Foreword 9 Preface 10 01 The Birth of the Contest 12 02 Sailing through the 1970s 22 03 Here Comes the TV 42 04 Ray Lew and the Skellerup Factor 60 05 Family Ties 74 06 Female Footprint 88 07 A Changing Contest 106 08 Where Do the Young Farmers of the year End Up? 122 09 Personalities 136 10 Young Farmers and the young Farmer Contest 150 11 Road to the Young Farmer Final 164 12 The Changing Face of Winners 178 13 So close . 194 14 The Next Generation 208 15 the Sponsors 222 16 the spirit of Young Farmers 240 17 The 50-Year Milestone is Reached 254 50 years of winners 266 Roll of Honour 270 Acknowledgements 280 About the author 281 Index 282.