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Area team events take place annually in; Hunter Trials, Horse Trails, Show jumping and Dressage all of these can be performed from novice/prelim, intermediate/novice to open/elementary/medium level. Additionally there are also team events in Equitation and Riding Test (both of these are judged on style of horse & rider), Dressage to music and pairs dressage. Any of these events can be entered individually or as a team event (teams normally consisting of 4 riders). The eligibility of horses and riders and also the heights, speeds, distances and course requirements for each of these events is stipulated as per BRC rules and are available from the Team Co-ordinators.

Additionally we compete in Inter-club or local team events if an interest is expressed by members.

All team entries are submitted by the team co-ordinators and any issues with any chosen teams should be referred to the team co-ordinators straight away who shall consider all points and have the final say.

NOTE: All horses that are considered for teams must have up to date and Jockey Club Compliant Flu vaccinations. See here for more details.

To be considered in a team or individually at any of these events please email the team co-ordinator.

Area 1 - Qualifier Dates 2008

Please note all dates highlighted in red are still to be confirmed.

Horse & rider eligibility is as per the attached. To be considered in a team or individually at any of these events please email the team co-ordinator.

Date	Venue	Type of competition	Classes	Restrictions
Sun 15th June	Biggar Showfield, Biggar	Show Jumping & Style Jumping	novice, intermediate & open
Sat 12th July	Greenfields of Avondale, Strathaven	Novice Dressage	Prelim test only
Sun 13th July	Greenfields of Avondale, Strathaven	Open Dressage	Novice & Elementary tests
Sun 6th July	Barskimming, Ayrshire	Horse Trials	Novice, Intermediate & Open
4th Oct	Titwood Equestrian, Kilmaurs	Hunter Trials	Novice (max 2ft6) & Open (max 3ft)
Nov	t.b.c	Indoor SJ	Novice (max 2ft6)

Team Results 2008

Indoor showjumping team at the Britich Riding Club Championships

Well done to Lisa Mullen, Kathryn Muir, Emily Brady & Arran Waddell who all headed south under the watchful eye of Sandra Lamb on 3rd April to compete at Hartpury College on Saturday 5th April. Although there wer no prizes they had a great time and came all the wiser!

Team fundraising continued

Continuing our ongoing fundraising for the two teams (Hunter Trails and Indoor sj team) travelling to the British Riding Club Championships in April and May, Emily Brady recently cycled 116 miles for sponsorship.

"The weather held apart from a bit of rain and hard wind from the East, just as we approached the foot of Hardknott pass... It was really hard work but a great joy in many ways. What a great way to see the Lakes"

Emily's photos

Spring Ball

As most of you will be aware PDRC held our first ever Spring Ball on Saturday 1st March at the Municipal Hall, Biggar in aid of team funds. It was a great evening with over 160 attendees and we made over £1,000 for teams from the raffle, auction and ticket price which a great achievement.

Of course it was also good to have a social event where we could 'don' our frocks or skirts and see if we could recognise each other minus the riding hats! If you take a look at the pictures in the Gallery I think you will agree it looked like it was a good a night!

Team fundraising quiz results

Results of the two quizes prepared by the teams that have qualified for teh Championships are as follows:-

General knowledge (answers)
1st Donnie Cochrane
2nd Sharon Kinghorn
3rd Christine Stanton

Horsey (answers)
1st Marea Miller
2nd Linda McIvor
3rd David Foster

Thank you to everyone who particpated or bought a quiz sheet the teams made £100 from these towards their fund.

Area Winter Dressage - March 08

One and a half teams travelled to Inglistoin House on 1st March to represent the club in the new Winter dressage competition consisting of all 4 riders riding a prelim dressage test. Unfortunately we were down two riders in one team due to lameness and tack problems but all remaining competitors braved the day to represent the club.

It was a miserable day with gales and frequent rain showers which did not act in our favour with the qualifier tests being held outside, however we all did our best. Although the teams were not placed we did gain a couple of warm up placings with Kirsten McPhillips riding Pure Genius IV 5th and Sarah Brown riding Just Jakes, 2nd in their respective classes.

Well done to you for treking through west in the terrible weather and competing on the day.

