Results
PDRC "Arena Event" at Kirkton Manor, Peebles, Sunday 1st
August 2010
This was our fist attempt at an "Arena Event" in the general style of
the BE "Express Eventing" held in November 2008 at Cardiff's Millenium
Stadium.
The emphasis for the day was on ‘fun’ and the feedback was that it was
a good day - so although a lot or effort in setting up and organising,
it was all worth it.
Thanks go to the Irvines for allowing the use of Kirkton Manor, to our
class sponsors; Lyne Farm B&B, Remax Biggar and Clyde Vet Group, to
our judges and of course to everyone who helped!
Full results
are now available, and photographs are available from Hoofprints
Photography.
Summer Dressage at Kirkettle Farm, Roslin, 6th June 2010
Full results.
Write-up to follow (eventually - hint!). Photographs are available from
Equine
Photographic.
April Showjumping at Hyndshawland, 25th April 2010
Sunday 25th
April saw PDRC’s first SJ competition of the year at Hyndshawland
Farm Stables, with Saltire series qualifying classes from 65cm –
1.05m. Despite the early morning rain the event was well attended,
and we were rewarded with some sunny spells in the afternoon!
There were eight
competitors in the nursery novice (65cms) class, with six posting
clears in the first round. Liz Fletcher and Dusk topped the class
with a clear jump-off in 29.13seconds, with Alison Bogue and
Westenwind coming in second in 29.8seconds.
The novice
(75cms)
class had ten competitors, with Lorna Pate and Willow winning on a
double clear in 28.31seconds. Second and third places were hotly
contested, with Liz Fletcher and Dusk jumping double clear in
29.44seconds to Shona Tennant and Maddy ‘s 29.47seconds.
A field of twelve
contested the intermediate (85cms) class with seven posting clears in
the first round. Lyn Cameron and Monsoon were the eventual winners
with a clear jump-off in 25.25seconds – the fasted double clear of
the day. Second place went to Lyn Barr and Tigger in 26.16seconds,
and third to June Myers and Zena in 26.78seconds.
With eleven
competitors in the small open (95cms) the competition was still going
strong. Four came through the first round clear, with three of these
adding clear jump-offs to their score. Christine Gray and Ettrick
Diva jumped a superb double clear in 29.32seconds to win the class,
with Alison Bogue and Brave Broncho second on 32.09seconds, and June
Myers and Zena third on 35.31seconds.
The final class of
the day
(open 1.05m) had four competitors with Anne Paxton and Finnisk
Warrior jumping the only clear to win the class. Arran Waddell and
Executive Lyne, and Christine Gray with Ettrick Diva were both on
4faults and jumped off for second and third. Christine Gray posted a
lovely clear round the jump off track to finish second, with Arran
having an unlucky pole down for eventual third.
Many thanks go
out
to those members (Jennifer Caird, Gail Cormack, Gail Grant, Louise
Leaney, Iain Ronaldson, Lyn Miller, Lyn Barr and Maria Little) who
gave up their valuable time to help make the day run smoothly. We
cannot run events without volunteers and your help is very much
appreciated. Thanks also to Dot Still for the use of the facilities
at Hyndshawland.
Full results available here.
PDRC "Fun" TREC competition at Hyndshawland, 18th April 2010
Wow, what a variety of horses and ponies took part in the Trec
competition at Hyndshawlands. We had hairy, but beautiful ponies
through to strapping big 17 hand horses. The age group of the
riders also must have had a span of 40 years.
This was a competition where partnership, trust and skill are all
important.
Well done to everyone for taking part. Thanks to Dot and Mike Still for
allowing us to use their facility and for all the help Dot gave setting
up and getting me started with the very complicated scoring
system. Also thanks to Elspeth Gardner, my only volunteer helper.
Dot will be running training and Trec competitions through the summer
so come on out and have a go, your horse will love it. Sandra
Full version of the
write-up, with results
Peebles & District Riding Club Annual Spring Ball (yes, I
know this doesn't really belong here!)
Peebles and District Riding Club hosted their 3rd Annual Spring Ball in
Biggar, South Lanarkshire, on Saturday 13th March. To add a bit of fun
to the proceedings the night was promoted as a Mad Hatters' Ball, with
a prize going to the most original Hat! The champagne prize was hard
fought but Kathryn Muir emerged triumphant with her “Spring Bonnet”
which was covered in springs (of a metal nature) as well as lambs (the
soft toy kind)!
