2021
WSRC AGM - Wednesday 3rd February 2021
And the Winner is....... here are the 2020 Trophy winners as announced at last nights -AGM - thank you to those that attended - minutes and chairman’s report available shortly. Congratulations to Sam Watson, Judith Dunne, Nicki Luckett, Annabel Rigby, Karen Stone, Ro Major, Paula Hynes, Gaby Hitchen, Christopher Lee, Jenny Tully, Vikki Chuter, Fiona Watkins, Tanya Creaye-Griffin, and Giselle Stent.
Thank you so much to our Chair Julie Johnson and the rest of the WSRC committee for organising the event and to Christopher Lee for the fabulous photographs and slideshow.
And the Winner is....... here are the 2020 Trophy winners as announced at last nights -AGM - thank you to those that attended - minutes and chairman’s report available shortly. Congratulations to Sam Watson, Judith Dunne, Nicki Luckett, Annabel Rigby, Karen Stone, Ro Major, Paula Hynes, Gaby Hitchen, Christopher Lee, Jenny Tully, Vikki Chuter, Fiona Watkins, Tanya Creaye-Griffin, and Giselle Stent.
Thank you so much to our Chair Julie Johnson and the rest of the WSRC committee for organising the event and to Christopher Lee for the fabulous photographs and slideshow.
2020
Area 11 Combined Training Team Qualifier - Saturday 19th September 2020
A huge well done to our combined training team who came an amazing 3rd place overall! Individually Susan came 4th, Kim came 2nd and Nicki came 3rd! This was a fantastic result for WSRC who ended up competing with a team of 3 instead of 4 and with a last minute change of team members due to a change of date. This gave our team less than 2 weeks to prepare, we couldn't be prouder!
Well done to our junior rider Sophie for competing in her first riding club competition for WSRC. A massive thank you goes to Tanya for organising the team, Beverley SMith for kindly giving up her day and volunteering to be a show jump steward so that our team were able to compete and to Chris who not only took his beautiful photographs but also stood in as team manager and did a fabulous job looking after our team of riders and horses.
Combined training photographs available at this link.
A huge well done to our combined training team who came an amazing 3rd place overall! Individually Susan came 4th, Kim came 2nd and Nicki came 3rd! This was a fantastic result for WSRC who ended up competing with a team of 3 instead of 4 and with a last minute change of team members due to a change of date. This gave our team less than 2 weeks to prepare, we couldn't be prouder!
Well done to our junior rider Sophie for competing in her first riding club competition for WSRC. A massive thank you goes to Tanya for organising the team, Beverley SMith for kindly giving up her day and volunteering to be a show jump steward so that our team were able to compete and to Chris who not only took his beautiful photographs but also stood in as team manager and did a fabulous job looking after our team of riders and horses.
Combined training photographs available at this link.
WSRC Open Showing and SJ Show Sunday 6th September 2020
A massive well done to all of our competitors and congratulations to those of you who went away with beautiful rosettes and fantastic prizes from Baileys Horse Feeds and Dobson and Horrell, we hope you and your horses all had an amazing time. It was wonderful to see so many old and new faces. We look forward to seeing you all at our next show!
A huge thank you to all of our volunteers and members who put so much time and effort into making this fantastic show possible.
Thank you to Samantha from 'Supreme Images' for the photographs. If you would like to purchase some photographs from the day please see the following website for further details:
https://supremeimages.zenfolio.com/p968910559
A massive well done to all of our competitors and congratulations to those of you who went away with beautiful rosettes and fantastic prizes from Baileys Horse Feeds and Dobson and Horrell, we hope you and your horses all had an amazing time. It was wonderful to see so many old and new faces. We look forward to seeing you all at our next show!
A huge thank you to all of our volunteers and members who put so much time and effort into making this fantastic show possible.
Thank you to Samantha from 'Supreme Images' for the photographs. If you would like to purchase some photographs from the day please see the following website for further details:
https://supremeimages.zenfolio.com/p968910559
WSRC Surrey Hills Treasure Hunt Fun Ride - 24th November 2019
We held our first treasure hunt on Farley Heath leaving from the Roman Temple which was open to members and non members . Riders followed a marked trail looking for ‘treasure’ hidden in trees including gold and silver (sprayed fir cones) and rubies (red tree baubles) along with carrots for the horses and the final piece of treasure was a slice of cake ! Everyone really enjoyed the event and the weather stayed fine ! We plan to hold another in the Spring so details to follow.
We held our first treasure hunt on Farley Heath leaving from the Roman Temple which was open to members and non members . Riders followed a marked trail looking for ‘treasure’ hidden in trees including gold and silver (sprayed fir cones) and rubies (red tree baubles) along with carrots for the horses and the final piece of treasure was a slice of cake ! Everyone really enjoyed the event and the weather stayed fine ! We plan to hold another in the Spring so details to follow.
Winter Novice Dressage Team Qualifier - 24th November 2019
Well done to our Novice dressage team of Judith Dunne, Amy Newton, Charlotte Willis and Karen Stone for coming 6th at the recent novice qualifier held at Sands Farm back in November – it’s a great result with some personal bests from Charlotte and Amy. Thank you for taking part and getting us a place!!
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Well done to our Novice dressage team of Judith Dunne, Amy Newton, Charlotte Willis and Karen Stone for coming 6th at the recent novice qualifier held at Sands Farm back in November – it’s a great result with some personal bests from Charlotte and Amy. Thank you for taking part and getting us a place!!
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WSRC Members Winter Dressage Series - Sunday 17th November 2019
On 17th November we ran a members dressage event at Mayor House Farm . We had great feedback from all members about the beautiful surroundings and of course the weather. Results can be found on the website and on Facebook – Congratulations to those that have already qualified for the 2020 Championship! I can’t guarantee sunshine for the next members dressage but I can promise some festive cheer !
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On 17th November we ran a members dressage event at Mayor House Farm . We had great feedback from all members about the beautiful surroundings and of course the weather. Results can be found on the website and on Facebook – Congratulations to those that have already qualified for the 2020 Championship! I can’t guarantee sunshine for the next members dressage but I can promise some festive cheer !
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BRC Area 11 Quiz - 17th November 2019
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E-Rider Riding Club Dressage Competitions - October 2019 league results
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London and South East Dressage to Music Championship - 27th October 2019
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London and South East Horse Trials Championship - 6th October 2019
Congratulations to Giselle for going double clear today in the Horse trials and placing 5th individually. Massive well done to all our WSRC ladies for their fantastic dressage scores! Especially well ridden dressage tests from Amy with 27 and to Tina getting 28.8. We saw some great showjumping, with only a couple of knocks and all looked great going into the XC. Unfortunately both Amy and Sara’s horses didn’t want to leave their friends, and made their riders work hard for it and got around the course with a couple of refusals, Giselle and Tina rode fantastic clear rounds.
Today wasn’t our day for the team finishing 13th out of 18, however as always we had fun, lots of smiles and support and everyone finished safely. Thank you to everyone involved and to Chris for the photographs, Sylvia and Nicki jump judging and to Julie for dressage writing and to Cathy, Ro for their wonderful support.
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Congratulations to Giselle for going double clear today in the Horse trials and placing 5th individually. Massive well done to all our WSRC ladies for their fantastic dressage scores! Especially well ridden dressage tests from Amy with 27 and to Tina getting 28.8. We saw some great showjumping, with only a couple of knocks and all looked great going into the XC. Unfortunately both Amy and Sara’s horses didn’t want to leave their friends, and made their riders work hard for it and got around the course with a couple of refusals, Giselle and Tina rode fantastic clear rounds.
Today wasn’t our day for the team finishing 13th out of 18, however as always we had fun, lots of smiles and support and everyone finished safely. Thank you to everyone involved and to Chris for the photographs, Sylvia and Nicki jump judging and to Julie for dressage writing and to Cathy, Ro for their wonderful support.
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London and South East Dressage Championship at Snowball Farm - 6th October 2019
We were very proud of our WSRC Dressage team, they worked hard in preparation for this event and really came up trumps in tough company! We had ‘old timers' and ‘newbies’ in our team competing against some very established teams from multiple other South East BRC areas. It was great for our little club to even be there let a known get a place! Congratulations Tina, Louise, Judith and Sarah on your 5th place out of 13 very strong teams. Congratulations to Louise on her individual 1st place.
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We were very proud of our WSRC Dressage team, they worked hard in preparation for this event and really came up trumps in tough company! We had ‘old timers' and ‘newbies’ in our team competing against some very established teams from multiple other South East BRC areas. It was great for our little club to even be there let a known get a place! Congratulations Tina, Louise, Judith and Sarah on your 5th place out of 13 very strong teams. Congratulations to Louise on her individual 1st place.
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Arena Eventing Qualifier at Cherwell House - Sunday 29th November 2019
A huge congratulations to Tina for placing first place in the Arena eventing competition and qualifying for finals! It looks like another outing to Aston will be planned in March!
Well done to the rest of the team competing for WSRC around what seemed like a surprisingly challenging course. Tina and Dolly rode a beautiful smooth and fast clear round, followed by Louise who rode a confident round with a couple of unfortunate knocks. Sam and Tally had a tough time in the warm up ring which shook them both up prior o going in and then could not jump a spread in the arena so sadly got eliminated. Megan and Tills had a great whizzy round until right at the end when her horse spooked at the stewards and threw in a stop and spin and Megan did the most graceful dismount landing sitting on the XC bench jump.
It was not to be today for the team sadly, however really proud of everyone to still be smiling afterwards and so supportive of each other. Well done everyone. A massive thank you to Chris for kindly travelling all that way to photograph or team and to Cathy for helping.
A huge congratulations to Tina for placing first place in the Arena eventing competition and qualifying for finals! It looks like another outing to Aston will be planned in March!
Well done to the rest of the team competing for WSRC around what seemed like a surprisingly challenging course. Tina and Dolly rode a beautiful smooth and fast clear round, followed by Louise who rode a confident round with a couple of unfortunate knocks. Sam and Tally had a tough time in the warm up ring which shook them both up prior o going in and then could not jump a spread in the arena so sadly got eliminated. Megan and Tills had a great whizzy round until right at the end when her horse spooked at the stewards and threw in a stop and spin and Megan did the most graceful dismount landing sitting on the XC bench jump.
It was not to be today for the team sadly, however really proud of everyone to still be smiling afterwards and so supportive of each other. Well done everyone. A massive thank you to Chris for kindly travelling all that way to photograph or team and to Cathy for helping.
WSRC Mini XC Training Day with Johanna - Saturday 3rd August
Vikki organised a fantastic training opportunity for our grass roots members to enjoy a day training over 1'6"-1'9" XC jumps. This clinic allowed nervous jumpers and young horses to increase their confidence and have a go jumping XC jumps in a fun, friendly and encouraging atmosphere.