Team results 2007

Area Indoor Novice Team show jumping - Nov 07

On Saturday 3rd November the Area indoor novice team sj took place at Ingliston Equestrian, Bishopton. With an excellent refurbished venue which seemed more like a hotel than an equestrian centre it was all down to the competitors to do their bit. PDRC fielded 2 team, the Red team consisting of Kathryn Muir, Lisa Mullen, Emily Brady & Arran Waddell and the Blue team Selina Errington, Pauline Craig, Linda McIvor & Kirsten McPhillips. The track was tricky with many fillers and a tough test for all. The Blue team had a bit of a learning curve of a day with Pauline and Linda having problems and Selina and Kirsten knocking a pole in each round but all enjoyed themselves. The Red team did extremely well finishing both rounds on a score of 0 therefore jumping off against one other team. It seemed the pressure of jumping first and nerves maybe slightly got the better of them however they all did extremely well and came 2nd overall and qualified for the Indoor SJ Championships at Hartpury College in April (a first for PDRC), a great achievement to finish the team 2007 year. Well done to you all!

Kathryn Muir, Lisa Mullen, Emily Brady & Arran Waddell

PDRC Red team (A Waddell, L Mullen, E Brady & K Muir) in 2nd place.

Area Team Hunter Trials - Oct 07

The team Hunter Trials took place on Sunday 14th Octiber at Titwood Equestrian, Kilmaurs. We fielded one novice team consisting of Susan Terris Weir, Sam Eaton and Helen MacNeil and one Open team Alison Bogue, Vanessa Starling, Lyn Barr & Caroline Fox. Both teams did extremely well round a technical course with the Open team winning overall and qualfying for the Championships as well as individual placings of 1st for Alison, 4th = for Lyn and 5th for Vanessa. The Novice team did equally well with the team finishing 6th and Susan Terris Weir being placed 1st individually also qualifying fot the Championships at Aston Le Walls in 2008.

Well done to you all it was a tough course in a tight time!


Alison Bogue riding Good Day, Open Hunter Trials 1st individual Photo courtesy of Peak Photography (www.peak-photo.co.uk)	Susan Terris-Weir riding Howick So so, Novice Hunter Trails 1st individual Photo courtesy of Peak Photography (www.peak-photo.co.uk)

British Riding Club Championships, Lincoln 2007

Photo by kind permission of Graham Dunkin (www.dephoto.co.uk)

After a very smooth journey we arrived at Lincoln at about 10.30pm. Thanks to the big flood lights we found a space a fair distance from lennards stable but we just wanted to get settled ready for the next day. This however turned out fortunate as we were next to EFRA (fellow Scots RC from Area 1)! The days started by us queuing to declare and bumping into many other Scottish competitors before we found the right sj track (Open) to walk. It looked rather daunting surrounded by a hedge and in the main ring but do-able! Lennard warmed up nicely and seemed controlled however in the ring the 'turbo' set in and we rolled 3 poles.

We then went on to warm up for the Elementary individual dressage. The rings here were not as hard as the sj however Lennard seemed to have lost a bit of spring to his step resulting in a 64% dressage which was a bit disappointing for us but we ended up 8th individual.

Then it was back to the j for the 2nd round. Thankfully I had charged up to walk the course before my dressage as it had changed a fair bit. Unfortunately they were not running to time and we had to hang around a bit which resulted in Lennard feeling rather flat. Not in the ring though; he demonstrated his scope as he managed to get us through a huge treble from the wrong stride after we had a slight disagreement about a turn and virtually coming to a standstill in front of the second element (a massive oxer). This didn't help for the rest of the course and resulted in us ended up somewhere down the results list.

Competitively it may not have been the best outing ever however being there to represent PDRC was a great achievement and I would recommend it to anyone who qualifies to attend the championships. Next time we need to go as a team though!

Anne-marie van Heelsum

Area Show jumping and style jumping, 24th June 2007

All 3 teams braved the weather on Sunday 24th June at St Boswell's Mart, Newton St Boswells having successful days all round. The novice team (Barry Thorpe, Liz Fletcher, Sandra Lamb & Susan Terris-Weir) all took it in their stride finishing in a very reputable 3rd place overall. The Intermediate team (Arran Waddell, Melanie Grant & Danielle Crawford) started on a slight disadvantage with only 3 riders so all scores counted, however they too took the bad with the good and were placed 5th overall. In the Open section (Mhairi MacMichael, Caroline Fox & Anne-marie van Heelsum) they too started the competition with only 3 riders which again put that bit more pressure on them all to finish which they all did and finished 2nd overall with Anne-marie was 3rd individual therefore qualifying for the Chmapionships being the highest placed individual out-with the winning team at Lincoln in September.

We also fielded a team in the new Style jumping competition formerly known as the Equitation class. Our training nights seemed to have paid off with the team of Sandra Lamb, Arran Waddell, Melanie Grant and Liz Fletcher being placed 2nd with Arran 2nd individually and Melanie 6th.

I must congratulate you all as the weather was terrible and ground slippy so these are some good results for PDRC teams once again in 2007.

