Xmas is now over and we hope that the worst of the weather
is finished and that we can all look forward to a full year of competition.
Another Newsletter and what a lot of News there is.
ARDINGLY QUADRILLE TEAM ARE THIRD AT OLYMPIA
Deidre Robinson and her team were fantastic at Olympia. It was clear to all
the members who attended that they had worked extremely hard on their routine
of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice and their costumes were outstanding. Well done
to the riders Deirdre on Burnside Holly, Amanda Heath on Sabique, Sarah Daniells
on Charlie Chaplin and Sian Greene on Into Touch. Also a big thank you to
their band of helpers for their effort with the turnout. All the horses were
extremely well behaved and a credit to you all.
They were pipped at the post by two teams in excellent form, West End who
came second with an American Indian presentation with stunning music and
Saffron Waldron last year’s winners with The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse.
MORE GOOD NEWS!!
At the recent Riding Club Showjumping in November a very kind lady approached
me with the donation of two splendid cups for the Riding Club. The lady was
Mrs. Doreen Killick of Ifield and we send her a huge thank you from us all.
We are hoping to use them as perpetual cups for the new Combined Training
series, one for Novice and one for Open, we hope that she might be present
to award them at the last competition in April.
Helpers are extremely
important to the Club as we undertake 35 events a year on behalf of members.
To promote our campaign for more helpers to ease the burden the Committee
have recently published the Helpers Charter. Those of you who read the last
Newsletter will have seen it. The Club will now be giving vouchers to the
value of £7.00 to everyone who turns up to help at any event or who helps
to set up at any event. This voucher can be redeemed against entries for
any Club Event or against petrol on presentation of a receipt to the value
of the voucher. We also undertake to feed and water all helpers for the duration
of their help. We hope this will show our appreciation and make more people
come forward with the offer of a helping hand. We thank all those people
who have been helping out with the recent indoor show jumping, without them
it would not have been the huge success it was. We are now however looking
for people to help with the Combined Training, people who are free mid week
and who have an interest in dressage and show jumping. You can learn a lot
from watching. If you have a few hours spare volunteer by contacting Jane
Kendall on Jken611970@cs.com or ring 01444 811969.
Lots of helpers will also be required for the Horse Trials on the 11th May
2002, if you are available please contact Chris Hartfield on www.Christine.Hartfield@tesco.net
or ring on 01825 890134 or complete and post the attached slip. Members who
are competing can also volunteer for just a few hours before or after they
compete. This is your Riding Club; please help us to make it successful.
Our recent appeal for a new Treasurer was answered by Christine Scott. Many
of you will know Christine she is normally in charge of the Collecting Ring
at the Show Jumping competitions and is extremely active at clinics and many
other events. We thank her for joining the Committee and wish her well.
We have also received offers to join the Committee from Sherilyn Bungay and
Susannah Givons which we have gratefully accepted and they joined in January.
With the increasing number of events we are holding their help is much appreciated.
Unfortunately due to work and personal commitments Mary Anne Pragnell has
had to stand down from the Committee. We send her a big thank you for all
her hard work since joining the Committee in 1985. She would still like to
be involved as a helper at events and we look forward to seeing her then.
Liz Richardson stepped down from the Committee at the AGM. She has however
continued as Secretary for the remaining Affiliated Dressage Events that
were held by the Riding Club, the last one of which was on the 23rd / 24th
January. For her enormous amount of input and commitment to Ardingly Riding
Club over the years Liz was presented with a Garden Lounger from you all
at the January Dressage. We wish her well and success with her new venture
Ardingly Dressage, where members competing in dressage will still be able
to keep in touch.
Ardingly Teams Excel Themselves at the Area
10 Show Jumping 6 January at Golden Cross!!!
Congratulations to our teams who finished 2nd
and 3rd out of 23 teams.
In second place were our B team comprising
of Penny Hersey (Hubby's Debt), Claudia Hamlett (Denstar) and Teresa Hemings
(Troy). In third place our A team were Nicola Hill (Fleetmead Factotum),
Julie Bunn (Fleetmead Scherzo) and Sarah Jones (Nina). In the novice section
Julie was 2nd individually with a fast fluent round and Claudia was 3rd less
than a second behind. In the open Sarah was 2nd and Teresa 5th. The winners
were Sevenoaks A.
Hope you are all logging on to
www.ridingclub.org.uk/ardinglyridingclub
website to keep up to date with competition results.
Just two important reminders.
1. In the interest of Safety - Please close the gate after entering and
leaving the Showground Car Park.
2. Subscriptions were due January, have you paid?. If you have not you will
not received the next Mailing. Sorry, but it is not fair to other paid members.
If you have any other thoughts or ideas please feel free to contact me anytime.
It is best to use email if you have one.
Hope you all have a successful riding year.
Christine Hartfield
Chairman.