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Summer 2011
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Lessons start again on August 16th. |
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Joanne's show will take place this year on 18th September.
Classes include Turnout in Hand, Under Saddle, and Jumping from Lead Rein to 3ft for both horses and ponies.
Pony classes start at 9am, horse classes probably around 1 pm.
If anyone has any questions or would like a schedule, email maxgump@sky.com, or phone the centre 01307 820475
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Joanne accepting the Volunteer Friendly award for Angus RDA
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Hamish getting a new saddle pad from his sponsors
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One of our riders on Robbie
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| New view of the car park - fortunately it has now all dried out!! |
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| May 2011 |
Elinor and Katie did a very successful sponsored walk to raise money for the Angus group, and reached a total of nearly £500 which was fantastic. Thanks to both!!!
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Joanne is trying to raise money from Mars Ltd, to help sponsor a pony. Gemma and Findlay are helping with the appeal.
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Presentation of a cheque for £500 from the crew of HMS Montrose to the Angus RDA group
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Elinor, Joanne and John Thomson of JCL systems, who very generously gave the Angus group 8 CCTV cameras, screen and recorder for the buildings (a normal value of approximately £3000). This should really improve our security.
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Hamish after a hard day at work!
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March 2011
Easter Holiday – close lunchtime on Saturday 9th April, and re-open on Monday 19th.
The centre held a training day for volunteers on February 26th and we were delighted to see so many. Janet Parkinson gave a very good talk on how riding can benefit those with physical disabilities.
Riding started on 12th March because the repairs had not been finished enough to allow us to go ahead before. Part of the wall between the hat store and the office still needs to come down to do repairs to the pipes, but this should not interfere with riding.
The horses all passed their health checks, so hopefully we will not have to look for any new ones this year.
Joanne is putting Angus RDA forward for the Volunteer Friendly Award – a lot of paperwork involved!
Elinor is attending a course for the PVG scheme. This means that volunteers no longer have to get a separate disclosure for each cause but the group’s signatory can instead phone up and check that they are still covered.
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February 2011
Repairs to the clubroom will take a little longer than we thought as the electrical work all needs to be checked, and we now hope to start riding on Saturday 12th March.
There will be a training day for helpers on Saturday
26th February.
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December 10
Picture of all the Angus group prizewinners at the prize-giving on December 18th. Congratulations to everyone, including those who made it possible in spite of the snow!
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November 2010
We recently got a very generous donation of winter feed from East Coast Viners through Colin Young. Given the snowy start to December, this will be needed! |
Robbie inspecting the feed supplies, with John Anderson (the driver), Elinor, and Joanne. |
One of our Saturday helpers and her husband have also been responsible for getting a grant from the Walter Craig Trust; this helped with Ricky’s veterinary treatment. Many thanks to all involved.
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The coffee morning was held on Saturday 27th with a really good turn-out in spite of the snow; fortunately there was sun as well! Again, there were lots of donations of home baking and raffle prizes, and thanks go to everyone who worked so hard to provide these. We raised, including the raffle, the magnificent sum of £2141.41
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Nico in the snow
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Hamish and one of the Saturday riders with a cheque from the Jockey Jan memorial fund – thanks to all concerned. |
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