BRITISH EVENTING
17TH AND 18TH April 2010

Kelsall Hill are looking for volunteers to help out at the British Eventing weekend. It’s an amazing experience and if you would like to volunteer and be part of our team for the day please get in touch with:

Lynn Salmon – lynn@pacificsales.co.uk / 07733 120 221

Jane Whitaker – britisheventing@kelsallhill.co.uk / 07807 120921

What with these new classes plus the launch of the North West Working Hunter Championships in August, we are so excited about 2010! We hope you are too and look forward to seeing you in April. Not long now!

Check out the show calendar to get those dates in the diary and view the new schedule here.

I am proud to be back as your chairman in what’s now my 4th year. I want us all to go forward as a team and help make BRC an even more fantastic club than we already are! I’m sure you will welcome our new committee members (as well as the old ones!).We are all around on show days, please feel free to have a chat to any of us. It goes without saying that I know you will treat them with respect. Please listen if they ask you to do something (or not!) on show day. They are doing it for the good of the club!

You can download the newsletter here. For our junior members you can download your junior newsletter here, with a crossword. here, with a crossword!

EMAIL ALERT!

If you receive your newsletter by snail mail, this is the last one you will receive. We have to consider all the environmental issues, and it’s just not necessary in this day and age to rely on printed news every month. You can sign up for our mailing list on the website. Updates are also available on Facebook and Twitter. All forms (pre entry, member, newsletter) can be printed directly off our website. If you do not have web access (surely not!), please ask a friend to print your forms from our site.

ROSETTES TO 8TH PLACE!

Good news for you rosette hunters out there: Bridgewater Riding Club is becoming the first riding club that places every class down to 8th place! The points system remains the same (see schedule booklet when you receive your membership after joining), but every class will now place all the way down to 8th. The junior committee are choosing rosette colours as we speak. The start of a new tradition!

WE ARE LOOKING FOR COVER STARS!

Everyone remember last year’s schedule cover? Well, you have the opportunity again to be a cover star! Email your pictures to ruthclifton@msn.com and we will select the best ones to go on the cover! Closing date is 1st March, so we have time to get it all printed. Best of Luck!!

MEMBERSHIPS – REMEMBER YOUR CARD!

It’s really worth joining BEFORE the shows begin, and save a lot of stress and queueing on first show day morning in the caravan. That way you will be sent your pre entry form every month to fill in and return so all you have to do on show morning is collect your number. When you receive your membership card, keep it safe! Carry it with you in your jacket pocket, as for Highest Placed Member shows you will need it in the ring. We will also need your membership number when you make entries, so keep that card safe!

We will be strict about enforcing this, as last year we had a few people paying member entry rates when they were non members. Hmm. It only takes a couple of mean spirited people to spoil it. So make sure you carry your card, please! Ok, enough lecture.

Make sure you read the junior committee newsletter and get those memberships in. See you at Easter!

Ruth

We are also looking to take the Overall Points Championships at the Showing festivals.

Saturday 30th January
Saturday 27th February
Saturday 27th March
Saturday 24th April

Class 1: BE90 dressage test, show jumping x cross country – 75-85 cm
Class 2: BE100 dressage test, show jumping x cross country – 85-95cm

Dressage will be indoors and jumping on an outdoor all weather surface. Entry fee is £20. The Crumleigh Heath Farm events are not part of Bridgewater Riding Club. If you have any queries please contact Jackie Slater at jackie.slater@hotmail.co.uk.

For more information please download the event schedule here. You can also download the entry form by clicking here.

Now in it’s 6th year, the 2010 North West Show Jumping Championships will be held once again on the August Bank Holiday weekend at the Bridgewater Riding Club Showground @ Brookhouse Equestrian Centre in Cheshire. Ponies competing on Saturday 28th August and horses on Sunday 29th August.  In 2009, riders traveled from 10 counties to compete, representing over 25 riding clubs and shows.

We are looking for sponsors for classes, rosettes, trophies and jumps. If you are interested in sponsoring the Championships, please see the sponsor page for more information.

The list of qualifying shows can be found on the qualifiers page.

We will be bringing you news of the new members of the 2010 committee, together with a fully confirmed calendar and schedule in the next couple of weeks.

We can confirm that Ruth Clifton was overwhelmingly voted back in as Chair for another season, she will be joined by new Vice-Chairman Dave Pomphret. Congratulations to Ruth and Dave!

The first committee meeting for 2010 will take place on Monday 1st February, 7.30pm at The Hazel Pear.

We’ve had a large increase in website traffic over the past week with many people asking about the 2010 shows. We’ve updated the calendar and you can now see the dates for 2010. Further details on qualifiers, open medal and trophy shows will be updated shortly.