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STONEHAVEN & DISTRICT
RIDING CLUB FEBRUARY UPDATE
DRESSAGE AND SJ
LEAGUE SHOWS
The shows are being very successful with everyone
having fun and enjoying them. We only have one more show ( 8th
March ) before the final in April. If you know of
anyone or a company who would like to sponsor a trophy for
the final please let me know. Their name would be on the
trophy and handed down to the winner of that class every
year.
JANE RUTHERFORD DRESSAGE CLINICS
The next Jane clinic is Wed 19th March 9am –
1.30 pm, Fri 21st March all day
Slight change of times and not sure yet what time Jane
needs to leave on the Fri night as she will be travelling
back home so will possibly need to leave earlier. Can you
let me know when you would like a session and will get times
sorted out.
HAMISH CAMERON TRAINING
Again this is very popular and good to see everyone enjoying
and improving. Can you let me know if you want this training
to continue over the summer as I know everyone is busy
competing. I think it would be good to keep it going even if
it went to once a month as it’s a Tuesday it’s not really
affecting if you are out competing at the weekend.
FUNDRAISING
We are trying to raise funds to buy a full set of show jumps
for the club as if we are to hold a gymkhana we need a set
of jumps so……..
Bag Packing at Somerfield on the 12th April and
21st June. We will provide t shirts with
Stonehaven riding club on them so that everyone knows why we
are doing it. Can you let me know if you are available
to help as the more we have the better and kids as well the
more the merrier.
Leigh and Christine are organising a race
night on the 29th March at Drumlithie Hall. There
is a licensed bar and bring your own nibbles. Tickets cost
£5. Funds again for show jumps. If you want to buy some
tickets or would like to sell some tickets contact Leigh
07974400463 or Christine 07790486826.There is a poster on
the web that you can download if you think of anywhere to
advertise it.
PLEASURE RIDES
As the nice weather is here we are hoping
to start the rides again in March/April for those of you who
are interested.
JUNIOR TRAINING
Julie Robertson is going to do a junior training every
fortnight on a Friday night starting 7th March at
Mill Uras. It will divided into age and ability and training
for the junior team for the qualifiers. Anyone interested in
teams that hasn’t already given me their names please let me
know if you are interested.
PAULINE KIDD DEMO
Friday 11th April 6.30 pm at Mill Uras.
Pauline will do a hour yard yoga – which is not really yoga
it is exercises to help and improve your riding and then she
will do a half hour demo with a horse and rider to show how
certain ways we sit and ride affect the horses way of going
and how to improve it. I have heard a lot about Pauline and
everyone I have spoken to who have seen her demos have said
they are fun and very interesting. There will be a small
charge for this.
And finally hope you are all enjoying the
club and would like to welcome some new members to the club
and look forward to meeting you all. We are a very friendly
and fun club. Remember if you have any more ideas for the
club just let me know.
See you all soon
Shona.X
The free demonstrations already confirmed include Show Jumping (with international rider Andrew Hamilton), Dressage to Music (with national champion Jo Barry), Vaulting, Arena Eventing (with Les Smith) and the exciting new sport of Horse Ball. There will be an opportunity to learn about horse dentistry, saddle fitting, farriery as well as alternative therapies such as Reiki. There will also be plenty of opportunity for retail therapy with a wide variety of trade stands.
In addition to the free demonstrations, there will be a number of workshops running over the two days. There will be a charge for these workshops but it is an excellent opportunity to gain qualifications, such as first aid and safeguarding and protecting children certificates, many of which are legal requirements these days.
For further
information, please visit:
www.brcarea22.co.uk or contact:
Marjory Norrie Tel: 01241 828619
email:
marjory@signindustries.com
Sally Keddie Tel:
01241 434745 email:
sallykeddie@hotmail.com
Cecilia Gladwyn Tel: 01358 701301 e-mail:
cecilia.gladwyn@virgin.net
AFFILIATION
The affiliation forms have been sent so just waiting word back as to
when the club will be assessed so hopefully they will allow us to become
an affiliated club. Julie and I attended the BRC area 22 meeting which
was held in the St Leonards last Sunday and Julie is now treasurer and I
am the training officer for area 22.
TEAMS
Is
anyone interested in being in a team for the riding club so we can put
some junior and senior teams forward to the qualifiers which I think are
going to be held in Fyfe this year.If we can get some interest in this
we could do some team training over the winter. More info on this after
the New Year.
FORUM
Gail has set up a Forum for the
Club which will allow people to post questions not only about the Club but for
general horsey advice and chit-chat. The web address for the Forum is
http://stonehavenridingclub.forumup.co.uk/index.php?mforum=stonehavenridingclub
. Registration is free and you can add a photo of your horse as an
avatar!
HELPER
VOUCHERS
One idea that is widely used by
other clubs to encourage members to help at events is to distribute vouchers to
those members who have helped at competitions. These vouchers can then be
redeemed off entries at future competitions or training