A reminder to all members:
It is mandatory for each member to do just 1 duty day per year. If you are unable to do this or cannot swap with another member then you will be required to pay £25 which will absolve you from your duty for the year. The money will be used towards the running costs of the competition.
Summer dressage qualifier – following cancellation of the qualifier on 29th July, a replacement qualifier date has been set for 10th August (at Tushingham).
This is advance notice that three qualifiers for next year’s championships will
take place this OCTOBER at LLANYMYNECH.
THE FOTH (show jumping followed immediately by cross country) and the
COMBINED TRAINING will take place on the same day – SUNDAY 13 TH
OCTOBER 2018.
THE NEW COMPETITION FOR 2019, ARENA EVENTING, will take place at
LLanymynech on Saturday 27 th and Sunday 28 th October.
If you would like to represent the Club at any or all of these qualifiers, please
let Libby (FOTH and Arena Eventing) erichards@nullbtinternet.com or Juliet
(Combined Training) tim.foden.cw4@nulllive.co.uk know in good time. Details
of classes, heights etc may all be found in the BRC handbook on line –
schedules not out yet – watch the Area 20 website for schedules nearer the
relevant time.
The forthcoming Agriculture Bill will set the agenda for the future of our countryside. The British Horse Society believes that opportunities to improve and enhance access to safe off road riding should be integral to the Agriculture Bill.
Please contact your local MP to support The British Horse Society’s call for farmers and landowners to be paid to widen the network available to horse riders, and to help maintain the network as part of any future subsidy scheme under the Agriculture Bill.
You can find and contact your local MP (using this draft letter) from the websites below:
www.writetothem.com
https://www.parliament.uk/get-
Interested in taking part in the area show jumping or dressage qualifiers? Get in touch with Gwen (SJ) and/or Juliet (dressage) asap – particularly urgent for anyone wanting to do SJ!
Show Jumping – 22nd July (moved from the 8th) and taking place at Ty Ucha Fields, Caerwys, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 5BQ. Available classes are 70cm, 80cm, 90cm, 100cm and 110cm, plus a style class. Anyone wanting to be part of this team competition please contact Gwen (01477 535985).
In line with the new General Data Protection Regulations, ECCTG has reviewed how it stores and uses members’ personal data. All members were sent a copy of our privacy policy with the programme recently and are advised to contact Alison Unwin with any queries or requests.
You will be pleased (hopefully!) to know that we won’t be sending opt-in emails out to everybody, as our understanding of the guidance is that it is unnecessary in this case. However, obviously if you wish to opt out of communications at any time, do let us (via Alison) know.
A lovely day at Aston le Walls last Saturday May 19th for the FOTH championships – a show jumping course with testing alternatives followed by cross country provided an interesting competition – the ECCTG Challenge 100 team of Ashley Daniel, Hannah Mulliner, Sarah Whyte and Georgia Drummond went splendidly – double clears abounded – but time being of the essence in this competition they were just a touch speedy, which resulted in 5th position (3 scores to count) and 3rd (all 4 to count) – highly respectable. Sue O’Leary, our Challenge 90 individual, jumped an immaculate double clear and came within a whisper of a rosette – 11th place individually – again a couple of hooves too fast. Many congratulations to the fast ladies of the ECCTG!!
Good luck to all those competing, times are published here.