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Training listed in this colour are Members Only events.
WHAT’S ON TRAINING 2008
Fish and Chips Social ride
Friday night is Fish & Chips night! ...if you come on our Spring Ride on Friday April 11th from Street Farm.
Meet 6 pm to ride away 6.30pm, back at Street Farm for approx 8.15 for fish & chips [we will send a willing helper out to a pub in the village to collect but this must be pre-booked]. Soft drinks provided or bring your own beer.
Please book in with Wendy Neath. Contact details as for jump rallies
Friday 25th April at Blue Barn E.C. Inside Out Lecture/Demo 7pm. “Muscles and Skeleton in Motion”
Tickets £25 (R.C. Members £20 – take Membership cards please.) Tel: Cathy White 01233 850733 or 011592126488 or see their website on www.horsesinsideout.com
Horses Inside Out is an organisation giving lecture demos to riders of all levels focusing on how, by understanding the anatomy and physiology of our horses, we can improve performance, and reduce the risk of injury. The lectures are given by Gillian Higgins, a well respected Sports and Remedial Therapist based in Cirencester. In the course of her work Gillian identified that many riders could benefit from a deeper understanding of “how the horse works”. At a Horses Inside Out Demo the muscular skeletal system will be explained and you will be shown, with the help of actual bones, the relevance of the muscular skeletal system to the training of the horse. Following a short break you will then be shown how the horse moves on the flat and over jumps. The demo is interactive and there is the opportunity to ask questions.
Saturday 17th May at Blue Barn E.C 2-4pm. Driving Demo
Are you interested in driving horses. Would you like to know more - what sort of horse or pony, how to get started, how to harness up, watch some drivers drive through cones and obstacles. Ask questions. Have a go. (Numbers may be restricted). Just turn up on the day. £5 entry at the door.
XC Practice
Spring is around the corner – we have booked 3 XC practices to get you started or refresh your skills! These will be held at Lodge Farm Matfield with Wendy Neath as follows:
Saturday March 8th from 2pm
Wed March 19th from 2pm
Wed April 9th from 3pm
Any ability [may be divided]. Cost £15 to MDRC plus £15 payable on day to Lodge Farm.
Apply by 10 days before each date to Wendy. Limited spaces. Contact details as for jump rallies.
Fun Quadrille
Street Farm Burham on Friday May 2nd 6.30pm
Following on from the success of last summer’s quadrille from scratch we are running another.
We will practice various figures and patterns in groups depending on the numbers involved, and then will put together a short performance. You will be asked to wear either a red or blue top and light coloured breeches, to be smart but not plaited.
You don’t need to have a dressage horse but you do need to be able to stay in control, separate from others and move on and slow down in walk and trot. If we have enough with brakes we will do some canter too, possibly in 2’s or 4’s.It helps if you know right from left.....
Entry fee is £10. Please apply including details of your horse to Wendy Neath. Contact details as for jump rallies. Responses by April 21st please
TREC PracticePTV (Obstacles) and Control of Gaits, Harrietsham
19th April 2008 at Glebe Croft, Marley Road, Harrietsham, Kent, ME17 1BS
By kind invitation of Ian and Clare Reynolds
Come and practice some of the obstacles with guidance from experienced Competitors and Judges
Suitable for all from complete novices to Level 4 competitors
Small groups, 1 hour sessions
Entry Fee £8 for Maidstone Riding Club Members and BHS Gold Members, £12 for all others
Those who are not members of an affiliated Riding Club or Gold Members of the BHS must produce evidence of Third Party Insurance for the horse they are riding
There will be First Aiders on site.
Access to the venue is NOT suitable for large lorries
Leanne Wall Clinics Flat Work and Dressage Clinics
These flatwork clinics will continue on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Wednesday sessions are held every other Wednesday (late mornings) at Vane Farm, Smarden TN27 8PN, with the next one on 12th December 2007. Please contact Julie Offen (01233 770330) for more details or to book your place.
The Saturday morning sessions will be at Fairbourne Manor Stables, Harrietsham, Saturday 8th December; Saturday 22nd December. We will put in more dates if needed. Please contact Sue Stewart (01622) 735064 or 07780 995130 email: marjpot@hotmail.com) for more details or to book your place. Each session costs £14 for ½ hour and £21 for ¾ hour (individual lessons) or £14 each for a shared 1 hour session.
Neil Boorman Show Jumping Clinics
The Neil Boorman SJ Clinics are held at Duckhurst Farm, Staplehurst on Friday afternoons/evenings. The next dates for these are Fri 18th January and Friday 15th February 2008. Please contact Julie Offen (01233 770330)] if you would like to know more.
Wendy writes: - On Saturdays these will run from approx 12 to 4.30 depending on numbers. Groups will be divided by ability /experience from polework up to advanced at 3’3+. I aim for 4 per group for 1 hour but occasionally this will vary to fit you all in.
Some evening sessions in the summer may be of more mixed ability to accommodate when you can get there.
Sessions advertised as SJ/XC will generally start in the school and then ground permitting we will go in the XC field which has approx 12 jumps 2’3 to 2’9. Any polework group will normally only be in the school.
How to book your place on rallies/ clinics at Street Farm:
Please send a non competitive event form with the requested information plus an email address. Include any further relevant information such as any time preferences - fee £10 [£12 non members)
If you are known to me then there is no need to fill in all the info – just the date and rally required. I keep all contact details. Please send 1 cheque per rider per date, and it makes life even simpler if you date it for the actual date of rally
You can provisionally book by email but from now places are not allocated until money is received. For a weekend rally/clinic I will do times on Monday or Tuesday to email out but it would be very helpful if you would book in sooner rather than later. After Monday you can request a place by email but I will only fit you in if there are spaces and I will no longer change group times after this as this is causing extra work and confusion.
Handy hint – when you get your newsletter / email updates why not send your entries all at once? You can cancel up to the Monday with no charge, and if I can fill your place which is often possible then I will tear up the cheque.
For more info please contact Wendy on 01634 861339 or 07802676896 or email her: wendy.neath@btinternet.com
Please also note that our parking is a poo free zone! Please pick up droppings – you can put them on our muck heap
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