Clinics like this are what our club are about, helping members achieve something they wouldn't want to do on their own. Feedback from all of our riders was wonderful and WSRC look forward to organising future events like this.
A big thank you to Johanna for her fantastic and encouraging instruction. Judith who attended this training said "Jo was just right with encouragement and advice. I think everyone ticked some boxes today. My two cohorts were brilliant and we all did every obstacle". Well done every one involved!
Thank you to Chris for the fabulous photographs of the day.
Vikki organised a fantastic training opportunity for our grass roots members to enjoy a day training over 1'6"-1'9" XC jumps. This clinic allowed nervous jumpers and young horses to increase their confidence and have a go jumping XC jumps in a fun, friendly and encouraging atmosphere.
Clinics like this are what our club are about, helping members achieve something they wouldn't want to do on their own. Feedback from all of our riders was wonderful and WSRC look forward to organising future events like this.
A big thank you to Johanna for her fantastic and encouraging instruction. Judith who attended this training said "Jo was just right with encouragement and advice. I think everyone ticked some boxes today. My two cohorts were brilliant and we all did every obstacle". Well done every one involved!
Thank you to Chris for the fabulous photographs of the day.
Hickstead Team Show Jumping competition - Sunday 28th July 2019
A huge congratulations to our amazing show jumping team of Giselle, Karen and Louise for riding so beautifully for WSRC at Hickstead. Giselle had a great 85cm round finishing on 4, followed by Karen jumping an incredible 95cm clear round followed by Louise and her horse Simon jumping a confident round with 2 rolled poles, finishing the team on 12.
We are extremely proud of our WSRC riders and their beautiful horses and we are so chuffed to have them ride for our club. They all did incredibly well and it was fantastic to see so many of our club members turn up to support our team and of course our very generous club photographer Chris recorded some fantastic shots that can be seen below.
A big well done team and thank you for choosing to represent WSRC!
A huge congratulations to our amazing show jumping team of Giselle, Karen and Louise for riding so beautifully for WSRC at Hickstead. Giselle had a great 85cm round finishing on 4, followed by Karen jumping an incredible 95cm clear round followed by Louise and her horse Simon jumping a confident round with 2 rolled poles, finishing the team on 12.
We are extremely proud of our WSRC riders and their beautiful horses and we are so chuffed to have them ride for our club. They all did incredibly well and it was fantastic to see so many of our club members turn up to support our team and of course our very generous club photographer Chris recorded some fantastic shots that can be seen below.
A big well done team and thank you for choosing to represent WSRC!
Karen Stone on Carlos III riding a perfect clear round in the 95cm Hickstead team Show Jumping for WSRC.
2019
E-Riders Riding Club Dressage Competition - July 2019
RIding CLubs can now compete in Dressage from home filming their tests and sending them into 'E-Riders' to be marked. We are excited to announce we are currently on the leader board with 20points and in 4th place.
A massive well done and thank you to Charlotte Willis and her horse Rolo for representing WSRC in the Novice and placing 2nd in the Novice with a great score of 67.32%. Another congratulations goes to our lovely Vikki and her little horse Beauty who also came 2nd in their Walk and Trot test with a score of 68.04%. This is a fantastic effort ladies, you have done our club proud. We look forward to hearing how you get on in Augusts results!
Below is Charlotte and Rolo's video completing their E-Rider Novice Dressage class, placing 2nd for WSRC.
RIding CLubs can now compete in Dressage from home filming their tests and sending them into 'E-Riders' to be marked. We are excited to announce we are currently on the leader board with 20points and in 4th place.
A massive well done and thank you to Charlotte Willis and her horse Rolo for representing WSRC in the Novice and placing 2nd in the Novice with a great score of 67.32%. Another congratulations goes to our lovely Vikki and her little horse Beauty who also came 2nd in their Walk and Trot test with a score of 68.04%. This is a fantastic effort ladies, you have done our club proud. We look forward to hearing how you get on in Augusts results!
Below is Charlotte and Rolo's video completing their E-Rider Novice Dressage class, placing 2nd for WSRC.
National & L&SE Dressage to Music Qualifier at Plumpton College - Sunday 21st July 2019
Well done to our WSRC Dressage to music members who represented us in the qualifier. Congratulations to Vikki who won the Dressage to Music Intro and came 2nd in the Prelim, Vikki and Beauty are off to the London &SE finals after qualifying in both of their classes.
Sara won her Novice (no points) class qualifying for both the Nationals and L&SE finals. Jenny came 4th in her novice (points) class and both Jenny and Sara came 2nd in the novice pairs class qualifying for L&SE. A huge well done to all of you and thank you for representing WSRC! What an amazing team!
Well done to our WSRC Dressage to music members who represented us in the qualifier. Congratulations to Vikki who won the Dressage to Music Intro and came 2nd in the Prelim, Vikki and Beauty are off to the London &SE finals after qualifying in both of their classes.
Sara won her Novice (no points) class qualifying for both the Nationals and L&SE finals. Jenny came 4th in her novice (points) class and both Jenny and Sara came 2nd in the novice pairs class qualifying for L&SE. A huge well done to all of you and thank you for representing WSRC! What an amazing team!
WSRC Members Day Camp at Munstead - Saturday 20th July 2019
WSRC held our very popular annual day camp at Munstead. A massive thank you to Jenny for organising such a fun day that was loved by everyone that took part.
This picture encapsulates what WSRC and our camp is all about. We are a club that encourages people to have ago, face fears and have FUN. Through out the day our members learnt lots, challenged themselves and were all still smiling at the end! Thank you to Anna Stonehill, Kimberley Smith and Hinda Inglis for being our fabulous instructors and to Jenny Tully for organising the day! Well done everyone!
As always we are extremely lucky to have our club photographer Chris give up his time to record all the fun and achievements our members have.
WSRC held our very popular annual day camp at Munstead. A massive thank you to Jenny for organising such a fun day that was loved by everyone that took part.
This picture encapsulates what WSRC and our camp is all about. We are a club that encourages people to have ago, face fears and have FUN. Through out the day our members learnt lots, challenged themselves and were all still smiling at the end! Thank you to Anna Stonehill, Kimberley Smith and Hinda Inglis for being our fabulous instructors and to Jenny Tully for organising the day! Well done everyone!
As always we are extremely lucky to have our club photographer Chris give up his time to record all the fun and achievements our members have.
WSRC Open Dressage and Showing Show - Sunday 14th July 2019
It was wonderful to see so many of our members and local riders attend our Open Dressage and Showing Show at Whipley Manor Farm. As always this was a fun and friendly event with classes suitable to all. A huge thank you to Julie for organising the day and all of the WSRC committee and members who helped run the day and make this show such a success. With out you this show would not have been possible.
A big well done to all of you who took part, it was fantastic to see so many new and old faces. Thank you to our wonderful judges and to Duncan from 'Howe to Tow for sponsoring our Showing and Championship classes and to Tina Pendle at Cranleigh Stud for sponsoring the Dressage classes.
Thank you to Christopher for taking wonderful photographs for us to all enjoy and cherish.
It was wonderful to see so many of our members and local riders attend our Open Dressage and Showing Show at Whipley Manor Farm. As always this was a fun and friendly event with classes suitable to all. A huge thank you to Julie for organising the day and all of the WSRC committee and members who helped run the day and make this show such a success. With out you this show would not have been possible.
A big well done to all of you who took part, it was fantastic to see so many new and old faces. Thank you to our wonderful judges and to Duncan from 'Howe to Tow for sponsoring our Showing and Championship classes and to Tina Pendle at Cranleigh Stud for sponsoring the Dressage classes.
Thank you to Christopher for taking wonderful photographs for us to all enjoy and cherish.
BRC Equithème Intermediate Winter Dressage Championship – Sunday 28th May 2019
A massive congratulations to Caitlin and her lovely horse Shaun who had a very successful Intermediate Winter Championships achieving a personal best of over 70% in her Elementary test and coming 6th. Then another great Novice test of over 68% and coming 7th!
A massive congratulations to Caitlin and her lovely horse Shaun who had a very successful Intermediate Winter Championships achieving a personal best of over 70% in her Elementary test and coming 6th. Then another great Novice test of over 68% and coming 7th!
Open Dressage Friendly Show at Merrist Wood, Friday 19th April 2019
Thank you to everyone who made made our Open Dressage Show at Merrist Wood such a success, whether you were competing, judging, helping or spectating. The sun was shining and the day was full of smiles and laughter. We saw some fantastic entries making all of our local riding clubs feel very proud. Lots of beautiful rosettes and prizes were given out to both teams and individuals. A big well done to everyone who took part.
Thank you to everyone who made made our Open Dressage Show at Merrist Wood such a success, whether you were competing, judging, helping or spectating. The sun was shining and the day was full of smiles and laughter. We saw some fantastic entries making all of our local riding clubs feel very proud. Lots of beautiful rosettes and prizes were given out to both teams and individuals. A big well done to everyone who took part.
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A huge thank you to Julie Johnson for organising, planning and running the day along with her wonderful WSRC helpers Beverley, Ro, Chris, Cathy, Jacqui, Sue, Simon, Sam, Tina, Nicola, Veronica, Annabel, Jill, Katherine, Paula, Vikki, Louise and Julie. Without all of you the day would not run, we can not thank you enough. We were extremely lucky to have amazing judges give up their time to judge all of our classes, thank you to Claire Stephens, Di Peacock, Yvonne Huber, Sue Rowlands and Suzanne Holt for doing such an incredible job.
Thank you to Chris our club photographer who took some great photographs for our WSRC show team, members and riders.
Thank you to Chris our club photographer who took some great photographs for our WSRC show team, members and riders.
10th March 2019 - 80cm Arena Eventing Final at Aston LeWalls
A huge congratulations to our amazing Arena Eventing Team, Tina, Louise, Megan and Tanya for placing 10th at the Horse Quest Arena Eventing Championship at Aston LeWalls. We are extremely proud of all of our riders, firstly for winning the qualifier at Pyecombe and then for riding so well at Aston LeWalls placing in the final championship.
Our team were super speedy with Tina, Tanya and Louise riding faster than the optimum time and both Megan and Tina clearing the large joker fence perfectly at the end of their rounds. It is very impressive how well our team did with two 14.1hh ponies, and the majority of our horses being veterans! It was an honour to watch our team ride so beautifully and fast!
10 of our riding club members went up to Aston for the whole weekend, taking over a local B&B and stable in preparation for the finals to drive, manage, groom, photograph, volunteer at the show and cheer on our team. It was a fun (wet, cold and muddy) weekend full of lots of laughter and support. Thank you so much to Sam, Julie, Ro, Christopher, Judith and Cathy for joining us all and making it even more fun and special having such great support and company.Thank you to Chris for capturing wonderful photographs and a big thank you to Cathy for staying on later to volunteer at the competition so our team were allowed to compete. A massive well done WSRC team, we are all very proud of you!
