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Equine Influenza *** Horse Trials Championship. *** Congratulations to our dressage riders *** Congratulations to our Horse Trials riders at Kelsall. We fielded 2 individuals, Emma Humpreys and Alix Thomas and 1 team, Claire Harrison, Sam Sansom, Sarah Warner and Janet Freeman in the novice, and 1 individual in the open, Jess Williams. Everyone had a great day, even in the blistering heat, all came home safe and sound, and the novice team managed to come 2nd, only beaten by a 0.5 point. Hopefully that will qualify them for the Championships in August at Aston-Le-Walls. Again many thanks to our helpers and huge thanks to Sarah O'Brien for organising the teams and training. *** Congratulations to Sandra Zachary and her horse George who won the Hunter Championship and Overall Ridden Champion at Caerwys Show last weekend. Well done Sandra, this is just the beginning..... *** Congratulations to our novice sj team at the A20 Novice Indoor SJ Qulaifier last Sunday, 15th November. The team was made up of Mark Farrow, Helen Skinner, Kate McIntyre and Emma Humphrey. Although the team was not placed they all did very well with Mark and Berlin coming 3rd individually. Well done to you all, I enjoyed the day as I got to shout at lots of people. I was in my element! *** Minutes of ECRC AGM 21st October 2009 Present : Pat Cowx – Chair ; Linda Webster – Secretary ; Jacqui Ashforth - Treasurer 10 Election of Officers * * Show Jumping Championships – Lincoln 6 September 2008 * * * * * * Congratulations to Julie Wilson's daughter, Georgia, who has won the Grade III Restricted Para Dressage Winter Championships. An excellent achievement. * * * Hunter Trials Results/Update: Sarah Warner finished 3rd in the open and the open team (Sarah, Claire, Alex and Janet) finished 2nd. Unfortunately our novice teams didn't get placed despite some fantastic rounds. Sam was equal 3rd with 0.8 of a time penalty, having gone over the optimum time and Lizzie was equal 5th with 0.8 of a time penalty having gone under the optimum time. That just goes to show how close the novice section was! The pairs was a fun class to watch. There were no dressing fences, the pair that won was the pair closest to the optimum time......which was......Janet and Charlotte (yippeeeee)! Sam and Hayley unfortunately didn't fair quite so well with Sam having a fall at the birch rails, but both horse and rider are fine, just feeling a little sore. So well done again, both Sarah and I thought you all did FAB and hope all of you are up for it next year!!!! Those who provided helpers please say a big THANK YOU, without them none of us would be able to compete. Sarah O'Brien Congratulations to Tory and Mandy who came 5th at the Dressage To Music Championships last weekend, Well done! Congratulations to Rosemary Price who came 3rd and Tori Cowx who came 5th in the Dressage To Music individual competition at Walford College Sunday 2nd September. Also to Tory and Mandy Peffers who achieved 1st place in the pairs to music class. Well done. Congratulations to Sarah Bransby who represented the club at Lincoln on 9th September and was placed 18th in the Open Show Jumping Championships. Well done! Area 20 Dressage **** Horse Trials Individual/ Team Results Sunday 1st July 2007 Senior Novice
Overall team position 11th out of 15 Senior Intermediate
Overall team position Nowhere! Senior Open
Overall team position Nowhere too! No excuses but some of us did ride in torrential downpours. Good fun day tho' and better luck next year. Jan *** Congratulations to Sarah Bransby who won the individual Open Show Jumping at the A20 qualifiers on June 24, also to Mandy Peffers who gained a 4th place individually. Well done to you both. The teams in the intermediate and novice unfortunately didn't have luck on their side on the day but thanks to all who took the time to take part. *** If anyone is interested in Club fleeces in navy or green, we can get them for £17, they are fantastic quality and wear really well. Polo shirts and t-shirts are also available. Pat *** We have had a lovely letter from Dale's family: "Dear Pat & all riding club members, We would like to thank you all for the flowers, cards and kind words, especially Mr. Alan Jones who spoke on behalf of the club. We really appreciated it. We are sorry we were unable to speak to you all. So many people have told us how smart you were and that it was the very best tribute you could pay to Dale. Everyone was very generous a total of £1040 - quite a staggering amount, we were overwhelmed. Please accept this cheque for £520 to go towards a new set of jumps. The remainder is to go to the hospital. Once again we would like to thank all of you for your kindness and support at this time and to wish you all the very best of luck in the coming months. Yours most sincerely, Hilary, Alan, Alison and Lewis" **** Letter of apology from BRC regarding the over-measurment of the whole XC course at Peterborough which was 500m over-stated for the novice hunter trial competition. At an optimum time of 450 mpm, this meant that the time for course was more than a minute over stated! Not surprised we had cause to complain. Janet
