Start 10am
CLASS 1 – INTRO B 2009 – WALK TROT TEST.
CLASS 2 – PRELIM 12 2005.
ENTRY FEE £10 PER CLASS, TO alpaulunwin@tiscali.co.uk payable
please enter 7 days in advance and payment via horsemonkey or cheque to 11 Hayfield Close, Tytherington, Macclesfield, SK10 4UW, payable to ECCTG
No entries accepted without fee.
Times on website on Thursday 6th October.
Jumping at Crossmere Farm, Brereton on Saturday 17th September
Start 1.30pm
Organisers Juliet Foden and Libby Richards
Class 1. Crosspoles
Class 2. 70 cms
Class 3. 80 cms
It may be possible to run a clear round before each class if there is sufficient demand.
Entry fees £10 per class to Juliet Foden, 01477 571773 / tim.foden.cw4@live.co.uk or entries accepted on the day.
An opportunity for ECCTG members to ride a test of their choice (BD or BE), discuss it and then repeat movements or the complete test as preferred – a splendid opportunity to tune up for the Wendy Ashtons! We have a fairly wide selection of test sheets available if required – either choose a test from Club stocks or bring your test score sheet with you for Sarah to judge.
Venue: Rowley House, Kermincham, CW4 8DX (thanks to Juliet)
Potential date update: Oct 8th looking most likely. Sept 13th. no longer available, but 22nd or 30th still potentials – note Sarah travels some distance, so we would of course need to form orderly groups!
Please contact Libby erichards@btinternet.com or 01477 532916 if interested – we can refine format for individual preference but starting point could be 30 minutes at a cost of £15.
Action needed now! The qualifier for the 2017 Festival of the Horse Champs will take place at Smallwood Livery Centre on 1st October 2016.
Schedule is here – classes at 80, 90 and 100 cms. Prelim entries have to be in by 9th September so would all members interested in individual or team participation contact Libby on erichards@btinternet.com as soon as possible please.
If you have any queries re format please phone Libby on 01477 532916 and/or check the BRC rule book on line.
9th August – at Crossmere Farm
70-80cm 6pm
80-90cm 7pm
£20 each, groups of 4
Contact Alison (07977 913897) to book! Payment via horsemonkey here.
On a rare sunny day, the ECCTG eventers put on a fantastic performance to secure several qualifying spots at the area horse trials, held at Llanymynech on June 25th.
We had just one individual competing in the 80 class this year – Sally Filby riding Rhodantie – who very narrowly missed out on a place at Swalcliffe. She added no jumping penalties to a fantastic dressage of 22.8 and just a smattering of time penalties to finish 2nd in her arena.
The 90 was contested by six riders – a team of Sarah Spearing on Timberwolf, Andrea Ash on Gran Jester, Ashley Daniel on Robjan Ruby Mai and Abigail Unwin on Brasingamen Eric, and a further two individuals of Sophie Jones on Eden and Lucy Watson on Sixtysomething. All six put in strong perfomances in the dressage and only Ashley and Andrea added 4 penalties to this in the show jumping. Sophie and Sarah both picked up penalties on the cross country but there were still many rosettes handed out to ECCTG riders at prize giving. The team won by a convincing 8 point lead, with Andrea and Ashley both taking 2nd individually and Abi and Lucy taking 6th.
The 100 “team” sadly turned into just two individuals due to lameness and a change of class, so our hopes in this section rested with Lucy Watson on Tanpits Unicum and Ashley Daniel on Abba. Ashley finished on her dressage of 31 to take 4th place – not quite good enough for a qualification unfortunately and Lucy added just 4 penalties to a 34 dressage to finish just out of the ribbons in 9th. Given Uni’s behaviour at last year’s qualifier (nobody mention ditches!) I’m sure Lucy was just pleased to have got him round the cross country clear!
Finally, the open team of Abi Unwin on Lunar Vision, Alison Unwin on Rongai, Sophie Jones on Diamond Rick and Abi Clare on Simply Majestic, plus individual rider Ellis Morton on Elsinore ELS took on the 100+ course – 1.10m show jumping and a 1m cross country. Yet more excellent dressage scores put us in a strong position, just 2 penalties behind the leader but with a clear sheet from Abi Unwin in the show jumping and just 4 penalties each for the others, we were in the lead going into the final phase. Unfortunately, Abi Clare’s horse decided not to play ball and with all but Abi Unwin picking up time faults (not hard to do with BRC’s rules!), we slipped into 2nd by less than a penalty. A frustrating and narrow defeat, made harder by the initial elation following announcement of provisional scores that put ECCTG in 1st. There was however consolation in individual placings; Abi Unwin took 1st place to give herself a third consecutive qualification for the championships, Ellis took 4th, Alison 6th and Sophie 8th.
Well done to all the riders, good luck to those heading off to Swalcliffe (5-7th August) and a massive thank you to all the volunteers who helped run the event on the day, especially those who bravely set their alarms super early to take the morning shift!
Any members wanting to compete in the area show jumping (23rd July), you need to let Gwen know asap! Please text her (07870 113191) with your name, horse’s official name, passport number, and BRC membership number to get your entry in!
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Membership costs £40 a year and has a host of benefits. Contact Alison for more info. Competitions are open to non-members at an increased rate. Non-members must abide by club rules and have their own public liability insurance as they will not be covered by the club’s insurance.