SWINDON & DISTRICT
RIDING CLUB

SDRC EVENT DIARY

Cheques for clinics must state your name, horse, event title & date on the back and be made payable to Swindon Riding Club.

Monday 13 February - 7.30pm - 9pm
Evening Theory Class - Refresher session

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

A refresher session in our series of interactive class room based theory classes to help you expand your training tool kit. We will be going over the work from preliminary work to elementary.

Call Caron for more information.

£17 for members, £20 for non-members.

Thursday 16 February
WEEK DAY GRIDWORK with HELEN MARSDEN

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

Call Caron for more information.

Group: 12 noon - 1 pm

4 places per group - times may be subject to alteration £17 for members, £20 for non-members. (30 October 2011)

Monday 20 February
7TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - WIN £100 TRAINING BURSARY

At Wanborough Village Hall, High Street, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0AD at 7.15 for 7.30 start

All members are welcome!

For all paid up members there is FREE raffle entry to win £100 training bursary.

This is your chance to voice ideas and give feedback directly to the committee.

Attached the agenda for this meeting and minutes from the 2011 AGM.

Kindly let Angela know if you can attend as we need to know numbers. Don’t forget to bring a mug with you. Contact: Angela Roberts, SDRC Treasurer, T 01793 785406 work 01793 826103 home 0771 3642453 mobile.

Wednesday 22 February - 7.00pm
DRILL RIDING TASTER

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

Come and have some fun with David Graham, drill riding trainer extraordinaire!

Call Caron for more information.

£17 for members, £20 for non-members.

Thursday 23 February
MOUNTED WEEK DAY CLINIC - Jumping

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

Theme tba. Call Caron for more information.

Group: 12 noon - 1 pm

4 places per group - times may be subject to alteration £17 for members, £20 for non-members.

Monday 27 February - 7.30pm - 9pm
Evening Theory Class - Jumping theory

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

An interactive class room based theory sessions to help you expand your training tool kit for jumping.

Call Caron for more information.

£17 for members, £20 for non-members.

Saturday 3 March
JUMP-OFF TECHNIQUE with David Graham

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

Find out how to achieve a faster time without losing your style, rhythm or the winning place!

Group 1: 2.30 pm

£17 for members, £20 for non-members.

Sunday 4 March
POLEWORK CLINIC with CARON ROBERTS

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

Call Caron for more information.

Group 1: 12 noon - 1 pm

Group 2: 1 pm - 2 pm

4 places per group - times may be subject to alteration £17 for members, £20 for non-members.

Saturday 10 March
PUB NIGHT at Vale of White Horse, Minety

We'd love to see you all for a drink, some great grub, to help us put the world to rights (equestrian and otherwise). A good excuse to escape from the frosty weather! We are booking the skittles hall area, so plenty of space, bring your friends, the more the merrier.

If you fancy food, the specials are just £5.50, top tucker and excellent value!

Menu tba nearer time.

Please RSVP to Caron via text 07870 673507 to let her know if you can come along (and your menu choice if eating).

Tuesday 13 March
MOUNTED WEEK DAY CLINIC

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

Theme tba. Call Caron for more information.

Group: 12 noon - 1 pm

4 places per group - times may be subject to alteration £17 for members, £20 for non-members.

Saturday 17 March
Training Day - An afternoon with Anna Ross-Davies

FREE training event for SDRC members*

Venue: Cholderton Equestrian, Wiltshire

Time: 12 noon promptly - 4.15 pm

Demonstration and training by Anna - please contact Caron if you would like to be a guinea pig. Download flyer here.

As a thank you to all our members for their tremendous support, particularly at our inaugural one day event we are hosting a special training event with Anna Ross-Davies, an International Grand Prix dressage rider.

Anna has represented Great Britain at Grand Prix all over the world including the European Championships, Aachen CDIO, Saumur CDIO, World Cup, and has twice competed at the World Championships for Young Horses. In 2007 Anna was the highest placed British Team rider at the European Championships, helping team GB secure qualification for the Beijing Olympics and in 2008 she was reserve for Beijing.

The event will include a demonstration by Anna with her own horse and a chance for members to benefit from her training methods with their own horses. Please contact Caron Roberts as soon as possible if you would like to be considered.

* This event will be free to fully paid-up members with priority given to those who helped at the SDRC ODE last year. Guinea pigs must also be fully-paid members!
£10 for non-members.

Please contact Tammy Thornton for more information and tickets.

Tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis, so please don't dither!!

Contact: Tammy Thornton for FREE ticket if you are a fully paid up member or for more information

email: events@swindonridingclub.co.uk

or send your cheque made payable to SDRC to:

Tammy Thornton, Purlieus House, Minety, Malmesbury,Wilts,
SN16 9RP

Contact Tammy if you would like to be considered as a guinea pig rider. Send details about you and your horse including level and experience.

Saturday 24 March
XC RALLY AT RABSON MANOR

Group 1: 10 am - 11.30 am

Group 2: 11.30 am - 1 pm

Group 3: 1pm - 2.30 pm

Body protectors must be worn.

Please remember to bring your cheque for course hire:

4 places per group - times may be subject to alteration £17 for members, £20 for non-members.

Thursday 29 March
MOUNTED WEEK DAY CLINIC

At Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre, Lanes Farm near Wootton Bassett, SN4 7SA - see www.robertsequestrian.co.uk for directions.

Theme tba. Call Caron for more information.

Group: 12 noon - 1 pm

4 places per group - times may be subject to alteration £17 for members, £20 for non-members.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

1 PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU BOOK CLINICS AT LEAST 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. Bookings taken after this will incur a 25% surcharge.

2 PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON TIME FOR CLINICS AND EVENTS
For mounted clinics that means you should be tacked up and on your horse ready to go at the allocated time. Sorry to nag, but if one session starts late, it makes later sessions shorter which is not fair!

3 PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THE CORRECT PERSON FOR CLINICS, DO NOT LEAVE MESSAGES WITH OTHER PEOPLE!

For ALL MOUNTED CLINICS contact: Caron Roberts, 07870 673507, either call, text or email (be aware that Caron only checks her email a couple of times a week – so don’t leave it too late!!). Specify your NAME, the event and your preferred time slot.

4 PAYMENT FOR CLINICS & EVENTS

All events must be PAID IN ADVANCE BY CHEQUE at least 10 days before the event.
Cheques payable to ‘Swindon & District Riding Club’. Please write details of including date on the back of the cheque. Late bookings will incur a 25% surcharge.

Mounted clinics: please send cheques to Caron Roberts, Lanes Farm, Marlborough Road, Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wilts, SN4 7SA.