Area Cross Country Training will be held at Chilham on 26th October with Nick Gauntlet and Francis Whittington. £60 for 1.5 hour training session in groups of 5, 70cm 80cm 90cm and 1m. For further details contact christinermpc@gmail.com Spaces are limited. Booking via www.horse-events.co.uk
Breen Equestrian Yard Visit
This will be a talk and tour of their horses, facilities and a walk onto the Hickstead Showground. 10am to 11.30am. Members will need to make their own way to Breen Equestrian where we will meet together for the tour. Spaces are limited to 15 members only. Please drop your member(s) at the entrance to the yard where you will be met by the SDHEPC organisers.
The address is Hickstead Place, London Road, RH17 5NU
Apologies to any parents who would also like to visit the yard but we need to keep our group to 15 members. If not all places are booked by our members, we will open up to parents to come and make up the numbers ??
The organiser is Lorna Thwaites and her email is lornajthwaites@gmail.com
Hi all our final cross country rally of the season is available to book on the website calendar. Michelle Quibelle will be instructing at Lockskinners (North Course) on Saturday 29th October. The course has 161 fences ranging from 40cm to 1metre. There will be two groups each riding for 90 minutes. Any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch. michebeck@sky.com 07974270980 Regards, Michelle Beckett
Hi all, A Fun Halloween rally has been added to the website calendar. Please book in for a fun ridden rally, to include games and optional fancy dress. Open to all ages and abilities. The location is Alder lake farm on 30th of October at 10 am. Any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch. michebeck@sky.com/(07974) 270980. Regards, Michelle Beckett
Hi All, For those working towards D+ test, a ridden rally and stable management rallies have been added to the calendar and are available to book. Stable management rallies will be held at Melanie Cammies yard 5pm until 6pm with Esmee and Sonia instructing. 14th and 21st October. Ridden rally is at Plumpton college 22nd October. Any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch. michebeck@sky.com 07974 270980 Regards, Michelle Beckett
We have arranged a visit to Breen Equestrian on Saturday 8th October, 10am to 11.30am.
These are the dates that have been booked so far for rallies September 2022 – April 2023.
Full details are on our website where the rallies are available for booking – dates are being added all the time, so please keep checking.
Luckily school holidays are the same!
October half term: Monday 24th – 28th
Xmas. Monday 19th December – Monday 2nd January
February half term: Monday 13th – 17th
Easter: Monday 3rd April – 14th
September
8th Chelwood C+ stable management 5.00-6.00 (Lorna)
10th Chelwood Showjumping 2.00 – 5.00 (Katie)
11th Plumpton D/D+ 12.00-2.00 (Michelle)
11th Plumpton C/C+ 10.00-12.00 (Lorna)
17th Bevern Bridge Picnic ride + badges 12.00 – 2.00 (Michelle)
22nd Chelwood C+ stable management 5.00-6.00 (Lorna)
25th Alderlake Flatwork 10.00 – 1.00 (inc. lead rein) (Lorna)
October
1st Golden Cross Showjumping 2.00-4.00 (Katie)
6th Chelwood C+ stable management 5.00-6.00 (Lorna)
13th Chelwood C+ stable management 5.00-6.00 (Lorna)
16th Golden Cross Interbranch Showjumping (Candy)
22nd Plumpton D/D+ 12.00 – 2.00 (Michelle)
22nd Plumpton C/C+ 10.00 – 12.00 (Lorna)
24th Plumpton D+ test 10.00-12.00 (Candy)
26th Felbridge Show jumping 3.00-5.00 (Katie)
TBA TBA Cross Country training (Michelle)
30th Alderlake Halloween rally for younger ones (Michelle)
November
6th Alderlake Flatwork 10.00-12.00 (Lorna)
13th Chelwood Show jumping 1.00 – 3.00 ( Katie)
19th Plumpton D/D+ 12.00 – 2.00 (Michelle)
19th Plumpton C/C+ 10.00-12.00 (Lorna)
December
4th Alderlake Flatwork 10.00-12.00 (Lorna)
10th Chelwood Showjumping (1.00-3.00) (Katie)
January
8th Plumpton D/D+ 12.00 – 2.00 (Michelle)
8th Plumpton C/C+ 10.00 – 12.00 (Lorna)
15th Golden Cross Showjumping 1.00 – 3.00 (Katie)
22nd Alderlake Flatwork 10.00-12.00 (Lorna)
February
11th Plumpton D/D+ 12.00 – 12.00 (Michelle)
11th Plumpton C/C+ 10.00 – 12.00 (Lorna)
26th Alderlake Flatwork 10.00-12.00 (Lorna)
March
5th Plumpton D/D+ 12.00 – 2.00 (Michelle)
5th Plumpton C/C+ 10.00 – 12.00 (Lorna)
19th Alderlake Flatwork 10.00-12.00 (Lorna)
April
TBA Bucklands All day rally (Candy)
TBA Riding & Road Safety (Angela)
16th Plumpton C/C+ 12.00 – 2.00 (Lorna)
23rd Alderlake Flatwork 10.00-12.00 (Lorna)
May
Half term TBA C Test
Hi all,
