East Clwyd Riding Club

Updated: 4th March 2010

Times up for SJ Rally and Dressage Competiton

2 spaces left on Fridays Show Jumping Rally with Kate Taylor at 8.30pm. Please text Sandra if you are interested. 07760 106 422.

Anthea Weymess Classical Dressage teacher this Saturday March 6th at Southfields Farm , Pen y Fordd ,Hope CH4 0JY £30.00 Call to book 07514 672 990

No more entries please for Dressage comp 7th March

Due to the recent reduction in entries I will only be running one novice class and one elementary class from May 2010 I will run a medium class provided I have 2 or more entries. I'd rather have fuller classes than a couple of entries in each. The prelims will remain the same. Please visit the dressage page for amendments to the classes. Thanks, Janet

Congratulations to all team members who took part in the area 20 indoor dressage competition this weekend. ECRC fielded 2 teams this year, Sandra Zachary, Jess williams, Tori Cowx and Mandy Peffers were in one team. Charlotte Woodcock, Claire Wyatt, Susan Fallding and Sam Crosby made up the other team. All members did very well, although the teams were not placed overall. Nantwich won with one team member winning their arena and another two members coming second. A special mention to Mandy who won her arena and Claire who was 3rdin hers. Well done again to all. Lesley

Any members wishing to compete in Area teams can they please check the flu vac regulations. Please click here to view.

Combined Training Saturday 13th March has been cancelled.

Riders are advised to check the website before leaving for any ECRC events in case of cancellation, some of which might be on the day.

SOMERFORD PARK CAMP 2010 Camp this year is again at Somerford Park near Congleton. I have had to put the price up but only by £5 per person due to increased costs! Anyone is welcome to attend, whether you have a young or experienced horse, if you are a confident or novice rider and you can bring your non-horsey partners and family too! The cost includes 2 lessons on Saturday and a cross-country lesson or farm ride on the Sunday. We also run lessons on the Friday pm if you can get the time off work. These are at an extra cost of £15 per lesson and will be dressage lesson and show-jumping lessons. The cross-country is available for schooling for all on the Friday afternoon; you just need to put this on the booking form.
The farm ride can be booked through me for anytime over the weekend. Also included in the cost is your stable with shavings bedding and all your food for the week-end. Most people camp or stay in their lorries/boxes and we all eat and meet in the brilliant pavilion. There is even a tack shop on site!
Trainers are Debbie Jones, Paul Davies, Kate Taylor and Bianca Bairstow (eventer). On the Saturday the dressage lessons will be 2 people for 45 mins with Paul. The jump lesson on the Saturday will be in small groups of similar ability for 1 hour. The cross-country lesson on the Sunday is optional; if you do not feel confident you can do the farm ride instead.
The cost is £150 per rider. Please feel free to ring me for more details and keep an eye on the website for further trainers as they confirm with me!
All you need to do to guarantee your place is send a non-refundable deposit of £25 payable to ECRC to me along with the enclosed booking form and the remainder by 31st March 2010. Mandy

News Flash..... Sandra Zachary has taken over as Rally/Training Co-Ordinator. Please can you contact her direct on 01978 761797 for rally enquires/bookings/times. Times will also be available on this site from Wed evening onwards prior to the session.

Due to various work and family committments, Mandy has stepped down from being Rallies co-ordinator. Sandra has stepped into her shoes and will be organising the rallies from now on. She has booked Kate Taylor for the Feb 12th, March 5th, April 16th and May 14th May Show Jumping training, dates on the Rallies page. Still £14 for members.

If you have any requests, i.e - young horse, nervous rider or horse been out of work for some time, she can allocate the riders accordingly or even you only want to jump 3ft 6" ! Just let her know, even if you have a suggestion for an instructor. Her email is sandrazak@aol.co.uk

We are very lucky to have 2 excellent experienced trainers booked for the next 4 months, both who coach riders at affiliated level but are equally good with novice riders:-
Kate Negus, now Kate Taylor, has been teaching and coaching show jumping for the last 17 years since giving up competing herself due to a brain haemorrhage. Originally trained by Duncan Inglis & based at Hickstead All England Show jumping for 10 years, she experienced Show jumping at the finest level and had the opportunity to be coached by some of the greatest trainers of their day. Coaching is about understanding what is needed to produce the best results between each individual horse & rider. Kate prides herself on giving each student the very best of her experience to help them achieve what it is they aspire to, from a simple clear round, to winning a BSJA open. Her Show Jumping clinics will offer advice and test you both, without placing your or your horse's confidence in danger.

Paul Davies has trained with Stephen Clarke, Calman De Jurenak, and Sue Bradshaw, with whom he still trains. He is a member of the British Dressage Regional Trainers Club (formerly Pyramid Trainers), benefiting from seminars and training events with top class trainers such as Carl Hester and Ferdi Eilberg. He is also the British Dressage North Wales representative, sets set up clinics with Spencer Wilton and is determined to bring other "names" to the area and to open up opportunities to more Dressage enthusiasts in North Wales. http://www.paul-davies.co.uk/

Dates for dressage training (Friday nights), all with Paul Davies, same format as before. Cost £15 per session, March 12th, April 9th, May 7th

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Thank you for visiting our website. The site is updated regularly, so please keep a check on the diary dates page for updates on events and whether or not they are full. Competition times will also be posted for dressage and combined training competitons so please check if you are competing.

You can reach us via email or if you have any queries on a particular discipline please contact the committee representative. We are looking forward to hearing from you. You can also contact us at our e-mail address: mail@eastclwydridingclub.co.uk

East Clwyd Riding Club was formed in December 1974 for the benefit of local riders and has regular membership of around 150. We are a seniors only club and affiliated to the BHS, Area 20 in 1977. Members come from a large area around North Wales and Cheshire for the facilites and training we provide. Our club venue is the Equine Unit at Northop College of Horticulture, just off the A55 at Northop. Should you need directions, please see the 'How to find us' page. We hold dressage and showjumping competitions every month which are open to all and members enjoy the added benefits of rallies and clinics with specialist trainers. We also hold social functions for members, the favourite being Somerford Park Camp held annually. Our teams, of which any member can be part of regularly compete at Area 20 competitions and if you fancy joining in a team, please see the Committee page for the relevant organiser.

We sometimes also hold qualifier competitions for local Championships so check the diary dates for the heats.

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