Area Horse Trials, 16th June 2007

It was a typical autumn day of wind and driving rain however it was the middle of June, confused yes so were we! Despite the weather PDRC fielded one Novice team (Laurie McGowan, Liz Fletcher, Barry Thorpe & Susan Terris - Weir a.k.a. Super Sub!), one intermediate individual (Lyn Barr) and one Open Team (Anne-marie van Heelsum, Kirsten McPhillips & Alison Bogue).

The Novice team went first at the newly built Scottish Equestrian Centre where the dressage was situated in the gallops the sj inside and the xc on the British Eventing course. The novice competitors all did extremely well tackling challenging terrain on the xc and quite a spooky sj course finishing 5th with Barry also finishing 5th individual in his arena. In the Intermediate section Lyn Barr also had a good day with one down sj and a clear xc finishing 3rd individual. The Open team was down to 3 team members as Kathryn Muir unfortunately had to withdraw earlier in the week therefore we all had to finish. I am glad to say that we all did and we have qualified for the RC Horse Trails Championships once again. Individually Alison was 3rd, Kirsten 4th & Anne-marie 5th.

Despite the weather a good day was had and we all came back wet but happy!

Area Open Dressage, 10th June 2007

On Sunday 10th June the team consisting of Annemarie van Heelsum (Lennard), Geraldine Gould (Palosun), Lynn Fairlie (Bridgenorth Jess) and myself (Roxie) traveled to Rozelle Park, Ayr for the Area Open Dressage. The venue was well set out and a lovely setting with everything well organised and close together, luckily we were allowed to ride without jackets for these tests as the weather was very hot & humid!

The warm up's went well with Anne marie being 3rd in E44, Lynne 4th in P14, Geraldine 11th and I was 6th. We had a great result in th team event competition where we were second overall and only lost out to the hosts Ayr on collectives! Individually Anne marie was 1st in E43 in her arena qualifying for the Championships, I was 2nd in N21 and Geraldine and Lynne were just out of the placings. Overall it was a good day complimented by great weather and organisation.

Selina Errington
Open Dressage Team Member

Area Novice Dressage, 3rd June 2007

Two teams took part in the above event heading off to Greenfields of Avondale at Strathaven. The competition consists of 4 riders all riding the same dressage test however marked by separate judges. Additionally each competitor can take part in a warm up test should they so wish. The warm up tests brought encouraging results for Melanie Grant on Topaz who was 1st and Sandra Lamb on Winnietoe who was 2nd. In the team tests everyone did very well in a close competition with again our placings coming from Melanie who was 6th and Sandra who was 5th.

Congratulations to you all as you all did very well taking part in this event and it was good to see so many new faces in the teams at the start of the team event season.

Area Indoor Show Jumping 2007 Qualifier

This took place on Saturday 4th November 2006 at Ingliston House Stud, Bishopton. We had 2 teams entered Peebles 'Red' consisting of Danielle Crawford, Colin Meikle, Melanie Grant & Arran Waddell & Peebles 'Blue' Laurie McGowan, Lisa Mullen, Kathryn Muir & Geraldine Gould. Both teams had varying standards of horse and rider combinations with them taking the fillers, flowers, a crowd as well as a first fence at the 'in/out' gate all in their stride, demonstrating some very well ridden rounds. Although we had no placings on the day I think I can say that everyone had a good day and enjoyed the cup of tea or wine in Sandra's case (one of the competing horse owners for the day) in between their rounds.

Well done to you all and we look forward to the events that lie ahead in 2007!

Team Results 2006

2006 Round up!

Well what a year, we have qualified for the Championships as individuals and in teams and had countless placings at events! Well done to everyone who took part in teams or as individuals representing the club as you have done us proud.

Team report 2006.


Laura Kelly riding Astro Moods at the BRC Championships 06 (Nov sj)	Anne marie van Heelsum competing Lennard earlier this year Photo by kind permission of Peak Photography (www.peak-photo.co.uk)	Area Intermediate Horse Trials 'A' team, 2nd overall (Lynn Barr & Kirsten McPhillips)

Team Results 2005

Team Report from 2005


Novice SJ 'A' Team 4th at the Caledonia Champs 05 - Linda McIvor (5th indiv), Lyn Barr & Laura Kelly (3rd indiv equitation) (Arran missing on Ballymena Zig Zag this time!!!)	Dress 'A' team 4th at Caledonia Champs 05. A vanHeelsum (4th &3rd indiv), L McGowan, L Fairley (4th & 2nd indiv), L Kelly missing & R Johnstone 'B' team (1st team test).

Teams 2004

You can find out more about events from 2004 here.