After the success of the last one, we have organised a picnic hack for Sat 17th September at Bevernbridge Cross Country and Hacking facility for our younger members. Esmee will be instructing and will be teaching 2 Pony Club Achievement badges - Sequence of Footfalls and Trees. The picnic ride is planned for 12.00pm to 2.00pm. We will be going across to the Millwoods Fields at Bevernbridge - across a small bridge and over to some lovely open fields. This will be a nice chilled hack and is ideal for members on lead rein or just riding independently. Parent/carers will be asked to accompany their children so please bring comfy walking shoes! We will have groups of 4 going over the fields - if we have enough members booking on to run 2 groups, one will be before the picnic and the other after. Please bring your own picnic and perhaps a treat to share ?? Members are welcome to wear their Pony Club polo shirts or a plain navy polo shirt if a pony club one isn't possible. Hats, jodhs, appropriate riding boots and gloves are required please. The cost is £15 per person and tickets will close Sunday 11th September so we can plan numbers etc. Any questions, please get in touch Michelle Beckett
We are hosting our Interbranch Team and Individual Show Jumping competition at Golden Cross on Sunday 16th October and very much need your help on the day for this to run smoothly – any profits go towards buying equipment for the members to enjoy and to keep the cost of rallies and camps to a minimum.
We would need:
Tack checker/warm up Steward: 8.15 – 11.00
11.00 – 2.00
2.00 – 5.00
Arena Steward: 8.45 – 11.30
11.30 – 2.30
2.30 -5.30
Arena Party/poo picking 9.00 – 11.30
(perfect for children 11.30 – 2.30
who don't have to be horsey!) 2.30 – 5.30
Please let me know on 0781 6580322 or candyrobbins06@gmail.com if you could help with any part of these roles – fingers crossed for lots of helpers to make the day run smoothly. Many hands make light work! You will be fed and watered too.
Many thanks
Candy x
Interbranch Team Showjumping at Golden Cross – Sunday 16th October 2022
We are hosting this event at Golden Cross on 16th October and it would be good to see lots of you taking part either as part of a team or as an individual – any profits go towards buying equipment and keeping the cost of rallies and camps to a minimum.
Entries will be limited so please could you enter as soon as possible so places are available for our own members – if you would like to be put forward for selection as part of a team please let Katie know and the selectors can then make their decision. A show jumping rally is being held on 10th September at Chelwood and also on 1st October at Golden Cross for this purpose.
Entry fees are £15.00 per class which includes first aid. Horse and rider combination are allowed to take part in one team class only but may enter a second class as an individual.
All classes are being run as single phase, where the 2nd part of the course is timed.
Spurs are not permitted in classes 1,2 & 3.
Class 1: X poles (40cm) teams and individuals (the team instructor is allowed to be in the ring to assist but without contact.
Class 2: Mini Mini team and individuals
Height of fences 60cm – no back rails
Class 3: Mini teams and individuals
Height of fences 70cm
Class 4: Small Novice teams and individuals
Height of fences 80cm
Class 5: Novice teams and individuals
Height of fences 90cm
Hope to see lots of interest.
Katie Wright
07881 404542 katieand aiden@hotmail.com
D and D+ standard rallies, including stable management and achievement badges are now being orgainsed by Michelle Beckett - we are very grateful to Michelle for taking on the organising of this.
However, we do need the help of parents on the day of ridden rallies to cover the post of "appointed person". This is to assist the instructor on the day with setting up and the putting away of any equipment used, clearing the arena and parking area's of droppings and in the case of a rider falling, to take care of the rider so the instructor can carry on with the lesson - obviously if the rider was injured the lesson would stop! Any falls need to be recorded in the accident book (provided) and form sent to Candy Robbins for filing. It would be great if parents would assist with this as Michelle cannot commit to all dates - her daughter is now grown up and off to jockey school. Please let me know if you are happy to help please so we can run lots of rallies.
First Aid - if you would be interested in doing an Emergency First Aid at Work course please let me know. This is a 1 day course and costs £40 and is run by Gill McPate our long standing chef at senior camp. Once I know if there is any interest I can come up with some dates and see which date suits most people.
Candy Robbins
0781 6580322
