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LATEST NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2012
January 2012 newsletter here
HAT TAGGING EVENT: FRIDAY 20 JANUARY
Important notice: Hat Tagging
From 1st January 2012, anyone competing at a BRC qualifier or championship will need their hat tagged by a BRC official.
To save time and avoid stress at events Jude Matthews has kindly offered our members the opportunity to get their hats tagged at a social event at her home on on Friday 20th January from 8pm at her home in Brinkworth. Gill Penberth the Area 9 BRC Official Representative will be checking hats are up to standard and tagging.
If you can't make it, you may give your hat, CLEARLY LABELLED WITH YOUR NAME, to Caron Roberts who will be taking a batch for inspection and tagging.
Please let Jude Matthews know if you are going in person on 07970 976063 or email judematthews@yahoo.co.uk
Current BRC guidance is that the following standards are acceptable:
British PAS 015, BSEN1384 Provided they are BSI Kite marked or SEI
European EN1384 Provided they are BSI Kite marked or SEI
American All SEI ASTM 95, ASTM F1163, SNELL E2001
Australian & New Zealand All SAI AS/NZS 3838
BRC hat tagging standards 2012
VENUE FOR OUR PUB NIGHT - THE VALE, MINETY
Our pub night on 21st January will be at The Vale of the White Horse, Minety! Historic inn overlooking a large pond. Renowned for fine wines, it also offers a village bar serving five real ales!! So get in there.. Look forward to seeing you there!
NEW DATE.. DRILL RIDING - 22ND FEBRUARY
Drill riding.. fancy a go? David Graham, drill riding instructor is running a taster session on 22nd February at Caron Roberts Equestrian Training Centre at 7pm. We need a minimum of 4 riders. It really is great fun and it is the groundwork for quadrille riding. Contact Caron to book your place!
NEW JUNIOR DRESSAGE TEAM CO-ORDINATOR - WELCOME
Welcome to our new junior dressage team co-ordinator Nic Davis. Nic is a long standing member, famous for her cake making, but also mum to a very, very keen junior member!
Nic is looking forward to hearing from all our keen junior dressage riders. The winter teams are looming so get in touch with Nic now.
email:nic@plainfarm.co.uk
HAT TAGGING
PLEASE ensure your hat is up to BRC standard if you are riding in our clinics. In addition it is essential that your hat is tagged before riding at an area qualifier. Please talk to your discipline co-ordinator if you need help with this.
NEW MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY - WELCOME
I should like to introduce our new membership secretary Kerry Alexander, whom many of you will know already, as a regular competitor on teams and always around at clinics, camps and at our social events.
Kerry is very much looking forward to meeting you all and of course encouraging new members to join the club.
To help Kerry keep our records up to date and to send out our membership renewal forms, would you be kind enough to let Kerry have any updates / changes of address as we will only have what was originally put on your form.
I would be grateful if you could let Kerry know asap so that you can be kept up to date.
email membership@swindonridingclub.co.uk
With best wishes, wes
CALL FOR HELP: co-ordinating next year's One Day Event
We are scheduled to hold the area qualifier for open dressage at Caron Roberts Equestrian next year, so Tam is going to hand over the running of next year's SDRC ODE.
The task falls neatly into four sections: dressage, show jumping, cross country and catering. Please contact Tammy
Thornton if you would like to head up one of these sections.
Details below:
Dressage
Show Jumping
Cross Country
Catering
If you have any difficulty opening these documents (docx) please contact Tammy directly as she has the originals.
Changes to training fees / vouchers for volunteering
Please note from 1st April 2010 our training fees will be increased and we will have to raise our clinic fees for the first time in five years.
Members will be charged £17 and non members £20.
We will now also offer a £5 voucher for use against a ridden or non
ridden club event for anyone that helps for at least half a day at a riding
club event or area competition from 1st April. This voucher can be used as part
payment for any SDRC event, rally or competition. The voucher can only be used
by the person named. Only one voucher can be used at any one time and may not
be redeemed against membership fees or the Christmas Party. Regrettably lost
vouchers will not be replaced. Every member will be obliged to help out at least
once a year.
The recommend a friend voucher scheme is no longer in operation. |
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