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Area show jumping

Posted on May 28, 2012 | in News

Prelim entries for the area show jumping and style jumping need to be in by mid June so anyone interested in representing the club needs to get in touch with Gwen (01477535985) asap. More details are available on the Team pages.

Call for helpers at the East Cheshire PC Cheshire Shield, 1st July

Posted on May 23, 2012 | in News

East Cheshire Pony Club are calling for fence judges and dressage helpers for the Cheshire Shield at Somerford on Sunday 1st July. All helpers will get a fantastic home made lunch! Anyone interested please contact Liz Thomas (07798633347 or email).

If anyone would like to have a trade stand at the event they can email Elly Miller.

Endurance qualifier – 22nd April – Report

Posted on May 23, 2012 | in Results

Well done to the ECCTG Endurance team and thank you to Jean Spearing for this write-up of their trip to Ulnes Walton.

Soli needed a new job. She had done dressage with me and eventing with Sarah and she had done her best for us. She was demoted to checking sheep and plodding round our lanes while more serious work was being put into young Tyler. While sheperding is a very noble occupation for a horse it does not stir the blood, except when you get the odd maverick sheep that needs rounding up.
I was considering what new job she could do when Pat Guerin suggested to me that I might like to do endurance with her. “What a good idea!” A 20 mile ride was selected for the first one of the season. The team consisted of chef d’equipe  Pat, Sue Williams, Jane Wyatt and myself. The Ulnes Walton Wander evoked thoughts of a gentle, relaxing saunter round the lanes of Lancashire. So I set out with the team for what I thought would be a scenic hack but maybe a little bit faster. Oh My Goodness! Pat and her in built speedometer set the pace. Sue and Jane close behind. Soli bringing up the rear, shocked at the relentless pace but determined to keep up. There were mainly tracks and fields with a little bit of road. Barefoot Soli utilised every grass verge, some with drainage ditches three meters deep at the side. Jane nearly vanished into one when Sara shied. It was very exciting. We were so fast, our ground crew Ken Wyatt and Sarah Spearing missed the first two checkpoints. They caught up with us at the third and the horses had beet pulp flavoured water . Plus water for us. Then off we set again and nearly took a wrong turn when a parked car was partially  covering one of the orange arrows. At the end, heart rates and soundness are checked again and to our delight we all passed the vet. After we had settled the horses down ready for the journey home we had much needed sustenance ourselves. We had all completed with a grade one and averaged 11.5 miles per hour and have qualified to ride at Builth Wells in the autumn. Amazing! Can’t wait for the next ride. Thank you Pat for the introduction to Endurance Riding, to Sue and Jane and to Ken and Sarah.

ECCTG Summer Games hailed a success

Posted on May 20, 2012 | in News

Thank you to all the competitors and helpers who made the ECCTG Summer Games a success! Results are now online and we’ve received some really positive feedback:

Had a great day. Lovely atmosphere and everybody I spoke to enjoyed it. Well done.

Thanks for a lovely day.

I’m just glad it wasn’t raining!

We hope everybody had as much fun as us and we look forward to seeing you at the next ECCTG event!

Summer Games, Somerford, 20th May

Posted on May 20, 2012 | in Results

Dressage

D1 (Prelim 4)

1st  – Karen Watson – Billy
2nd – Yvette Harrison
3rd – Denise Dent – Charlie
4th – Amy Lennon – Enya
5th – Rachel Large – Poppy Noir
6th – Sharon Kennett – The Jackal

D2 (Prelim 18)

1st – Sarah Sargeant – Celtic First Lady
=2nd – Gill Skellern – Nathan
=2nd – Lisa Thomas – Charlie
4th – Nicki Toomer – Rascal
5th – Karen Harrison – Schuh Shine
6th – Karen Harrison – Nicky

D3 (Novice 30)

1st – Jo Prestwich – Theo
2nd – Gill Skellern – Nathan
3rd  – Brook Butler – Corey
4th – Amy Lennon – Phoenix
5th – Alison Unwin – Pinky
6th – Sharon Foster – Casper

D4 (Elementary 42)

1st – Jo Prestwich – Theo
2nd – Maya Fowler – Tadpole
3rd – Imogen Furlong – James
4th – John Marsden – Zac
5th – Amy Lennon – Prince
6th – Nicki Toomer – Percy

D5 (Medium and above)

1st – Gill Barnes – Filly
2nd – Rachel Gibson – Lem

Combined Training

E1 (Prelim 4 + 75cm)

1st  – Karen Watson – Billy
2nd – Denise Dent – Charlie
3rd – Yvonne Burrows – Pigling Deli B
4th – Yvette Harrison
5th – Emily Anderson – Lana
6th – Nicki Toomer – April

E2 (Prelim 18 + 85cm)

1st – Nicki Toomer – Rascal
2nd – Libby Richards – Holly
3rd – Jane Byrne – Lucy
4th – Natasha Kippen – Against The Odds
=5th – Louise Jones – Wiser
=5th – Jenny Adamson – Azuro

E3 (Novice 30 + 95cm)

1st – Jo Prestwich – Theo
2nd – Brook Butler – Corey
3rd – Amy Lennon – Phoenix
=4th – Lynsey Ward – Tom
=4th – Hannah Mulliner – Sophie
6th – Alison Unwin – Pinky

E4 (Elementary 42 + 105cm)

1st – Maya Fowler – Tadpole
2nd – John Marsden – Zac
3rd – Amy Lennon – Prince
4th  – Tyler Cassells – Mac
5th  – Tyler Cassells – Fred

Show Jumping

J1 (75cm)

1st – Emily Anderson – Lana
2nd – Sue O’Leary – George
3rd – Holly Booth – Rocky
4th – Karen Watson – Billy
5th – Sue Williams – Jack
6th – Amy Lennon – Enya

J2 (85cm)

1st – Karen Harrison – Trigger
2nd – Karen Harrison – Donald
3rd – Christine Guildford – Dream
4th – Anna Main – Crystal
5th – Kim Cummings – Jonah
6th – Alison Unwin – Pinky

J3 (95cm)

1st – Jo Prestwich – Theo
2nd – Hannah Mulliner – Sophie
3rd – Brook Butler – Corey
4th – Nicki Toomer – Rascal

J4 (105cm)

1st – Tyler Cassells – Mac
2nd – Amy Lennon – Prince
3rd – Tyler Cassells – Fred
4th – Maya Fowler – Tadpole
5th – Alison Unwin – Pinky


Latest newsletter now available

Posted on May 18, 2012 | in News

The latest edition of the ECCTG Newsletter is now available.

The all new ECCTG website goes live!!

Posted on May 15, 2012 | in News

Welcome to the new ECCTG website – we hope you like it!

It has everything the old website had, plus a few extra bonus features:

  • New look and layout – take a look around to see what’s new on the website. And in case you hadn’t noticed it, we’ve got a new logo!
  • Search – you can use this to find the page you need quickly, and also to find which events you have been allocated for duty days
  • Calendar – all club competitions and training are listed here. You can subscribe to  this so it will link to your smartphone or online diary. It is colour coded and tagged to help you find each event type (e.g. training vs competition) or discipline and can be viewed like a calendar or as an agenda (more like in the programme)

We’ve got a few more ideas to add in yet too, like trainer profiles and a gallery for  all the photos of our lovely members out and about at training and competitions. If there is anything we’ve forgotten or any mistakes we’ve made, let us know and we’ll see what we can do!