The Farmers Mart Jun/Jul 2015 - Issue 40 | Page 14

Stanstead Grange Farm

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»»Pigs and cricket are
two spheres in which Ian
Broumpton of Stanstead
Grange, Brandesburton in the
East Riding of Yorkshire has
achieved a great deal. Chris
Berry caught up with Ian to find
out more.
Ian and his father, Geoff,
won the Fishers’ Sow
Monitoring Cup several years
in succession; the Supreme
Championship at Hull Livestock
Market for three years in a row;
and Pig & Poultry magazine’s
Pig Farmer of the Year title
in 2012. And his cricket is
impressive too – his career with
Brandesburton CC has seen
him collect 96 winner’s medals
- including the Umpire of the
Year title in 2012.
“Anything I do is gone into
wholeheartedly,” said Ian.
Does it run in the family?
Apparently so.
“When I hit my first century
I was the oldest person in the
club ever to hit one and my son
Daniel, now 23, became the
youngest ever to do it at just
14 years of age. After we had
won Fishers’ cup for a number
of years they gave us the cup and asked if we would mind not
entering for the next year or two
to give others a chance! But they
let us back in we started winning
it again. Life is competitive and if
you want to succeed at anything
you have to compete. Last year I
was playing table tennis against
a woman who was very good.
I really had to up my game that
day!’
“The farm runs to 120
acres with crops of wheat,
barley and oilseed rape, but

the predominant business is
pigs, making up 90 p \