Farmers in a spin over Strictly

Farmers in a spin over Strictly

5 November 2014

YOUNG Farmers from all over County Down donned their dancing shoes at La Mon House Hotel on Saturday night.

County Down Young Farmers welcomed a sell-out crowd of 700 friends and family to the First Trust Bank-sponsored Strictly Young Farmers dancing extravaganza.

Eleven couples danced the light fantastic to raise money for the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster on what turned out to be an evening of sparkle, dancing and laughter.

Clubs from across Down competed, including Ballywalter, Newtownards, Spa, Moneyrea, Killinchy, Annaclone and Magherally and Rathfriland, as well as a member from Collone YFC, Co. Armagh.

Shane Berger and his team choreographed the show and doing the duties of Brucie and Tess were comperes Harry Crosby, from Spa YFC, and Hannah Crompton, from the Killinchy club.

The appreciative and enthusiastic audience were dazzled with quicksteps, jives, waltzes, fox-trots and the cha cha cha.

At the end of a fantastic night the winners were Geoff Thompson, from Annaclone and Magherally YFC, and Linzi Stewart, from Moneyrea YFC, who won over the crowd and the judges with their enchanting waltz.

The other competing couples were: Jane Cowan and John Porter, Laura Wilson and Andrew Patton, Lynn Cowan and Andrew Cowan, Stacey Graham and Craig Carlisle, Thomas Annett and Kelly Anne Quinn, Roberta Simmons and James Speers, Laura Porter and James McCrum, Jonathan Sleator and Christine Mack, Rebecca Smyth and Gregory McKelvey and Alison Boyle and Andrew Garrett.

The organising committee of Victoria Simpson (County Down chairperson), George Shaw (county secretary) and Rebecca Orr (county PRO) would like to extend their thanks to everyone involved, especially the sponsors and judges.