A huge congratulations to our amazing Arena Eventing Team, Tina, Louise, Megan and Tanya for placing 10th at the Horse Quest Arena Eventing Championship at Aston LeWalls. We are extremely proud of all of our riders, firstly for winning the qualifier at Pyecombe and then for riding so well at Aston LeWalls placing in the final championship.
Our team were super speedy with Tina, Tanya and Louise riding faster than the optimum time and both Megan and Tina clearing the large joker fence perfectly at the end of their rounds. It is very impressive how well our team did with two 14.1hh ponies, and the majority of our horses being veterans! It was an honour to watch our team ride so beautifully and fast!
10 of our riding club members went up to Aston for the whole weekend, taking over a local B&B and stable in preparation for the finals to drive, manage, groom, photograph, volunteer at the show and cheer on our team. It was a fun (wet, cold and muddy) weekend full of lots of laughter and support. Thank you so much to Sam, Julie, Ro, Christopher, Judith and Cathy for joining us all and making it even more fun and special having such great support and company.Thank you to Chris for capturing wonderful photographs and a big thank you to Cathy for staying on later to volunteer at the competition so our team were allowed to compete. A massive well done WSRC team, we are all very proud of you!
2nd March 2019 - Intermediate Show Jumping Qualifier at BCA
We had a wonderful day out with our very talented 1m WSRC intermediate Show Jumping Team. Our team rode beautifully finishing the day in 2nd place. A huge congratulations to Louise for placing individually in 2nd place and qualifying for finals, and to Lynn placing 4th and Giselle for placing 5th and to Lauren for coming out and competing Drum for the first time in ages and jumping him over huge fences beautifully. Thank you to all of you for representing our club and to Christopher for giving up his Saturday to photograph our team and to Cathy, Britta and everyone’s friends and family for supporting. Big thanks to Ava and BeBe who did a fantastic job as our team volunteers. We really appreciate the time everyone gives up to help WSRC. As always lots of smiles from the WSRC team! Good work team we are very proud of you all!
We had a wonderful day out with our very talented 1m WSRC intermediate Show Jumping Team. Our team rode beautifully finishing the day in 2nd place. A huge congratulations to Louise for placing individually in 2nd place and qualifying for finals, and to Lynn placing 4th and Giselle for placing 5th and to Lauren for coming out and competing Drum for the first time in ages and jumping him over huge fences beautifully. Thank you to all of you for representing our club and to Christopher for giving up his Saturday to photograph our team and to Cathy, Britta and everyone’s friends and family for supporting. Big thanks to Ava and BeBe who did a fantastic job as our team volunteers. We really appreciate the time everyone gives up to help WSRC. As always lots of smiles from the WSRC team! Good work team we are very proud of you all!
Novice Winter 80-85cm Show Jumping Qualifier at Sands Farm - Sunday 10th February 2019A massive well done to our WSRC team and individual show jumpers. We had one team and two individuals entered for this, with the 1st round a course of fences at 80cm and then a 2nd round at 85cms. The format was the usual team of 4 with 3 scores to count. Our team did really well to finish in 5th place with beautiful purple rosettes to match our WSRC colours! In the first round Tina and Tanya flew around the course and unfortunately just caught a pole each. Sam had a steady clear, followed by a neat and tidy clear from Kimberly. The second round was a bit more problematic for our intrepid jumpers. It was a very testing course with the jumps being wide spreads and up to full height. Tina knocked one pole, Tanya was sadly eliminated when her pony decided he’d had enough of jumping things bigger than him! Sam did a super clear and Kimberly just caught the very last fence. This gave the team a finishing score of 12 and put them 5th overall.
We had Charlotte represent WSRC as a senior individual and Imogen as a junior individual. Charlotte was the first of our two individual riders but it was not her day and she was unfortunate to be eliminated. Our junior rider Imogen rode a lovely first round with one unfortunate pole knocked. Imogen’s second round was also problematic when her pony decided that green just wasn’t his favourite colour resulting in elimination.
There was a wonderful supportive team spirit between our riders and supporters and as always all of our riders ended the day with lots of smiles. Thank you to our six riders for representing WSRC, being part of team does make show jumping more fun as it gives you someone to support between your rounds and someone to cheer you on when it’s your turn. Our members wore black arm bands whilst competing in loving memory and respect for our membership secretary Rebecca Attridge.
Many thanks to Jenny for being our wonderful team manger, Julie, Judith and all of the WSRC friends and family for supporting our club on the day. A huge thank you to our wonderful club photographer Chris who took time to support s in the cold and take beautiful photographs for us all to enjoy.
We had Charlotte represent WSRC as a senior individual and Imogen as a junior individual. Charlotte was the first of our two individual riders but it was not her day and she was unfortunate to be eliminated. Our junior rider Imogen rode a lovely first round with one unfortunate pole knocked. Imogen’s second round was also problematic when her pony decided that green just wasn’t his favourite colour resulting in elimination.
There was a wonderful supportive team spirit between our riders and supporters and as always all of our riders ended the day with lots of smiles. Thank you to our six riders for representing WSRC, being part of team does make show jumping more fun as it gives you someone to support between your rounds and someone to cheer you on when it’s your turn. Our members wore black arm bands whilst competing in loving memory and respect for our membership secretary Rebecca Attridge.
Many thanks to Jenny for being our wonderful team manger, Julie, Judith and all of the WSRC friends and family for supporting our club on the day. A huge thank you to our wonderful club photographer Chris who took time to support s in the cold and take beautiful photographs for us all to enjoy.
Biomechanics Clinic with Lottie Bletchley at Cranleigh RDA - 2nd January 2019
Our members learnt loads at our Biomechanics session. Lottie gave inspiring and helpful advice and all of our riders noticed a difference by the end of the session. Each rider and horse were given detailed feedback and advice to work on to help their balance and position.
Our members learnt loads at our Biomechanics session. Lottie gave inspiring and helpful advice and all of our riders noticed a difference by the end of the session. Each rider and horse were given detailed feedback and advice to work on to help their balance and position.
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WSRC Christmas Gathering - Sunday 23rd December 2018
It was great to see lots of our lovely WSRC members at our Christmas gathering on Sunday. We enjoyed mince pies, mulled wine, hot drinks and savory snacks from Cathy's camper van along with Christmas music and a grotto full of fairy lights created by Chris! Thank you to everyone who joined us and it was made very special to see lots of horses and dogs dressed in tinsel with our members too. We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
Thank you Chris for these wonderful photographs. Click this link to see more!
It was great to see lots of our lovely WSRC members at our Christmas gathering on Sunday. We enjoyed mince pies, mulled wine, hot drinks and savory snacks from Cathy's camper van along with Christmas music and a grotto full of fairy lights created by Chris! Thank you to everyone who joined us and it was made very special to see lots of horses and dogs dressed in tinsel with our members too. We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
Thank you Chris for these wonderful photographs. Click this link to see more!
WSRC Members Dressage Series at Kilnhanger - Sunday 25th November 2018
We had a wonderful day with our members doing Dressage at Kilnhanger. A huge thank you to everyone who helped on Sunday including Vikki, Julie, Cass and Chris. As always we are extremely grateful to Lynn's generosity in lending us her facilities to run our show. Well done to everyone who competed, some great scores out there and it was lovely to see everyone enjoying their horses.
A big thank you to Christopher Lee for the great photographs of our Dressage show. Please click here to see more.
We had a wonderful day with our members doing Dressage at Kilnhanger. A huge thank you to everyone who helped on Sunday including Vikki, Julie, Cass and Chris. As always we are extremely grateful to Lynn's generosity in lending us her facilities to run our show. Well done to everyone who competed, some great scores out there and it was lovely to see everyone enjoying their horses.
A big thank you to Christopher Lee for the great photographs of our Dressage show. Please click here to see more.
Please see the results below from our WSRC Member Dressage Show:
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WSRC AGM and Awards night - Friday 23rd November 2018
We had a wonderful evening at Cranleigh RDA celebrating all of our members successes from the year. The evening combined our awards with a fantastic and engaging talk from Dietrich von Schweinitz. Dietrich is a very skilled and experienced acupuncturist for animals with a veterinary back ground. We heard all about his amazing work and past stories as well as his commitment to helping a huge number of charities through 'Vets with Horse Power'.We are grateful to Dietrich for giving up his evening to talk to us and present awards as well as Cranleigh RDA for kindly lending us their facilities.
Chairman speech to follow along wit WSRC awards and rosette results.
A big thank you to all of our members and their commitment through out 2018. We have been so pleased to see so many of you attending training, socials, volunteering at events and competing for our club. This is always done with a smile!
Thank you Chris for the lovely photographs of our evening.
We had a wonderful evening at Cranleigh RDA celebrating all of our members successes from the year. The evening combined our awards with a fantastic and engaging talk from Dietrich von Schweinitz. Dietrich is a very skilled and experienced acupuncturist for animals with a veterinary back ground. We heard all about his amazing work and past stories as well as his commitment to helping a huge number of charities through 'Vets with Horse Power'.We are grateful to Dietrich for giving up his evening to talk to us and present awards as well as Cranleigh RDA for kindly lending us their facilities.
Chairman speech to follow along wit WSRC awards and rosette results.
A big thank you to all of our members and their commitment through out 2018. We have been so pleased to see so many of you attending training, socials, volunteering at events and competing for our club. This is always done with a smile!
Thank you Chris for the lovely photographs of our evening.
Arena Eventing Qualifier at Pyecombe - Saturday 10th November 2018
Our WSRC Arena Eventing teams were awesome! It was our first club attempt at Arena Eventing and we may have found our niche! We are well known as the friendly club, who love our outings, socializing, picnics and bubbly, today Every now and again this club knocks it out of the ball park and surprises everyone... We have done it a few times, years ago we unexpectedly won the Hickstead show jumping teams, we won our area Good Friday dressage show, we won Horse Trials...but it’s been a little illusive for our teams lately so we were due our ‘un expected surprise’ and that we certainly got! Our WSRC 80cm team of Tanya, Tina, megan and Louise won their class with individual placings of Tina coming first and Tanya fourth!
As if that wasn’t enough excitement, the cool and collected 90cm WSRC team of Lynn, Pili, Claire and Giselle only went and won their class with Claire coming 4th and Giselle coming 5th individually. The entire committee are so proud right now. As with all of our events there was a wonderful team spirit and big group of supporters cheering on our riders. Thank you to Samantha for standing in as team manager, Jenny for organizing all the entries, Cathy and Beverley for volunteering so our riders were able to take part, Julie, Ro and Judith and all the friends and families of our riders for being so cheerful and supportive. A massive thank you to Chris for being out in the cold all day taking beautiful phtographs for us all to keep and treasure. Please do see the photos they are wonderful! We would also like to thank Carl for all the team trainings run by him in the lead up to Pyecombe making a huge difference and raised the confidence for our members ride to victory!
