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Sunday 24th March saw members of Tivyside RC competing at the Area 21 Arena Eventing held at Beacons Equestrian near Ammanford.
For the uninitiated, Arena Eventing consists of firstly tackling a course of showjumps then going straight on to a round of cross country fences, some fixed and some 'knockdownable', meaning a 10 point penalty should this happen. The course is timed as a whole, with time penalties added for going too fast or too slow. The last fence on the course is again a showjump, called The Joker and must be attempted. It will be 10cm higher than the course height and incurs a further 6 penalties should it be displaced.
This is an interesting competition with many variables to achieve an outright winner.
The course, although inviting, had a few tricky elements to negotiate, as rightly it should as a qualifier for Championships at Aston-le-Walls later on in the spring.
The Tivyside 90 Team were VICTORIOUS! Consisting of Jason James on Penstrumbly Ooo Me Julie, 5th individually, Louise Lewis and Killea Wonder Woman, 3rd and Lucy Allison riding Hazevern State Occasion, who were clear both on jumping and time penalties, WON the section. Very well done ladies and gentleman!
The Tivyside 80 team were placed 3rd in their competition. Here team members were Sophie Spiteri on Caroline's Charm, Jason James with Brynmeillion Gold Dust, Lucy Allison and Hazevern State Occasion plus Amberley Valentine riding Prettylittlething. Sophie too had Agent Sanois as an individual in this class.
The Tivyside 70 team had mixed fortunes on the day but all learnt lots and enjoyed the occasion. In this team we had Sophie again with the 2 rides, Hannah Warren and Penstrumbly Mary Poppins, Jo Collins and Trefrifawr Joey Essex and Amberley and Prettylittlething who did an excellent round to gain and individual 5th place.
Junior rider Thalia Slater and her own Picture Puzzle went very well at their first competition for TRC and were 3rd in the Junior 70 class.
Well done to all riders and horses plus helpers! A Grand Day Out was had by everyone. Thank you.
***DIARY DATE***
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****DRESSAGE SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2023**** We have finally taken the decision to postpone the Members only Dressage show tomorrow, Not taken lightly but in the interests of safety for all. Details will be posted when we can fix a new date and entries can either be rolled over or refunded.
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£90 each for bigger ones and £50 each for the smaller ones. £250 for all.
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Anita’s Sunday Riders met up to celebrate her 80 birthday. Our thanks to Jim and Linda for suggesting and hosting this afternoon’s celebration!
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12.03.2023 - Gauging interest for Badminton Horse Trials Grassroots and Young Event horse day Thursday 4th May 2023.
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27.01.2023 - Reminder to all competing on Saturday to allow time for hat tagging. Please check that your hats are BRC legal. Also don't forget your passports!! Have a great day and best of luck to you all
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04.01.2023 - A quick reminder that you need to have renewed your membership to attend rallies and other RC events. This is to ensure that our insurance is valid. Renewal can be made by Bacs, check our website for full details. Thanks
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24.12.2022 - ***Wishing all members of Tivyside Riding Club a very Happy Christmas and a successful New Year.
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31.12.2022 - Huge thanks to everyone involved with today's show. We all enjoyed despite the dodgy weather!! Thanks to our judges, Ros Smoothy and Donna Sweeney and writers, Ruth & Amy. Petra, Jenny, Muriel and Netty, our dedicated committee members. Well done to all our competitors, and finally thanks to Petra for the very clean white boards. Also thank you to Lynn and Nicola for the hire of the beautiful school. The horses showed their appreciation, not 1 poo in the arena today. That must be a record . Happy New Year to you all. Tracyx
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27.11.2022 - Next committee meeting Tuesday 3rd January at Seven Stars Llechryd – 7pm - 8pm
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27.11.2022 - Following the recent Annual General Meeting, here are the changes to the riding club committee - Chairperson is now Petra James taking over from Muriel , who is remaining on the committee and continuing to be rally secretary. New committee member is Sheila Coles who is replacing Alyson Horsley who needed to resign for family reasons. Many thanks for her input to the club in the past year. We wish her well. Also new to committee is Junior Member Ruth Maczka who is happy to help us with the technology now that practically everything has to be done online! The rest of the committee remains the same.
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16.11.2022 - Dr Shaun McKane from Cotts Equine has kindly offered his time to join us for a talk about worming, laminitis and Cushings. This will be held on Friday, 25 November at Cilgerran Village Hall at 7 for a 7:30pm start. There is no charge for the talk, refreshments will be provided with proceeds going to Wales Air Ambulance. This is open to all, we really hope you can join us!
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06.11.2022 - If any of you would like your muck heaps removed the local Care Farm in Boncath will collect. they have a wormery.
