceling event due to the bad publicity
Young Farmer Ben Winn, pictured with his girlfriend, tabled a no-confidence vote in the board who authorised the annual event’s cancellation
An annual farming convention has been cancelled following the ‘appalling’ drunken behaviour from some of the members at this year’s event.
Mobile phone footage shows drunken farmers chanting offensive songs, rampaging in the streets and kicking passing cars after they had attended the Winter Gardens in Blackpool over the early May bank holiday weekend.
Police said two men were arrested after a ‘minority got carried away and behaved in a way which was unacceptable’ following the young farmers’ annual get-together.
In other shocking clips, a man could be seen taking keys away from a car which had become stuck, while another person dressed in a pink farming hat was seen lying in the road.
Among those in attendance were England rugby player James Haskell, who was DJing at the event.
Some 6,000 other guests attended this year’s event, and now members in Yorkshire have demanded a vote of no confidence in the board of the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs.
Hundreds of young farmers descended on Blackpool in May for their annual get-together – but locals complained of loutish behaviour. Pictured: A reveller lying in the street during the event
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Northampton Saints and England Rugby Star James Haskell was reportedly among those at the farming event
Ben Winn, 24, from Whixley, near York, proposed the motion after he claimed other young farmers would be put off from joining the organisation if the ban went ahead.
He wrote on Facebook: ‘This will have a negative impact on the membership of young farmers. I don’t think this decision represents the majority of members at all.’
Heather Black, who was appointed chairman of the federation’s board of management in February, said the convention would not be held due to the ‘poor publicity’ that was generated from the event earlier this year.
A spokeswoman for the national federation said: ‘Following a review it was agreed that the successes and celebrations inside the event venue are being overshadowed by incidents taking place outside of the organised official activities.
‘While the motion to propose a vote of no confidence in the board is not something that we are aware of happening in recent times, the outcome of this vote will not affect the delivery of the organisation’s charitable aims and objectives.’
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