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Our WSRC Arena Eventing teams were awesome! It was our first club attempt at Arena Eventing and we may have found our niche! We are well known as the friendly club, who love our outings, socializing, picnics and bubbly, today Every now and again this club knocks it out of the ball park and surprises everyone... We have done it a few times, years ago we unexpectedly won the Hickstead show jumping teams, we won our area Good Friday dressage show, we won Horse Trials...but it’s been a little illusive for our teams lately so we were due our ‘un expected surprise’ and that we certainly got! Our WSRC 80cm team of Tanya, Tina, megan and Louise won their class with individual placings of Tina coming first and Tanya fourth!
As if that wasn’t enough excitement, the cool and collected 90cm WSRC team of Lynn, Pili, Claire and Giselle only went and won their class with Claire coming 4th and Giselle coming 5th individually. The entire committee are so proud right now. As with all of our events there was a wonderful team spirit and big group of supporters cheering on our riders. Thank you to Samantha for standing in as team manager, Jenny for organizing all the entries, Cathy and Beverley for volunteering so our riders were able to take part, Julie, Ro and Judith and all the friends and families of our riders for being so cheerful and supportive. A massive thank you to Chris for being out in the cold all day taking beautiful phtographs for us all to keep and treasure. Please do see the photos they are wonderful! We would also like to thank Carl for all the team trainings run by him in the lead up to Pyecombe making a huge difference and raised the confidence for our members ride to victory!
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Dressage to Music Final at Sands Farm - 21st October 2018
We were very proud to see two of our members qualify for the Dressage to Music Championship at Sands Farm. A huge congratulations to both Jenny and Vikki who rode beautifully at the qualifier, placing to continue onto the finals. Thank you to both of you for representing WSRC. Vikki did particularly well finishing in first place.
Beauty and Victoria performed beautifully at the London and South East Dressage to Music Championships. Beauty was very laidback until her name was called over the loud speakers which made her freeze to the spot. However, the moment the music started she regained focus and skipped through the test. Finishing on a score of 65%. They came away with a beautiful rosette and trophy. A massive well done from all of us!
We were very proud to see two of our members qualify for the Dressage to Music Championship at Sands Farm. A huge congratulations to both Jenny and Vikki who rode beautifully at the qualifier, placing to continue onto the finals. Thank you to both of you for representing WSRC. Vikki did particularly well finishing in first place.
Beauty and Victoria performed beautifully at the London and South East Dressage to Music Championships. Beauty was very laidback until her name was called over the loud speakers which made her freeze to the spot. However, the moment the music started she regained focus and skipped through the test. Finishing on a score of 65%. They came away with a beautiful rosette and trophy. A massive well done from all of us!
WSRC Members Dressage Series Sunday 28th October 2018
We are very pleased to have started our 2018-2019 Dressage Series. As always it has been a great success with all our lovely members and their beautiful horses looking well turned out, for the three classes at Kilnhanger Livery. Thank you to all those who entered and a massive well done from all of us. We are always so pleased to see so many of our lovely members getting involved, having fun and supporting each other.
We would like to say a big thank you to all of those who made it possible, Vikki for ogranising the event and bookings, Cass, Ro and Paula for running the day, the fantastic judge Suzi, Lynn for kindly lending us the venue and as always our wonderful photographer Chris for capturing the beautiful photographs we all love to keep.
We are very pleased to have started our 2018-2019 Dressage Series. As always it has been a great success with all our lovely members and their beautiful horses looking well turned out, for the three classes at Kilnhanger Livery. Thank you to all those who entered and a massive well done from all of us. We are always so pleased to see so many of our lovely members getting involved, having fun and supporting each other.
We would like to say a big thank you to all of those who made it possible, Vikki for ogranising the event and bookings, Cass, Ro and Paula for running the day, the fantastic judge Suzi, Lynn for kindly lending us the venue and as always our wonderful photographer Chris for capturing the beautiful photographs we all love to keep.
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Dressage Team Area 11 Qualifier Competition at Sands Farm - 27th October 2018
Well done to our wonderful WSRC Dressage team made up of Annabel, Judith, Jenny and Tina. You all rode beautifully at Sands Farm for the Novice Winter Dressage Qualifier, finishing 6th out of 11 teams. Thank you to Christopher Lee for the wonderful photographs and to Julie, Cathy, Ro and Judith for their continuous support to all the team.
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Well done to our wonderful WSRC Dressage team made up of Annabel, Judith, Jenny and Tina. You all rode beautifully at Sands Farm for the Novice Winter Dressage Qualifier, finishing 6th out of 11 teams. Thank you to Christopher Lee for the wonderful photographs and to Julie, Cathy, Ro and Judith for their continuous support to all the team.
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FOTH Challenge and Combined training competition at Munstead Showground - 6th October 2018
We saw some great riding from our brave team trying their best on a ridiculously wet and cold day! Emily did her Dressage Test in thick fog and then as Tanya, Lynn and Giselle started their Dressage there was a sudden a down pour of heavy rain and strong wind! All four riders made it through the dressage with smiles on their faces and we had three clears in the show jumping section. Lynn Roberts did us proud placing 5th individually and well done to Tanya for placing 9th individually standing in last minute to make up the team, riding a different horse with only one days ride prior to the event!
Tina and Tanya were both amazing in the eventers challenge, riding fast and boldly around the XC course. Tina rode a fantastic round, she had one unlucky sj pole clipped as her horse landed and the rest was ridden beautifully. It sounds like she had loads of fun on the XC course despite looking like she had been swimming fully clothed due to the weather! Dolly and Tina were very close to placing finishing on a brilliant time, if Dolly hadn’t accidentally rolled a pole on landing in the sj phase they would have finished in 4th. Tanya and Tom went clear in the showjumping looking really strong going out onto the XC course. Tom decided he didn’t like the look of one jump, but jumped it perfectly second time around completing the XC course in a good time. Unfortunately neither placed, but both did us proud and hopefully enjoyed themselves despite the cold!
A massive thank you to Louise, Christopher, Sam and Judith for your support today and all the running around! Thank you Jenny for dropping off the WSRC hat silks first thing and to Cathy who as always was doing a fantastic job helping to run the whole event. Of course we couldn’t have done any of this without Julie organising it all from her sick bed! We wish you a speedy recovery. Well done team WSRC! As always we had a wonderful day and are always so proud to belong to such a friendly and positive club I hope everyone is looking forward to the next event! Thank you Chris for the fantastic photographs.
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We saw some great riding from our brave team trying their best on a ridiculously wet and cold day! Emily did her Dressage Test in thick fog and then as Tanya, Lynn and Giselle started their Dressage there was a sudden a down pour of heavy rain and strong wind! All four riders made it through the dressage with smiles on their faces and we had three clears in the show jumping section. Lynn Roberts did us proud placing 5th individually and well done to Tanya for placing 9th individually standing in last minute to make up the team, riding a different horse with only one days ride prior to the event!
Tina and Tanya were both amazing in the eventers challenge, riding fast and boldly around the XC course. Tina rode a fantastic round, she had one unlucky sj pole clipped as her horse landed and the rest was ridden beautifully. It sounds like she had loads of fun on the XC course despite looking like she had been swimming fully clothed due to the weather! Dolly and Tina were very close to placing finishing on a brilliant time, if Dolly hadn’t accidentally rolled a pole on landing in the sj phase they would have finished in 4th. Tanya and Tom went clear in the showjumping looking really strong going out onto the XC course. Tom decided he didn’t like the look of one jump, but jumped it perfectly second time around completing the XC course in a good time. Unfortunately neither placed, but both did us proud and hopefully enjoyed themselves despite the cold!
A massive thank you to Louise, Christopher, Sam and Judith for your support today and all the running around! Thank you Jenny for dropping off the WSRC hat silks first thing and to Cathy who as always was doing a fantastic job helping to run the whole event. Of course we couldn’t have done any of this without Julie organising it all from her sick bed! We wish you a speedy recovery. Well done team WSRC! As always we had a wonderful day and are always so proud to belong to such a friendly and positive club I hope everyone is looking forward to the next event! Thank you Chris for the fantastic photographs.
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WSRC Open Versatile Horse Competition - Saturday 29th September 2018
Our Versatile Horse Show was a lovely day for all at Whipley Manor Farm. We had a fabulous setting on a beautiful sunny day with lots of lovely competitors on their very versatile horses. A massive thank you goes to Ro and Cass for running the event.
WSRC would like to say a big thank you Sue Willis for being the obedience test judge, Lynn Duxbury, Becky Chambers and her girls Molly and Daisy, Sue from RDA and Helen Storr who gave up their valuable time to help along with WSRC's Katherine Manson, Judith Dunne, Paula Hynes . With out our wonderful volunteers these events would not be possible. Well done to everyone who took part, please see the results below. A special thank you to Chris who as always gave up another weekend to take photographs that we can have to keep and cherish.
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Our Versatile Horse Show was a lovely day for all at Whipley Manor Farm. We had a fabulous setting on a beautiful sunny day with lots of lovely competitors on their very versatile horses. A massive thank you goes to Ro and Cass for running the event.
WSRC would like to say a big thank you Sue Willis for being the obedience test judge, Lynn Duxbury, Becky Chambers and her girls Molly and Daisy, Sue from RDA and Helen Storr who gave up their valuable time to help along with WSRC's Katherine Manson, Judith Dunne, Paula Hynes . With out our wonderful volunteers these events would not be possible. Well done to everyone who took part, please see the results below. A special thank you to Chris who as always gave up another weekend to take photographs that we can have to keep and cherish.
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WSRC Open Combined Training Show - Sunday 16th September 2018
It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces and well presented horses at our Combined Training Show at Whipley Manor Farm on Sunday. A huge thank you to all involved in running such successful and friendly event. Well done to all of our competitors, we hope you had as good a day as we did! Please see the results below. Thank you to Christopher for the wonderful photographs. https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157695567262720/?fbclid=IwAR1jKbPn22TXE6AQBcTulG-S7PjkJV8QSiL6tcf-TDuaw5Oll_U_UY9-WX0
It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces and well presented horses at our Combined Training Show at Whipley Manor Farm on Sunday. A huge thank you to all involved in running such successful and friendly event. Well done to all of our competitors, we hope you had as good a day as we did! Please see the results below. Thank you to Christopher for the wonderful photographs. https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157695567262720/?fbclid=IwAR1jKbPn22TXE6AQBcTulG-S7PjkJV8QSiL6tcf-TDuaw5Oll_U_UY9-WX0
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WSRC Open Show Jumping and Showing Show - 19th August 2018
We all had a wonderful time at our WSRC Open Show Jumping and Showing Show at Whipley Manor Farm. A massive thank you to Jenny Tully and her team Emma, Lizzy, Lisa, Camilla, Cathy and our wonderful showing judge Jan. Everyone had lots of fun and we had great feedback from our competitors. Julia Nash commented it was a "lovely friendly show. Fab advice from showing judge and so nice to be given feedback" Emily Stewart thanked us "for a lovely welcoming atmosphere".
