June is again going to be another busy month for TRC!

2 June – BRC Festival of the Horse National Finals - congratulations to Sian Somerset-Hobson & Crafty Cavalier who came 6th in their arena, and 13th overall out of 100+ in their Combined Training Class at Aston-Le-Walls! The Club is very proud of you. 

9 June - BRC Area 16 Dressage Qualifier at Sheepgate. Another good day for TRC! Well done to all the members who represented the Club. The ‘Gold’ Open team came 4th out of 13 teams (Becky Bowman, Stephanie Rapson, Penny Clark & Sian Somerset-Hobson) the ‘Blue’ Open Team came 9th (Michaela Preston, Joanne Wilson, Sian Somerset-Hobson & Stephanie Rapson) Then Senior Individual placings went to: Penny Clark 3rd in N30, Stephanie Rapson 5th in N28 & 6th in N27, Sian Somerset-Hobson 6th in E42 and Junior Individual placings went to: Katie Buchanan 3rd in P7, Anna Griffin 2nd in N28 & 1st in E44!
Wel done Anna, who will now go on to represent the Club at the National Finals in September!   

16 June – Club Show - Another great Club Show! Great weather, great turnout & great classes! More new members who we hope all enjoyed their first Club Show. We hope to see everyone at the Fun Day. Results are now on the Club Results page.  

30 June – Open Fun Day! – Lots of fun events for riders, non riders & dogs! This popular annual event includes: novelty jumping, novelty showing, dog show & much more! The schedule is on the Events Diary page.

30 June – BRC Area 16 Show Jumping & Style Jumping Qualifier at Eagle Moor. Unfortunately we don’t have any Teams going to represent the Club but we do have a few Individuals. Good luck to all those representing the Club!

Yet again a glorious day for our last Show in May!
Lot’s of new faces and some popular Ridden & In Hand Classes.
The Working Hunter Classes however were not so popular, apart from the Novice Classes – maybe the heights for the qualifiers put people off?
Still the weather was great and people seemed to enjoy the Show.
Congratulations to those who qualified for the Equestrian Life & Equifest Championships.

Results will be on the Open Results Page soon - I’m having problems uploading the file.
Photographs can be purchased from our regular photographer:  www.davidclarryphotography.com

Wow! A great weekend for Tickhill Riding Club!

The Club Show was blessed again with glorious weather, the turnout was great and yet more new members joined the Club.
There were some big jumping classes again and this time they all went ahead! The day was rounded off with the Ian Bryce Memorial Gymkhana Trophy competition which was keenly fought between the 12 years and under, with heats, finals and then joint winners overall who had to run off yet again to finally decide who would win the trophy! The results are now on the Club Results page and photographs will be available soon at www.davidclarryphotography.com

Then, there was the 6 Individuals who went to Epworth EC to represent the Club at the Area 16 Horse Trials Qualifiers. We had some great success: Lauren Hand - 7th Junior 90, Sarah Lee –  4th Senior 90, Andrew Lovell – 9th Senior 90, and big congratulations to Ellie Clarke who WON the Junior 100 and will go on to represent the Club at the National finals in August!
Well done also to Anna Griffin and Joanne Wilson who had some minor problems but both will learn from the experience and showed great promise for the future.
The Club is proud of all 6 and hope they enjoyed the experience.

The first Open Show of 2013 was blessed with glorious sunshine!! We had to cancel this show last year due to the field being too wet but this year not a rain drop in sight!
The show was well supported with a mixture of members and non members including some new faces who we hope to see again in the future. The pony show jumping seemed extremely popular with some large classes going on into the afternoon. The Ridden Showing and In Hand Showing also had good entries.
We would like to thank all the judges, stewards and helpers for making the Show a success.
The Results are now on the ‘Open Results’ page and photographs can be purchased from www.davidclarryphotography.com
We hope to see everyone later in the month at the Club Show and/or the Open Showing Show – May is a busy month for TRC!

A great turnout of old and new members for the first Club Show of 2013!

Unfortunately the wind became too strong to safely hold the Show Jumping and Working Hunter classes which was a real shame as these were some of the most popular classes but safety has to come first.

We have calculated how much we owe to members who had their classes cancelled and all those members affected should have received a text message confirming this. These amounts can be deducted from your entry fees at the next Club Show on 19 May or any Club Show later this year.

The Results for the Classes that did go ahead are now on the Results Page.

Well done to the Senior Team who represented the Club yesterday at Wittering in the Combined Training Qualifier, all four team members put in performances to be proud of.
The show jumping time seemed decisive with nearly all the 75cm competitors incurring time faults, this led to those in the 85cm speeding up but still there were only 6 riders on the day that incurred no jumping penalties!

Andrew Lovell – P14= 62.50% plus 75cm jumping = 0 jumping & 12 time faults = 57.50%, 11th place
Joanne Wilson – P14= 68.33% plus 75cm jumping = 4 jumping  & 12 time faults = 61.70%, 8th place
Michaela Preston – N27= 66.07% plus 85cm jumping = 8 jumping & 0 time faults = 63.20%, 9th place
Sian Somerset-Hobson – N27= 72.50% plus 85cm jumping = 0 jumping & 0 time faults = 72.50%, 1st place

The team score of 18, meant the team came 4th - great result, and Sian also won the N27+85cm jumping section and has qualified for the National Final in June, well done Sian & Cavi!

Would you like to be part of a team representing Tickhill Riding Club at the BRC Area 16 Qualifiers?
All disciplines are included. If you fancy joining a Club team or entering as an individual (where available) for any of the events, please contact Althea: 01909 730896 or Emma: 07739 311853, Please note that preliminary entries need to be with BRC Head Office 21 days before the event, so make sure you contact us in good time. Entry fees for these events are paid for by your Club, which is very unusual these days!

We really don’t only want people who are experienced in their discipline – we are also very happy to include those who are just keen to have a go and who promise to turn up on the day.
Members of all abilities are encouraged to get involved and if you’ve never done this before please consider giving it a go in 2013.
We can’t approach every individual member, so if you would like to represent the Club, please do let us know.

We have had success in show jumping and dressage in the past, with members representing the Club at the National Finals for the last 3 years. Whist it is always great to come away with a rosette the main objective is that the Team, Individuals and Horses have an enjoyable day and gain experience for future events.

The dates for the 2013 Qualifiers are on the Events Diary page along with information sheets detailing the classes available. 

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE DECIDED TO CANCEL THE ONE DAY CHALLENGE ON 24 MARCH.
The field is too wet and more rain/snow is forecast for the week ahead.
For anyone who has already entered we will destroy your cheques unless you really want them back then please contact us. We will be personally texting or calling everyone who has entered.
Hopefully we will be able to rearrange the event for later in the year.

The Committee would like to thank those members and non members! who came to help get the jumps out on Saturday in not so desirable weather!

Another busy and successful day. Thanks to all the judges and helpers for making the day run smoothly, and it was great to have the sunshine!
The Results are now on the Open Results Page and the League Tables are on their own page.
Thanks also to David Clarry for taking the photographs and please visit his site www.davidclarryphotography.com
The next dressage competition wont be until July but we have lots of other events planned before then - take a look at the Events Diary page!