Thanks to winners of the 2007 Young Rural Entrepreneur Award, Charlotte and Ben Hollins of the Fordhall Community Land Initiative and Family Farm, we got a mention in an article about the 2008 awards in the June issue of The Field: Six months after their win, Charlotte says the award helped in so many different… Continue reading The Field: Young Rural Entrepreneur Award
Category: Press Coverage
Farming UK: A changing countryside opens new doors for young rural entrepreneurs
Muddy Matches gets a mention in this Farming UK article about The Field’s Young Rural Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Click here to read more.
Sporting Shooter: “A dirty date with Muddy Matches”
This little piece about the Muddy Matches hosting a “speed dating event for country folk” in Newmarket appeared in the May edition of Sporting Shooter magazine.
BBC Radio Oxford
Emma and Lucy chat to Jo Thoenes at BBC Oxford about setting up Muddy Matches and our plans for the 2008 CLA Game Fair at Blenheim, Oxfordshire.
Racing Post: “Three special minutes but still awaiting reply”
A Racing Post journalist becomes quite smitten with one of the girls at our ‘Muddy’ Speed Dating event at the Newbury Racecourse Countryside Love Raceday.
Channel 4: The Morning Line
Muddy Matches gets a mention by Mike Cattermole on Channel 4’s The Morning Line in reference to the ‘Muddy’ Speed Dating we were putting on at the Newbury Racecourse Countyside Love Raceday.
BBC Berkshire
Lucy spoke to BBC Berkshire presenter Tim Smith about the ‘Muddy’ Speed Dating we were putting on at the Newbury Racecourse Countryside Love Raceday.
The Times: Racing Pages
In the run up to our Muddy Speed Dating event at Newbury Racecourse on April 12th 2008, we got a mention in this article, Snow joke for Kim Bailey as winners dry up by Alan Lee, which takes a look at the weekend’s racing. Click here to read the article.
Cotswold Style: ‘Are you a muddy or a townie?’
There was great article about Muddy Matches in the April edition of Cotswold Style magazine. “Do you live in the country, adore shopping in the city, but have perhaps found love in neither? A new dating website for outdoorsy people is just celebrating its first anniversary, and Charlotte Acock tracked down the site’s founders, sisters… Continue reading Cotswold Style: ‘Are you a muddy or a townie?’
Rural Matters
The Royal Agricultural Society of England’s quarterly members magazine, Rural Matters: Muddy Matters is the first company to be featured in, Rural Futures, a new section looking at enterprising young people in the countryside.