We are very fortunate and grateful for the time Christopher Lee spends with our Riding Club taking beautiful photographs for everyone to keep as special memories of our events. https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157700434041235/
We all had a wonderful time at our WSRC Open Show Jumping and Showing Show at Whipley Manor Farm. A massive thank you to Jenny Tully and her team Emma, Lizzy, Lisa, Camilla, Cathy and our wonderful showing judge Jan. Everyone had lots of fun and we had great feedback from our competitors. Julia Nash commented it was a "lovely friendly show. Fab advice from showing judge and so nice to be given feedback" Emily Stewart thanked us "for a lovely welcoming atmosphere".
We are very fortunate and grateful for the time Christopher Lee spends with our Riding Club taking beautiful photographs for everyone to keep as special memories of our events. https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157700434041235/
Clear Rounds at Whipley Manor Farm 2018
We had a fun day welcoming and supporting our members as they completed our WSRC Clear Round course at Whipley Manor Farm. Well done to all of our lovely riders and thank you to everyone who gave up the time to help us hold the event.
Thank you to Chris for the wonderful photographs below: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157696934167492/
We had a fun day welcoming and supporting our members as they completed our WSRC Clear Round course at Whipley Manor Farm. Well done to all of our lovely riders and thank you to everyone who gave up the time to help us hold the event.
Thank you to Chris for the wonderful photographs below: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157696934167492/
London And south East Dressage Qualifier - 21st July 2018
Well done to all of our WSRC Dressage competitors who took part in the London and South East Dressage Qualifiers at Pachesham on Saturday. We watched some great tests from the WSRC teams and it was wonderful to see some new faces representing our club. We hope you will all be back out with us again soon! Chipstead Riding Club did an amazing job of running the event, completely changing the set up plans last minute from grass to surface to make it safe for all riders and their horses due to the hard ground.
We are very proud to say the 'Chilworth Chicks' team of Sophie Tack, Rebecca Attridge, Julie Johnson and Louise Hollington came a credible 7th in the L&SE competition, missing out on 6th place by just two marks. Our other team the A'lbury Aces' including Lizzy Crossan, Judith Dunne, Jacquie Fabb and Lisa Vanoli put up a great fight with impressive 60+ scores which at any ‘normal’ competition would have been highly competitive! Well done to Julie and her horse Romeo for placing 4th in the Riding Test class. Thank you to all our members for competing and supporting each other, as always we had a fun day out and bottles of fizz to celebrate!
Thank you to Christopher Lee for the wonderful photographs of our WSRC members competing in the Dressage.
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Well done to all of our WSRC Dressage competitors who took part in the London and South East Dressage Qualifiers at Pachesham on Saturday. We watched some great tests from the WSRC teams and it was wonderful to see some new faces representing our club. We hope you will all be back out with us again soon! Chipstead Riding Club did an amazing job of running the event, completely changing the set up plans last minute from grass to surface to make it safe for all riders and their horses due to the hard ground.
We are very proud to say the 'Chilworth Chicks' team of Sophie Tack, Rebecca Attridge, Julie Johnson and Louise Hollington came a credible 7th in the L&SE competition, missing out on 6th place by just two marks. Our other team the A'lbury Aces' including Lizzy Crossan, Judith Dunne, Jacquie Fabb and Lisa Vanoli put up a great fight with impressive 60+ scores which at any ‘normal’ competition would have been highly competitive! Well done to Julie and her horse Romeo for placing 4th in the Riding Test class. Thank you to all our members for competing and supporting each other, as always we had a fun day out and bottles of fizz to celebrate!
Thank you to Christopher Lee for the wonderful photographs of our WSRC members competing in the Dressage.
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Dressage to Music Qualifier at Plumpton College - 15th July 2018
Thank you to Vikki and Jenny for representing WSRC at the Area 13 Dressage to Music Qualifier. A big congratulations to Vikki and her horse Beauty for scoring 69% placing 1st in their class, qualifying for the finals at Sands Farm on the 21st October. We will all be there to cheer you along! A huge well done to Jenny for an amazing 2nd place in her two complex Novice classes, we are waiting to hear if she has qualified for the Dressage to Music Championships.
Jenny and Gero had to go into the more complex Novice class at the National Dressage to Music Qualifier due to a couple of pesky BD points they had accidentally acquired in the past. The floor plan had had a few tweaks and it was new music so after a short warm up, due to the heat they set off down the centre line to Karl Jenkins. Jenny quoted "I remembered to halt which is always good and then off we went. The problem is I can never remember whether I am supposed to go left or right at C but decided on left this time, it doesn't actually matter as the test is symmetrical. So circle here, circle there, left a bit, right a bit, little bit of walk, lots of canter and then done."
It would be great if we could get more members doing this, both Vikki and Jenny thoroughly enjoyed the event. Jenny said "I would be keen to do pairs with someone, either dressed up or in normal show clothing" if you are interested in future Dressage to Music events please let us know.
Thank you to Vikki and Jenny for representing WSRC at the Area 13 Dressage to Music Qualifier. A big congratulations to Vikki and her horse Beauty for scoring 69% placing 1st in their class, qualifying for the finals at Sands Farm on the 21st October. We will all be there to cheer you along! A huge well done to Jenny for an amazing 2nd place in her two complex Novice classes, we are waiting to hear if she has qualified for the Dressage to Music Championships.
Jenny and Gero had to go into the more complex Novice class at the National Dressage to Music Qualifier due to a couple of pesky BD points they had accidentally acquired in the past. The floor plan had had a few tweaks and it was new music so after a short warm up, due to the heat they set off down the centre line to Karl Jenkins. Jenny quoted "I remembered to halt which is always good and then off we went. The problem is I can never remember whether I am supposed to go left or right at C but decided on left this time, it doesn't actually matter as the test is symmetrical. So circle here, circle there, left a bit, right a bit, little bit of walk, lots of canter and then done."
It would be great if we could get more members doing this, both Vikki and Jenny thoroughly enjoyed the event. Jenny said "I would be keen to do pairs with someone, either dressed up or in normal show clothing" if you are interested in future Dressage to Music events please let us know.
WSRC Open Dressage and Showing Show - Saturday 14th July 2018
We had a great time on Saturday holding our Open Dressage and Showing Show along with the 'have a go Trec' sessions at the wonderful venue of Whipley Manor Farm. It was lovely to see lots of our WSRC members, both old and new along with lots of friends and family. Well done to everyone who took part, you and your horses were immaculately turned out.
A massive thank you to Vikki and Becky for running the day and to all of our lovely volunteers, judges and committee for making this event possible. As always a big thank you to Christopher for the fabulous photographs recording our event. Please see this link to access the photographs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157693278492630/
We had a great time on Saturday holding our Open Dressage and Showing Show along with the 'have a go Trec' sessions at the wonderful venue of Whipley Manor Farm. It was lovely to see lots of our WSRC members, both old and new along with lots of friends and family. Well done to everyone who took part, you and your horses were immaculately turned out.
A massive thank you to Vikki and Becky for running the day and to all of our lovely volunteers, judges and committee for making this event possible. As always a big thank you to Christopher for the fabulous photographs recording our event. Please see this link to access the photographs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157693278492630/
WSRC Annual Summer Day Camp at Munstead - Saturday 30th June 2018
This years WSRC members day camp was held at Munstead. It was the perfect opportunity for our members and their horses to work on flat work, show jumping and cross-country. Deborah Stern quoted "it was a very useful day for me and I really enjoyed all the sessions. Thoroughly relaxed, friendly and enjoyable for both me and and Paddy the ex racehorse."
Our event was held at a great venue, creating our usual fun and relaxed yet purposeful day. Catherine Day quoted "Luna and I had so much fun. It was great to meet so many lovely people and horses and the instructors were all brilliant... I can't wait for next year!"
Thank you to everyone for attending and the organisers and to Chris for some more amazing photographs of our members and their horses.
This years WSRC members day camp was held at Munstead. It was the perfect opportunity for our members and their horses to work on flat work, show jumping and cross-country. Deborah Stern quoted "it was a very useful day for me and I really enjoyed all the sessions. Thoroughly relaxed, friendly and enjoyable for both me and and Paddy the ex racehorse."
Our event was held at a great venue, creating our usual fun and relaxed yet purposeful day. Catherine Day quoted "Luna and I had so much fun. It was great to meet so many lovely people and horses and the instructors were all brilliant... I can't wait for next year!"
Thank you to everyone for attending and the organisers and to Chris for some more amazing photographs of our members and their horses.
London and South East Horse Trials Qualifier - 2nd June 2018
Thanks to our awesome team for representing WSRC in the 80cm Horse Trials at Coombelands. Our team consisted of Samantha Petri, Susan McKenzie, Lynn Roberts and Louise Hollington. a big thank you to Julie for standing in as team manager and to Rebecca Attridge for helping out all morning and to Tina Pendle who took charge at the Dressage arena and to Ro Major and Judith Dunne for giving up their afternoon to be our club event helpers, without which we cannot compete.
Thanks to our awesome team for representing WSRC in the 80cm Horse Trials at Coombelands. Our team consisted of Samantha Petri, Susan McKenzie, Lynn Roberts and Louise Hollington. a big thank you to Julie for standing in as team manager and to Rebecca Attridge for helping out all morning and to Tina Pendle who took charge at the Dressage arena and to Ro Major and Judith Dunne for giving up their afternoon to be our club event helpers, without which we cannot compete.
Intermediate Winter Dressage Championships - 29th April 2018
Caitlin Fahy and Shaun our WSRC Dressage stars did us proud at the Winter Dressage Championships at Bury farm, placing 5th. Caitlin and her Mum Lisa had a very stressful day and nearly didn't make it to the championships. Thanks to the support of their very kind friend Sarah lending them a horsebox, they were able to make it in time to have a quick 15 minute warm up and straight into the ring! They did a great test in the circumstances and finished 5th out of 25 with 68.46% Well done team Fahy we are very proud!
Caitlin Fahy and Shaun our WSRC Dressage stars did us proud at the Winter Dressage Championships at Bury farm, placing 5th. Caitlin and her Mum Lisa had a very stressful day and nearly didn't make it to the championships. Thanks to the support of their very kind friend Sarah lending them a horsebox, they were able to make it in time to have a quick 15 minute warm up and straight into the ring! They did a great test in the circumstances and finished 5th out of 25 with 68.46% Well done team Fahy we are very proud!
WSRC Members Dressage Competition - Sunday 29th April 2018
Well done to all of our lovely WSRC members who competed in the Dressage event at Kilnhanger Stables on Sunday. All of the classes were full, it was wonderful to see so many of you on the day. Congratulations to all of our winners, please see the results below. Jo, Cathy and Roo did a fantastic job of running the day. A big thank you to Lynn Robberts for lending us the great venue to run the dressage. We look forward to seeing everyone who has qualified at our championship on 20th May 2018!
