The AGM.

This was held at the Moorland Hotel, Wotter on Thursday 9th November 2006. Thirty-eight people attended the meeting. John Orrell, Chairman, gave a full report on the events held throughout the year. He especially thanked the Committee, Richard Radmore, Maxine Nicholls and Steve and Jeanette who are retiring from the club this year. The club has purchased safety cups for our jumps and also had work done on the jump trailer. John thanked Georgina Radmore and the other juniors who helped him to paint the fences.

Cynthia Cane, Treasurer, reported on a healthy bank balance and thanked our sponsors for their contributions. The club has made a donation of £100 to Cancer Research.

Nicola Palmer, Membership Secretary, informed us of an increase in price for new memberships. There is no change to the cost of a renewal ie if paid before 31st January.

Karen Penry, Team Manager, reminded us of our successes this year and asked for volunteers to come forward well in advance if they are interested in being considered for a team. We hope to send a Rural Riders Dressage Team to Duchy on Saturday 18th November and Show Jumping teams to Cholwell in January and Duchy in February.

Jill Stewart explained how the points system worked. It was interesting that out of 64 members, only 8 had not attended any of our events. Once again, the rosettes were beautiful, made by River Rosettes. Results below.

Felicity Luscombe thanked the committee for their hard work and dedication to the club.

Melanie Cossey-Haggar talked about a residential training weekend at Taunton which she is hoping to organise this year. We would take our own horses and have training in cross country, show jumping and flat work. All food and accomodation would be included in the price. More details of dates, prices etc will be advertised as soon as they are available.

The meeting was followed by a talk and demonstration by Nicky Morgan of Equitech Software about Freestyle Dressage.

The club supplied a free buffet and drinks for everyone at the meeting.

Points Results:

1st    Pauline Bloomfield  - Aragon            Senior Trophy

2nd    Helen Orrell - Sundance

3rd    Melanie Cossey-Haggar - Timmy

4th=   Lucy Luscombe - Lady Bumble

4th=    Adele Colton - Poppett                Junior Trophy

6th=    Jenny Radmore - Shaugh Lady

6th=    Amelia Collins - Lady Leyla

8th    Karen Penry - Maverick

9th     Jo Leverton - Whizzy

10th    Lucy Corboy - Blue

Trophy for the most points riding more than one horse went to Lucy Luscombe

Best New Member was Maxine Nicholls.

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Show Jumping Day

The Club held a Show Jumping Day at Shaugh Prior. This new venue was very kindly offered to us by Helen and Roy Radmore. The show field has lovely views and is easy for most people to access. Although the field is on a slope, the jumping rings were at the top of the hill; they were large and flat and the ground was level. The show was a big success with good entries and some very tight competitions.

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Summer Show

The West Devon Riding Club Open Summer Show was held at Medlands, Bickleigh on Sunday 2^nd July. The jumping ring looked especially inviting as all the fences had recently been painted. Special thanks go to John and Georgina for doing this laborious task. Thanks also to Maxine for organising the Clear Round ring and to Jim Daw for running the Dog Show, also to all our judges and stewards.

The standard in the Showing ring was first class. Our judge, Christine Cane was spoiled for choice and had some extremely difficult decisions to make. The ring Champion was Hollie Mitchell riding Madrigalls Grandee and the Reserve was Pauline Bloomfield on Aragon.

The Working Hunter classes were fairly quiet but Ridden Hunters and Arabs were very popular. These classes were judged by Karina Legassik. The Hunter Champion was Andrea Smith riding Special K with Reserve going to Tylands Buddier ridden by Melanie Shawler.

More results will be published shortly.

Photos can be viewed on www.eclipse-photos.co.uk

Over 40's Show Jumping                   

This was held on Tuesday 27th June at Meavy by kind permission of Mr. Richard Radmore. Many thanks to Helen Radmore for organising this fun event. Congratulations to all those who competed, Pauline Bloomfield 1st, 1st and 2nd, Helen Orrell 1st, 2nd 2nd, Alida Pollard 3rd, 3rd, 3rd.