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23.10.2022 - Congratulations to all members who took part in the Intermediate Winter Area Qualifiers today! A good day was had by all with many individual placings and a team 2nd!
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03.09.2022 - The following status is from TRC member Hannah McLoughlin following her success at the Championships:
"BRC National Championships Final at Lincoln .
31.08.2022 - There will be a rally with Anita Freter on Sunday 4th September from 10.30am at the following address:
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02.09.2022 - Thank you to Tracy and Sarah Lewis for organising such an enjoyable day out yesterday to the South Wales Police Horse and Dog training centre. Very interesting, good company and a lovely lunch.
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31.08.2022 - Please put the date for the AGM in your diary as follows:
Friday 28th October
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11.08.2022 - ***Nevern Show***
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26.06.2022 - New Rallies and Programme sent out to all members via email & uploaded to website (click the blue links to view) - Petra and Anita lessons dates TBC - these will be added in due course.
Updated Area 21 Training Dates for the upcoming months - Click the blue link to view!
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19.06.2022 - **AREA SHOWJUMPING**
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02.05.2022 - Please see the newly updated list of Area 21 Training Dates and Camp found on our Area 21 Training & Camp Page - this is available for all Tivyside and Area 21 Riding Club Members!
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27.04.2022 - **Calling all Showjumping riders**
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26.04.2022 - Last call for entries to Area 21 Summer Dressage at Carmarthen Showground. Please contact Muriel asap on 07940 488301 to enter!
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26.04.2022 - *** BADMINTON BUS***
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05.04.2022 - Last weekend at Little Mill Equestrian Center Tivyside Riding Club was represented at both the Area Combined Training Qualifier and the postponed Intermediate Winter Showjumping Qualifier.
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02.04.2022 - Area 21 Dressage Saturday 21st May at Carmarthen Showground -
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02.04.2022 - Badminton Bus -
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16.03.2022 - Last weekend (12th & 13th March) TRC members enjoyed two days of instruction at Bailey Farm at our Spring Training Weekend. Riders had lessons in flatwork, with Petra James and Showjumping with Lucy Roberts. It's always good to have another pair of eyes on our riding with lots of positive comments and exercises to go away with and practice.
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08.03.2022 - Looking forward - Spring is just around the corner ... although you wouldn't believe it today but with that in mind TRC have organised, at PENSKYBER EQUESTRIAN, near Letterston, an Arena Eventing rally on THURSDAY 31st March (afternoon/evening) and then on SUNDAY 24th April (morning) TRC have organised the hire of COXLAKE CROSS COUNTRY for group instruction at the new venture set up near Narberth. (If the weather will play ball!)
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04.01.2022 - Badminton Horse Trails have announced that they will run as normal this year since the previous years have been cancelled due to Covid19. We have been offered the opportunity to arrange a bus/minibus to attend Badminton Horse Trials as a Club Day Trip. Please contact Sarah or Muriel to show your interest in attending a Badminton Horse Trials Day Trip Coach. Thank you.
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Congratulations to all members who have taken place in the points scheme of 2021! Winners were announced in the most recent AGm meeting. Below are all winners and their trophies. Well done to all who took part, and thank you to all who came to the AGM meeting.
SAVE THE DATE:
TRC Christmas show on Sunday 12th December at Starlight Riding Centre.Schedule available on our Tivyside Competitions Page.
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23.09.21
Check your times for the show on Sunday - see the Tivyside Competitions Page for dressage times to plan your day with plenty of notice! All help greatly appreciated with or without your horsey friends!
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08.09.2021
Members only show schedule added to our Tivyside Competitions Page - Something for everyone including Jumping, Dressage, Combined training and Showing. All entries to Muriel, see schedule for more info!
See also - Area Competitions are back up and running! See Area Competitions & Training page for what's on and when!
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09.08.2021
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**A THANK YOU FROM PETRA!**
25 January 2020 Very interesting morning for the feed talk with Lucy from Saracens horse feeds , with comparisons of different breeds and ages , many thanks to Jill for Kinchie the veteran horse 24 , Rianne with her two tbs and Dee with her 7 year old Connemara , megs thought the whole thing was wonderful talking about her favourite subject and I was very pleased with her weigh in and that her condition score is spot on , big thank you to all who supported and to Muriel and Jane for some delicious cawl and even more totally yummy cake ( cream eggs ) also thanks to Astrid for taking couple of photos.
March 2020 - Joanna Collins, Arena Eventing Championships, Aston. "Fab time with my team mates Petra and Debbie".
2019 Lincoln Championships. Hannah Mcloughlin and the mighty Corvisto! Hannah - "Muriel was such a huge support".