Well done to all of our lovely WSRC members who competed in the Dressage event at Kilnhanger Stables on Sunday. All of the classes were full, it was wonderful to see so many of you on the day. Congratulations to all of our winners, please see the results below. Jo, Cathy and Roo did a fantastic job of running the day. A big thank you to Lynn Robberts for lending us the great venue to run the dressage. We look forward to seeing everyone who has qualified at our championship on 20th May 2018!
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KBIS Novice Winter Dressage Championship - 15th April 2018
Caitlin Fahy and her horse Shaun, got a 2nd in the Prelim and 5th in the Novice at Arena UK BRC Novice Winter Championships. We are very proud of you both! Lots of junior riders often start their riding career in Riding Clubs as it offers a great variety of grassroots opportunities for all members, no matter your age.
Caitlin is now also very involved in BD training both her and her Mum Lisa Fahy have used riding club to give a good grounding, which is what it is for! We are delighted as a club to support Caitlin on her journey and share her success and experiences. Congratulations Caitlin and good luck for the next one!
Caitlin Fahy and her horse Shaun, got a 2nd in the Prelim and 5th in the Novice at Arena UK BRC Novice Winter Championships. We are very proud of you both! Lots of junior riders often start their riding career in Riding Clubs as it offers a great variety of grassroots opportunities for all members, no matter your age.
Caitlin is now also very involved in BD training both her and her Mum Lisa Fahy have used riding club to give a good grounding, which is what it is for! We are delighted as a club to support Caitlin on her journey and share her success and experiences. Congratulations Caitlin and good luck for the next one!
Pole Clinic with instruction from Sarah Jane Dandy at Lockner Farm - 15th April 2018
Our WSRC members enjoyed four fantastic pole training sessions 'with a twist'! Our riders fed back really positively saying how much they enjoyed it and they loved doing "something a bit different in the school". Thank you to Sarah Jane Dandy for the fantastic teaching.
Thank you to Chris for taking wonderful photos of our members during the clinic.
Our WSRC members enjoyed four fantastic pole training sessions 'with a twist'! Our riders fed back really positively saying how much they enjoyed it and they loved doing "something a bit different in the school". Thank you to Sarah Jane Dandy for the fantastic teaching.
Thank you to Chris for taking wonderful photos of our members during the clinic.
Nutrition Talk and Demonstration from at - 14th April 2018
WSRC were given a wonderful talk and demonstration on Nutrition by Fiona Watkins at Little Lockner Farm. It’s so important to understand how feeding effects your horses health and performance. The talk included education around how the horses digestion system works as well as insights into feed including forage, cereals and vitamins. The sun was shining and the tea and cake much enjoyed! After the talk we had the entire yard of equine residents at Lockner weighed and assessed by Fiona which was also very interesting! Thank you to Fiona and Jo and Liz at Lockner for hosting us.
WSRC were given a wonderful talk and demonstration on Nutrition by Fiona Watkins at Little Lockner Farm. It’s so important to understand how feeding effects your horses health and performance. The talk included education around how the horses digestion system works as well as insights into feed including forage, cereals and vitamins. The sun was shining and the tea and cake much enjoyed! After the talk we had the entire yard of equine residents at Lockner weighed and assessed by Fiona which was also very interesting! Thank you to Fiona and Jo and Liz at Lockner for hosting us.
WSRC Open Friendly Dressage Show at Merrist Wood - Friday 30th March 2018
A big thank you to all those who participated in our open dressage event on Good Friday, 30th March at Merrist Wood. Despite the weather, we had an excellent turnout with 21 teams, 111 entries from 94 competitors! A very big and special thank you goes to Sarah Mylne and her team, who did an amazing job coordinating this event.
Thank you to the photographer of the day Nicola Elliott. If you would like to buy her beautiful photographs as a special keepsake from the day please go to her website to see all of her albums.
A big thank you to all those who participated in our open dressage event on Good Friday, 30th March at Merrist Wood. Despite the weather, we had an excellent turnout with 21 teams, 111 entries from 94 competitors! A very big and special thank you goes to Sarah Mylne and her team, who did an amazing job coordinating this event.
Thank you to the photographer of the day Nicola Elliott. If you would like to buy her beautiful photographs as a special keepsake from the day please go to her website to see all of her albums.
Congratulations to our winners:
Intro/Prelim 17 Louise Thomson on Do It Now 68.18%
Prelim 12 Ella Styles on Ferdi 68.33%
Prelim 14 Samantha Turner on Rikketik 72.50% (Winner of highest percentage of the day)
Novice 28 Hilary Secker on Pinecroft Blaze 71.25%
Congratulations to Karen Stone on Kit Kat, who achieved the highest percentage by a WSRC member and won an animal portrait by the Artist Samantha Jayne Petri.
Special thanks goes to our sponsors, Bryony Burt Equine Osteopath, Liphook Equine Hospital, Nicola Elliott Photography and Artist Samantha Jayne Petri. To our Judges; Susie Watson, Yvonne Huber, Jane Hudson and Sue Rowlands; Our Writers; Rosie Swain, Ella Jarvis, Christina Easton, Becky Attridge. Our Stewards; Beth Foley, Louise Hollington, Paula Hynes, Jill Ryan and Veronica Keywood. Thank you to Chris Lee for his time, patience and dedication in capturing the day with great photographs of WSRC members. Thank you all, we couldn’t run this event without you!
WSRC Members only photographs
Intro/Prelim 17 Louise Thomson on Do It Now 68.18%
Prelim 12 Ella Styles on Ferdi 68.33%
Prelim 14 Samantha Turner on Rikketik 72.50% (Winner of highest percentage of the day)
Novice 28 Hilary Secker on Pinecroft Blaze 71.25%
Congratulations to Karen Stone on Kit Kat, who achieved the highest percentage by a WSRC member and won an animal portrait by the Artist Samantha Jayne Petri.
Special thanks goes to our sponsors, Bryony Burt Equine Osteopath, Liphook Equine Hospital, Nicola Elliott Photography and Artist Samantha Jayne Petri. To our Judges; Susie Watson, Yvonne Huber, Jane Hudson and Sue Rowlands; Our Writers; Rosie Swain, Ella Jarvis, Christina Easton, Becky Attridge. Our Stewards; Beth Foley, Louise Hollington, Paula Hynes, Jill Ryan and Veronica Keywood. Thank you to Chris Lee for his time, patience and dedication in capturing the day with great photographs of WSRC members. Thank you all, we couldn’t run this event without you!
WSRC Members only photographs
WSRC friendly open Dressage results published below:
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Intermediate Wiinter Show Jumping Qualifier - 25th March 2018
Zoe Evans and Lauren Louise Spinks went to BCA for the Winter Show Jumping qualifier. Both horses and riders were brilliant, each jumping one clear round out of two rounds! Lauren placed 6th which is amazing as the class was huge. Both WSRC riders had lots of fun, well done ladies! Thank you Jenny Tully for organising the WSRC Show Jumping entries.
Zoe Evans and Lauren Louise Spinks went to BCA for the Winter Show Jumping qualifier. Both horses and riders were brilliant, each jumping one clear round out of two rounds! Lauren placed 6th which is amazing as the class was huge. Both WSRC riders had lots of fun, well done ladies! Thank you Jenny Tully for organising the WSRC Show Jumping entries.
WSRC members Dressage Series - 18th February 2018
Well done to everyone that took part in the members only Dressage series at Kilnhanger Stables. Julie and Cathy did a fantastic job of organising the event for our members. We had great weather and some fabulous results, well done to all our members for taking part. Congratulations to our class winners Vicci Hogben, Helen Kendall and Karen Stone and many thanks to our judge Ian Carey, stewards Jojo Stiles and Vikki Chuter and our writer Ella Jarvis. Special thanks to Lynn Roberts for the wonderful venue! Thank you for supporting your club and having fun!
Thank you to Christopher Lee for the wonderful photographs recording this great event.
Well done to everyone that took part in the members only Dressage series at Kilnhanger Stables. Julie and Cathy did a fantastic job of organising the event for our members. We had great weather and some fabulous results, well done to all our members for taking part. Congratulations to our class winners Vicci Hogben, Helen Kendall and Karen Stone and many thanks to our judge Ian Carey, stewards Jojo Stiles and Vikki Chuter and our writer Ella Jarvis. Special thanks to Lynn Roberts for the wonderful venue! Thank you for supporting your club and having fun!
Thank you to Christopher Lee for the wonderful photographs recording this great event.
Trec training and instruction at Cranleigh RDA - 4th March 2018
Thank you Ro, Cass, Judith and everyone for helping and running Trec at Cranleigh's RDA. We were very fortunate to be invited along as WSRC members to this very special event. Everyone had lots of fun! Julie Hazlewood quoted "I really enjoyed it and it was a great opportunity for Rumer to have a go at something new. It was lovely and cosy in the super RDA indoor school. I look forward to the next one!"
Thank you to Christopher Lee for the fantastic photographs of this wonderful day:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157694127138825/
Thank you Ro, Cass, Judith and everyone for helping and running Trec at Cranleigh's RDA. We were very fortunate to be invited along as WSRC members to this very special event. Everyone had lots of fun! Julie Hazlewood quoted "I really enjoyed it and it was a great opportunity for Rumer to have a go at something new. It was lovely and cosy in the super RDA indoor school. I look forward to the next one!"
Thank you to Christopher Lee for the fantastic photographs of this wonderful day:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157694127138825/
ERC Winter Dressage at Priory Equestrian Centre - 3rd February 2018
Well done to Caitlin Fahy and her horse Shaun who represented WSRC in the BRC Intermediate Winter Qualifier at The Priory. You were both beautifully turned out and as always did us very proud in the Dressage competition getting 7th overall and 2nd in the Juniors! Congratulations to this fantastic team!
Thank you to Julie Johnson, Judith Dunne, Ro Major and Christopher Lee for their support on the day and a special thank you to Caitlin’s super groom Mum Lisa Fahy.
Thank you Chris for the wonderful photographs for us all to see and for Caitlin and her family to cherish.
Well done to Caitlin Fahy and her horse Shaun who represented WSRC in the BRC Intermediate Winter Qualifier at The Priory. You were both beautifully turned out and as always did us very proud in the Dressage competition getting 7th overall and 2nd in the Juniors! Congratulations to this fantastic team!
Thank you to Julie Johnson, Judith Dunne, Ro Major and Christopher Lee for their support on the day and a special thank you to Caitlin’s super groom Mum Lisa Fahy.
Thank you Chris for the wonderful photographs for us all to see and for Caitlin and her family to cherish.