The Ball is held each year not only as a highlight of the Club's social
events but also as a fund raiser to help finance sending teams down
south to compete. We could not manage this without the generosity of
Scottish & Northern Equestrian, who donated a year's subscription
of their magazine as a raffle prize (Danielle Crawford was the lucky
winner) and also the many trainers and livery yards who donated
lessons, use of their schools, spa days etc and the local businesses
and indeed club members who handed in raffle prizes. A VERY big thank
you to you all.
A wonderful time was had by all on the night; firstly with music from
the wonderful Clydesdale Ceilidh Band, and then a disco provided by
Chris Cruise. There were many many sore feet at the end of the night
and probably a few sore heads in the morning!
Roll on next year!
PDRC Dressage at Whitfield Farm on Sunday 21st February 2010
For a change the weather was glorious - quite cold and frosty but with
sunshine most of the day, and with no wind it was actually quite
pleasant. Despite the cold conditions the arena was quite rideable, and
the vast majority of entries turned up on the day. A summary of results
is available, and look on the Gallery page
for a few photos. Many thanks to all the helpers and to Ginny Laing
(again!) and Joy Maclean for judging.
PDRC Dressage at Whifield Farm Livery on Sunday 29th November
2009
Despite pretty awful weather conditions the club's first competition at
the new Whitfield Farm Livery yard went ahead on Sunday the 29th of
November, with the majority of entered competitors braving the elements
to make it a memorable day. Many thanks to the helpers and to our
Judges, Ginny Laing and Lynn Taurah.
Full write up and
results
PDRC Show Jumping, at Hyndshawland Farm, on Sunday 18th
October 2009
Our first jumping competition of
the
winter got off to a slow start. The clear round and 60cm class had
only three competitors, the 70cm class had just four.
However, from then on the
competition
started to arrive. 10 horses competed in the 80 cm class with four
going clear and five having four faults in the first round. This
meant that the four-faulters had to jump off for fifth and sixth
place.
The eventual winners with a fast
double
clear were Karen Barrett on Georgie Girl. Just behind them in 2nd
position was Alison Bogue on her new horse Brave Bronco. New member
June Myres on Xena had an unfortunate pole down to finish in 3rd.
Our 90cm class also had 10
combinations
jumping. Six went forward to the jump off against the clock, there
were several places on the course where time could be saved by taking
tight balanced corners.
Arran Waddell on Executive Lyne
appeared to fly round the jump off, finishing in a time of 19.57.
Others in the class posting a double clear were Linda McIvor riding
Junior - she did a lovely clear in 22.72 – and Rebecca Grant on
Lancer in 22 seconds. With all still to play for Courtney Williamson
somehow managed to shave her lines and finished in an unbelievable
18.36.
Jumps now sitting at one metre
high and
some of the spreads looking just as wide, 5 brave riders competed.
Rebecca, Arran and Courtney all
jumped
clear in the first round. In the jump off, Rebecca's horse Lancer
unfortunatly rolled a pole, leaving the competition wide open for
Arran and Courtney to battle it out again. Arran lost her steering a
bit on Batty but jumped clear in 21.06, but once again Courtney, who
seemed in top form, galloped round in 18.63.
It was a fantastic day and it was
great
to see competitors old and new having a good time.
Thanks to John Currie and Peter
Lamb
for coming to help Jan and Sandra build the course.
Results
Pebbles & Tweeddale PC and PDRC joint Pick-a-Fence - 27th
Sept 2009
Results for Show
jumping classes
Results for Cross
Country
Peebles & District Summer Show - 2nd August 2009
The Annual show took place at Manor Farm, Peebles by kind permission of
Graham Irvine on Sunday 2nd August 2009. The show field was very
picturesque with a great backdrop of the Manor valley and the weather,
although slightly blowy to start, was ideal - with the sun coming out
in the afternoon.
The show was relatively well attended by PDRC club members, with some
visiting club members from EDRC & EFRA who are always
welcomed. The usual classes - Ridden hunter, Working hunter
classes including an Anivac Balir qualifier, Riding Club horse/pony,
Ridden horse, Coloured horse/pony and Manners and turnout as well as a
new addition of Handy horse/pony were offered, with good entries in
them all.