Area 19 Qualifiers – Team Dressage            Link to Eclipse Photography - Show Photos

Sunday 25th June 06 was a successful day for West Devon Riding Club.  It was the first time a team had been entered for this event.  The team - Cherie and Hilary Holmes, Team Manager, Karen Penry, and myself, Mell Cossey-Haggar, entered the Senior Riding Test and Team Prelim 13 categories.  We were placed 7th in the Prelim 13 and 4th out of 10 teams in the Senior Riding Test.  Karen Penry was place 2nd out of 40 individuals in the Senior Test.  At the prize giving Jane Fisher, the Area Organiser, commented on Karen’s hard work and commitment to West Devon Riding Club.  On behalf of the Team we would all like to thank Nicola Palmer who came to offer support and help.  We couldn’t have done it without her.  She even turned her hand to minding the barbeque for us.

I have learnt over the past two years, since I have had my horse, that groundwork is the key foundation to all disciplines.  Dressage has helped me to start to improve my show jumping and cross country work.  So support the riding club. Let’s enter two or more teams in 2007.   

Mell Cossey-Haggar

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Spring Show Jumping                    Link to Eclipse Photography - Show Photos

The spring show was very well attended. All classes had good entries; even the 3'6" had plenty of willing volunteers! It was noticed that more people than usual supported the clear round ring. Thanks to Maxine for her efforts in raising and lowering the jumps as required. Results are not yet available, however if anyone would like to email sally.roberts@plymouth.ac.uk with any information to help fill in the blanks, please do so.

Class 1.  2'

Class 2.  2'3"

Class 3.  2'6"

Class 4.  2'9"

Class 5.  3'

Class 6.  3'6"

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Training Day

The club held a training day for members only at The Grange.  The instructor was Michael Van Houben who is a very successful event rider.  The first session was flat work aiming towards jumping. The riders worked on their position and used ground poles in order to improve their rhythm and striding. The second session was more aimed towards dressage with emphasis on suppleness and engagement. After lunch the first group to jump worked on varying the length of stride and the second group used a grid and practiced a small course.  Twelve members took part in the training and several people came along to watch. Again, the weather was good to us and the facilities at The Grange were excellent. Many thanks to Michael for his efforts and encouraging remarks.

Dressage Results

Our Dressage Day was held on Sunday 12^th March at Huxton Farm. Many thanks to Malcolm and Christine Norman for the use of their facilities and their help with organising and setting up the event. Special thanks also to our Judge, Louise Jones and our writer Sian Lane.

This event was very well supported. Entries had to be restricted. Two classes were held, Prelim 18 and Novice 24. The standard was high and attendance good despite the rain.

The following results are from memory only. If you know of anything which is wrong or can offer to fill in any blanks then please email me, thanks.

 Class 1 – Not Confirmed.

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The Area 19 Team Show Jumping Qualifiers

These were held at Duchy College on  Sunday 26th Feb 2006

Again, many thanks to all those who took part and those who helped and supported us.

We were represented by one Junior Team which did very well finishing in second place

 with a zero combined score. Congratulations to:

Adele Colton on  Poppet                         Team 2nd

Georgina Radmore on Shaugh Lady     Team 2nd and Individual 6th

Louise Peake on Dragon                        Team 2nd and Individual 2nd

Jenny Radmore on Cassie                      Team 2nd and Individual 4th

Both Senior teams had just three members in each team.

Cassandra Goode on Marconi

Helen Murray on Miss Pepperpot

Pauline Bloomfield on Aragon                Individual 5th

Sandra Jones on Kings Cadet

Sandra Jones on Diamond Houdini       Individual 7th

Sally Roberts on Jolly Calluna                 Individual 2nd

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Fun Team Show Jumping at Cholwell Sunday 22/01/06.

Many thanks to all those who took part and those who helped and supported us.

We were represented by three teams of four, it was a lovely day and very well organised.

The final winners were Cornwall Trec Black.

West Devon’s Teams and results below are from memory only!  

Please email sally.roberts@plymouth.ac.uk  if anything is found to be incorrect, I will update immediately.

Karen Penry            Maverick         Team 8th         Individual 6th

Melanie Cossey-Haggar     Tim                               

Amy Hewitt             Lee

Georgina Radmore    Dragon            Team 8th                

Helen Orrell             Sundance                 

Pauline Bloomfield   Aragon

Adele Colton            Poppet            Team 8th         Individual 2nd

Sandra Jones            Kings Cadet                             

Sally Roberts            Buster                                    Individual 5th

Zoe Stock                Shamrock        Team 8th

Jenny Radmore        Cassie                      

Jenny Radmore        Shaugh Lady

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