Show Jumping training with Carl Belson - 3rd February 2018
Our members had a fantastic opportunity to take part in a show jumping clinic with Carl Belson at his lovely yard in Pirbright. Everyone braved the rain there were lots of smiles from our riders and encouragement from Carl! Thank you Carl for hosting WSRC.
Our members had a fantastic opportunity to take part in a show jumping clinic with Carl Belson at his lovely yard in Pirbright. Everyone braved the rain there were lots of smiles from our riders and encouragement from Carl! Thank you Carl for hosting WSRC.
Area 11 Team Dressage Friendly Competition at Priory Farm - 7th January 2018
Congratulations to our WSRC Dressage Team of Tina Pendle, Vikki Chuter and Christina Easton for coming 3rd at the Area 11 Dressage friendly. Congratulations also to Gracie on her first WSRC outing coming 2nd in her arena, Tina for coming 7th in her novice class and Christina for coming 5th in her prelim class.
A massive thank you to everyone who took part and supported our team including Ro Major, Christopher Lee, Cass Lillington and Judith Dunne. Big thanks to Lauren Louise Spinks for taking part last minute, we hope to see you and Drum back out with us more! Everyone had lots of fun, thank you to Julie for organising our WSRC team.
A big thank you to Chris as always for taking gorgeous photograph's of our WSRC members strutting their stuff in Dressage.
Congratulations to our WSRC Dressage Team of Tina Pendle, Vikki Chuter and Christina Easton for coming 3rd at the Area 11 Dressage friendly. Congratulations also to Gracie on her first WSRC outing coming 2nd in her arena, Tina for coming 7th in her novice class and Christina for coming 5th in her prelim class.
A massive thank you to everyone who took part and supported our team including Ro Major, Christopher Lee, Cass Lillington and Judith Dunne. Big thanks to Lauren Louise Spinks for taking part last minute, we hope to see you and Drum back out with us more! Everyone had lots of fun, thank you to Julie for organising our WSRC team.
A big thank you to Chris as always for taking gorgeous photograph's of our WSRC members strutting their stuff in Dressage.
2017
Christmas Social get together at the Roman temple - 17th December 2017
We all had a wonderful Christmas WSRC get-together at the Roman Temple. It was lovely to see lots of our members and their families join us, some came by car, some by foot and some on horse back! There were some great Christmas themed costumes worn by horses and dogs! We all enjoyed hot mulled wine, chocolates and mince pies.
Thank you to everyone for their kind donations of food and drink and to Chris for taking fantastic photos of the event.
We all had a wonderful Christmas WSRC get-together at the Roman Temple. It was lovely to see lots of our members and their families join us, some came by car, some by foot and some on horse back! There were some great Christmas themed costumes worn by horses and dogs! We all enjoyed hot mulled wine, chocolates and mince pies.
Thank you to everyone for their kind donations of food and drink and to Chris for taking fantastic photos of the event.
WSRC Members only Dressage Series at Kilnhanger Stables - 26th November 2017
We had a great turn out of old and new faces to our members only Dressage Competition. Congratulations to Emma Lambourne for winning the Intro, Nicola Dolby for winning the prelim on her first ever outing with WSRC and to Pam Wilson for entering and winning the Novice.
It was a bitterly cold day but everyone had huge smiles and there was lots of laughter and chatter! A big thank you to our judge, Sarah, writer Kirsten and to Chris as always for the wonderful photo album. This is a massively popular event and we cannot run it without the support of Lynn Roberts for kindly lending us her venue.
Thank you Chris for the lovely photographs of our WSRC members.
We had a great turn out of old and new faces to our members only Dressage Competition. Congratulations to Emma Lambourne for winning the Intro, Nicola Dolby for winning the prelim on her first ever outing with WSRC and to Pam Wilson for entering and winning the Novice.
It was a bitterly cold day but everyone had huge smiles and there was lots of laughter and chatter! A big thank you to our judge, Sarah, writer Kirsten and to Chris as always for the wonderful photo album. This is a massively popular event and we cannot run it without the support of Lynn Roberts for kindly lending us her venue.
Thank you Chris for the lovely photographs of our WSRC members.
Friendly Show Jumping competition at Elstead Showground - 11th November 2017
Tanya Creaye-Griffin rode Tom as an individual in the 85cms class and Pili Spiers rode in the 95cms class on My Boy Sonny and came a very respectable 4th! The format was made up of teams of three, where one person jumps 75cms, one jumps 85cms and the third person jumps 95cms. Unfortunately for various reasons, on the day only two team members made it to the venue so we were unable to enter any team.
A huge thanks to both ladies for representing WSRC, and to Judith Dunne for her support on a cold and rainy day.
Tanya Creaye-Griffin rode Tom as an individual in the 85cms class and Pili Spiers rode in the 95cms class on My Boy Sonny and came a very respectable 4th! The format was made up of teams of three, where one person jumps 75cms, one jumps 85cms and the third person jumps 95cms. Unfortunately for various reasons, on the day only two team members made it to the venue so we were unable to enter any team.
A huge thanks to both ladies for representing WSRC, and to Judith Dunne for her support on a cold and rainy day.
WSRC AGM - 8th November 2017
We received a great turnout to the WSRC AGM including a rider pilates session run by Lottie Betchley. Everyone really enjoyed the session and it started the evening off energetically! We hope to be able to invite Lottie back to the club soon as we definitely thought her session was a hit. If you are interested in finding out more, please visit www.chappsphysio.co.uk
Team Managers and Committee members all gave reports on activity and the finances were presented. Thanks to those members how shared their experiences and ideas on the day. The evening was finished off with the presentation of our wonderful awards.
Thank you to Christopher Lee for creating the wonderful photomontages you displayed at the AGM showing all our members memories of 2017. Thank you for capturing new photographs at the AGM.
We received a great turnout to the WSRC AGM including a rider pilates session run by Lottie Betchley. Everyone really enjoyed the session and it started the evening off energetically! We hope to be able to invite Lottie back to the club soon as we definitely thought her session was a hit. If you are interested in finding out more, please visit www.chappsphysio.co.uk
Team Managers and Committee members all gave reports on activity and the finances were presented. Thanks to those members how shared their experiences and ideas on the day. The evening was finished off with the presentation of our wonderful awards.
Thank you to Christopher Lee for creating the wonderful photomontages you displayed at the AGM showing all our members memories of 2017. Thank you for capturing new photographs at the AGM.
Dressage Intermediate Qualifier at Sands Farm - 14th October
Congratulations to Caitlin Fahy and her horse Shaun for placing 1st in the Junior Prelim and 1st in the Junior Novice at the National Qualifier!
We had a senior team full of wonderful friendly riders compete in the Dressage. We are not a club of pot hunters... we work hard to show improvement and take every rosette with gratitude rather than expectation. The one thing I am always proud of is our ability to share laughter, tears, compliments and most of all support for each other. At 6.30pm we were the only club in the area to have 7 people still on site supporting each other and other area club competitors even though we were not in contention for a team place. Julie called on support today and WSRC people turned up, the team practiced and were beautifully turned out and Chris as always stood all day taking photographs. We may not win but we take part, we may not have success every time but a day catching up with WSRC friends and their horses is always a happy day! Thank you Rebecca Attridge, Lauren Louise Spinks, Tina Pendle and Sarah Mylne.
Well done to Caitlin Fahy for battling her chest infection and having a good day and a huge thank you to Julie Johnson for organizing our riders and to Vikki Chuter, Ro Major, Judith Dunne and Christopher Lee for being the support team!
Thank you to Chris for the fabulous photographs of our members doing their Dressage tests.
Congratulations to Caitlin Fahy and her horse Shaun for placing 1st in the Junior Prelim and 1st in the Junior Novice at the National Qualifier!
We had a senior team full of wonderful friendly riders compete in the Dressage. We are not a club of pot hunters... we work hard to show improvement and take every rosette with gratitude rather than expectation. The one thing I am always proud of is our ability to share laughter, tears, compliments and most of all support for each other. At 6.30pm we were the only club in the area to have 7 people still on site supporting each other and other area club competitors even though we were not in contention for a team place. Julie called on support today and WSRC people turned up, the team practiced and were beautifully turned out and Chris as always stood all day taking photographs. We may not win but we take part, we may not have success every time but a day catching up with WSRC friends and their horses is always a happy day! Thank you Rebecca Attridge, Lauren Louise Spinks, Tina Pendle and Sarah Mylne.
Well done to Caitlin Fahy for battling her chest infection and having a good day and a huge thank you to Julie Johnson for organizing our riders and to Vikki Chuter, Ro Major, Judith Dunne and Christopher Lee for being the support team!
Thank you to Chris for the fabulous photographs of our members doing their Dressage tests.
WSRC Members only Dressage - 22nd October 2017
Thank you everyone for a lovely morning at Kilnhangar Stables. It was lovely to see old friends and new members, it was a very friendly event. Thank you to Lynn Roberts for lending us your arena and to Sue Willis for judging and Nicky for writing, Cathy for scoring and Jo for stewarding and for Julie organizing the event getting us all out doing Dressage.
Thank you Chris for taking lots of wonderful photographs of our members.
Thank you everyone for a lovely morning at Kilnhangar Stables. It was lovely to see old friends and new members, it was a very friendly event. Thank you to Lynn Roberts for lending us your arena and to Sue Willis for judging and Nicky for writing, Cathy for scoring and Jo for stewarding and for Julie organizing the event getting us all out doing Dressage.
Thank you Chris for taking lots of wonderful photographs of our members.
Dressage to Music Final - Sunday 8th October
A massive congratulations to Vikki Chuter and Beauty for placing 2nd in the Dressage to Music London and South East Final. A big thank you to all of our WSRC members who supported Vikki and thank you to Chris for the wonderful photographs and video.
A massive congratulations to Vikki Chuter and Beauty for placing 2nd in the Dressage to Music London and South East Final. A big thank you to all of our WSRC members who supported Vikki and thank you to Chris for the wonderful photographs and video.
London and South East Championship - Sunday 24th September 2017
WSRC had a fantastic day in the sunshine at the Championships. It was lovely to see our 3 teams beautifully turned out, riding really well and most of all, smiling & having lots of fun. To top the day off we received lots of rosettes as teams and individuals. The WSRC Horse Trials Team were placed 5th, the WSRC Riding Test Team came 6th place and the Dressage Team came 10th. Caitlin stole the show with a stunning performance winning the Dressage class as an individual! The full report of the day is on our blog.
A huge thank you goes out to our many helpers, Ro, Pili, Nicola, Sarah, Jacquie, Will, Katherine, Cathy, Ella & Lily for giving up your time to help on the day so ou r members could compete. Thank you to Christopher Lee who must have walked miles in order to photograph as many of our riders as possible. A big thank you to Julie Johnson and Claire Stratford for all your hard work organising the Dressage and Horse Trials teams.