Thanks must go to Graham Irvine, our judges: Lynn Colthard, Ellie de
Vries and Carolyn MacDonald, as well as all the helpers who assisted
with set up and on the day.
A writeup and list of
results is available. Photographs again courtesy of Equine
Photographic.
Area 1 Show Jumping and Style Jumping (organised by PDRC) -
21st June 2009
The results
are
available here, and photographs
are
available from Equine Photographic.
May 2009 Dressage Show
Our annual dressage show on grass attracted many entries from a wide
selection of riding and pony clubs. A beautiful day in a glorious
setting at Kirkettle Farm Livery, near Rosewell - by kind permission of
Mr & Mrs Fairlie - was enjoyed by all. The walk/trot introductory
test B was hotly contested with the eventual winner Cheryl Robertson
& Shameless winning the class with 71.7%. It was lovely to see so
many new combinations and competitors out having their first dressage
competition. The restricted Prelim class had a clear winner with Morag
Barrell & Whats the Chances leading the field by 18 marks. The open
Prelim 13 class had a close result with Susan Terris Weir & Howick
SoSo gaining 1st place by one point over Caroline McIntosh with
Proud Image. The restricted Novice 25 class was won by Lyn Miller
and Jack. The SNE Riding Club Qualifiers were also closely contested,
with Kirsten McPhillips on Pure Genius IV and Beatrix Wissman on Watson
being 1st & 2nd in the Prelim 18 class respectively. The
girls then reversed their placings for the Novice 25 qualifier with
Beatrix winning the class with the highest score of the day on 80.8%
over Kirsten’s 79.2%! Good luck to them both for the SNE RC
Championships at SNEC this October. Kirsten then finished her already
successful day with their first ever Elementary test. Despite being the
only rider to compete, she did so in style with a score 77.8%.
Very many thanks to our judges, Ginny Laing, Richard Begbie and Fiona
Flynn for all their hard work on such a lovely, sunny day. A big thank
you also to all our helpers, without whom it would not have been
possible to run this show.
Full
list of placings
April 2009 Show Jumping
The weather was kind for a change and we had a decent field for the
April Show Jumping competition at Hyndshawlands.
A full report and list
of
results is available.
March 2009 show (Winter Dressage Series and Show Jumping)
Finally,
after
2
cancellations of our Winter Dressage Series, the March event
went ahead on a relatively fine day. We had decided to incorporate
some Show Jumping Classes into the usual Dressage series but hard
ground and heavy snow meant that our January and February dates could
not go ahead.
The
March
event provided a great opportunity for all riding club members to
“dip their toes” for the season ahead. With 5 dressage classes
ranging from Restricted Prelim 10 to an Elementary Class and 4 Show
Jumping heights, a variety of members were catered for and the
classes were well attended.
The
day
started
with P10 class (restricted) which gave some relatively
new PDRC members the chance to show off their horses and all got a
rosette. Congratulations to Helen MacNeil and Rock Sand who won the
P10 Open and came 2nd
in the N26 Open. Also a big well done to Joan Campbell on Daylight
(Daisy to her friends) who has finally bitten the bullet at 70+ and
started to compete on this new horse, they performed beautifully and
won the N26 Restricted class. There was also a great performance
from Sarah Brown and Just My Style who won both the N26 Open and the
Elementary 41 classes.
A
special
mention
must go to the pair of Haflingers who kept us all
entertained with their singing (you know who you are) and Fresco who
managed a solo – or was he a backing singer?!
All
classes
were
Saltire Series Qualifiers, including the Show Jumping,
which began with a victory for Fresco and Louise Leaney at 65cms. A
late entry form Hayley Barr and Tigger secured 1st
place at 75cms. Liz Fletcher and Annie took the red rosette at 85
cms with Caroline Fox coming 2nd. Caroline and Montana V then swapped 1st
place with Liz in the 95 cms round with Liz coming in 2nd.
Thank
you
to
everyone who helped, to our Judge Mary Hope and host Mrs Dot
Still.
List of results here
Old Results
List of previous results (2008 and
earlier)
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