About 500 members of the 11 YFCs in the Northumberland Federation, along with their parents and members of the public, will flock to Causey Park Farm on Saturday for the biggest event in its calendar.

This year it's Tritlington YFC organising the activities and member Louisa Craigs is the rally chairman – 29 years after her dad Ian led the team putting together the event at Netherton Park Farm, near Stannington.

She said: "I didn't realise he had this role in 1980 until a week ago, so it was a nice surprise to discover that we now both have this honour.

"It was very different back then, as Tritlington YFC had many more members, but this is still a major event and it has taken a lot of planning since September.

"To make sure everything goes as arranged, we have been on the farm this week getting all the machinery and equipment in place and cleaning out the insides of sheds.

"Our theme for the rally is 'countries of the world', so we have given each club a country to base upon the clothes they wear and some of the items they make, while they have been given the name of a band from their chosen nation so they can sing one of their songs at the karaoke."

There are 72 competitions including tractor and quad bike handling, sheep shearing, flower arranging, cookery, costume making, bolster and bar and sports events including an assault course and a tug-of-war.

Some of the winners will go on to represent their club and county at a Northern Area Field Day later in the month.

The stock judging and similar events took place two weeks ago at Acklington Mart and the flower, cookery and industrial sections on the day will have contests based on the Northern area theme of Formula One, which will include clubs making their own racing helmet, and the national theme of climate change.

Louisa, 24, of Tritlington Farm, also hopes the rally will benefit her local YFC.

"It's a great event for all the Northumberland clubs, but our club has put a lot of effort into the competitions to try and win as many as possible, particularly as we are hosting it this year.

"We also hope it will get people interested in our club, as we always welcome new members and you don't necessarily need to be involved in agriculture to join."

A wine and cheese evening was held to add to the funds raised for the event through sponsorship, while some ex-members will be stewards on the day.

Northumberland Federation president William Ryle, who is a former member of the Tritlington Club, said: "A lot of hard work has gone into organising it and Louisa, Secretary Fiona Hindmarsh and the other Tritlington members who have done so much to get things ready deserve huge credit."

The rally runs from 9.30am to 6pm and there will be a dance for the YFC members, aged between 12 and 26, on the farm in the evening.