Photographs of the day can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157687126962783/
WSRC had a fantastic day in the sunshine at the Championships. It was lovely to see our 3 teams beautifully turned out, riding really well and most of all, smiling & having lots of fun. To top the day off we received lots of rosettes as teams and individuals. The WSRC Horse Trials Team were placed 5th, the WSRC Riding Test Team came 6th place and the Dressage Team came 10th. Caitlin stole the show with a stunning performance winning the Dressage class as an individual! The full report of the day is on our blog.
A huge thank you goes out to our many helpers, Ro, Pili, Nicola, Sarah, Jacquie, Will, Katherine, Cathy, Ella & Lily for giving up your time to help on the day so ou r members could compete. Thank you to Christopher Lee who must have walked miles in order to photograph as many of our riders as possible. A big thank you to Julie Johnson and Claire Stratford for all your hard work organising the Dressage and Horse Trials teams.
Photographs of the day can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157687126962783/
Horse Trials:
Well done to the WSRC Horse Trials team who achieved an amazing 5th place in the final at Munstead Show Ground. Tina Pendle, Lauren Louise Spinks, Tanya Creaye-Griffin and Susan McKenzie. Everyone rode brilliantly, with double clears from our two smallest and oldest ponies, Tom and Thunder. Thank you to Susan and Bruno for stepping in at the last minute and great to see Lauren and Drum back out competing for the club.
Well done to the WSRC Horse Trials team who achieved an amazing 5th place in the final at Munstead Show Ground. Tina Pendle, Lauren Louise Spinks, Tanya Creaye-Griffin and Susan McKenzie. Everyone rode brilliantly, with double clears from our two smallest and oldest ponies, Tom and Thunder. Thank you to Susan and Bruno for stepping in at the last minute and great to see Lauren and Drum back out competing for the club.
Dressage:
There were 18 teams from all over the South East so we had good competition! For the first time in years WSRC had a Riding Test team qualify armed with some training under our belt and with two new team members. The team smiled, rode accurately and came away with a 6th place rosette! Congratulations to Tina Pendle, Rebecca Attridge, Lizzy Crossan and Caitlin Fahy who came 3rd over all! Well done everyone for working through the haze of what a Riding Test actually is!!
Our prelim team were up next. Well done to Vikki Chuter, Judith Dunne, Lisa Vanoli and Caitlin Fahy placing 10th as a team. Lisa also came 7th in her arena so plenty more to come from this combination!! Caitlin stole the show with a stunning performance winning the class and helping the team to come 10th!
There were 18 teams from all over the South East so we had good competition! For the first time in years WSRC had a Riding Test team qualify armed with some training under our belt and with two new team members. The team smiled, rode accurately and came away with a 6th place rosette! Congratulations to Tina Pendle, Rebecca Attridge, Lizzy Crossan and Caitlin Fahy who came 3rd over all! Well done everyone for working through the haze of what a Riding Test actually is!!
Our prelim team were up next. Well done to Vikki Chuter, Judith Dunne, Lisa Vanoli and Caitlin Fahy placing 10th as a team. Lisa also came 7th in her arena so plenty more to come from this combination!! Caitlin stole the show with a stunning performance winning the class and helping the team to come 10th!
Thank you
A huge thank you goes out to our many helpers, for giving up your time to help on the day so our members could compete. Thank you to Christopher Lee who must have walked miles in order to photograph as many of our riders as possible. A big thank you to Julie Johnson and Claire Stratford for all your hard work organising the Dressage and Horse Trials teams.
A huge thank you goes out to our many helpers, for giving up your time to help on the day so our members could compete. Thank you to Christopher Lee who must have walked miles in order to photograph as many of our riders as possible. A big thank you to Julie Johnson and Claire Stratford for all your hard work organising the Dressage and Horse Trials teams.
Area 11 & 13 Dressage to Music Qualifier - Sunday, 16th July 2017
Congratulations to Vikki Chuter who won the Dressage to Music intro class and qualified for the London & SE champs. This was Vikki's first Dressage to Music outing! Jenny Tully and Gero were crowned in first place in both the Area 11 L&SE and National Novice test Dressage to Music qualifier.
Congratulations to Vikki Chuter who won the Dressage to Music intro class and qualified for the London & SE champs. This was Vikki's first Dressage to Music outing! Jenny Tully and Gero were crowned in first place in both the Area 11 L&SE and National Novice test Dressage to Music qualifier.
British Riding Club National Intermediate Dressage Championship - 29th-30th April
Congratulations to Tina Pendle and Mouse for a great dressage test at the BRC Dressage Championships. They scored 67%, just outside of the rosettes in 11th place. A massive well done to Caitlin Fahy and Shaun who placed 10th in their class at the BRC Championships.
Congratulations to Tina Pendle and Mouse for a great dressage test at the BRC Dressage Championships. They scored 67%, just outside of the rosettes in 11th place. A massive well done to Caitlin Fahy and Shaun who placed 10th in their class at the BRC Championships.
Open and Area 11 Team Dressage at Merrist Wood - Friday 14th April 2017
WSRC ran their annual Open Dressage Show at Merrist Wood Arena on Friday. A massive thank you goes to Sarah Fisher and her team of helpers for very well organised event which was really fun and enjoyable for everyone.
We had a large number of lovely WSRC members competing in teams and as individuals. A big ccongratulations to the WSRC bunnies who came 4th! We are very proud of you and delighted to have so many new (and returning) faces to the teams this year! It's great to see so many of you improve and continuing on your horsey journeys. We had a great day and the support team were incredible! Thank you to everyone involved.
Lovely feedback from Christina "Thank you so much to everyone involved for Friday. I had a really fun day. Everyone helping was so friendly, and there was plenty of encouragement towards my participation in the team. Thank you to Christopher for taking a set of wonderful pictures, and to Julie for being such a supportive team manager. I know it was a really long day so it's amazing that when I came back several hours later to collect my test, everyone was still equally smiley and friendly. Thank you"
Thank you Christopher Lee for taking beautiful photographs as a keepsake of the day. Please follow this link :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157682541712676/
Dressage 2017 results published below.
WSRC ran their annual Open Dressage Show at Merrist Wood Arena on Friday. A massive thank you goes to Sarah Fisher and her team of helpers for very well organised event which was really fun and enjoyable for everyone.
We had a large number of lovely WSRC members competing in teams and as individuals. A big ccongratulations to the WSRC bunnies who came 4th! We are very proud of you and delighted to have so many new (and returning) faces to the teams this year! It's great to see so many of you improve and continuing on your horsey journeys. We had a great day and the support team were incredible! Thank you to everyone involved.
Lovely feedback from Christina "Thank you so much to everyone involved for Friday. I had a really fun day. Everyone helping was so friendly, and there was plenty of encouragement towards my participation in the team. Thank you to Christopher for taking a set of wonderful pictures, and to Julie for being such a supportive team manager. I know it was a really long day so it's amazing that when I came back several hours later to collect my test, everyone was still equally smiley and friendly. Thank you"
Thank you Christopher Lee for taking beautiful photographs as a keepsake of the day. Please follow this link :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94569746@N00/collections/72157682541712676/
Dressage 2017 results published below.
Video snips of two of our very talented Junior riders and their beautiful horses.
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1st-2nd April 2017 - KBIS Novice Winter Dressage Championships
A massive congratulations to our incredibly talented WSRC Dressage riders Lisa and Caitlin Fahy for both riding beautifully in the BRC Dressage Championships at Keysoe. Lisa's horse sadly had an injury prior to this event and last minute swapped to Caitlin's lovely horse Shaun. They did our club proud placing 7th in the Senior Dressage Championships. Caitlin and Shaun competed in their class the following day finishing 5th in the Junior Novice Championships. Well done ladies!
"What a special pony Shaun was for me today. He pointed his dancing toes and strutted his stuff with the big boys in the Novice Class at the Novice Winter Championships" Lisa Fahy
"What a special pony Shaun was for me today. He pointed his dancing toes and strutted his stuff with the big boys in the Novice Class at the Novice Winter Championships" Lisa Fahy
Saturday 4th March 2017 - National Intermediate Dressage Competition
We took part in the intermediate qualifier for the Bury Farm Winter Championship and we came 5th! Ten area teams took part and we actually tied with Elstead for 4th but just missed out on collectives by 2 points.
Thanks and congratulations to the team of Tina Pendle, Lynn Roberts, Jenny Tully and Lisa Fahy and their wonderfully obliging dancing ponies, Mouse, Henry, Gero and KC! Some very impressive individual performances from Caitlin Fahy and Shaun qualifying for Bury Farm as a Junior individual, Lisa coming 2nd in the Novice and 4th in the Elementory, Jenny taking home a 3rd and 6th and Tina taking home two 3rds.
Thanks and congratulations to the team of Tina Pendle, Lynn Roberts, Jenny Tully and Lisa Fahy and their wonderfully obliging dancing ponies, Mouse, Henry, Gero and KC! Some very impressive individual performances from Caitlin Fahy and Shaun qualifying for Bury Farm as a Junior individual, Lisa coming 2nd in the Novice and 4th in the Elementory, Jenny taking home a 3rd and 6th and Tina taking home two 3rds.
Sunday 12th February 2017 - Sands Farm Winter Show Jumping
Congratulations to West Surrey Riding Club on achieving 4th place in the 80-85cm team show jumping.
The team did a great job to come 4th out of 13 teams. First round we had 3 clears with a rolled pole for Samantha Petri. The second round Elizabeth Schilling checked that the course builders were paying attention by accidentally demolishing a whole fence! Sam was saved by her pony when she almost missed her fence and her pony did an awesome turn and jumped the fence clear at an incredible angle finishing her round clear. Ella Jarvis had a very unlucky rolled pole in what otherwise was a safe round. Mouse and Tina once again went clear. With the best 3 scores counting that gave us a second round total of 4 faults. No jump off for us but we came 4th, calculated by the sum of the speeds of our fastest 3 riders 2nd rounds. But most importantly we had fun, laughed, and froze together. Being part of team does make show jumping more fun as it gives you someone to support between your rounds and someone to cheer you on when it’s your turn.
The team did a great job to come 4th out of 13 teams. First round we had 3 clears with a rolled pole for Samantha Petri. The second round Elizabeth Schilling checked that the course builders were paying attention by accidentally demolishing a whole fence! Sam was saved by her pony when she almost missed her fence and her pony did an awesome turn and jumped the fence clear at an incredible angle finishing her round clear. Ella Jarvis had a very unlucky rolled pole in what otherwise was a safe round. Mouse and Tina once again went clear. With the best 3 scores counting that gave us a second round total of 4 faults. No jump off for us but we came 4th, calculated by the sum of the speeds of our fastest 3 riders 2nd rounds. But most importantly we had fun, laughed, and froze together. Being part of team does make show jumping more fun as it gives you someone to support between your rounds and someone to cheer you on when it’s your turn.
