IHFA Young Members Association

IHFA Young Members Association It is open to everyone (aged 26 and under on the 1st of January) who is interested in Holstein Freisian cattle and the Irish dairy industry.

The YMA (Young Members Association) is the youth section of the IHFA (Irish Holstein Friesian Association) for all people up to and including the age of 26 on the 1st of January. The YMA conยญsists of a National Club, which is the umbrella group covering fifยญteen regional YMA clubs that corยญreยญspond to the IHFA regional Senior Clubs.

Day 1 complete. Feeding and washing workshops took place and the team then got stuck in to setting up there stand along ...
02/09/2026

Day 1 complete. Feeding and washing workshops took place and the team then got stuck in to setting up there stand along with caring for the calves ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

Our team of young members safely arrived in Battice yesterday ready for the Young Breeders School to start this morning ...
02/09/2026

Our team of young members safely arrived in Battice yesterday ready for the Young Breeders School to start this morning ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ€

Wishing them all a fantastic week of learning and meeting like-minded young breeders ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Many thanks to Alltech for their Sponsorship of our team kit ๐Ÿ™Œ

Irish Team Selection to travel to the Young Breeders School in Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชIn just 5 days time, 6 of our Young Members w...
27/08/2026

Irish Team Selection to travel to the Young Breeders School in Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช

In just 5 days time, 6 of our Young Members will be headed for Belgium to take part in the annual European Young Breeders School. This will be a week full of learning for our members and at the end of it all, the skills they have learned will be put to the test. We are looking forward to hearing how they all get on!

We would like to wish them all the very best of luck โœจ

๐Ÿ€ Kate Jones - Slaney Club
๐Ÿ€ Stephen Harty - Kerry Club
๐Ÿ€ Holly Darvell - North Eastern Club
๐Ÿ€ Alex Windrum - Breffni/Oriel Club
๐Ÿ€ Niamh Murphy - Carlow/Kilkenny Club
๐Ÿ€ James Cahill - Galway Club

REMINDER: REGISTRATIONS FOR OUR WEEKEND RALLY IN SEPTEMBER CLOSE THIS FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST!!!!Please complete the form usi...
18/08/2026

REMINDER: REGISTRATIONS FOR OUR WEEKEND RALLY IN SEPTEMBER CLOSE THIS FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST!!!!

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Rounding off a fabulous weekend with 4th Place Overall A Team and 3rd Place Overall B Team in the Field 2 Foto Competiti...
16/08/2026

Rounding off a fabulous weekend with 4th Place Overall A Team and 3rd Place Overall B Team in the Field 2 Foto Competition at the HYB Rally

As always, our team done us all extremely proud and it really is fantastic to feature in such a prestigious competition ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ†

Thanks again to Holstein UK for inviting us over to compete ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

And we have a 2nd place in the B Team Showmanship for Jennifer Harty, you done us so proud Jennifer under challenging co...
16/08/2026

And we have a 2nd place in the B Team Showmanship for Jennifer Harty, you done us so proud Jennifer under challenging conditions!! ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿคฉ

Winners are grinners ๐Ÿ†MASSIVE well done to Kevin Smith on placing 1st in the A Team Showmanship - he stayed so cool, cal...
16/08/2026

Winners are grinners ๐Ÿ†

MASSIVE well done to Kevin Smith on placing 1st in the A Team Showmanship - he stayed so cool, calm and collected on a calf that didnt make his job easy!

Team Ireland are off to a flying start ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ‘

As we head into day 2 of the HYB Weekend Rally we would like to wish our 2 teams the very best of luck today in the Fiel...
16/08/2026

As we head into day 2 of the HYB Weekend Rally we would like to wish our 2 teams the very best of luck today in the Field 2 Foto Competiton ๐Ÿคฉ

We had a fantastic day yesterday with Will Jones being placed 2nd in the Intermediate Stock Judging and Conor Lehane 3rd in the Senior Stock Judging - congratulations lads ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅณ

Day 1 of the HYB Weekend Rally about to kick off with the National Stock Judging and Linear Assessment Competition. Best...
15/08/2026

Day 1 of the HYB Weekend Rally about to kick off with the National Stock Judging and Linear Assessment Competition. Best of luck to our team today ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

Many thanks to cows.ie for the generous sponsorship and kitting us out for the weekend!

REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN for WINTER WORKSHOP 2 DAY EVENTPlease complete the form using the link below - ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›...
13/08/2026

REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN for WINTER WORKSHOP 2 DAY EVENT

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YMA Dept, IHFA Office
Clonakilty
CO.CORK

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm

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