Wakefield Riding for the Disabled Association

RDA National Championships 2007

Well Done Ross, Jeanette and Debbie.

Here are their results from Hartpury. Debbie 4th place in Dressage and 4th place in Dressage to Music. Jeanette came 4th in Countryside Challenge and 2nd in her Dressage walk trot class. Ross came 6th in his Countryside Challenge and 3rd in his dressage walk trot test. Sarah, Debbie and Penny won the tack and turnout class and Donna, Jeanette and Bramble came 5th in the tack and turnout.

Thankyou to all the instructors and volunteers who helped the riders on a very wet day.

 

RDA National Championships

Good Luck to our Wakefield RDA competitors Jeanette Scales, Debbie Lee and Ross Taylor, who qualified at the Regionals to compete at the Championships at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire this weekend. Debbie will enter a dressage and dressage to music class, Jeanette and Ross will ride the Countryside Challenge and a dressage class. A dedicated team of instructors and volunteers will help the riders at the event, with our RDA horses Bramble and Penny making a return visit this year.

Variety Club Children's Charity

The Yorkshire Region of the Variety Club Children’s Charity has supplied Wakefield Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) with a grant and assistance to purchase tack and equipment for horse riding and games.

Yard Manager, Carol Blake explained: “Riding the horses encourages confidence, improves self esteem, promotes health and is great fun. We will be using the tack (a mixture of English and Western saddles) on Rowan, a pony that we recently purchased with the help of a local engineering company, Joseph Rhodes. The new games equipment which includes coloured rings, soft bean bags and gymkhana flags and cones are brilliant as games sessions help to improve the children’s mobility and co-ordination.”

Len Cohen, a member of the Variety Club Yorkshire committee, said: “Visiting the RDA stables and seeing how much enjoyment and stimulation the youngsters get from riding is very rewarding. We received excellent support from Jim and Lesley Wilkinson-Lyner who run Birkenshaw based Hooves Equestrian and provided the tack and took a real interest in the project.”

To find out more about the work of the Variety Club visit www.varietyclub.org.uk/yorkshire