Hunter Trials Championships, Peterborogh, May 14th 2006 Congratulations to the Novice Hunter Trials Team Members. Janet, Charlotte and Cathy came 16th at the Championships at Peterborough. Cathy came 3rd as an individual.They were sponsored by Chester Saddlery and all looked fantastic in their team jackets -the horses look pretty good in their team numnahs and rugs too! When they get time they will tell you all about it on this page. Pat **************************************************************************************************** National Horse Tirals Championships 5/6 August 2005 . Offcurch Bury Well we got there and did it! What a fantastic weekend. The novice team, Janet, Mandy, Ceri and Julie were on a mission. Ceri had been nominated as our reserve rider as Sandra was on holiday. Sarah had qualified as an individual in the open section We all arrived on the Friday afternoon, (bar Sarah who had arrived earlier that morning as she had already completed her dressage on the Friday) and set up camp after settling the horses in the stables, which fortunately wasn't too far away from the parking/camping area. We were also fortunate enough to be able to ride the roads and tracks course so we ventured out while our helpers were erecting tents and BBQ's. What a fantastic estate. Saturday morning brought the dressage element and each rider was in a separate arena. Not one of our horses had a bad test and the difference between 1st and 30th place was only a matter of 3 or 4 points. The showjumping however, had a mixed bag of fortune. Mandy and Janet went clear, Julie had a fence down and unfrotunately Ceri was eliminated as it was discovered later on that Wave had an underlying back problem which accounted for her discomfort and refusal to jump. Sarah was competing in her X/C element and came home clear. Next morning brought the endurance/cross country disciplines for the novice team. Mandy;s horse, Lomond, had gone lame overnight and she decided to retire, nothing obvious but certainly uncomfortable. Wave was still sulking in her stable as she wasn't allowed to continue. Then it was Julie's turn. We were all buzzing. Roads and tracks posed no problem, steeplechase was a breeze and then the XC. The course was lovely, very inviting, nothing too big, but some were quite technical and required a good line and steady steering. Julie set off and then her luck went as at a jump with a tight turn immediately after, her and Lanette parted company. Fortunately she managed to remount and continue on her way only to have a run out 4 jumps from home. Later on it was my turn. Ginge was playing catch up all the way round the roads and tracks, walk was not on the agenda. The steeplecase was a big thrill. Full tilt over 6 hurdle-type obstacles over 1km within a time limit of 2 mins, we completed that in 1 min 42 secs, we were flying! The second R&T could be taken at a slower pace and I think Ginge had given up finding someone to tag onto. By the time we got to the 10 min box he was quite chilled. The vet passed us and our team got to work on checking boots, studs, washing us down and preparing us for the XC . I was soon back on board and we were off......what a fantastic feeling. We had 2 stops but what buzz. We completed the course safe and sound. Sarah had even better fortunes and completed her SJ course and finished an overall 4th in her arena. The novice team obviously were not in any placings with only 2 riders left and individually we wern't in the ribbons either. But, what a high we were on. Just being able to compete, for me anyway, was just the best thrill. Fingers crossed for next year. Also I must thank all our helpers who made the journey, Catherine, Neil and Richard, who were just excellent in the steeplechase and 10 min box, Barbara, Sharon, Andy and of course Geoff and the entourage. Huge thanks too to Tanya and Rob for actually volunteering and travelling all that way to cover our help place. Big thanks to everybody which helped to make it a splendid weekend all round. Janet ************************************************************************************************ Area 20 Horse Trials 19th June 2005 ........................ Posted: 24.6.05 Committee ........................ Posted 19.5.05 Janet Freeman We need more committee members please. The amount of events that we are putting on, it is becoming increasingly unfair to ask existing committee to give up riding themselves to supervise events. We do this out of the goodness of our hearts and although we do not ask for much in return it would be nice to ride more often than not. You do not neccessarily have to have a 'job' but to share the supervisory days would be a blessing. As a added note.........help days is becoming a problem. Is it that much to ask you to give up half a day a YEAR ? I am personally very dissappointed by some members' attitudes when asked to give a little time back to the club they take so much out of. I guess it is up to you.....do you want a club or not? Do you want a wide diversity of disciplines to train at or not? If you can spare an extra help session, maybe if your horse is lame for example, then you will gain a free entry into a dressage or sj comp as a thankyou. Maybe if you think a 'buy-out' would be an idea, (this would have to be charged at £20 at the time of rejoining membership), then please leave your comments or other ideas on teh feedback page. We will always take any suggestions into consideration. Posted 18.5.05 Janet Freeman It was the weekend of Wilmslow Riding Club's One Day Events last weekend and they were invaded by ECRC members.... Saturday saw the Intermediate and Open classes and our club was supported by Mandy Peffers, Janet Freeman and Ceri Kennedy who came 2nd, 3rd and 8th respectively. Sunday saw the Starters and Novice classes and again a strong contingent from ECRC comprising of Michael Carter, Lucy Stuchbury, Steph Childs and Ruth Bowden (Kathryn's daughter). Well done to those who competed and hope to see you at Area.....there is no excuse now..... Posted 3.5.05. Pat Cowx. It was the Hunter Trials Champs. this weekend in Peterborough. |
